Fisherman

Friday there was someone ripping up and down the west side of cooks on a sled, damm near impossible to see where the ice had cracked and heaved, then they wonder why they go airborn or run into a hut like the one did last year. Speed doesn't kill, it's the rudely abrupt cessation of forward motion that does it. Some take safety advice and heed, some others, they make the news.

If I remember correctly, I think they last from 4-7 hours, depending on the temps, in todays cold temps, probably not more than 4 hours. Your battery could probably do with an initial 12-18 hour charge depending on the charger(Idon't know what you have). You can of course get larger batteries but they won't fit inside the case. Those 12V 7 amp gell cells are about as good as it gets, no worry of tipping over and dumping acid on anything.

Ya, it starts..why can't people wait a couple more days. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100102/...wmobiler_search

Jeezz, just goo borrow your wifes toy, won't make any difference, still smell fishy coming out of the lake water..

Congrats are in order, no point in messing around with those dinky little preemy diapers eh? My first was about that size.

Well here's wishing the best of health and prosperity to everyone for 2010. Couple of fish wouldn't hurt either.

Go check at BPro, they have the bigger Otter sleds, you can just about go canoeing in one.

As long as the oil you want to use carries the same specs, ie, 10W30, SL, etc, there's no problem. Got to remember that Honda or Polaris and all the others don't make their own oil, they just go to any company that can meet their specs, place an order and wack their own stickers on the bottles.

12 foot springbok and I went out this morning early(still dark) from Gilford, walked out straight east until we hit a bunch of refrozen ice sheets, hmm, this doesn't look too good, right turn about 100 yards south and set up. A couple cranks on the manual auger found about 4-5 inches of good clear ice over 19 feet of water. The ice was constantly groaning and making all sorts of bubbly star wars sounds, never heard it like that before. A simple minnow hook and sinker was sent down and rewarded 12 foot with the first perch, I wasn't far behind, groping around in the dark for a minnow, set up the my F/F which immediately showed fish. The bite was pretty consistant, a mix of keepers and small ones that went back down the hole, just about any type of bait worked. By about 930 we had enough for a tasty feed, packed up and were homeward bound. If all goes well we'll try again tomorrow.

I do believe that your cottage qualifies for the Home reno rebate program and looks like they may extend it, go check on the gov't site.

Now the only issue with Innisfil, they have passed the $10 parking fee at Innisfil Beach Park, no idea how and when they are going to start to collect it. So, something to think about for the future when picking a place to hold a charity type event, I don't know if there's a way to circumvent this issue. I know from the last couple of years at the tyler event, we had a lot of folks use that parking lot and this might turn a number of people off the event. Just my politely written thoughts, 'cause you can imagine the plethora of explitives I was forced to withhold.

Well I guess the moniker under your Avatar isn't worth a pinch of possum poop, an "Imperial Angler" and can't google whitefish... Whitefish, looks like a silvery carp with a sort of sucker mouth, hoever the meat is more white, great deep fried or smoked.

No neighbours are perfect, but if you don't complain to the proper authority, you become part of the problem. The next time the dog may bite your wife..it will be.. coulda, shoulda, but I didn't. If you slip is a strategically placed loaf and break a leg...nuff said.

Well how nice of you Chuck, but ya have to post your phone # if we're coming to stay I'm sure Shelley will be just thrilled, or does she know about this part yet...

I'll go with the 20th although I should be able change if need be.

Not 100% sure, but I don't think you can register the older 3 wheelers anyore, they were sort of outlawed due to the safety problem of too many people doing wheelies and having the machine land on them. I don't think too many Insurance companies will touch them either. Riding on your own property, no problem, anywhere else, don't think so. As for being asked for reg and ins, yes the ministry does ask, checking for stolen ATVs/Snowmobiles. It may be a whole lot cheaper to go with an older snowmobile, they can be had for $1K or less.

Hmmm, if you tried to crank and all you got was a click, the kissing of pistons and valves may have already happened, I definitely would not try and crank it over. Big Owy. Normally those belts go for around a 100K.

Ya, it's always on the move although adding or subtracting the annual declination to adjust for topo maps isn't all that much unless you plan on trekking for tens of kms and have to get to a very specific point. As long as you are using it as a safety item to get off the lake in a snowstorm or "out of the woods" to a general area, we're still pretty safe.

Like Wayne said with the extra width, careful with the extra weight up top, tends to make them lean a bit.

Wow this sure took off like a cat with a turpentined ringpiece. I'll have to adjust the work schedule by the looks of things. Saturday or Sunday and which weekend.

Merry Christmas and the best of health to all, and here's hoping the travllers don't get smacked too hard by the lousy weather showing on the radar map.

Have you two ever had Pulla with vanilla sauce, my mom used to make a yeast cake something like that, but with vanila sauce made from real vanilla beans.

Peter Heering...I haven't heard that for a looong time, have to look and see if they have it here.

Ya usually anywhere after the 3rd week of Jan, the lake is pretty much frozen all over "safely", I guess the majority would have to pick a spot for the fishing and all important parking area. Raptorfan..for you our fine OFC friend, you still have to pay welcoming fees ...your job will be to drill all the holes with a dull drill instead. A venue like that, you get to meet a lot of good people, no point in being a stranger. Hopefully it works out.

As long as you're not travelling in your canoe full of beer, you should be okay..