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I agree that this is tragic for all involved; not matter who's at fault. Just hope all that survived can get through this without lasting misery. Dan.

Unless the bus driver was speeding and the trucker thought he was safe to cross the highway? Could explain why the tractor wasn't mashed; but the trailer was blown apart. How many times haven't we all seen a bus loaded with people, fly past you on the 401? Dan.

LOL Wayne. Maybe a sharpie and put our initials on? LOL Does anyone know the web address to ask a CO; or if it still exist? Dan.

I can see it now; we get stopped and a CO is checking our bait. There's six guys in the box of the truck; all saying that's mine, oh no wait that's your minnow. LOL I think we'll be OK but wanted to check here if someone had any input. Hate getting in crap when someone can warn me that I'm ready to step in it. Thanks.

Do you think if we capt separate recites for whatever amount, would be OK with the MNR; if we were checked? I'm on file with the MNR already for improperly packaged fish (no tag left on) and not looking for another strike against me. Dan.

I'm not looking for advice as in keeping the bait alive; it's the legality of keeping more then one person's limit in one holding tank. The bait will be coming from the same area we're fishing. The camp we're staying at doesn't keep minnows and the closes place is 45 minutes away. Dan.

I have means of keeping a large amount of minnows alive, while transporting them and at camp for the week we'll be there. My question is, am I and our group allowed to keep our legal amount of bait fish (minnows) in the same tank? What we're thinking of is 30 dozen minnows split between 6 guys; which is still below an individualizes legal amount. Any thoughts? Dan.

Sorry but if that's all you're talking about (7K) then there's no question. CASH!!!!! Shake the guy's hand and walk away. Not to brag but I make weekly business deposits of that plus amount. Take the cash and don't flount it. Dan.

Anyone looking for a new anchor? Princess Auto has 28lb navy anchors on sale for 45 bucks. Page 18 on the current flyer. I know navy's are not the best anchors out there; but it could make for a good second or back up? Dan.

You're 100% right there! Try running a small business in a city; where you need a dumpster for the business's waist. Especially for an automotive shop. People think I'm a dumping ground for all their waste oils and anti freezes. If I lock the dumpsters lids, they throw the garbage bags on the ground next to the dumpster. The waist oils and anti freezes, are left in old 1 gallon containers or open 5 gallon pails. Not a word of a lie, I get close to 20 gallons of waste oil and anti freeze, every month. The waste oil costs me a varying amount of 25 - 40 cents a liter, to have it disposed of properly. The garbage at the dumpster is a mix of building materials and household garbage. When I'm in a crappy mood, I'll rip the garbage bags open. The idiots usually will leave something in there with their address. I've tried calling the cops; but they're not interested. So when I do find an address, I deliver it back to their doorstep and empty the bags on. The look on their faces and the stumbling voices, is well worth the gross digging through the bags. Sorry end of rant. Dan.

I used to be pretty quick at cleaning; but have slowed way down now. Especially after I taught my son and a couple of nephews how to. The slower I go, the more fish they clean. They all tease me about being so slow; they haven't clued in why yet. LOL Dan.

The wind is what got me started fishing the Montreal River system. We've been going to the Elk Lake area for a number of years now. Short of severe wind and or lighting storms, you can always go out safely. Want a walleye chop or a calm area to cast, just head to the next bend in the river. Dan.

My brother and a few of his buddies built a 30X30 hunt camp and they used a 2 burner propane cook top for heat. What they did was too put the cook top inside an old down draft wood stove; the stove was more or less a heat exchanger. They put the stove close to the front of the shack and ran the chimney piping off the ceiling to the back wall. By the time the pipe went through the wall flange; it had dissipated most of that heat into the room. They also had a couple of those heat powered stove fans, sitting on top of the wood stove, to circulate the air. No CO to worry about at night; it's going out the chimney. It did take a while to warm up; but once the fire brick and the steel got hot; it would keeps things nice and warm. Dan.

It's to bad I wasn't with you in the parking lot. It's so easy to pop the shift cable off at the transmission. One click of the shift lever, taking it out of park. Stand back and watch the van, ever so genitally roll into the ditch. Pop the cable back on and no damage done; other then the cost of a tow truck to get out of the ditch and a bottle of aspirin for his headache. The headache would be from trying to figure out how the van ended up there. Dan.

