akaShag

"Free advice is often worth what you paid for it." ?

All you have to clean in an electric smoker is the racks. Before you use that smoker for the first time with food in it, you should put a couple pans of smoke through it EMPTY to burn off any chemicals/solvents/etc from the manufacturing process. Doug

Yes, guilty as charged sir. Me too. I have done whole chickens before, just never tried that big a bird and was worried that it would be burned on the outside and raw in the middle. The thigh temp was higher than I liked it, but the breast temp was not up to "cooked" for about 15 minutes longer. But even the drumsticks were fine, nothing dried out. And I made a lovely GRAVY out of the pan juices!!! Doug

First time for me, yesterday I cooked a whole turkey (12 pounds) in the BBQ, Brushed it all over with EVO, added a bit of Montreal Chicken Spice, put it in an aluminum roasting pan with two cups of chicken broth and some Cardamon seeds, and left the two outer burners going, middle two off, for a couple hours. Temp gauge on the BBQ read about 375 F. I put aluminum foil over the bird for the second hour. It came out beautiful golden brown and moist meat. And no heat in my kitchen! And no, I did not take a photo, never thought of it until I was already carving the bird...............

That will make an excellent sandwich Brian. Might need salt and pepper, and a bit of lettuce........

I missed the link AND the walleye in the photos..............sorry about your diagnosis.............

Looks like a vegan fishless fish dish?????????????????

Yep. Beat the snot out of rowing those tired old hulks back and forth across the lake!

Many moons ago I had a Honda 2 horse. It was a fabulous motor, and saw yeoman service pushing heavy boats across a lake into our deer camp. I was just thinking the other day it might be fun to get a small boat into some of the lakes around here............ Now to see if the local dealer has any or can find one! Doug

wind gusting to 50 mph = no bugs! Speaking of which, funny thing, I was up at my camp today doing some work and was hardly bothered by bugs at all, just a few deer flies. Guess the bugs took the holiday off..........

Eastern Ontario has had about ten feet of rain this spring, and there is standing water everywhere. In the woods, the mosquitoes will just about carry you away. I look like the goalie for a dart team........... Doug

Hey Dave, all work and no play, etc etc............ How are the bugs? Doug

Brian, you can import smoked whitefish to Kingston, no problems................?

Bucket List................

Youngest son and I were booked into a camp on Lac Hebert with Air Tamarac for the first week of June. His work cancelled his vacation for a major factory installation job, and I lost my deposit. Looks like we did not miss that much in the fishing department, but I sure as hell want to go back!!!! THANKS for the report! Doug

Looks like it already has a name? If not, Chief Crazy Eyes.

People said this about the cod on the Grand Banks, the West Coast salmon, moose here in Ontario, caribou in northern Quebec/Labrador, etc. For that matter a decade ago Ontario's biologists allowed up to six deer tags per hunter, and did not turn off the taps when the numbers started to crash. We had two bad winters in a row, and the deer, at least here in Southeastern Ontario, are only now getting back to a normal population. We humans are pretty effective harvesters of fish and game.........and when we KNOW that something is a poor practice conservation-wise, even if it is legal, we should try to help out the species when we can. Just sayin'...........

he's lucky he got a warning and not a hefty fine!!!!!

yes and that is what worries me sick...............?

A buddy of mine was out a few days ago on a local lake, looking for some walleye. He was saying (and I believe him) that the bass were just spawning. It is an early season opener, in fact the earliest possible date for a third Saturday in June, and it is a VERY late spring here in the Kingston area. I do not intend to fish this weekend, but I am guessing that a lot of folks will be pulling bass off their beds. Will it be a massacre? I'm all for opening up new fishing opportunities, but sometimes the biologists have to get out of their offices and raise hell when conservation is at stake. JMOYMV Doug

thanks buddy, much appreciated. You did hear about Gino R? If not shoot me a pm/e-mail Doug

Do you know that part for a certainty? I had intended to get my head into the regulations to be 100% sure I am compliant....... Doug

If the motor is 10 hp or bigger, YES the boat needs to be registered, and it was "probably" done at the time of purchase. My reading of the regulations is that boats registered before 2010 are "grandfathered" for the ten year renewal, but it behooves a boat owner to be certain. Doug

The point being made is the BOAT needs a federal licence (conditions apply, eg motor 10 hp or bigger). Since 2010, boat licences only have a ten year life span, then must be renewed. The operator of the boat needs a PCOC, which is good for life.

The magnetic compass is required: A magnetic compass is not required if the boat is 8 m (26’3”) or less and you operate it within sight of navigation marks. So if you are out on Lake Ontario and can't see the navigation markers, you need the compass even if you are not 8 m or more. I am going to put one in my boat kit............ Doug