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Link has a video. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fisherman-stranded-overnight-1.3440550?cmp=rss A Selkirk, Man., ice fisherman wishes he had checked the weather forecast before heading to Lake Winnipeg on Sunday and getting stuck in blinding snow for 26 hours. Joey Halldorsson and his brother-in-law Ron Berens arrived on the lake in clear weather around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Lake Winnipeg ice fisherman stuck in storm rescued by guide Oshawa man disputes bill for rescue while ice fishing All highways in southern Manitoba now open again after storm "Normally we check the weather and do it right. If it's going to blow on that lake, you stay off of it, but we just for some reason didn't check. We just went," said Halldorsson. "If I had known there was a blowing snow warning like that coming through, I wouldn't have even went." He and Berens went seven kilometres offshore near Chalet Beach south of Matlock, Man. Joey Halldorsson fishes on the Red River in summer. (Joey Halldorsson) Less than two hours later the weather changed, Halldorsson said. "We looked outside and you couldn't see 10, 15 feet in front of you," he said. They thought they could wait the storm out. "It just never let up," Halldorsson said. The storm eased around 5 p.m., so they packed up and tried to drive through 1½-metre snowdrifts. "We got about 50 feet away and got stuck. Then we dug it out. We got another 10 feet and got stuck. We fought our way back to the shack, got back in the shack," he said. Joey Halldorsson and Ron Berens created a makeshift stove and cooked fish they'd caught to eat while stranded on Lake Winnipeg for 26 hours. (Joey Halldorsson) They fried fish they had caught with a makeshift stove they built from a pan, their propane heater and a bucket. They greased the pan using a leftover sausage from a breakfast sandwich and drank melted snow. "It was survival mode 101," he said. The weather calmed again around 8 p.m. and they tried to drive away again, Halldorsson said. "Another bad decision." They got stuck again in the snowdrifts and couldn't leave their vehicle. "Tried to get out, and it was just a wall of white," he said. They were forced to spend the night in the truck. "You're hearing the ice crack underneath you, and you're like, 'Oh my God.' That ice is known to open and close. It wasn't fun." They knew there were other shacks around them, but Halldorsson said they couldn't see them in the dark with blowing snow. "We weren't that far from the shack, because when we got [up] in the morning we looked behind us and the shack was maybe 100 feet away," he said. Ron Berens fishes on the Red River in summer. (Joey Halldorsson) Without chargers, Halldorsson's phone died and they relied on Berens's phone to get help. They contacted Halldorsson's sister, who called the coast guard and the Selkirk RCMP. "They were concerned," Halldorsson said of the RCMP officer who called him. "He says, 'Maybe we'll come out in the Ski-Doo,' and we didn't feel right." Halldorsson said he didn't want the RCMP to come out, because he didn't want to put them at risk. "You're looking for a needle in a haystack, especially when you can only see 20 to 30 feet in front of you," he said. The RCMP kept calling every couple of hours to check up on the men, Halldorsson said. They also called St. Andrews Towing. "When you can't see your hood in front of you and there's ice ridges and cracks, you don't know what you're going to be driving into," said Robert Stutsky, owner of St. Andrews Towing. Stutsky made sure they had enough fuel in their car to keep warm through the night, he said. He told them to crack a window and make sure the truck's exhaust pipe was clear of snow until his company could come in the morning. Halldorsson and Berens sent Stutsky GPS co-ordinates, and Stutsky showed up with his track truck around 9 a.m. Play Media RAW: St. Andrews Towing pulls out stranded fishermen0:10 "When we got up to them there was a snow drift up to the top of their hood almost," Stutsky said. The St. Andrews Towing track truck flattening the trail at Lake Winnipeg. (St. Andrews Towing) He pulled Halldorsson and Berens to the shoreline, then flattened the trail out of the lake and towed them out. It was a $700 tow. "I was like, look, I'll give you 10 grand. Just come get me," Halldorsson said. "It's just an eerie feeling," Halldorsson said of being stuck. "Your life flashes [before] your eyes." Halldorsson said they should have stayed in the shack until the propane heater ran out and waited until the morning before trying to drive. He said he will probably go ice fishing again, but next time he will check the weather and move the shack closer to the shore. "It will be a lot more thinking, a lot more stuff involved after you get into a pickle like that," he said. "You never think about it until you're in it."