Here's a way to get your chum to the bottom, right below you. I've tied minnows in row bags to keep them concentrated in one spot. About a 50/50 mix of bagged and individual minnows. A chum funnel. Send a weighted line down the hole to the bottom. Fill the funnel with your choice of chum and flip the lid closed. Attach the funnel to the line with the snap swivel. Put the funnel in the water and allow it to fill with water; before letting it go. Let the funnel hit bottom and then give the weighted line a couple of jigs. The funnel will flip upside down; lid will flip open and dump the chum. The thing about chumming, while ice fishing; is that it takes time to draw fish in. Don't expect anything the fist day; unless you're already on top of fish and then it didn't matter you chummed. From what I've found is that the third day (chumming at least twice a day), is when you might find some extra action due to the chum. I think the fish need to become accustom of there being an easy food source; where you've been chumming. Like any type of fishing; put the time in and you will usually see good results. Dan .

You guys are nuts; but in a good way. Looked like a good time; wish I was that mobile enough to try and join you. My third leg (Cain) slows me down big time. Keep on and reporting your adventures; I can get my fishing fix through them! Dan. !

Well we pulled the hut yesterday; it wasn't real bad getting it off, just the shore was a bit sketchy. Went to the North side of Beaverton harbor; as per Justin's advice. He runs the bait shop, on the Harbor Park Cresent, right on the channel. Anyone going out of Beaverton needs to befriend him; he knows the lake and he has to be the most generous person I have ever met!!! The quad did get a work out, pulling the hut through the soft snow and slush; but between the power this old machine has and the 4 wheel chains; it pulled us through onto the beach sand. It was a great season for me, didn't catch a lot of perch; but had a great time out there, with my friends and family. The ice out at the perch grounds is still at least 20+ inches; but getting on and off the ice, is becoming a bit dangerous. If you decide to go out; walking would be your best bet. The weight of the machines as good as they are (sled or quad) is a bit heavy for the shoreline conditions; I had yesterday. We were lucky to find our way off and that was due to my brother in-law testing the conditions before we attempted our to the pin throttle of the quad. Dan.

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Moved the hut today; to on the other side of the pressure crack. Man that thing (pressure crack) changes by the minute. Where we worked to build an ice bridge across it was gone 4 hours later with a 1 foot wall that pushed up. Found another place to cross; but it was a bit scratchy; so it was put the throttle to the pin and just giver. LOL Made it across with only a few things thrown around the hut. The bottle of Gibson’s survived.d

Not to make light of the other thread about lake Simcoe not being safe. No it may not be for everyone; but using common sense and watching out for everything and anything it’s still not as bad as that news segment makes it out to be. I may have to eat these words after trying to get the hut off tomorrow but I’m not going to regret my last four days out here fishing

Perfect example of a kid copying what we do; hilarious and good on him and his amagination. Loved the vid. Can’t wait till my granddaughter is old enough to come out with me. Dan.

I’m still out here now, about ready to crawl into the sleeping bag. Don’t know how to post a pic from my phone; but just before dark I landed a 12 inch perch. Put my lines back down but not even a touch after it got dark. Put the covers on over the holes; poured myself a goodnight rusty nail and then going to curl up in the sleeping bag. Dan.

Well I got my limit of Cisco (2) and 10 more nice sized perch. Must have thrown back at least a hundred small guys. Fun catching and a good sign for the future of the perch fishing here. Dan

My last kick at the can. Woke up this morning in the hut; punched out the shim of ice from yesterday’s holes and dropped down my lines. First perch was a 4 inch dink; my minnow was at least 2 inches. LOL The next fish was a decent 11 inch but since then nothing; not even a twitch on the lines? Breakfast time back beacon and eggs; on a burger bun, forgot the bread at home. Not much of a report but it is from 3 miles out on the ice from Beaverton. Dan.

If you could do an actual voltage drop test; that would tell us if it's the feed circuit (wiring, switch or splices) to the fish finder or whether that's what the finder is using. Connect the meter's positive lead to battery positive. Connect the meter's negative lead to the fish finder's power wire/connector at the finder. Turn the finder on and take a voltmeter reading. If you have more then the .25 volt reading (voltage drop) there, move the meter's negative lead back (towards battery) to the next connection and take another reading. As you move back towards the battery and there's a drop in voltage, too lets say down to 1.7 volt. You know the issue is between this test spot and the last. Also test the ground side, in the same manner. A bad ground is just as bad as a power feed issue. Dan.