smitty55

Most of the stocking in that area would be trout, I doubt there's much in the way of Walleye stocking. He could use the Fish-On line resource to check local lakes for populations of Walleye though. Edit: I just found the Bancroft stocking list from 2016 -2020 and of the 300+ lakes they are all trout except 3 with Walleye. Barnum lake and Black Lake and Loom Lake.

So I get lots of recipes through email and I save the ones that look interesting and I might want to check out in the future, the folder is quite large lol. In the last couple of months I've signed up for A Southern Soul and get almost daily emails. This one recipe caught my eye right away so I printed it out and made it the next day. I've now made it 3 times in the last couple of months and it's gone over great with family and friends. I mentioned to my daughter early last week that I was making another batch up and before I could finish my sentence she was going yes please, yes please, when can I come over to get some lol. "Soup was sooooooooo goood!!!!!" was the message she sent me on FB. Of course I've dressed it up a bit each time. I just happened to have some frozen smoked pork hocks I did up way back so one of them went in each of the three batches I've done so far. Once the soup was about done I removed them and put the meat back in. I've also added some bacon to each batch along with at least the half pound of ham called for. One batch I fried up all the cubed potatoes and ham in bacon grease before adding to the soup. I've also added at least a tbsp of thyme to each batch. I've also added extra stock on top of the 900ml carton each time that I just made up with the powder, last batch was an extra 2 cups. I add extra onion and chop the carrots and celery somewhat finer, it mixes in better that way. Extra fresh garlic too of course.The recipe isn't completely clear on step 3, I remove a cup of stock and a cup of potatoes from the soup to mash up in a 4 cup measuring cup and I mix the flour with the half and half before adding it and the sour cream to the mash mix and mixing well before adding back to the pot. At the table I add shredded cheddar and my own smoked paprika to the bowl. The soup turns out great, nice and thick and with bread it's a meal on it's own. It's real thick cold. I use a 6l crockpot and it's at least 3/4 full. Highly recommended and great for feeding a crowd. Cheers https://www.asouthernsoul.com/crock-pot-ham-and-potato-soup/

I get the suet trimmings from the meat dept for my bird feeders all the time and I'm going to start rendering them down in a slow cooker and filtering them for my tallow. I see women on line now selling their grass fed, triple rendered, double whipped tallow for skin creams now. Technically suet was always considered to be the hard fat from around the kidneys but that has expanded to be any hard fat on the animal from the organs ,loins and brisket. Your best bet might be to talk to your local butcher and see what he does with his trimmings. Wouldn't surprise with the growing popularity of tallow that meat cutters start charging for it. On a FB smoking meat group I'm in many of them slather their cuts of meat with tallow and then wrap them to keep the meat from drying and and keeping it tender.They mostly get their fat from trimming whole briskets. EDIT: Speaking of MacDonalds fries this came through my feed yesterday. You'll never want to eat them again. https://www.facebook.com/docofdetox/videos/2784759428362371

Totally agree about seed oils, my feeds have been loaded with articles about the inflammatory damage they do to the body. I don't use any of them. Olive oil, Avocado oil. coconut oil, butter, ghee and animal fats like tallow and lard are the only ones recommended to use anymore, they are actually what our bodies are meant to use. Stay away from refined oils containing omega 6 fatty acids that have been linked to inflammation, heart disease and obesity. Again it all boils down to the almighty dollar as cheap super refined oils like canola that was originally used as a machinery lubricant have invaded everything we eat, even supposedly healthy whole grain breads. Until 1985 Macdonalds used tallow for all their fries and then cheap seed/vegetable oils were used and they had to add all sorts of other ingredients to try and improve the flavour but they never could match it. I save all my bacon fat for frying along with butter and I'm going to start making my own tallow. I take a tbs of olive oil in my daily morning shot along with 1tbs of ACV, 1tbs pure lemon juice, 1/2 tsp raw honey and 1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper. The oil also helps with the fat soluble vitamins D, E and K I take each morning.

Doug I used to use parchment paper but lately I've been seeing a lot more articles on the dangers of using it due to the silicone coating on it so I don't use it anymore. And I certainly wouldn't ever put silicone in my compost piles. Plus I have never even ever considered using silicon bakeware due to the temps it's used at, I don't care if manufacturers say its safe. https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/unbleached-parchment-paper-health-risks/ Just found this article too. https://www.nontoxicforhealth.com/is-silicone-cookware-safe.html

More is better I would think. Better too much than barely enough, it will keep the battery from getting too far discharged. It's never good to let any battery get completely drained. Plus you never know if you will go on a weekend camping trip where recharging won't be an option.

