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welcome back, Dave!

Bear Creek is a tributary stream of the Pine River, which is a tributary of the Nottawasaga, which empties into Georgian Bay. Bear Creek did have a natural brook trout population, don't know if that is still the case. There were also brookies in some of the streams on the Bruce Peninsula, flowing into the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers, which flow into Georgian Bay via Owen Sound. That was back in the 80s, I have no idea if there are still specks back there or not. And I'm not that sure how to spell the full name of the Pot. 😉 Doug

another thread back from the dead...... That's a salmonid, and I bet it was tasty. Doug

and how about that WAYPOINT TV, eh!

Thanks for sending it our way...............NOT. 🙄

You can keep that snow! Some of our spots are going to be a "BEACH" to access on foot wading through that stuff....

Thanks Dave! I don't watch TV (our rabbit ears don't work any more), so this is GREAT! Doug

I plan to make one of those with puff pastry..........

You did indeed.........except for the marinara sauce.........

Times have changed! If memory serves me, the limit on them used to be 25..............not that anybody I knew ever actually caught more than a half-dozen or so in an outing... But yes indeed every herring went into the smoker! (And so did most of the whities and lakers......)

That does look AWESOME, Brian! Doug

THANKS! Evidently, the OOD article is in error when it said "fish parts" (see original post). This is indeed good news. Doug

It's actually about a year's worth of growth and a trick camera...........if I grew it for two years it would touch my belly button! 😉 Doug

Reference is made to "fish parts" so regardless of the title or section to which this stupid new rule belongs, it seems to indicate that dumping fish guts is now illegal. Hopefully we will see intelligent enforcement of this.................

This may take a while...........

If it is true that fish guts can't be disposed of in the water body from which the fish came, that's another nail in the coffin for our outfitters who have already taken a crap-kicking with all the covid closures. Let's say you have a small resort, maybe half a dozen cabins that are rented by the week to anglers, some of whom catch and keep fish to EAT and to take some home. Right now the fish guts all go back into the lake, perfectly harmless. If the outfitter has to remove the fish guts by burying them, taking them to a landfill, etc etc that is just one more cost that eats away at the bottom line for those folks who are already getting boned. DUMB DUMB DUMB. One size does NOT fit all........... Doug

I do a cold smoke for side bacon. 3 pans of maple chips in my Big Chief, each pan takes a bit more than an hour, so four to five hours in a cold smoke. For me, a cold smoke is one where I don't put the box over top of the smoker........😁 and back to MJIG, I cut mine with a knife, but I did once use a buddy's meat slicer and it did a dandy job. I freeze the chunks unsliced, and slice them when they are going into the pan. Doug

Nice colour!

By yourself? And did the whities come out to play? Doug

and probably sheets in that guy's floater suit too............😉

same thing here in southeastern Ontario, winds southwest 40 gusting to 70........😮

tagged for interest......

I wish I was 50 again! I don't know how many chin-ups I can do any more, haven't tried in a long time. But I do wear a floater suit and carry picks AND a spud bar. BTW I am guessing there are a lot of 50 year old men who are fitter than 25 year old couch potatoes who spend their time playing with their phones and eating junk food. Just sayin'.....😉 Doug

Thanks Terry. Sorry to waste your time, I won't be going to Simcoe any time soon, I was just curious....... Doug

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