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1 hour ago, big guy said:

Partly, but also partly that the virus is not as dangerous as what we are being led to believe. How much of this is being done to take away our individual rights and freedoms? To drive an agenda.

If our mitigation efforts work we will never know how many lives were not lost. There is still time for this to go either way.

I can't take any talk about a conspiracy to "take our rights" seriously.

1 hour ago, big guy said:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/that-is-a-surprise-doctors-still-waiting-for-feared-surge-of-covid-19-patients-in-canadian-icus

As I see it this is evidence that what we've done up to now is working.

12 minutes ago, Joeyd said:

Watch jay Siemens kayak vid and he sums it up pretty good

Not sure if this is the one you mean but it's a good watch. I follow Jay but somehow haven't seen that one. He's using a NuCanoe kayak there looks like a Frontier or a Pursuit. I was going to put that Pronav system on my ATAK before I switched to my Hobie.

Just now, misfish said:

No stabilizers. Would be a must for me . Just saying.

Depends on the kayak. My old ATAK 120 was so stable I think you would fall off long before you would turtle it. My Hobie is more lively and I haven't tested the limits yet.

GBW don't listen to these guys kayak fishing is the teats!   (No disrespect guys 🙏)

I'm not saying it's for everyone, but those who like it, love it. I'd also say it's not the next big thing, it's already here. There's a pretty big community of kayak anglers now, I always have someone to fish with if I'm not choosing to go solo.

I have been kayak fishing for three years or so now. After the first year I sold my boat. I'm on my third 'yak, but the one I have now is finally "the one". You can go cheap or go high end, either will put you on fish and it really depends on your budget and where and how you're going to use it. It's always good to try before you buy if you can. Lots of shops have paddle days where you can show up and try a couple different demos but obviously none of that is going on right now due to covid.

Check out Kawartha Kayak Fishing Club on Facebook. We have regular club meets. I can probably wrangle a spare kayak from a buddy for you to try out once we get the all clear on this virus.

Good read, thanks. I just started doing back country trips last year - paddle in and wheel in with my truck. I love it and had big plans for this year but we all know how that went!

I had been intending to take a few bushcraft courses, including navigation and first aid. As soon as it's safe to do I will get back on that.

I've also been concerned about communication. I did my first solo last year and it was one of the best times of my life. I want to do more so I've been looking at the Garmin InReach Explorer+ for two-way communications and rescue security.

I have three pcs 9 1/8" by 16 7/8" if you end up stuck and can make them work let me know.

13 minutes ago, Crimsongulf said:

From our dock, we can see the Mobile Bay ship channel.  A couple of years ago, TW bought me a telescope, so I keep up with comings and goings.  Had one come in this afternoon from Paraguay.  Flagged Bahamas.

 

We have a friend that is a European pilot for Fed Ex, he is still normal for now.

Most of my freight flies in the hold of passenger aircraft, of which there aren't that many flying these days.

FedEx is running their own cargo planes so your buddy is good for now.

4 hours ago, Crimsongulf said:

Are there any impacts on Great Lakes shipping?

It's having a huge impact on air and ocean freight. .Some of my air freight costs have tripled so I moved some shipments to ocean and the ship sailing has been delayed twice now.

6 hours ago, misfish said:

Yes sir.

Can you post a pic and/or the L x W? I have a couple kicking around...

2 hours ago, OhioFisherman said:

I'm still trying to make sense of some of the info out there, supposedly this started with people eating wild animals?

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus - CNN

If a wild animal can get it and spread it? Why not a dog or cat?

If you don't mind a long read there's some good info on the virus here. Coles notes:

-They say there is evidence of the virus past presence in both bats and pangolins

-It's possible the virus jumped to a human already in its final form, and it's also possible a progenitor of the virus circulated undetected in the human population and the final mutation occurred in humans touching off the pandemic.

-They suggest that everything we know about the virus now makes unlikely that it was genetically modified in a lab, and that it appears to have been created through selection.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

I know right? I'm looking at it all day long...

9 minutes ago, GBW said:

Turn it around so you can sit in it and watch fishing shows on tv man!  

I'm saving that for when cabin fever really sets in 😂

I love smallies too they're in my top three (walleys, smallies, and steel).

Mine is all dressed up and nowhere to go

20 minutes ago, big guy said:

I understand that you worried about all this, we all are or should be, but I have been living with it since the middle of March when my wife started showing symptoms. She works at the Pinecrest home in Bobcaygeon and was diagnosed with it, her positive test result came back on March 27th. She has since recovered and has had 2 negative tests and is returning to work tomorrow. I'm not saying I am an expert about any of this, but when 1 person of your family has it and brings it home and the other 3 people in the home have yet to develop symptoms (knock on wood), since March 17th or so, it proves that isolation and taking precautions can work. Living in the same home with it, is far different than going fishing for a day where, as I said before, you are literally 100s of feet from another person. In my personal situation, I gravitate toward the smaller lakes of Haliburton and Eastern Ontario, where you see very few fisherman over the course of the day, sometimes none. Even launching in Fenelon, to fish Cameron Lake, you are never that close to another person to be worried about it being transmitted to you. If someone gets within 10 feet, you tell them to back off, it's that simple.

