Tom McCutcheon

I see that Regan has donated a four night stay at Mashkinonje Lodge. Very generous. A great prize for the Muskies Canada silent auction table. Thank you

Wayne has it right. Technically with a conservation license, you are not supposed to take the fish out of the water for any length of time other than to unhook it and release it. Some would say it should be unhooked/released while still in the water/net boat side. Good luck in your new adventure.

I don't believe it......The guy still doesn't get it does he?......He's feeling sorry for himself now...... "the fish had no chance of surviving" Yep he's right, especially after he bonked it..... Stupid ASS.

I'm with Lew on this one. After the first introductions and SIR is out of the way, I tell them they can call me Tom, I've answered to a lot worse names over the past 66 years.

I have never met you Wayne or any of your family, but I have to admit that as strong as your daughter is, I know where she gets it from. An apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You, sir, and your family, have the strength and determination to combat this evil disease. Tom.

They thought he was Goldilocks......

1986...February 16. Fishing with Floyd Hales on a two night overnighter. We arrived on Friday at about 4:30pm and it had rained through the day on Friday and there was about an inch of water on the ice. Saturday morning, I was visiting another hut when my bud in our hut started yelling my two tip ups were going crazy. Running from one hut to the other, I stepped in a hole which had opened up due to the rain. My left ankle was shattered and I broke my left leg in three places between the ankle and the knee. Crawled back to my hut and waited for Floyd to check on us and get a lift into the Beaverton medical clinic. The Dr. said "yep it's broken and you can either go to Orillia or drive back to London to have it fixed". We arrived in London about 10:00pm and I had consumed TOO MUCH Canadian Club pain reliever for the surgery, so I had to wait until Sunday morning for everthing to get repaired. 30 years later and the ankle still swells up and I can tell it's going to rain about an hour ahead of time because the pins and screws in my ankle start to ache. Caught a few white fish though while I was waiting for Floyd and the Bombardier, which my wife enjoyed.

Hey Dave....The Minn Kota 2 bank charger Mike has on his boat has worked well for the last 7 years. I can't tell you whether it's 8 or 20 amps or somewhere in between, but it will fully charge the two deep cycle batteries overnight. Now that I've said that, it will act up this season.....

Do NOT go near any camp fires Matt....... Just saying....

Try this Pete. Direct line to Chris and the repair room. 705-750-2675 [email protected]

You could also try Short Wave Electronics in Port Credit or possibly Radio World.

A lot of the US mid west states have reverted to a stocking program of hybrids. Just because stocking a natural muskie did not work. It is a put and leave it fishery as the hybrids are sterile. Again, stocking is the very last and costly resort if the current fishery is lost. Mother nature just might handle everything herself and find a solution to the two species learning to live together in the Kawarthas.

Good question John and it has been discussed. I think that stocking the Kawarthas would be the very last resort. Perhaps with some brood stock of natural Kawartha fish.The MNR has that on their radar, but it's way down the road. Introducing a different strain of muskies is not the answer. George, after a lot of very tough volunteer hours by MCI members and students from both Fleming College and Trent University, trying to identify the locations of where the muskies spawn, where the pike spawn and where they are overlapping in spawn locations, there are still not enough clear answers to the problem. All of our research has been carried out on Balsam Lake, so that is the lake being used as a control for further research. The locations (structure) where we have pursued our research has proved very difficult to work. I am talking numerous submerged logs, in amongst heavy Chara weed. It can be dangerous terrain to wade through where one might be walking on a solid bottom in 3' of water and all of a sudden get a foot caught in a log or tangled in muck filled weeds. After the high water spring of 2013, a number of the locations we had identified as prime spawning locations for over lapping Esocid species were destroyed. It has been a slow process, but we now have permission to use the Trent University Labs to do DNA research on water samples from the Kawartha Lakes to track the migration of pike and hybrids (similar to what is being done regarding Asian Carp migration studies). This is much more productive and less labour intensive. It is a slow process in order to get to the solution we hope to achieve. Which is to find a way for the UNIQUE STRAIN of Kawartha Lakes Muskie to learn to coexist with the Northern Pike. As I have said. The Pike are here and they are not going to go away.

I beg to differ. If we continue to throw our hands in the air and say it's all over for the Kawartha Muskies, then yes they are doomed. With the assistance of the OMNR, Muskies Canada and other fishing clubs and interested bodies, the research will continue

It is a story we are hearing more and more often. Years ago there were many muskies in, Dalrymple, Mitchel, Canal and Crowe Lakes, not so many any more and numerous hammer handle pike. As I said, our ongoing research will hopefully have an ending where the Natural Kawartha muskie is able to learn to adapt to it's cousin.

It "was a beauty" Lew. The angler had a reproduction done by Advanced and he is extremely proud of it.

Perhaps I can clear up some thoughts here. I am by NO MEANS an expert but the Kawartha Lakes Chapter of Muskies Canada has been conducting research with the aid if the OMNR on the bodies of water in our Zone 17 jurisdiction for the last 6 years. We have long known that Muskies were the natural predator fish in these waters, and they have been for centuries. Prior to the installation of the lock system between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe, there were NO pike in the system. So for the last hundred years or so the pike have slowly been migrating past the natural barriers through the use of the locks. In the fall of 2011 a 51 inch hybrid (tiger) muskie was harvested from Balsam Lake and analysis was done on the cleithrum bone to determine age (21 years). Our research also indicates that Northern Pike have been verified in Rice Lake, the Ottonabee River, Little Lake in Peterborough as well as Cameron and Sturgeon Lakes. We know we can not eliminate the pike from these waters, (they are here to stay now). As Lew puts it, "just a matter of time" but we are continuing the research with hopefully a solution which will see the Kawartha Lakes have a healthy population of Muskies as well as Pike. Respectfully Tom McCutcheon Chairman Kawartha Lakes Chapter Muskies Canada Inc.

Just a thought Lew....try and figure out what time the calls usually come in at. Have your phone forwarded to the anti fraud squad during that time period..... See if that stops the calls.

I am using the same as Fishwilly and have no complaints. As he states, you must brush the snow off it prior to opening. Because the tailgate on my truck locks, it is also pretty secure when closed. The tailgate needs to open before the cover can be moved. Just under $1000. taxes included

I have the Lowrance lighter adapter on my ATV. I wired a cigarette lighter to the front cargo box with a separate toggle switch/fuse directly to the battery. It has worked great for the last number of years. Johnny Ray mount for the 522 also on the cargo box inside a small insulated cooler bag. The GPS zips up inside the cooler bag after I have reached my destination on the ice. I only use the 522 on full size Mapping screen during the winter.

(ge)neral 23830 Same here Lew.....from London Ont. in the late 40's & 50's

I don't mind the second photo, it shows what it's all about.

A number of years ago (mid 80's) when we lived in London, our son was in sick kids in Toronto. Very rare blood disorder and on life support. We were staying in hotels and eating in restaurants. To make a long story short, as we were walking down Young St., a young lady asked me for some change and I dug deep and gave her all the change in my pocket. It was probably about 5 or 6 dollars and mostly quarters and a few loonies. She threw it on the street and started cursing at me. My wife had never heard me use the language that I shouted back at the girl. To this day I will not help a beggar. Pity the fool squeegee kid who leans over my truck with his chains to wash my windows. P.S. My son made a full recovery after about 3 months and is fine now.

I know of a fellow who may chime in here, who was fly fishing for Muskies with the appropriate sized fly (10 -12 inches) and caught himself in the back.........

I'm with Lew on this one also. Have managed everything from Scout to Supercarrier and am patiently waiting to board a Dreadnaught