Dozer

9 hours ago, mamona said:

Lovely. Wondering how she got those colors.

Genes.

Nice photos of a beautiful deer!

They associate with well oxygenated, fast moving water in Spring.  Bigger fish will have the prime spots.  You might be surprised at how shallow you get them.  Not to say you can't catch them anywhere else.  Follow BillM's advice, har dto do for a 2 day loop but best of luck.

Just now, Dozer said:

Mostly nice but there is some slum around-bad apples everywhere.  Older retired crowd is strong in numbers.

Good fishing, hunting season is religion, lots of trails, ATV into town for Timmies no problem.  Summers are super extra busy with flocks of folks coming from the city to all the camps in the area, lots of young people.  The main lakes dont get busy with boaters, a couple of hot spots and thats about it.  Winters full of snowmobiling.  Horrendous blackflies and skeeters in Spring.  Beer store+liquor store in town alongside a few churches.  Something for everyone!

 

Forgot to add, there is lots of water around, you'd need an entire lifetime to fish it all. 

Mostly nice but there is some slum around-bad apples everywhere.  Older retired crowd is strong in numbers.

Good fishing, hunting season is religion, lots of trails, ATV into town for Timmies no problem.  Summers are super extra busy with flocks of folks coming from the city to all the camps in the area, lots of young people.  The main lakes dont get busy with boaters, a couple of hot spots and thats about it.  Winters full of snowmobiling.  Horrendous blackflies and skeeters in Spring.  Beer store+liquor store in town alongside a few churches.  Something for everyone!

Definitely check out a local club.  They often charge a yearly fee however you will get access to many tools, equipment, knowledge, etc.  Fantastic way of getting your hands dirty without having to pay the price for the expensive equipment.  This community is quite welcoming and super extra friendly I find.  If you're a handy man you can look into building your own equipment, depending on what you are trying to achieve of course.  I have no first hand experience in lapidary work however do come across articles/forum questions and glance through.  A very good resource is www.mindat.org  - not lapidary specific by any means however the greatest resource online for minerals.  You can even go as far as hunting your own, local material.  Just type in the name of any town and a map will pop up with different localities in that area.   You will never look at roadcuts the same way again   There is a fantastic spot near Bancroft that you wont need much more than a bucket to collect amazonite, peristerite and others that you can fashion into cabochons and what not.  If you have any questions shoot me a message.  Keep us posted with stuff you make! 

Looking for a contact for high risk auto insurance, tired of leaving messages and not receiving any calls back.  Tight lines and only big fish ?

I'm firing up the pan next time - hopefully a gator doesn't come and decide I'm sharing my catch.

Fired up male and a female most likely - or a male sub.  They're a riot to catch on ultra light and make fantastic gator food, along with the 100 other invasive fish species found in the waterways.  Hurray for invasives diversity!

Mayan cichlid

Beautiful and windy - fantastic snook, what a chunker.  Your fish appears to be a lizard fish, nasty set of teeth.  What other fish did you catch?

Consider working from home a bit longer to see if you actually like it.  Then consider making your weekend escape a place to live. 

Most folks always say they would of done it sooner than later.  Lots of these folks are older and are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city.  Take the smallest things into consideration.  Do you like giving Halloween candy out to children?  Living up north off the main highway you'll only be feeding turkeys.  How about gourmet food?  Goodbye to foreign food and say hello to Timmies, Jacks Chinese and Canadian Food Restaurant, Godfathers and Dixie Lee, oh wait, they're all closed during the winter as soon as the sun sets ( depending on location of course ).  Want to go see a festival? Garlic Festival in Maynooth over the weekend, 5 tables with same faces for the last 3000 years.  You will need to have good hobbies during the winter.   Like gardening?  Well, a cold snap in August can kill your tomatoes and you're very limited to what you can grow.  Life will become much more simple and slow down a lot.  But my goodness does the air taste much better.

Bass fishing will never be the same

1 hour ago, Fisherman said:

Was at the dealer this morning,  top line trucks listed for over $80K, what the hell are they smoking.  I doubt I'll ever buy new again.

For that money you can get quite the Toyota

On 10/8/2018 at 9:37 AM, Canuck said:

Lion's Mane or Bear Tooth mushroom - Made a fantastic soup yesterday.

Took a walk up north to look for some honey mushrooms.  Didn't find any, but scored on Lion's mane.  Got enough to make a massive soup today.  Delicious.  Didn't take any pics on the logs, and forgot to take some before most was chopped and in the pan.  Cream of wild mushroom soup.  The best part of the fall season.

Recipe?  Not a fan of hericium on the pan but a soup sounds interesting

If its on the property and each guy is there, why not?  No different than a shared freezer I would think?

Sealing fresh pressure treated wood wont always work.  The chemicals are too fresh and close to the surface of the wood that any penetrating sealer ( you mentioned Thompsons, which is a mineral oil ) will interact with the chemical ( copper + whatever the hell every other company adds )  causing the sealer to fall short of expectation/fail.

Porsche is a VW in a tuxedo, BMW's are science experiments.

The BPS is called World Sportsman or something along those lines, big ole square building in Islamorada on the north side of the highway.  You are better off buying online, the BPS has regular BPS prices and the local shops you pay a bit extra but get the most incredible service - best tackle shop down there is Lower Keys Tackle on Big Pine Key, the atmosphere and folks workin' there are top notch, genuine fishing brothers who want to make sure you catch fish and have a great time while visiting their paradise.

Some mushrooms you can only eat once, and yes, those are chants for sure. Big year for them but the bugs know so as well

First season was cool because it was a new concept but it got repetitive fast. The new slant on it looks interesting however it seems like it will become more of a drama. I highly recommend recommend reading the book 428 days ( or 438 days, I forget ) - slow start but a serious book about survival with out a panic button. You will love it, I promise - its about a fisherman to boot!

be careful harvesting chaga.... which side of the tree....the temp of the day and more

they all have an effect on this medicine.

Where did you read about this?

Chaga has been proven to stop tumor growth in a few cancers but not all.

Most of the time you really do pay extra for quality. That being said, vanities from big box stores like Home Depot or Lowes can last a while if you take care of them ( dry them if they get wet, pretty much baby them ). A bit of leg work and you could find a nice used one or something on clearance, even in the custom bathroom shops, happy hunting.

That is if I had to use it for multispecies and only one lure. Each species has a different "go to"

Silver/blue half and half spoon. Catches it all.

Yup - call TD