rickster

LOL that man is my hero....too funny

ok sign me up if you still need one more joey

well how about these MINDEN – A Kushog Lake cottager has been ordered to pay $6,745. for a fire that burned .22 hectares of the Frost Centre Management Area. A resident of Toronto, plead guilty to starting the fire at his Kushog Lake cottage. He was ordered to pay fire suppression costs incurred by the Township of Algonquin Highlands and the Ministry of Natural Resources in putting out the blaze. Court was told that on May 26, 2007, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the man ignited a rubbish pile on his cottage lot on Kushog Lake’s east shore. The man left the immediate vicinity of the fire and at approximately 4:30 p.m. he noticed a large plume of smoke rising up from the fire site. The man called the Algonquin Highlands fire department who extinguished the blaze that had spread into the surrounding forest. A joint investigation by the ministry’s Haliburton Fire Base and Minden conservation officers revealed that no permit had been issued for the fire. There were no tools or water on site to contain the fire. The fire was started during the prohibited period and was less than two metres from flammable materials. The case was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice, Minden, September 6, 2007. You must not leave a fire unattended and must make sure it is completely extinguished before leaving. Anyone found responsible for causing a forest fire can be ordered to pay the costs of extinguishing the fire. and also August 2007 $2,400 FINE FOR LETTING A CAMPFIRE START A WILDFIRE SUDBURY — Two Barrie area men were fined $1,000 each for causing a fire that burned 590 hectares of Crown land in Halfway Lake Provincial Park and along Highway 144 on the May long weekend. The cost of fighting the fire, named Sudbury 46, is estimated in excess of $1.1 million. The two men plead guilty and were fined $1,000 each for failing to extinguish a campfire before leaving their site. The men were fined an additional $200 each for littering in a provincial park and for having a campfire in an area not designated for a campfire. The men were placed on probation for two years and must complete 40 hours of community service at Halfway Lake Provincial Park. The court was told that on May 19, 2007, the men were camping on an island in the southern portion of Halfway Lake Provincial Park. Before leaving the park two days later the pair attempted to extinguish their campfire with water and dirt. Sudbury 46 was reported on May 23, 2007 and was aggressively attacked by water bombers. The size of the fire forced the evacuation of several hundred people from homes and camps on Lake Onaping. Halfway Lake Provincial Park was evacuated and closed for two weeks. On May 24, 2007 further investigation found the two men that caused the fire. The case was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice, Sudbury, on August 14, 2007. The ministry reminds the public that protecting our forests from fires requires caution and extreme care. Campers should never leave fires unattended and must ensure that they are completely extinguished before leaving. The public may be required to pay the government for the costs of putting out a fire that they caused. these are just two from mnr website

Not sure of prices your way but up here lifetime architectural shingles sell for 28 dollars a bundle and colored metal sells for about 95 cents a square foot so pretty close in price

So the ice conditions were reported unsafe and he went out anyway and needed to be rescued mmmm try this comparison ok so a fisherman is camping at a backwoods lake and finds out the day before he leaves a fire ban has been put on the area.......catches a couple nice fish and thinks ahhh i've been having campfires for forty years nothing will happen i want a shore lunch....wind comes up and mnr is called in to put out the wildfire guess who is paying the bill do i think the amount of this guys fine is way too much...yes do i think he should have pay for some of the costs....absolutely just my 2 cents oh and we volunteer firefighters aren't getting rich from our "paid" calls most of us would make more staying at work instead of going to a call but we don't do it for the money

heading out with the family for four days of fishing at beautiful Cedar Island Lodge on Pipestone Lake My son is determined to land a muskie....but bass lakers and walleye are also on the list hopefully lots of pics and a successful report will follow

devils in six.....maybe seven

You are talking about plants right????

good friend of mine recently bought a place on beautiful pipestone lake http://www.cedarislandlodge.com/

Thanks Gerrit

Nice buck Congrats

Pretty funny one http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=pjkLf_X88WM&vq=medium

hunting in mine centre again?

been running a deep taildancer running 20ft down with 150 ft of line out finding them out in open water chasing the ciscoes

been out the last couple weekends trolling cranks for eyes just before dark no giants yet some decent fish hope to get bigger ones later in the fall all but two of these went back in to catch again