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Dave stay strong, like many of the other OFC brothers and sisters here, my thoughts and prayers to you and your family and hoping for a full recovery. Stan

My condolences to you and your family.

Got me too, I was thinking I was going to see a 15"or 16" perch.

Directions: Better not cross at that ford. hehe

Slime initiation, what's wrong with that? At least he's toasty warm. Feeling cold while fishing makes it less desirable. Nice 'bow.

I tell ya, when looking down the hole close up (sight fishing) and hearing the ice crack and water come up the hole works a bit on the nerves. Thanks Roy, now if I can get info on the proper cut angle ..... Thanks, Stan

Thanks from me too, I was wondering about this and how people got around the cutting point issue. Is there a way to determine the proper point angle prior to removing the blades? Thanks, Stan

Hello All, I was out with a couple of friends Sunday. First spot was VB, lots of people were out there, ice was about 7-8 inches near the area that will probably be the ice road. Cars and trucks were making their ways across it causing ice flexing and cracking sounds as they went. :woot: We only caught a few dinky perch 6-9 inches, nothing to take pics of. We had a pleasant visit from one of the local OPP officers stop by and chat for a few minutes about the ice conditions after the normal pleasantries. He mentioned most areas ice was about the same but out towards duclos point the ice was almost 11 inches in some areas (I'll take his word for it). Off the VB ice at about 11:30am. Headed off to Innisfil beach to check things out. Got there and bumped into BigChev4s4, a quick little greeting was required as I don't run into too many OFNers due to infrequent and short fishing trips. Got there and saw 2 guys out from the parking lot area (I'd say about 200 m) and another 8 or so to the south. Decided to give it a try for a little while. Ice was about 4-5 inches thick. We stopped about where the two other guys were as we saw some pressure cracks not too much further. Punched five holes and put the Vex down, about 55 ft marked one fish at about 51 ft but it didn't move or follow. Not sure if it was a school of bait or just an uninterested fish. My friend pull out one small perch on a williams spoon that was 3/4 the length of the perch but that was all. We decided to call it the day at about 3:45 pm when the freezing rain started to come down a bit harder and we weren't marking any fish for a while. Hopefully with all the colder weather we're expecting the ice will be a bit thicker to venture a bit further. Also found that I will need to sharpen my auger blades as it didn't want to cut. Blades looked new and don't have rust on them at all but I'll have to check them again and look at the point as well. Anyone have any advice on point sharpening? Thanks, Stan

Congrats!!!

Great report Wayne, looking forward to another with some of your fish in there too.

Thanks, I looked them up on the net and I believe you're correct. Looks like I'll be tying up some mayfly nymphs and scud flys to kill some time before venturing out onto Lady Simcoe. Thank you Brian as well. Stan

Good report as always Greg. I don't recognize those creatures from the stomach pic. What are those and how big were they?

Thanks Shawn for the update.

Happy New Year back to you Maureen and to all of those on OFC as well. Be safe and have a great fishing year! Stan

Good to see you back Rick.

Thank you Rob for the post. It is a good community post and a reminder of all those that in uniform do for us all. God bless them and their families. Stan

Welcome and Happy New Year to you. Look forward to seeing some posts.

My condolences to you and your family on your loss. Stan

Well, it doesn't look too bad in the pics. How was the taste and texture?

Greg, you're making my mouth water!!

Fantastic job out there. Fish posted in #8 looks like a cisco/herring. Too bad on the sled. Look forward to seeing some more ice fishing posts.

Welcome to the board Karlin. If you haven't come across some other intros, you'll be told soon that many like pics with their posts.

Looking at the pics of the fur, I'd more likely believe you too, the hair looks too long and softer than what a deer's coat resembles. Question is looking at the height of the impact and entry seems a bit higher than what a fox's level would be.

My sincerest condolences to you and your family's loss.

Never my friend. It's all good. $11 huh, that's some pretty expensive smoke sauce.