Muskieman

Diesel rocks ! Ford have 4 thousand of pre built 4.5 TT Diesel engines sitting there waiting for the light truck market to pick up ... pardon the pun ... Rumor has that VW have a full size full frame 1/2 ton armed with the V10 TT ... Touraeg engine lined up for 2014 ... Oh my ! that's gonna be hard to beat. ( I'm a Ford man ( bash away) ..

The best MPG I've ever got out of my Expedition is 18MPG ... I tow a 30' camper and do from 0-12MPG depending on the slope.

I also have '08 Mazda 6 4 cyl auto 5... 44MPG hwy ... but nothing I've owned will meet my 01 Jetta TDI , I once figured out a trip to Dryden at 68MPG ... Diesel all the way ( until it comes to repairs ) ... congrats to GM for making their new truck look like a Ford...

Thanks guys , this trip sounds better an better ...

Ardock is near Smiths Falls / Perth right ?

If you eat two fish (catch per angler) for a shore-lunch.. that is a lot of fish to eat...!!!!

 

Walleyes were NEVER native to Lake Nipissing.. but are an introduced species...

 

I have been fishing Nipissing for 55 years now.. and can still enjoy fishing these waters... any time...

 

Besides walleyes we also have pike, bass, pan fish and musky... among many other species...

 

 

p.s. I own a fishing lodge and support the MNR on their new measures...

 

 

Anyone local, who is really worried about the number of walleyes in Lake Nipissing is more than welcome to help us this coming spring.. with one of our many re-stocking programs... But this would involve some effort over many weeks... Talk is cheap...!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the cap't

 

I agree.

Never been there , looking for all the help I can get .

Gerritt, I just might take you up on that .

We used to go to Ardock, On. for a few weeks during summer when I was a lad. (not sure where around Ardock, I was 8-9-10-11) and catch them at night with a BIG net , I think Dad ,uncles Angus and Howard drank too much sauce and used the badminton net from the camp... anyways , I remember running around with an Eel Belt tied around my camo pants.

They were cleaning them with pliers and scissors like we do with 'lil Brown Cats, we had a HUGE Eel fry, Clam Boil,Upsidedown Turtle, Frog Legs and Barbotte and Ecrevis ( I'm Scot/French we eat anything)

Ok...

That's the worst drive I've ever been on...

so I shouldn't go ?

besides your drive how was the fishing ?

Eh!

I'm gonna attempt to plan a Quinte trip this upcoming February ,I'll have a few days off (mid week) during the second week... I'll be staying in Oshawa ..

questions... What's the drive from Osahwa like in the AM?

Where should I start from, where do I park?

I walk out I guess?

Do I look for people with floater suits and sleighs?

Go punch a hole 50'away or so to be respectful?

Thanks Gang.

Randy

Absolutely right Irish , HWY64/11 corridor is gonna take a beating .

Yep , lateral thinking is key , doing so is probably the best idea.

There is absolutely no chance of stopping netting ( commercial , maybe ) the traité rights would have to be re-written and agreed upon by all sides.

OH, OK....I didn't read it that way...thought you were leading to anglers being responsible for the other

 

50%....makes sense now..

It's because I type while thinking in French and it doesn't always come out right , sorry 'bout that .

Anywhere north of the 50% the information is based on factual surveys and studies but not everyone who fills them out are honest , say a ( Metis Harvester ) not allowed to use a net but allowed to keep anything that bites his/her line ... Same as the retiree who spends his winters on the ice , brings home 4-8 or more Walleye almost everyday for 90 days .. I really don't think that the statistical data is 100% fact either ..but the numbers are making some sense to me.

I typed LEGAL netting , somewhere in that 50% is the ILLEGAL portion of the netting business , this illegal stuff is frowned upon by the legal .. just saying .. The illegal part is the real problem here , and not to mention agriculture and poaching and Cormorants and soon ,Pelicans.

Many fingers are pointing , just not exactly at the right people , based on facts , 30-35% of fish killed are because of legal netting , at least 20% is due to agriculture , really , the other 50% take a guess ?

There's a storm a brewing . Let's keep this civil .

yes please..

Thanks Randy... gotta admit, I'm not too crazy about that outcome!

HH

Read my edit ....

Slot is unchanged zero between 40-60cm ... 1 over 60 and one below or 2 under 40cm .

As long as it's still gonna be legal to catch & release those big ole Nippissing muskies, I'm good !!

 

Yep. .

It wasn't supposed to happen this soon. .

If its prepared right, you'd swear that you were eating halibut. I've had it once when when we were moose hunting on the Attawapiskat about 15-16 years ago when we could still keep sturgeon. It was amazing fresh. But we made the mistake of freezing one whole and bringing it home. Let me tell you that the thing transformed into the smelliest fish you have ever smelt. I guess that fat does not freeze and it goes rancid quick. Too bad they put the moratoreum on the whole province as there are many on the Ogoki, Albany, Attawapiskat rivers up north.

Yep , and yep.

fried in Olive Oil ,remove skin, dash with lemon Pepper and Garlic Salt...

They're awesome eaters , I prefer mine cut into 2-4 lb steaks... awesome white meat !

why is it not working , I've tried 6 times ... D'oh !

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Eh! , I'm REALLY NOT a Hockey fan , if NASCAR or WFN , CMT ever goes on strike I could relate , like I said I'm not a fan but I like the song..

Lots of NHL fans out there I'm sure ...

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Randy