Fishnfiend

An oldie, but definitely a goodie.

Nice fish! Do you work?

I wouldn't eat canned food that had been frozen unless I thoroughly inspected the can or was unable to leave and hadn't eaten for several days... If canned foods have frozen, they may still be safe to eat. Safety will depend on the condition of the can or jar. To evaluate safety, consider the following: Metal Cans If the seams are still intact, the food is safe to use. Thaw gradually and store at room temperature. If the seam has broken and the food has thawed to room temperature, it should be discarded. If the seam has broken and the food is still cold (refrigerator temperature or below), it may be safely salvaged. Transfer it to a container and either store it in the refrigerator or refreeze for future use. All food that has frozen in tin cans should be examined carefully for spoilage before use. For an extra margin of safety, boil low acid foods (meats, fish, poultry and vegetables) for 10 minutes before using. Glass Jars If jars have cracked or broken during freezing, the food should not be used. If the seal is still intact, the food is safe to use. Thaw gradually and store at room temperature. Recheck seals after thawing. If the seal has broken and food has thawed to room temperature, it should be discarded. If the seal has broken and the food is still cold (refrigerator temperature or below), it may be safely salvaged. Store in the refrigerator or refreeze for future use. All food that has frozen in glass jars should be examined carefully for spoilage before use. For an extra margin of safety, boil low-acid foods (meats, fish, poultry, vegetables) for 10 minutes before using. In General Discard any product with an off-color or odor. DO NOT TASTE food that looks or smells or looks suspicious. Texture changes of canned vegetables and pasta may occur during freezing. Although mushy, these foods are safe to eat if the can is intact and not swollen.

I almost forgot about that story...

I don't think that pickeral (walleye) fight as well as other sportfish. Why don't you target pike/bass/trout/musky if you just want a good struggle?

Depends what side of Simcoe you want to fish and what you want to fish for... I always had a good time renting a hut from Floyd Hales to fish perch. He is on the Beaverton side. I recommend perch if you don't do much fishing and pretty much want a guarantee of catching fish. You can go for lakers and/or whities all day and only get one hit (if you are lucky). I don't rent anymore as I have a portable now. Although, I might do the ice bungalow thing on Nippising one of these years. Just my $0.02

You guys need to relax! I can appreciate his point. How many people are homeless, etc. that are already living in Canada?!?!?! Granted, they probably don't have a computer or internet, so they will never see this. It really is a shame. THanks for the heads up holdfast. The rest of you naysayers should go icefishing and get rid of some of your irritability.

New favourite. I bet it was even more impreesive in person!

I like the 'bou going through ambush alley.

Take some grubs or mealworms.

Post away. Tell me that there's a 'Hooters' attached to it...

It was good. I did half the perch in a lemon pepper batter and the other half in onion/garlic/pepper/italian seasoning batter. I am going to have to wait until march before I can get another feed of perch as I am busy for the next month. Have you tried perch recently? Lots of people who don't like fish still eat perch as it isn't 'fishy' like salmon or trout.

LOL! I'm sure it would have on the weekend.

No kidding! At least it will be super strong - for all those that don't know what they are doing or where they are going.

Nice report and AWESOME pike!

You should have gone to Cooks Bay... At least you got out.

I'll keep that in mind about the auger blades. They are still great now, but thanks for the tip. I will try to avoid it in the future.

I fished Cooks Bay on Saturday with my buddy from about 11 to 5. When we got to the end of 89, we had to park a good kilometre from the ice. Boy, am I glad that he brought his quad. We get to the ice and buy 2 scoops of minnows and head straight out. We didn't bother drilling any test holes as there were huts, people, tracks and vehicles (including trucks) everywhere. There had to be well over 200 huts within eyesight. I had no idea that there was a tourney on until I was reading OOD last night... The wind was absolutely ridiculous out there. We had to park the quad up against the front of the ice hut and put the tow strap around the auger which we half drilled/wedged in the ice. There was about 6-8 inches of good ice out there. Not enough for me to take my truck out, but chacun son gout (to each their own). Initially, we set up 2 tip ups outside the hut, but they proved to be more of a pain than they were benefit. They iced over way too fast. We lifted them and removed the two 'dinks' that were on them and stowed them away for use another day. Then we got serious about fishing with the one line each that we had. Actually, we just waited for a school to come by. The alarm on my portable fish finder started going off... Before long we had a decent (9 inch) perch on the ice. As you can see in the previous photo, they were near bottom and hitting on pretty much anything. We tried grubs, minnows and plastics and they ALL worked. The hardest part was waiting for another school to come by. It was tough work, but we did what we had to. We ended up taking 36 home. My friend was generous and let me have them all. Here's about half of them: No real jumbos, but enough for me to cook a meal for 3. What a ton of work. I forgot how much time it takes to properly clean perch. I had to do this 72 times! Not to mention skinning, deboning, etc. Perhaps my friend was as smart as he was nice... Either way, I am going to send him this picture:

You can half drill a hole with your auger, leaving your auger stuck in the ice. Tie a rope to this. the only problem is that it may shift off of the hole(s), but at least it won't blow across the lake. I had to do this AND leave a 4-wheeler in front of my clam 2000 on Saturday. Boy was it windy! Report to follow shortly.

FishheadRic is in Outdoor Canada with his infamous picture of the pike with the CN Tower in the background...

I have one of me and my buddies doing that about 15 years ago. However, it is on vhs.... Water skipping can be lots of fun, regardless of what the nay-sayers think.

I was north of ceserea on the weekend. There was 5-8 inches of ice. I saw lots of sleds (doing radar runs) and lots of atv's. I saw a sidekick/tracker with huge tires driving around, but he stuck pretty close to shore. Probably would have floated with those tires anyway. My truck stayed on shore and I walked.

Great post!

I have this one: http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/...categoryid=3000 and it does the job. I have yet to take it camping (keep forgetting), but it works really well in a 2 man ice hut. It is meant to be used indoors and I use it without worry. I really like the fan on it, too.

I was thinking about using the string wax that I have for my bows, but I figured that wax would collect particulate matter and end up causing binding issues, too, in the long run.