crappieperchhunter

Just seeing this now. I have so many fishing memories of time spent with Beansie. Crappie fishing in Bobcaygeon, carp fishing in Caygeon and Peterborough. Perch fishing in my boat on Simcoe every fall. Norm was a good man who was always positive and funny and a joy to spent time fishing with. He will be missed by many.

It is dead easy to get into. But it only has 6 pumps so maybe it might get a little crowded....but not in the 3 times we have went. All 3 times just drove up to an empty pump and someone came out and pumped our gas. Warning though...once you get by the crowded area the speed limit slow down to 40 KM. Not a big deal but man does it seem to take a long tome to drive the 4-6 KM at that speed. Also you may have been referred to another spot because the grounds where fine and the young man and woman manning the pumps where friendly. It is right on the main road.

Lew do you go down to the station at the docks? Just this year I found out about this one station and it is always 5-10 cents cheaper then all the stations closer together....plus they actually pump it for you. I joke that I have not had anyone pump my gas for me since last century😀

On a Bobcaygeon page last week someone posted pictures of a snapping turtle in what looked like some open water beside some current. I don't know if it was legit or not. Also last week me and a buddy fished chemong. A skating rink locals make on the lake every year there had a bunch of people playing hockey. It was 10 celsius that day and when we got closer to them we realized they where playing shirts and skins because one team had all the boys playing bare chested. Never seen that on an outdoor rink before in the middle of the winter.

Well done Cliff. I'm walking out somewhere for my first trip tomorrow. If you are doing another Tim Hales trip and are looking for company please give me a shout.

Very belated Happy Birthday Cliff. We have been at the cottage with no internet.

A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your clan. It looks like you have got more than one good fish fry there.

Nice looking slabs. Just spooling my ice reels today. No safe ice on any of my spots yet😩😩😩

They look awesome. Too bad we aren't getting any ice this winter to get out on to try them😂😂😂

Very nice tribute from your daughter Lew. This must be a sad day for your family or anyone who knew your son. Deal with the sadness the best you can and remember all the good times as well.

Never forget the fresh garlic, I have tons every year from my garden. But I have dropped the green onion and sesame oil. Still can't thank you enough for this recipe. Debbe who still is NOT a fish lover is happy every time I make it and there is NEVER any leftovers. My apologies captpierre...hijacking your thread was never my intention.

Not sure what your targeting but I have pretty much been getting a feed of bluegills every week at my shore spot. Still using your fish recipe beansie, just got back from the grocery store buying ginger and oyster sauce for it as a matter of fact.

Just seeing this now guys and thx for the great get together. I enjoyed hanging out again. I enjoyed your hospitality Cliff and Bruce I will be giving your jig heads a go when I get back up to the cottage this week.

Glad to hear you got something from your experiment Cliff. Boiled new potatoes with butter salt and pepper are one of my favourite things from the garden. Just so much better then store bought.

Maybe 10 years ago I got a cheap Kitchen Aid knife from Canadian Tire to use for chopping at the cottage. Then with advice from Roy who used to run this board I got a 600/1000 grit sharpening whetstone. Took me maybe three tries on the whetstone to get things dialled in, but now my knife is always razor sharp. When it does start to lose its edge it takes me less then 10 minutes to get it back to perfect. I do this maybe once a month, sometimes more often if the knife is getting a lot of use. Now having said all that I told my brother in law about it and offered to sharpen his knives for him. I don't recall the brand of his knives but he told me they where very expensive. I did get his knives a little sharper but I just could not get them as sharp as my knives at home. The difference in steel from my limited experience does make a difference in how well the whetstone will sharpen up the knives, but I am 100% happy with my results on my cheapo knives. So much so that I bought the exact Kitchen Aid knife for here at home because the whetstone was not doing a perfect job on my Henkel knife set I have here. The Henkels never get out of the cupboard anymore.