crappieperchhunter

5 cases of red and 5 cases of white in the basement. I'm pretty sure we can weather it.

Nice feed there Bruce. Funny though I've never seen a perch with whiskers before

You lads not have a Costco up there Brian? Way cheaper for propane and besides that a good number of culinary things in the store cheaper too.

I'm sure your right Rich. I have only had largies from shallow waters in the heat of summer. I have however had smallies in May from "up north" where there is no closed season and they where awesome.

My neighbor at the cottage can make ANYTHING taste good in his smoker. If I get one up to him I will give an honest report. I have tried bowfin just cooked and it was terrible....kinda tasted like largemouth bass...but worse.

Going back to school...good for you Simon. My old neighbor always said " The great thing about knowledge is that it's not very heavy to carry around" I always liked that saying.

The only thing I understood about what you are saying here Simon is the 27 inch screen A computer geek I am not.

Totally random here Dave...but do you have a Yorkie as well

Good luck switching over to a Mac Simon. Love mine.

I sight fish them in about a month's time on Simcoe up near Orillia. A chunk of worm on a jig head. Walk along the bank and they are right there in 2 feet of water. Drop the jig head right in front of there faces and they grab it every time. My son used to love going after Bowfins with me. Then we would spend the rest of the time catching bullheads under a float.

I'm already doing my part. I haven't had a walleye out of the Kawartha's for at least 5 years...maybe longer. Bluegills crappie and perch only. Not because I can't catch eyes but because I actually enjoy eating those 3 species more.

Awesome Bruce. I ended up working today I'm hoping for some open water perching next weekend...but the amount of ice out there might make me wait even longer then that.

Good point about the Cormorants Cliff. I don't know there impact either but they sure are ruining a few islands on Sturgeon.

LOL. I never checked the date of the posts Terry.

Remind me and I will do a drive by for you after perching next weekend.

Be careful what you wish for Cliff.

I agree with you 100% Shayne. To me overharvest is a none issue for the Kawartha Walleyes. We caught tons of them for years and years. BUT...just a few short years after crappie started showing up...the walleye numbers take a real big nose dive. I'm not a biologist but it seems pretty obvious to me. Also the Trent Severn has really dropped the ball on maintaining proper water levels for the eggs after the spawn. I am told that they have lost more then a few year classes because of this. We have a cottage up in Bobcaygeon. I am truly amazed every single year just how few people I actually see the ENTIRE season targeting eyes on Pidgeon or Sturgeon. Most weekends when I am out there I have all kinds of good water ALL to myself. And like I said this is on weekends. If I'm up there for a weeks holidays there is virtually no fishermen on the water through the week.

I grew up in Fergus and GSW was one of the places most wanted to work when they got out of school. If you got in there you where "set" for life. Many of my high school buddies got in there in the 80's. Both my grandparents retired from there in the 70's. I know Fergus is not the same small town it was when I left in 82...but I'm sure many will still be effected by this. It saddens me to hear this.

Sounds like we are both getting ready for the softwater season Cliff. I did a big basement clean out Saturday. Then I got some of my fishing stuff ready to go. Gotta go and get some new 4LB line to spool a couple of rods for crappie and perch. I hope to get the yard raked and the boat on the trailer and ready to go this week. Come on spring!!!

Well not knowing Randy whatsover I would have to guess that in the metropolis of Sturgeon Falls your employment opportunities are really not that great. You gotta do what you gotta do.

2 years ago my bank account was cleaned out of over $2400 in a 24 hour period. My debit card had been compromised. The bank 's credit people phoned me early on a Saturday morning to ask about recent card activity. No problem getting it all back. However it took over a month. My wife is a bank employee so they really look into everything before you get your money back. This is more common then I ever would have believed. A co-worker of my wife has had it happen to her 3 times. The chip cards are supposed to slow down or stop this. I will have to ask Debbe if it has helped or not.

For $100 I would not drive around southern Ontario and possibly risk my position at work or with a union. I'd just do my best to avoid the situation being repeated. However I agree with your statement to a point. Every situation has to be treated with your best interest in mind. My dad always says "pick your battles". I agree with that statement more and more as I get older.

For $100? My advice would be let it go...whatever it is...and move on. Life is to short and time is to precious for me to waste it like that. Please take no offense from this Rich, as I mean none.

Great to hear my friend. I'm only a phone call or an email away if you need a hand with the docks....or more importantly if your looking for a fishing partner. Enjoy your extra free time. You earned it.

Beauty day out there for sure Bruce. Glad you got out. Still lots of ice up here. Fished a Kawartha lake today and took 34 cranks with the hand auger to get through. I'm guessing 20 inches of ice still. Trucks and SUV's ...but not mine...still driving out on it. Came home with a sunburn and an assortment of perch, gills and crappie No monsters but enough for 4 bags of fillets for the freezer.