kickingfrog

If you don't want to watch the end of the Raptors game and miss the start of the hockey game you can watch nbc. Can't do anything about the commentators though.

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2014/05/03/more-than-1000-dead-fish-have-washed-up-on-shores-of-lake-dalrymple RAMARA TWP. — More than 1,000 dead bass, rock bass and sun fish have washed up on the shores of Lake Dalrymple at Dalrymple Drive, says the County of Simcoe's director of solid waste management. "The area was sort of limited. It wasn't like there was a big fish die-off in the whole of Lake Dalrymple," Rob McCullough said. Dalrymple Drive is located on the edge of Ramara Township toward the City of Kawartha Lakes. McCullough said he went to witness the die-off earlier this week. There are approximately 20 houses and cottages on the bay where the dead fish were found, he said. "It's only there that I saw any fish die-off. I did drive around the lake and stopped at several areas in the County of Simcoe and that was the only place that I noted significant fish die-off," McCullough said. "I didn't see in any of the other locations even a single fish." The ice had been out for less than half a week when residents began noticing the fish Friday, Ramara Township Mayor Bill Duffy said. The County of Simcoe reported the finding to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). "At the point that we talked to them on Monday, they weren't aware of the situation yet, but they had been anticipating that there would be some fish die-offs because of the long winter and the extended period that the ice was in," McCullough said. MNR spokeswoman Jolanta Kowalski said the fish die-off appears to be "winter fish kill." "It happens usually in shallow, weedy lakes, which apparently this one is," she said. "Over the winter, the ice and the snow cover blocks the transfer of oxygen from the air into the water." Dead organic material from aquatic plants use up the oxygen in the water and as the oxygen is depilated fish begin to suffocate and die, Kowalski said. Cases of winter fish kill have been reported in Guelph, Toronto and Kemptville due to the long winter, she said. The fish look "fuzzy" due to secondary fungal infections, Kowalski said. If dead fish wash up onshore, clean-up is the responsibility of the landowner, whether that be the provincial or municipal government, a private individual or a business, she said. Individuals undertaking clean-up of dead fish should remember to wear gloves and wash their hands thoroughly with soap and water afterwards, Kowalski said. Residents have been asked to double-garbage-bag the dead fish for county pick-up. "We would collect as many double-bagged bags of garbage in front of their homes as required to get rid of this specific problem," McCullough said. Residents can also bring the dead fish to the County of Simcoe's transfer station for free. The fish must be doubled bagged. The station, located at 5200 County Road 169, is open Monday to Wednesday and Saturdays. Fish can also be buried, Kowalski said.

The Maroons were a different franchise.

Link to article also has a few photos: http://www.nugget.ca/2014/05/02/volunteers-work-to-improve-fishery About a dozen volunteers are working at various stations on the dock at the end of Wasi Falls Road on Callander Bay. A few are collecting eggs and sperm from the walleye floating lazily in large plastic tubs. Some are mixing the eggs and sperm. One of the volunteers, Gary Preston, has been working on this project for a good three decades. At the other end is Clarke McMillan, an 11-year-old MT Davidson student who started helping out last year. “My uncle asked if I wanted to come down and see the hatchery,” McMillan says. “This year, he said if I wanted to come down I could go out in the boat and help count the fish.” On Friday, absent from school, he was helping move the walleye from the plastic bins into a small “cage” hanging off the side of the dock. “It’s fun,” McMillan says. “I just like to help out. It’s really interesting.” His uncle, Rob Hyatt, has been working on the project to stock the lake for a number of years. He’s proud of the fact that the restocking project, which introduces about 1.6 million fry and fingerlings into the lake every year, is doing so well, considering it gets no provincial funding. “We do it all by ourselves,” Hyatt says. “That and donations from some wonderful people.” The project has a licence to collect two million walleye eggs each year. Once collected, they are taken to a small fish hatchery Hyatt runs where the eggs develop long enough so they can be introduced into the lake. The project, run by the Lake Nipissing Stakeholders’ Association, has been going for about 30 years, Hyatt says, and he’s convinced it benefits the lake. “Different people think different things” about how effective it is, he says. He points out that the females deposit their eggs in the rapids and “hope the male fertilizes them.” The association, he said, fertilizes the eggs in a controlled manner, letting the eggs develop in the hatchery. “We don’t have much mortality in the hatchery,” he says. Preston, who used to work for the Ministry of Natural Resources, estimates the mortality in the fish hatchery is about 20%, while in the wild it is closer to 95%. The two million eggs collected, he said, is a small number compared to other lakes, particularly in the United States, where hundreds of millions of eggs can be collected. But even these relatively modest numbers, he said, are a help. “Every fish that survives is one more fish in the lake,” he said.

The barn in Anaheim looks like moose opener.

Funny thing was when I was looking on my phone's map I still had your place marked and was surprised just how close you used to be to Guelph.

Most places were full at 5pm. Ended up eating at a Thai place connected to the arena. Good food. From a layout standpoint, that arena is the best of the new buildings in the O that I've been to.

Boston has a rep for this (Ward for the Capitals a few years ago), BUT twitter makes it so easy for toolbags that I won't hang this on a city has a whole.

I've also got tickets to the Memorial Cup. Besides, I'm a Colts fan first.

I think he had already spent the 20 bucks.

Thanks for the tips. On a side note. What is the going rate for parking?

Heading to Guelph for the 2nd game between Battalion and Storm. Nothing fancy. Just good food.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=717369&navid=DL|NHL|home Has where every goal was scored this season.

Cutest little baby face. Great stuff Bunk. Thanks.

How about this for a real drinking sport. http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/29/na0430-tjh-beermile/ I remember back well over 20 years ago watching a show that Italo and Henry were doing. And "wood" was the word of the day. Every now and then when myself or my brother gets hung up in, or has a fish run into, "the wood" we have a laugh.

Well this game 7 did not go well for the Kings.

It's one thing to hit a half sunken hut, or deadhead, in a boat. It is something all together different to hit them on skis.

2nd round won't start until 1st is over (last games are Wednesday) even with this new format (that still sucks). Saturday start for some is likely, but Friday might be a start for teams with arena issues.

Brown butter.

It happened 4 years ago.

Foul east wind blowing on Kempenfelt bay today. Big white caps always look strange to me crashing at the tiffin launch.

Maybe the boat gets wet this Friday.

Kempenfelt bay was completely ice free as far as I could see this am.

Imagine if a team had a 3-0 series lead and lost it. Then they go up 3 goals in game seven, only to lose that game as well. No, that would be a collapse everyone would remember.

I have one and still couldn't watch. No biggie, it's only 3-1.