Making comments about people being selfish does not help facilitate an intellectual discussion about it either. At the end of the day, the government will make the rules and the police will enforce them. So far there has been no mandatory order to stay home, just a strong suggestion and those suggestions are aimed at the people who weren't being smart in the cities that were taking their kids to parks etc. I don't see how a person fishing on their own in the middle of a lake is anywhere near the same situation. When and I believe it will happen, the government orders us to stay home and the police stop me from towing my boat to my favourite lake, then I will, until then we should be able to fish... with caution and using common sense. It really is a to each his own debate.

I tend to fall more on Cliffs side of the debate as my previous posts would attest. But I do appreciate that you have thought this through using the lens of your personal experience and have come to a different decision than I did. 

There are degrees of safe conduct and you're not wrong to say people at the park in Toronto are a whole different thing than you alone on a lake in Hali.  However there are still good reasons why the police don't want you to travel. They've been posted before So I won't repeat them again.

A lot of people are saying they will stop when the law forces them to. That actually does make the job of the government harder.  It's not easy for a federal government to declare martial law, it changes the dynamic of the federal provincial relationship. It actually takes a lot of power away from Premiers who are local and probably have the best idea of what's needed in their province. It forces the federal government to manage over the premiers on many different battle fronts. And the Premiers have been asking Trudeau not to do it for this reason.  But as far as I know the Premiers cannot legally force us to stay inside, that has to be federal. That is why they are literally begging people to comply rather than be forced. Being forced complicates the fight.

I am also begging everyone on this board to reconsider. I won't browbeat you all about it (anymore!) but please think about why the PM, Premiers and Mayors are begging you everyday to stay inside.

Good luck and stay safe everyone.

I have buffs I can use but this is also a great way to make a quick and easy face covering:

On 4/2/2020 at 8:28 PM, AKRISONER said:

I’m holding you to that Johnny! Skeeter fxr all black, loaded...please and thank you Hahahaha!

 

grimsby, literally one of my favourite things is I’ve got a lil largemouth sloppy honey hole that I get my boats <12 inch draft into no problem while the guys in deep v’s are stuck watching me flip and punch

I think we kayakers might have you beat for getting into hidden spots. That tree on the right was actually across the stream, we cut it with a folding saw. The work often pays off though (face is blocked cause it's my buddy's fish and I didn't clear it with him).

1 hour ago, woodenboater said:

was at Mt Sinai at the NICU and my phone was put into a small UV unit for sterilizing (?). didn't take very long. as well UV bulbs can be bought at most home reno stores. just don't stare at the bulbs.

I doubt home depot bulbs are going to do the job.  You need a specific dose of UVC to kill SARS-CoV1 and there has been no real testing yet on a dose for SARS-CoV2 (which causes COVID-19). UVC can give you a severe sunburn in a very short time and can damage your eyes.

There are going to be a lot of hucksters selling UV sterilization in the near future - buyer beware.

http://www.iuva.org/COVID-19

If you are standing on legal technicalities to avoid the inconvenience of doing the right thing to protect others, it will be you we have to thank when government is forced to declare martial law.

If you are demanding the Prime Minister "put Canadians first" while refusing to do the same, you need to take a long look in the mirror.

Apparently freedom is lost on the free - it doesn't come without responsibility.

33 minutes ago, Terry said:

I live very close to the lake   if I drive I have zero contact with people   Walking a dog or going for a walk can not say the same 
most  ramps are most closed but not all and  And my small boat can be put in the water anywhere and it is just as legal to fish as walking , when they stop all legal activity I will obey as everyone should 
but at the moment it is legal exactly the same as walking only safer 

I knew you lived close to the lake and I suspected that would form the basis of your argument.

Every government official and public health official in Canada is begging people to stay at home and warning that failure to do so will cost lives. As people continue to flout this advice they are bringing in ever stricter measures to try and gain compliance.  If you will only do the right thing when forced to under penalty of law then that is unfortunate.

People typically walk their dog within a few streets distance from home. If you live a few streets from the lake you might have a leg to stand on though I don't think so personally.

The overwhelming majority of Ontarians drive, often for hours, to get to a lake. You can be asymptomatic and not even know you are bringing COVID-19 into the small town you are traveling too. The local emergency services and hospitals are staffed to the level of the local populace, and 100 or 1000 additional fisher people in  a region has the *potential* to put a strain on those services.

If you have an accident at home and have to be treated you are keeping the potential exposure within your immediate community.

If you make any stops on route to the lake (food, gas, restrooms) you are bringing that potential Exposure into another community which is how it spreads. And you may not know you're sick, it is contagious for days before symptoms show up.

As far as I know no one here was around for WW2. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians put their lives on hold, most voluntarily, to support their Country and community. Many paid the ultimate price 

Now our country is asking something so simple and so easy, and all I see is people ranting about their freedom or government conspiracies. Shame on you all. Don't let me see you guys talking about being proud Canadians down the line. You are putting yourself before your country and your people.

Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is right even if no one is doing it.

Stay home. It's not just about you.  Lives are at stake.

I bought a pair of NATS for this season based partly on your advice misfish. I agree with every word - super warm, unbelievably light and very comfortable.

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