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bump, for LTF.

Scroll down a bit to the next page, I posted a brief report when I went on Sunday.

Thanks Wayne, but I wouldn't want to put you into jeopardy in doing so with my kind of luck.

Yeah, just got off the phone with MNR to report it as well. I'm hoping someone will report it found and the MNR office is suppose to notify me if it does. Cliff, if you can imagine me fighting a rainbow with a 24" ice fishing rod. It was goofy looking to say the least. And make that three guys doing it from shore to open water, it looked like something made for tv. There was a guy fly fishing the same area, just makes me wonder what was going through his head.

Hey Brian, I used to have a digital camera until I gave it away thinking I was getting another one and my wife won't let me take hers anywhere near the water. I guess I'll have to invest in another one soon. That Olympus one that has a -10C freeze rating and crush resistance is coming to mind.

Hi all, Well, I went for a drive sunday morning to see if I could locate my fishing hut since I didn't have the opportunity to check prior to it after the thaw and wind gusts. Anyways, made my way to VB, used the binoculars, nope, not there anymore. Looked around on the pier, huge pressure cracks some 1 ft wide with about 3/4 inch to 1 inch of ice due the the slightly colder weather. Out in the distance I could see the ferry crossing the lake (not a good sign at all). Looking carefully through the binoc I see two guys out beside a sled trying to right a partially sunken hut. If anyone was considering going up there, I would suggest not to waste your fuel. Since the purpose of the trip was to try and locate the hut, I drove around a bit more with two friends in the vehicle. Went to Duclos point, nope, not there. Gave up trying to locate it after that. Drove over to the Pefferlaw river, it was wide open water. Decided to head over to Jackson's Point just to look at the conditions. On the lake side road my friends were pointing out the open choppy water with very little ice along the shoreline. At JP, the harbor was iced over with about 1/4 inch of ice (broke through with throwing med-small sized stones). Against the breakwall there was broken ice pieces pushed to shore by the waves (I wish I had a camera at this point as it was like a piece of art). On the way back, I stopped by a friend's private lake and did some fishing for rainbows. Since it wasn't in the initial plans, we didn't have appropriate rods (ice fishing rods) but still caught 6 fish between the 3 of us in an hour and 15 mins. Nothing large, about 14"-16", one friend had one hook up with something he claims was larger but I didn't see it so I can't comment on it . Everyone, please be safe if you plan to do some fishing in the next little while, better yet just wait until it refreezes properly. Stan

A good reminder, Mark. It was posted some time ago but many may not know about it. It has some lakes but definitely not all.

Happy belated Birthday Cliff!

Happy belated birthday Mark!

WTG Kemper on your PB! Nice looking steel.

That is really great news. Wishing them all a smooth recovery!

Yeah, welcome to the OFC. Nice slabs.

No problem here, never stopped for me.

Now that's a reason why people should prefer gradual heat up slow melts than sudden heat during winter. I hope it doesn't affect the local environment too much.

Well, I should have known my luck was going to be this bad. I brought my portable hut which I received from Mistyriver1 and left it out on Sunday morning, with an anchor line. But with the recent thaw, I doubt that the anchor line will remain under the ice. With all this wind blowing I guess I'll be looking for my hut around Beaverton (I left my hut out in Virginia Beach about 1/2 way to Georgina Island). :wallbash:

Looked like a trip well worth the trek! Nice fish!

Shelley, you and your family will me on our minds. As with all other members here, best wishes for a problem free and quick recovery.

Hmmm, sounds like there may be an hearing issue there. The human ear at best would hear between 20-20000 Hz (at birth) starting off with about 15000 hair cells in each ear, but over time some of the inner ear's hair cells will die (that short ringing in the ear that goes away, that's one hair cell saying bye-bye) and spots in the frequency spectrum will not be picked up, the more dead cells, the more "dead spots". Usually, one will not notice that gradual loss and will tend to leave checking their hearing until it starts to irritate those around them. I'd recommend that most should have their hearing checked out at least one every two years after hitting 40 or earlier if you work around excessive noise (>85 dB), get it done by an Audiologist or Hearing Instrument Specialist (we all do the same basic testing). And for your hearing's sake, turn down the volume on those MP3/i-pod thingys (try not to exceed 1/2 volume). Give your ears a rest regularly don't keep blasting them!! As for the reply to this thread, Sony and Toshiba are the only ones we'll get. All of the ones we've had have all exceeded 10 years before needing replacement. (Unless someone physically damaged it).

OT goal for CANADA!!! WTG Boyz

WTG on your PB eye.

My very deep condolences to you Mike, your family and Kareem's family. I'm sure he felt the same way about you too. Keep the memories alive my friend, Stan

WTG IW28 on you new PB perch! Was a beauty for sure, I hope tomorrow and sunday fairs well for me and a friend as we're headed up that way to give it a try.

Thanx Danbo, those were some interesting links. I'll have to keep that in the back of my mind the next time I might need to use those methods.

Thanx Danbo, however, I think if I had all that in the pack, my kids would be on such a sugar high I wouldn't know how to keep them fishing. I have a float suit, but can't find one small enough for the kids, so life jackets will have to do with the rest of there clothing. Camillj, I had thought about flares too, but considered them a bit too dangerous with kids around. (might have to rethink about this one)

Sounds like a sad ending for two families. I only read 2 sleds and one helmet recovered, no bodies yet. Although the police mentioned they believe they have the "bodies" there.