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I had a crew here yesterday to take down a large elm tree in the back yard and it was really impressive to watch them working very methodically thru the tree with their ropes and pulleys so I took a few pics.

Awesome bunch of pictures...thanks !!

When I was there the son of the owners was driving us to a different lake on our last day and we put our gear in the back of his truck. He put a small outboard there too but it tipped over and broke one of my rods. They'd treated us so darned good all week I never told them he broke my rod as they'd feel terrible and probably want to replace it and I didn't want that to happen. I don't remember the name of the owners back then but could still be the same great family.

Been a very long time since my bro & I spent a week that lodge Chrispy and it's good to hear it's still a great place to visit !!

We had alerts kept flashing up on the TV warning of possible tornadoes all through that area Dave, hopefully everyone made out OK

Not sure about anywhere else but here in the eastern Kawarthas folks are still digging out from that huge storm that went thru a few weeks back and killed a bunch of people. Another vicious storm hammered us again at 2 this afternoon. Started with thunder off in the distance then the wind came in like a hurricane and rain so heavy I could hardly see across the road. Whole thing lasted maybe 15 minutes and the storm left as fast as it came in. I've only gone 500 feet down the road to help a neighbor who lost several trees but between here and there I saw dozens of trees ripped from the ground or just snapped off. I've got a link to power outages and it shows 1100 homes without power within probably 10 miles from here. Last storm we were without power for a week but don't know about today. Hope none of you boys had any serious damage if you got hit today.

No, I was always quite a bit south of there. To get to West Bay and the West Arm by boat you'd need to go out into the big lake, past the Hardwood Islands then head south to Hay Narrows and come in from there. It's a long boat run from Lavigne but I'm sure you could find equally good spots where you'll be.

We're heading up this coming Saturday for an annual trip and stay at a camp about 20 minutes south of Lavigne. You'll like the area and there's a general store right in Lavigne if you need anything. I've never fished in the Lavigne area but spent a lot of years fishing West Bay and the West Arm...again south of you... and did well with the muskies. I always had good luck casting around the rocky islands if there was heavy weed growth nearby but spent most of my time casting open water and found the best places....to me anyways....was in 8 - 10 FOW with heavy patches of cabbage. Casting big black & orange spinnerbaits and working them around the patches produced some good fish. Try similar areas where you are and hopefully you'll get into some nice fish. Can't help you with the bass as I never had any interest in fishing for them but pike are pretty well everywhere and will hit darned near any bait you put in front of them.

Good musky fishing but can't comment on other species as I never tried for them.

Memquisit is great, we've stayed there a few times and the owners are as good as they come.

Could be a spider nest in the tube which is very common. Take a piece of stiff mono leader and push it into the hole and that will quite likely fix your issue.

Thanks Chris, how'd you guys make out down your way ?

I just recently installed 2 steel roofed gazebos on my back deck and didn't remember till after the storm that I forgot to screw them down. I guess if they didn't go into orbit during that storm they never will LOL

Just got our power back on yesterday (Friday) and internet & landline (phone) finally got hooked up today. I've also got a cell phone but reception was poor. I've said it may times but my GENERAC standby generator is by far the best money I've ever spent. Just a few seconds after the storm hit and everything went out, the generator fired up and ran everything I needed in the house for 7 days and never hiccuped once. I shut it down a couple times just to check the oil but other than that it ran constantly & flawlessly. I've been around a long time and been thru plenty of bad storms but never saw anything hit that fast and nasty before. Wife and I took a walk when it was all over and I couldn't believe the number of massive trees snapped in half or torn right outta the ground and sadly a fella was killed by a falling tree just south of me. Hopefully all you boys made it through without too many issues.

As far as I understand it, the owner of the lodge/camp can give you a small test and if you pass he can issue a temporary license while your there...but things may have changed.

That's where I go now too, only 20 minutes from home.

And being on an island there's not many options for firetrucks or ambulances to get to you in a hurry if needed and although I don't know, that could make getting insurance an issue. And transporting yourself and gear back and forth on lousy rainy days is never fun.

Just saw Dan McTeague on the news and he's expecting we'll be paying $2.10 next week.

Good luck with the new home & country living Geoff.

I'm using chrome with no issues.

Picked one up last week and installed it the next day and all's right with the world once again. 🙂

We'd see it the odd time but certainly nothing like what's happening in some parts of the country today. And as far as the sticker rebate, I got a cheque yesterday for $320.

Jeeez, I could have turned this into a great road trip, down thru Southern Ontario, then on to Southern Ohio then all the way northwest to Yellow Knife and back home again. 😁

Back in my days as a fireman we had a great shift. We'd work 4 days then get 6 days off, then work 4 nights and get 4 days off, then we'd do 3 days followed by 3 nights and get 4 days off and that was the month done. We worked 10 hour days and 14 nights so it was long shifts in fewer days but lots of time off in-between. Basically it was 7 day shifts & 7 night shifts a month that worked out to 168 hours a month or 42 hours a week I've been retired 22 years now but these days they work 7 shifts per month and each shift is 24 hours which again is 168 hours per month..

It's clean in that picture but believe me Wayne, it doesn't always look that good LOL