crappieperchhunter

Sorry to hear this news Lew. My condolences to yourself and all Kevins friends and family.

Thx for posting those pictures of Caygeon Fishindevil. We where there yesterday and I was stunned at what I saw. I have never seen it even close to that low. Not sure how it will effect the fish....but I see a lot of human problems with the levels being this low.

Those picture are ridiculous. I have never seen it that low this time of year. Might have to find a few new crappie/bluegill spots this spring....the usual spots might not have any water

It was a beauty day to be out that's for sure. Love the last ice days when you have a whole section of the lake to yourself. My buddy and I shared an area with 11 other people and none of our groups where within 2 football fields of each other. Raglan golf course on the way home had all kinds of people teeing it up. Unless something crazy happens this week I think we will get one more weekend on the ice where I was. Yesterday there was a huge Argo taking supplies out to an Island for some building project. Between 23-29 cranks with the hand auger to get through and our shore access is still a 3 foot hard as a rock snow drift.

LOL. My critter's at that time where a Sheppard Doberman cross that would shiver and pee herself if you scolded her and a 7LB pekinguesse/chihuahua cross named Killer. I really didn't have a lot to be fearful of.

Love FB. Keep in touch with my brother and sister in another town almost exclusively on FB. I have one friend...an old neighbour who used to watch our kids after school who lives on FB...but she is GREAT to have as a friend because she posts funny stuff she finds all the time.Love her sense of humour. Keep in touch with old high school friends too...even though I moved away from home 31 years ago. Play words with friends....basically scrabble....with friends and family on there daily. Sit at the puter with my breakfast or at midnite when I work 4-12 and catch up for 20-30 minutes a day tops. Don'y let it run my life and don't partake in the drama. I have a grand total of 31 friends. So that pretty much tells you I don't waste time with "strangers".

Doesn't sound like any fun Lew. Those knuckle gashes can take some time to heel if you don't take it easy. I was pounding away with a wood chisel once and wasn't paying enough attention. Slipped and hammered it straight almost through the whole palm of my hand. Went in at the fleshy part at the base of my thumb all the way sideways to the pad under my little finger. Poured blood all over my hardwood floors. Went and got it stitched up and when I got home my dogs had licked up all the blood. The hardwood floors where gleaming, probably the cleanest they ever where while we lived there

I never start before June in the Kawartha's. Too busy with Kawartha crappie's and bluegills and Simcoe perch before June. I can't say whether it would be worthwhile before June or not. June through September I fish them and June is always my best month.

I did the same thing to the same rod Rick...the very first day I used it I just cut it back to the next eye. The perch don't care. I actually like the rod better shorter. Less hook sets hitting the roof of my trap.

That has reality show written all over it

Just curious Bruce. What do you do with the pussy willows? And next week crappie fishing? Will you need an auger...lol

Looks good B. The breaking down is an awesome idea. I wish you luck with it. I'm sure lot's of apartment dwellers with limited storage space will appreciate that feature as well. Just make sure it's easy to break down in the cold....or people will use it once....get frustrated....and curse you forever...lol.

Happy Birthday beans. I know I'm officially late. Night shift will do that to you Hope your good to go for crappie and gills the next time we meet up.

Used to feel that way Raf. That's why we leased an Accent a few years back. 3 close friends had them and loved them but I was still unsure. The lease was bullet proof. In Nov 2005 we bought a brand new Accent. It still is my wifes daily driver. No issues whatsoever just regular maintenance. And so far I am loving the Santa Fe. A co worker has a 2009 Tuscan that has over 400KM on it without any problems. If you look after them they seem to have became a pretty dependable drive.

Nice looking wagon work. Thought about something similar for my tomato plants at the cottage. The yard doesn't get enough sun so I gotta move them around to chase the sun. Please let me know as the summer wears on if this works for you. I had a couple of times where I never made it to the cottage so my plants went unwatered for 2 weeks. They all dried up and died. Unless you go every weekend I suggest you recruit someone to give them a drink when your not there. Also your way to early for beans and they do much better direct seeded as opposed to starting seedlings. Direct seed Victoria weekend. Or have an option to cover them if you try earlier seeding.

Oshawa location has them too.

In my younger days I got real lucky once at a check. Yearly ice fishing weekend on Nip. Friday routine head into NorthBay and get supplies. Then hit a bar for supper and stay until close I'm sure I would have blew over but I was deemed most sober so I drew the short straw to drive my buddies car back to Bear Creek cottages where we were staying. A check was set up in the middle of no where on the way back. I'm nervous as can be when the officer comes to the window. 5 drunks in a 73 Monte Carlo Asks me if I have been drinking. Yes sir. Is this your vehicle. No sir. I'm driving my buddies car because he is unable. Just then as if we had planned it...my buddy Dave who was the owner of the car....opens the back passenger side door and does an epic hurl..you know the ones you can get sick just listening to. I said see officer he is in no condition to drive. The officer asked where we are going so I tell him. He instructs me to go straight there and not drive anymore that evening. Did some stupid stuff in my younger years.

Thx Bruce. It's not pretty...but it gets us to the perch every fall

Yep agree 100%. I fish out of a friends jon boat from time to time and it is really only good for VERY sheltered areas. Even standing up to have a leak is something I don't wanna do.If you gotta cross any amount of open water they are downright dangerous IMHO. My package is a 14ft Legend Ultralite with a 15HP 2 stroke. A smaller motor would be fine...I just have the 15 cause I bought the package used and that's what it had. Has gotten me everywhere I wanna fish for 17 years now. I towed it for 15 years with a VW Golf no problem.I plan on upgrading when I retire to something bigger and more stable with a flat floor....but I will never get rid of this boat. I have a few honey holes I can back into with out using a launch and can do it all myself.

A new chapter in the book started Sunday. Congrats and all the best to the family.

At my first house I had problems with blackbirds. As soon as my squash cucumber or cantaloup plants would sprout they would come and pull them out of the ground. Never ate them..just pulled them out of the ground and left them there. If it was windy they would then get blown out of the garden up against my fence.

I could be wrong but it sounds like your garden problems where cutworms not mice. I have mice around my garden all the time and they never touch small plants or seedlings. They do however nibble on beets and potatoes

Just to make you even happier. It will get closer to 700KM on a tank if it's all highway and your not towing. We have family in Sudbury....800KM round trip so I know exactly what it will do all highway and no towing. Compared to what your used too...going to your trailer without towing will practically be free

Good luck with the KIA. But I don't have a clue what kind of milage they get. I was referring to my Hyundai Santa Fe.

I have the owners manual out of the glove box and I can't seem to find the fuel tank size anywhere in the specs. I'll keep looking. However the most gas I have ever put in cost $72 and the tank was really low. So I'm guessing a 60l tank? Edit to add this is the bare bones model with the smallest engine. EDIT AGAIN. Just found it. 66 litre tank.