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Nobody said it was easy and it does take time to figure out large bodies of water, but the fish are there and huge ones too. Maybe get yourself a guide to show you the ropes and help you figure a pattern. As for Lower Buck, or any of the Kawarthas for that matter, the muskies are a dime a dozen and generally very easy to catch with multiple fish daily a regular occurance.

If your seriously fishing for GB muskies and only seeing 1 or 2 in a lifetime your doing it wrong.

I was on Katchawanooka for 36 years and never heard of any fishing charters there, specially big boats.

I just got back last Saturday after 2 weeks at Memquisit and if it's your 1st time at the lodge your gonna be very happy you chose the place. Nice cabins and Frank & Charlene are as good as they come and will go out of their way to make your stay a very enjoyable one. Cabbage weeds have grown alot since we were up that way in June and although they aren't as thick as usual, their still in good shape. Water levels are down from normal so be very careful where you go if your not familiar with the area cause those rocks will jump out and grab ya. Franks got some decent maps to give you an idea of the safer routes to travel. This is the 1st year in quite awhile I didn't come across any big muskies up there, infact nothing over 45" so no pictures were taken and no fishing report was made. Enjoy your trip.

Missed this post somehow. Looks like you guys had a fun day on the water and congrats on getting your 1st ever musky.

Always enjoy the fishing tales with the kids. Great story and pictures.

Well done and congrats on your 1st, she's a beaut !!

Pretty sure it says right in the regs that the flashlight has to float but I may be wrong.

The whistle goes on your life jacket incase you fall out of the boat in the dark or you break down and want to get someones attention. The 50' rope is to toss to someone who falls out of your boat.

After I made my post Dave I went to CAF website to see if I could find the B25 I was talking about and saw where they'd changed their name. Sad thing if it indeed was Political Correctness.

Thanks Craig, that's interesting.

Great pictures Craig, must have been quite a ride in that old girl. Curious about the shark faces on the engines though, was that a standard thing for a certain Lancaster squadron or is it just for show now. I know the Flying Tigers had that design on their planes in China.

The place is really coming along great Dave and thanks for posting the pictures of the progress.

I got out of the Navy in '67 and while waiting to go on the Fire Dept I had a few months to kill and got a job working for a private hanger at Toronto Airport. We had a B-25 stored in our hanger that was sold to an outfit in Texas called the Confederate Air Force. They'd buy up old military planes and refurbish them to original condition. I often sat in the cockpit of that old plane and wonder what it was like to be in something like that while being attacked from all sides by enemy planes.

Those Lancasters are absolutely impressive to see flying low overhead. When I lived in Toronto we'd see them circling the city every year for the Airshow. I may be wrong but I think I read there's only 2 left in the world still able to fly. My Mom's brother was a bomber pilot during the war and was killed along with his whole crew when they went down. When I was in the Navy a lifetime ago we used to work with the Bonaventure a lot and I could spend all day watching the planes take off and land from her deck.

I see Hercules aircraft flying over the house several times a week, presumably on a milk run from Trenton and every now and then their very low and it's always an impressive sight. Got this picture a couple days back while he was circling low over Clear Lake in the Kawarthas several times and then headed down towards Peterboro. I'm guessing it was something to do with Simcoe Day but who knows. Here's a couple pictures I took 2 years ago of another Herc over my house again. Maybe nobody else finds this stuff interesting, but I sure do

I'm with Kelly's propane in the Kawarthas and they also print out an itemized bill when their finished filling the tank. Good company and good folks working there, infact half the homes on this road deal with them too. No complaints from me as far as propane goes.

I've got a 1500 litre tank and as Raf suggested it can cost a lot in the winter if your running your whole house on it but in the summer it's cheap. All depends on what your running on propane. I've spent as much as $800 to "top it up" in brutally cold months.

So very sorry to hear this news Wayne, your daughter put up a great fight against a terrible disease and every one of us on this website has been pulling for her the whole time. Deepest condolences to your entire family from myself and my family.

Bit of duct tape should fix that right up Raf

And early morning coffee's LOL

Been waiting for your post Joey and good to hear everything went well. We were wondering if you guys were getting that crazy heat wave up there. Did you get out the Muskrats & Aikenheads and how was the cabbage ?? Diane and I are heading to Memquisit on Saturday for 2 weeks so hopefully the weeds are where they should be. Been watching the full moon the last couple days and was wishing I was up there now.

Any chance you blew a fuse ?

Same here Brian and I put in $1200 worth of sod 2 years ago so it's not good to see it going brown & brittle.

A bit of rain and a few thunderboomers over my way but nothing serious....yet. We can sure use the rain though.