All this talk got me thinking of Sunny Hill Resort again. We always went up there in March. As I recall they ended up subcontracting out their ice fishing to someone to supply the shacks, bait, transport etc. So I checked their website and the only thing mentioned is one little item for shacks available at $35 per day/person. If I recall when we rented a cottage for the long weekend the shacks were part of the price. They have lots of cottages so I'll have to look into availability for this winter. We also stayed at High Country Snoasis for a couple of years and learned of a spot on the lake called The Piers 4 miles away from Sunny Hill where we fished for Lakers and Whitefish in an old river current in clear 15ft deep sandy bottom water in mid March. Never fished for Lakers like that anywhere else. The smelt would run those current areas on the way to spawning, that's what attracted the Lakers and Whities to the shallow water. Some years late March/April people could actually access the old river shoreline across ice and "shore" fish the moving water while the main lake was still frozen over. Those were some great times with the boys. https://sunnyhillresort.com/index/on-the-lake.html

Very first time I ever saw and learned how to use a real actual tip up for Whitefish like that using salted minnows and a three way spreader on the bottom was that first trip to Bark lake. Now folks call any sort of pivoting balanced system a tip up when they all tip down lol. By the end of the weekend fingertips were all split from all that salt.

Most of my life ice fishing was spent out in the open, for some trout lakes for brookies we were close enough to shore to have a fire but that was the exception. We just dressed for the conditions with down parkas, long johns and lined pants, Sorel pac boots, down mitts and those solid fuel stick hand warmers. If you got chilled you went for a walk to warm up. It wasn't until we went to Sunny Hill Resort on Bark lake for a weekend back in the 90's that we ever got the luxury of a shack. Areas like Shirley's Bay on the Ottawa used to have up to 100 permanent shacks each year, now there might be a dozen as most people now use portable pop ups or flip overs.

I doubt you'll get many people agreeing with that, Just the fact that snow tires stop much better in winter conditions is enough reason to have them. Just because you don't think you need them doesn't mean they shouldn't be used. I wouldn't even get up my driveway without snow tires on my car.

Right, their outpost cabin is in dead bear bay, I remember when they upgraded it.

What lodge was that at? I know Kipawa Lodge has a solar set up.

Anyone knowingly driving with faulty brakes show have their license taken away. When it comes to the safety of yourself, your passengers and the lives of other drivers there is no choice.

First I've heard of that type tourney. Think of all the money anglers could save if most of them were like that. So my question then would be if this waterway was one that those anglers were familiar with or was it completely strange water?

It's almost getting to that point now, there's hardly any learning about actual fishing anymore, just about how to use the tech. Tournaments are already limiting what tech can be used, I'd love to see it become even more stringent or even to the point where in certain tourneys none can be used and then you'd really see who the best anglers are.

Yea I downloaded it in torrents but haven't watched it yet, tks for the reminder.

That was wonderful Lew, big kudos to Sheri. I lost my wife over two years ago and I can relate to a lot of what she wrote. I just finished reading the book You are not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler and it helped. She lost her husband suddenly in her 30's and over time went from a securities trader to an award winning psychotherapist dealing with grief and healing.

Yea that's what I was basically referring to, deep snow, bush roads into back lakes, on lakes in the winter, unplowed roads during or after a storm. I'll take my truck anytime over any awd SUV for those conditions. I still carry a pail of wood ashes in both vehicles though for dealing with ice, nothing beats that for traction when you need it to get unstuck or pulling someone else out. My driveway and walkways get a good dose of ashes anytime we get freezing rain, makes it like walking on pavement.

That's strange, it's generally accepted that a dedicated 4x4 is better than any AWD in the winter. Maybe it's those tires compared to your truck's snows or lack of weight in the box?

They are legal in northern Ontario but not in southern with their thinking that they are too hard on the road surfaces.

Speaking of a good deal, it sure does help when you're dealing with someone where money isn't much of a concern. Case in point, I drive a '95 Lumina with only 117K and never winter driven safety checked for $3500 that I picked up just over two years back. Nice Michelin tires on it with plenty of tread. I bought steel rims and winter tires for it. There was some sidewall cracking on the Michelins that was getting to the point where they wouldn't pass a safety and I was getting concerned. So I did a search on Marketplace and came across an add for some almost new BF Goodrich Advantage tires and alloy rims. They had cost $1200 at costco installed and had only been used for two months. They were asking $450 for them but after checking the rims didn't fit my car so I told them I was going to keep looking as I had found a good price locally. Turns out two of those tires weren't good so I passed on them and decided to keep looking. Bad time of the year though as it's all snow tires for sale. So a couple of weeks later I contacted them again and offered them $300 for the tires only so they could sell the rims separately. They came back to me and said to take them all for the $300 so the next day I went and picked them up and sure enough they looked brand new still. Well the neighbourhood they lived in was strictly high end homes with a Mercedes in the driveway so it was obvious that money was of no concern, he just wanted to get rid of the tires. Rims are in great shape so I know I'll easily be able to get $100 for them so these $1200 tires will end up costing me $200 plus install, now that's a great deal that will last me a long time with only summer use.

Without getting off topic here, from what I just researched ATF is not recommended anymore to use as engine flushes.

I would never do without snows on my vehicles including my 4x4 truck. The way I look at it there is no extra cost other than used rims or black steel ones as my summers last twice as long seeing as they are only on for the 6-7 months of the warm season and my winters last just as long. I live in the country and my driveway has a decent slope and I rarely have any issues getting up with the car other than the odd time after a fresh heavy snowfall where I might have to take somewhat of a run at it. Most of the winter I just pack the driveway down with my truck.

I still see the odd fishing show on TV but they are all on standard definition channels which I refuse to watch so I can't comment on their content.

Definitely an OBD code reader is a must have to carry.