crappieperchhunter

I'm a walker. Don't have any kind of machine for ice travel...but I have been giving it way more thought with each passing year. Posts like this make me rethink that Sorry to hear about your crappy day.

I think girls should be in girls sports and boys in boys. I personally don't think it should ever be mixed. I don't care what the sport is just don't mix it up. Not trying to offend anyone...that is just my honest opinion. When my son was young there was a 3 year span where he had girls on his hockey team. At that age it didn't matter. One year it was twin sister's. One was our goalie and the other a defenceman. Both where good players and good kids. But 3 years later the worst player on my sons team would make either of them look stupid. Once the boys started to mature they where just too fast and strong. My niece played girls hockey at the highest level. Her team even got to play against the Chinese or Japanese Olympic team in a tune up game when they where here for the Vancouver Olympics. She would have probably been on the next Olympic team if she had stuck with it...she was that good. But I can honestly say from watching her play Midget hockey that a good boys Bantam house league team would have killed them every game no matter how many games they went head to head...the difference was that great. In other sports there might not be as much of a difference say in pool or darts...but in physical sports I think nothing is gained by combining boys and girls. My High School CWDHS had an awesome wrestling team. We had a girl back then who entered a tournament and a friend of mine on the team drew "short straw" and had to wrestle her. It was awkward and he absolutely hated it. He was not one of our better wrestler's and he dispatched her in no time. I could never ever figure out why these things happen. Both my kids had equal opportunity to play sports. But no way in hell my daughter would ever play on a boys team and visa versa, that's just the way Debbe and I both felt.

I'm on modified Lew time. My alarm is set for 4:50 every morning when I'm on day shift...and most mornings I'm up before it goes off.

Take it easy and you will be 100% well before you get the yak out on the water again I tell you it's crazy what some people will do just to get a woman to give them a nice sponge bath Be well

Loved those weekenders with Debbe when the kids where small. Some of my best holiday memories...and we where never more then 5 hours away from home.

Nothing wrong with letting kids out on there own. I feel sorry for city kids who never get the chance to roam free in the great outdoors like I did as a youngster. However I would like to think that in a similar situation I would have been right there like Manitoubass2 was to show some guidance. Good on you for stepping up to make sure they where safe I'm pretty sure reading about something terrible in the paper the next day would be something we all would not want.

I have thought about that approach for a tropical vacation with Debbe. But I am contend with the fishing I have here. So I see no need to spent extra $$$ to get special gear and licences etc etc to fish for a few hours here and there on a one week trip.

Well I don't get it either. We have a very small little cottage in Bobcaygeon and I am Happy as a clam there and for 7 months of the year we go pretty much every weekend. But Debbe has the travel bug and her passport and we have the means to travel so she really wants me to have the travel bug too. The desire is just not there for me. She just did a trip to Jamaica with one of her girlfriends...her 2nd girls trip without me in 27 years. She had a great time...but when she did a slideshow of her trip and we sat down and viewed them together...she would say...this was fun...but I'm not sure you would have enjoyed it...and OH and this was fun..but I'm not sure you would have enjoyed that either. After 30plus years of knowing each other she knows that I'm really not wired for a trip like that. We have an agreement. She can take one of her friends and go on a nice trip every 3 years. I have done my Fly in Fishing trips with the boys and she will do her southern sun holidays with the girls. We will see how that works out. But she has a passport application on the dresser for me to fill out......

Sorry I don't target musky...the ones I catch are incidentals. The water clarity is pretty much the same as the rest of the kawartha's IMHO.

Just to show that the lake has musky..I steered Rizzo to Buckeye last fall...check the http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48147&view=findpost&p=517093&hl=buckeye%20center&fromsearch=1

Pets are welcome. Beans can verify this. There is a American woman...Faye...who has been coming forever...who brings Jessie and Jake ...her 2 dogs. She comes and visits us with the dogs every weekend when we are carp fishing from shore in the summer Honestly this place is a real gem. We stayed there 2-3 times every year before we got our own cottage up there.

fishgreg check this http://www.buckeyecentre.ca/ Right in Bobcaygeon on the water. The girls can walk to shopping...my wife says Bigley's is the BEST shoe store on the planet... and restaurants while you fish. Eat in the rooms or go out...your choice. Family owned and you can rent boats from the son next door. I have caught tons of smallies just out of the river in the north end of Pidgeon...3 minutes from the hotel...muskies too. You might have to book more then one room to include everybody...but you won't be disappointed.

Bruce...that Cliff guy must have cleaned all the smelt out Sorry you guys didn't have a better day Emil...but you got yourself an honest to goodness life long fishing partner in that young man...count yourself extremely lucky

Then DanC could reach into his jacket and give you some OFC boat decals,thank you for your time, and pretend this crap happens all the time

LOL That would be absolutely brilliant

Long trip for you Dan. I hope all goes well and you have an enjoyable evening worth remembering for years to come. Have some fun with him...wear a Habs jersey

Thx for posting Chris. I never have had it before...and now I never will.

I'm pretty much the opposite of you Lew...I love the icefishing. However I could do without shoveling snow

We have a little cottage in Bobcaygeon that is NOT on the water...but within walking distance. I was wondering if anyone has a canoe or kayak they just don't use anymore? I probably wouldn't fish out of it much maybe a couple of times a year or haul it out for anyone who shows up for a visit and wants to go for a nice peaceful paddle on the lake sometime. I'm not going to shell out alot cause I really won't use it much. I'm just putting this out there to see if anyone has something they don't use at all and are willing to part with. I was not sure if this should really be posted in the classified section or not as I'm not selling anything, so if it gets moved to there I understand. I just got winternet and I'm looking forward to getting back up to Bobcaygeon in the spring PM if you would rather.

Can't help you Dave...but I am giving serious thought to getting a yak for fishing as well...so I will be keeping an eye on this thread. I have no clue what to look for...I just know I don't want to spend alot of $$$$. The price on that one looks pretty good to me.

I knew a girl in High school who could put her hand behind her back and reach up and put the palm of her hand on the back of her skull..it was pretty freaky to see. Never kept in touch with her...but if anyone could lick there elbow it would be her

I don't know what he's drinkin there...but it's workin

Nice feed there Ted. Get them in the same area we fished? It sure is a nice bonus not having to drive over an hour to get on the ice for some perch. Be careful with now many you eat though...cause if you get pregnant...it's bad for the baby.

Yeah we caught some of the flurries just south of Toronto. Road was still good but the visibility was not great for awhile. At work today my back was complaining to me as well

Nice work Bly and thx for sharing the video. A nice coffee and bailey's in the hot tub and I bet you could get right back out there and do it again