http://www.nugget.ca/2016/02/07/fishery-deal-in-the-works Nipissing First Nation has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to manage the fishery in Lake Nipissing. Specific details about what the partnership will look like haven't been released yet, however Chief Scott McLeod and council have reached a consensus. According to a notice to membership issued by Nipissing First Nation Friday afternoon, chief and council had two choices – “rely on the status quo to manage our fishery going forward, which has not been an effective and accountable method for our members,” or “work in partnership with the ministry to manage the lake and move towards a more sustainable fishery while supporting the implementation of our own Fisheries Law and management plans.” The notices states chief and council chose the second option and referred to it as being in the best interests of the fish, the community and collective rights for now and future generations. According to Genevieve Couchie, spokeswoman for Nipissing First Nation, the memorandum has yet to be signed, “No formal announcement will be issued until the minutes are approved at the next council meeting scheduled for Feb. 16.” Chief and council decided to close the commercial fishery in August, which is a few months early. Data showed the walleye fishery in Lake Nipissing was severely stressed and Nipissing First Nation had exceeded safe harvest levels. According to Nipissing First Nation, closing the fishery before Aug. 31 effectively reduces the season by more than half - to just over three months from seven. The closure will remain in effect until the end of the 2016 spring fisheries moratorium. McLeod said in a previous interview “this is not a decision that is taken lightly. We understand it directly affects the membership.” Nipissing First Nation has been in discussions with the ministry for more than a year, according to the Notice to Membership posted on the NFN website. Both parties were looking to come to an understanding on how they can work together to best manage the fishery. “Nipissing First Nation has struggled with the implementation of its Fisheries Law, particularly due to issues of non-compliance around spring and fall moratoriums and commercial fishing regulations. According to Nipissing First Nation, a Memorandum of Understanding is not legally binding, however it does carry a degree of seriousness and mutual respect. “Nipissing First Nation can withdraw from the MOU at any time if it is not helping,” it states. “The MOU also does not allow for the surrender of the existing treaty rights of Nipissing people. It's about maintaining our right to fish by using the data we collect and receive to better manage the lake and to protect the resource for current and future generations.”

I just saw a video of a scuba diver trying to "ride" a shark. It ends about as well as you'd expect. Some never grow out of it.

In his own words, from The Players Tribune: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/a-guy-like-me/

Well 3 inches of fluffy snow killed the skating thing. Local forecast is less than ideal for ice making.

The rain has been eating away at the surface on Kempenfelt. The good news is if the temperature flips we'll be able to lace up the tacks and skate to all the way to BBP.

http://www.nugget.ca/2016/01/21/police-investigate-suspicious-object Ice fishermen contacted Ontario Provincial Police earlier this week after their fishfinder picked up images of a “suspicious object” on the bottom of a lake. OPP Const Carolyn Ward said officers attended the scene at Champlain Park on the shores of Lake Nipissing to investigate the discovery. “The fishermen thought what they saw was unusual, so they contacted police, but it turned out to be clam shells,” she said Thursday afternoon.

It's salmon.... and thank you.

Me too! Water wings and a swim suit.

There was no ice in the bay 3 days ago. The skim of ice isn't even out to Johnson's Beach. The rest of the bay is wide open and there are open spots in/near the marina.

A race to the bottom.

Me first! ME FIRST! I've got more ice in my "frost free" frezzer.

A skim of ice on the bay close to shore. Open water for most of the bay still, some open spots near marina. Don't rush it, they're just fish.

And home field advantage for the World Ser..... never mind.

It is modern day Shakespeare. Scott is at the mercy of many forces that he has zero control over. He has no place in this league and for that I'm glad, but he is just a guy who is trying to do what he needs to do. I doubt I would be any different. The league has had at least 2 previous write-in campaigns and they still failed to anything to prevent this. Proving once again that they are fools. Willy loved his fools. Scott himself didn't want any part of this but that is the theatre.

So much more better that it lasts twice as long... ..... 4 months.

It is a long read but quite the storey, quite the life. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/14/the-wayfarer

Or had a bear inside..... or a squatter.

The country is cut in half. Long trip around Lake Superior.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/woman-photogrpahs-gyrfalcon-near-lasalle-1.3390354?cmp=rss

... And they're "sold-out". No they are not, but they will be gone soon.... Probably later today.

Depends on what species I'm fishing for and how. If I'm trolling I sometimes don't bother with a leader and just direct tie with the braid. But casting direct tied jerk baits leads to lots of tangles so I'll use fluoro almost as much for its stiffness as for its stealth. The flouro does stand up to pike teeth much better than braid.

Another good one: And how is a page blank if you put something on it?