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The fish has to be measurable until you leave the body of water where the slot limit applies. You can gut the fish on the water if you like the head and tail must remain attached until your off the lake. Not saying it make a lot of sense but that's the rule. Will post the reg for you when my boss gets out of my office... Okay, he's gone. From page 9 of the regs:

I think I will pass this tip along to my wife; I caught her creeping around in the dark house with a shovel the other night...... I knew I shouldn't have let her increase that life insurance policy.

We perched on Thursday and also last Saturday on the deep side of Long Point in 50-60 fow, 3 man limits both days, Saturday took under 3 hours with most fish in the 11-13" range, Thursday took a bit longer but pretty well all jumbos. Ended up amounting to 25 lbs of cleaned fillets both days! The perching in this area has been unbelievable the last few years but this year is absolutely amazing too if you don't like trolling.

Trolled off Nanticoke this morning for about 4 hours. Not really busy but we harvested 4 walleye over 8 lbs and lost a couple of rainbows due their ability to fly and toss hooks. The fishing is far better in the West end of the lake but Nanticoke is only a few minutes in the truck and 5 miles in the boat to fish so it's a nice quick trip. We weren't bored at all running 6 rods.

Your kit requirements kind of depend on whether you plan to abandon ship 10 miles offshore in one of the great lakes or get marooned on an island in an isolated Northern lake when your motor quits. A VHF is no good up North and a bag of munchies is relatively useless drifting half way between Rochester and Port Credit. In either case, the Marley Herb sounds like a must have but keep it in a good zip lok....

When I was a kid we raised the big white geese for meat on our farm (like 500 of the honking, stinky idiots at a time). We used to move them around the pasture fields every week so they didn't completely kill the forage. We contained them by corralling them with a single strand of electric cattle fence about 10" off the ground. It was easy to install and move, non-lethal, and fairly cheap (the controller is the only expensive part and you can get a low end one for under 100 bucks at TSC). If these ones are hiking up from the water and not flying in, this would certainly keep them away. It doesn't hurt them but is very effective at keeping them on the other side of the wire. After a couple of days they won't even go near the wire even if it's turned off. They have little handles you can put on the plastic wire to act as a 'gate' at the boat ramp without zapping yourself or you can just shut it off and move it when needed. The wire just looks like a piece of string but it has some fine wire strands running through it which carry the power and you just clip it to metal posts with insulators so it's really quite simple to install and move. Just a thought...

Nice video and great day on the water Mr Simon! Those big girls on light tackle are a blast. The Western Basin of Lake Erie is an absolute walleye factory and I'm very lucky to be a fairly short drive to some of the best fishing in the world so I go down that way every chance I get. If you ever get a chance to fish the area, make sure you do...it's a lot different than fishing the Northern lakes but a ton of fun.

Boat to boat the range isn't great but they will reach the Coast Guard Tower in most cases on the great lakes. Many of the new ones are 6 Watts now and some even have built in GPS with DSC for even better range and automatic distress transmission of your position. Maybe it's overkill but if you ever find you need it, I think you'd be happy to have one. This model is full featured for under 200 bucks: http://radioworld.ca/m92d-p-10678.html

When fishing out on the big lakes I carry a compass, flares (whether required by law or not), handheld VHF, whistle, flashlight all in a waterproof 'ditch kit' that can be grabbed quick if needed. On board we have a first aid kit, VHF with DSC, and all other required gear.

These guys are annoying and some are frauds but with that said, there can be some benefits to locking in your energy prices. I have never locked in on electricity since the Ontario Energy Board 'Global Adjustment' fees make it impossible for any true competition to exist but I have done very well over the last few years locking in on natural gas at the right times. If you want to shop around without seeing the guy with the clipboard, here is a site that allows you to compare prices and contracts for yourself: http://www.energyshop.com/es/general/gas/default.cfm

Youre right on, the numbers don't lie. 2nd last in the entire league (881st) in +/- with 61 points... show us another elite player that compares to that! If he does well in Pittsburgh (which I doubt) good, the leafs jersey just didn't fit old Phil K. Good riddance.

