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3 or 4 inches of snow over here and that's lots better than the 8-12 inches they were calling for, but no freezing rain yet but it sounds like there's plenty on the way.

.....and snowing like crazy all day. Everybody else getting this stuff too ?

I've got a link to the weathernetwork on my puter and now they're calling for 6-8" od snow for this area. The fun just continues.

Freezing fog over this way earlier today and now it's snowing. This silliness can end anytime it wants LOL

Yeah, it just keeps getting worse.

They're also talking about the chance of a big ice storm this weekend too.

Regular gas jumped from $1.17 to $1.27 here last night but that's a regular occurance here. It'll jump that much regularly then over the next 2 weeks it'll gradually come down then jump 12-15 cents again just like a gigantic roller coaster. Lately though it doesn't come down as much but then jumps higher.

I've been through it Matt and it's the absolute worst thing a parent can experience and I can't even imagine how many family members and friends are going through it right now.

CBC National did an hour program early this morning and they interviewed a meteorologist who said at the time of the accident the sun was only about 21 degrees above the horizon. Obviously she didn't say that caused the accident but I spose if it was in his eyes as he was travelling west it may have hindered his vision making it tough to see the stop sign. I'd guess most of us have experienced poor visibility heading into a low sun.

Back when I had a 90 HP Merc I used a Happy Troller and it worked great for very very slow trolling. https://www.davisnet.com/product/happy-troller-large/

The news said a family of 4 from Alberta was killed there a couple years ago Dave, that's probably who the crosses are for.

Just watching an update on the news about the Saskatchewan crash and I spose there's not much can be said other than how lousy it was. Really really sad.

Lots of trees down in my little corner of the Kawarthas and many places still without power, we lost ours yesterday afternoon about 2:00 and they say it may be 10:00 tonight before it's restored. Times like this my stand-by genny is worth it's weight in gold LOL

Power's been out here for a couple hours but the big ole stand-by genny kicked in automatically just the way it's sposed to and were snug as that proverbial bug in the rug.

Yeah, sadly Paul we've got ignorant slobs on both sides of the border.

It's so sad that we have to share this planet with slobs like this and when whoever left that mess is caught I hope they nail him and all others like him with the harshest punishment available. I live on a beautiful country road near Burleigh Falls that runs off hwy 28 and along Clear Lake and it's unbelievable how much garbage people throw here. They come in off the hwy after dark when nobodies around and dump all the garbage they're too lazy or cheap to take to the local landfill / recycling site. Just off the top of my head I recall piles of aluminum siding, tires, a surfboard, construction materials, bicycles, mattresses, regular garbage and all sorts of other crap. Last year someone ever discarded an 18' sailboat & trailer after they removed all identification. It was posted here the other day about someone being fined $11,000 for keeping too many fish, maybe if those kinda fines were issued for tossing garbage everywhere it may cut back on some of it.

I posted a newspaper story last year about efforts to stop the pigs from throwing their garbage all over the Causeway while fishing and today found this article pertaining to the same issue & thought some may find it interesting. https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8343509-more-cleanup-signs-coming-to-james-a-gifford-causeway-in-peterborough-county/

Yeah, always enjoyable watching the wildlife doing their stuff and lemme know if you want a couple turkey's TJ, we've got all kinds around here. Some days I have about 25 in the yard and this morning I saw a flock of probably 50 in a farm field just down the road LOL

Turkey's are in full mating mode in my backyard this week LOL

No idea what you're referring to John, Burleigh Falls is as gorgeous as it has ever been and in NO way looks like what your describing. I've lived here for 8 years but have camped and fished this area my entire life and it basically looks the same now as it did when I was a little kid. Here's some recent pics of Burleigh Falls and I see nothing resembling commercial land. Sorry for the hijack GJGeneral, enjoy your trip and good luck with the fishing.

I'm on Clear and from here it looked like a lot of open water at the top of the lake just a few days ago and now it seems like it's skimmed over again with the colder temps. Lots of fast current and high water going thru Burleigh so I would think the area your gonna be staying will be unsafe but that's just my opinion and other areas may be OK so maybe check with whoever owns the cottage. Sorry I can't be more help but my ice fishing days ended many decades ago LOL

Get in touch with Northstar Insurance, they specialize in boat insurance and are very good to deal with. http://www.northstarinsurance.ca/about-us/

Congrats on the purchase, you'll be real happy with that combo. When I packed in fishing 2 years ago I sold my deep V Skeeter & 150 Yamaha but it was by far the best boat/motor I've ever owned.

C'mon guys, I've been ice fishing twice....1st time & last time

Thanks John, appreciate that.