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The more southern Ontario resorts were fully booked but Northwestern ones were hit hard. Apparently most people think that it's too far to drive past Temagami..

Bass pro sells the jaw jacker so I assume you can use it..

Takes 2 days just to get to a decent spot..

Thats cool.. I've seen that on Lake Erie near crystal beach..

Walleye are thick in the Jackfish.. there are a couple of big houseboats that spend the summer up there and they are like floating lodges.. 200 plus fish in a boat is not unheard of.. I hear the ride up is not forth faint of heart.. imagine a lake that's about 5 times the size of Simcoe but with no cottages and little to no contour maps..

Boating just a few miles gets you away from others if you launch on the Onaman river

As long as the batteries are charged they should be fine in the boat.. many of the shrink wrapped boats still have their batteries in them over the winter..

Unfortunately for resort owners and outfitters most people in Southern Ontario consider "up north" to be Muskoka or North Bay..

I ordered a pack of these from Amazon and you have to pay attention to the reviews.. the ones I got have been good..

Watching the morning news here in Hamilton.. this is our main ice fishing area..the swans and ducks are happy and someone is possibly living on their sailboat at the dock..

From what I'm hearing Lake Nippising is already a sh#tshow due to a lack of good ice in the south. I can imagine getting a hut after the lockdown will be next to impossible if our lakes don't freeze up sufficiently. Long point bay is an hour and 20 minutes from me so I consider it to be my home waters..at this rate I will have to pull the boat back out..

Nice report.. my plans for fishing Nipigon and staying in "the cabin"(you may know of this secret place) was canceled due to covid and the fact that we would be coming from a virus Hotspot. I have worked through the entire pandemic so I had to stay close to home once the ramps opened.. the grand river and long point bay are decent but can't compare to the north..

Guys like that need to retire or sell the business. They're jaded..not as bad as the old guy at Fosters fishing in Quinte was though..that guy was mean..

Well said..

To someone in government a "reasonable" fee is much higher than most of us would want to pay...

It wasn't working for me before and it would only show about a dozen pictures that I have out of the hundreds..

I was in Sail and it looked like they were going out of business.. empty shelves in the fishing department.

Actually can't say that it's been that bad of a year other than some health issues slowing me down. I have a new to me boat that hasn't seen the water since July but I have been too busy to get out.. my days off are busy from morning to night and taking a day to fish isn't in the cards..

Like fishing Erie and going 10 for 10 on sheephead when you're fishing for Walleye

I have 60 k on my truck and just had it in for brake service but I'm pretty sure they didn't change the fluid..

My own ineptness maybe..lol

I don't know... I like this new version if it allows me to post pictures...I could never figure it out before for some reason

Wow.. that fan is amazing...

Well at least the Lakes around Pasha Lake will get a break this year. Imagine my surprise when a few years ago we drove up about 50 km from the highway to discover a couple dozen Vehicles parked at a lake that is normally deserted.. it was as if we were in southern Ontario.. that lake could use a year or so to recover..as for pasha the owner stayed in the US and has locals running it this year..probably at a very reduced capacity because not many people from southern Ontario will travel that far..

I haven't been reading this thread up to this point.. until it affects you it probably doesn't seem all that serious unless you know several people who have it.. I have a cousin who's a long-distance truck driver and he recently returned from California and felt very tired for four days.. finally he checked himself into the hospital and within a day he was on a ventilator.. 6 days and counting now.. I should add that he was one of those people who didn't believe it was more than the flu and wouldn't wear a mask. Big time supporter of the current US administration and he would regularly message me that it's all Bull.. apparently some guy in Idaho sneezed in the truck stop bathroom and another was coughing badly.. he figured that's where it came from....