It is likely the excess flow reg tripping things out, these things can be a little fussy. Here is a link to a great summary of how they work and what to do when they dont: https://www.cuisinartbbqs.com/en/regulator_flow_limiting_device.php

I have an 80lb Terrova on my 18' Princecraft and I can troll over 3 mph pulling worm harnesses and light gear but there is no possible way it would troll at speed with downriggers, dipsy divers and such especially in any waves. I think a 101 on your boat would be similar and would not work for your purposes John. They are a great motor and the anchor lock, speed control, and auto pilot features are amazing but all that heavy gear is just too much for them to pull especially at higher speeds. I run mine in tandem with my kicker so it steers and trims the speed automatically but it certainly couldn't do it on it's own. Danny's Triton is a very flat boat and likely pulls much easier than your deep V so I'm not sure that is a really good comparison either. Not trying to pee on the parade but I think you'd be wise to think carefully about dropping 2-3 grand on a bow mount, batteries, chargers and all for that purpose. Your bow high issue is simple physics; either too much weight in the stern or not enough weight in the bow. Adding 100 lbs or so up front would be cheap and wouldn't make a huge performance difference really. The leaking motor well is another issue that you need to seek out and destroy but really is a separate issue.

It says here: https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/debs-obs-paperwork-paperwork_boat_licence-1898.htm

1.8" since 9am this morning in Norfolk County.....don't worry, it's coming.

Canadian Tire sells them but you might have to order them in....51 bucks. When you said you saw them 3 years ago it threw me a bit since I thought the Orca's were newer than that.....I guess I was wrong (again today)....they came out in 2012.

Those Orca's are really cool too and operate somewhat like the Salty's....Canadian Tire does sell them for about 50 bucks

They are Salty down east holders I believe and they are bulletproof: http://www.down-east.com/website_006.htm Not exactly sure who sells them but they are available locally somewhere I'm sure (well maybe not in Yellowknife but somewhere....)

Well hopefully doing nothing is a good solution because that's the current plan. The LNSA wanted to increase stocking by 4x but instead were shut down. How can putting fish into the lake be a bad thing????

Well I'm no marine biologist but in my simple mind having the LNSA continue to stock 2 million fry & fingerlings each year was better than not stocking anything. The MNR claims stocking doesn't help the walleye populations but that is totally contradictory to the history of the lake. The yellow walleye that currently inhabit the lake were introduced from the south less than 100 years ago. Prior to that, the native walleye that called Lake Nipissing home were a variety of the blue walleye that was basically wiped out after WW1 by commercial gill netters and anglers who were allowed to keep 35 fish per day. If stocking doesn't work, how did the yellow walleye establish such a stronghold on the lake in the first place? As far as who knows what about fisheries, I think there are arguments on both sides but something sure seems fishy with this whole management plan.....

Maybe you need to ModQ yourself for a bit..... . That is a personal attack on yourself.

I really don't understand this government sometimes. The LNSA has been successfully harvesting eggs and stocking walleye for decades with the blessing, guidance and supervision of the MNR at NO COST to the taxpayers. This year at the last minute the MNR put unworkable restrictions on them which ended the stocking program and now the MNR wants to do stocking... go figure.

You could try Port Glasgow too, it is often better walleye and rainbow fishing early in the season. The Bruce/Burwell action doesn't really heat up until later in July but being further West, Glasgow turns on mid June. It is only 45 minutes from London, has a very nice marina, an is very close to the fishing grounds. Scrimmy's Sportfishing was popular but he moved out west so I'm not sure who is running charters down there now but I know there is a few. Here is a link to the marina who can likely help you out. http://ontariomarinas.notjustfishing.com/portglasgow.shtml

With the correct setup and transducer placement you should be able to read the bottom at 50 mph. Sonar simply cannot read fish effectively at much more than about 10 however. Downscan will read at higher speeds because of the super high frequency it runs at but even it won't read fish with any certainty at higher speeds, you simply aren't over the target for long enough for it to pick it up properly. Here is a link showing the differences in readings between 20 mph and 2.5 mph: http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin/2014/04/walleye-sonar-fish-finder-fishing-electronics Here is a link to an article discussing how to use use your sonar at 20 mph....I have my reservations about this though: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0239/1093/files/FLW_March.pdf?1635

x2. A 2" ball with a 3/4" pin is only rated for 3500# while a 2" ball with a 1" pin is rated for 6000#. Even if you're only towing 3500# now, you never know when your hitch insert may end up towing something heavier....