Ronzo

I think you made the right choice, I'd choose fishing Salerno 10 out of 10 times over White. Come to think of it, growing up around there I've heard stories about catches on pretty well every lake, but can't recall ever hearing about anything on White, or local guys hitting it up because they heard good things. This time of year, being pretty shallow it might be pretty slow. I used to mow an old timer's lawn in Gooderham, he was born sometime around 1910. He swore that when he was younger, you could almost walk across the muskie spawning in the creek between White and Fortescue (aka Black), there were so many of them. No longer the case, but cool to think of what once was. Hope you and the kids have some good luck up there.

Well, I suppose "pressure" is all relative. In that little area all of the lakes are secluded. You've got White that, AFAIK, has no real boat launch (although we've carried a boat down by the dam and launched that way) and no walleye, Fortescue, which is off the beaten path as well but has no walleye, and Contau, which has M/W/B, but a bit of an ad-hoc launch and is quite boggy. Salerno's got the big three species and is the nicest lake to fish of the lakes in that chain, and I would say that the number of boats I've seen fishing while I've been fishing is higher than the other lakes. It's certainly not Kawarthas-level pressure though.

Hello, I've fished this a number of times, however not in the past five years. In that area (Gooderham/Irondale), Salerno was always one of the more heavily targeted lakes because of it's population of musky and walleye. There's a good bass population and lots of panfish, musky are rare these days, and the last time I was there we got into some small walleye at dusk. There are lots of weeds, so if you've got a boat you can usually have decent luck drifting along the weedlines outside of the main channel. There are a couple rocks in the south end of the lake that are usually reasonable bass spots if you cast around.

Haven't been there myself, but some Google and nautical map research turned up this waypoint that appears to have several rocks and perhaps a lighthouse on the largest one: 44.99735666348745, -80.02715713958789

Very cool. My parents live right around the 507 and 503 intersection as well. Those roads are definitely nice to drive with lots of great scenery to enjoy. Lots of ATV trails around as well if you're into that.

My parents live up there. There are plenty of lakes to hit, and lots of species variety depending on where you head. Gooderham's not much of a town anymore, as many of the kids I grew up with stayed around and became best friends with meth. You've got the Lucky Dollar, gas station and liquor trailer in town, that's about it. Like someone else said, you'll be heading to Haliburton or Wilberforce for groceries. Aside from the meth heads and lack of convenience, it is a beautiful place full of lakes and wilderness.

I use a similar-sized hut when I fish with my kids who are 6 and 8. You should be okay with heat, the only time we ever run into any sort of issue is when it's really windy outside. Usually if that happens I'll shovel snow onto the apron of the hut to seal it up and keep the wind out. If you're setting it up in the wind, put at least one anchor into the ice before you open it up. That way you have something to hook the hut onto, rather than trying to hold onto the hut with one hand while you try like hell to put an anchor in. Chased my hut across Simcoe one day after making that mistake... When I'm out with both kids, I'll usually set them up in the hut with a line each and one hole for the flasher. With three in the hut, I usually set up in a diagonal manner. Me in the middle with my back against the corner, one kid on each side. Congrats on the hut, they make a huge difference when fishing with kids.

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I don't spend too much time dwelling on what I've lost, but rather I see what my kids (8,6,3) lost during 16 months of very little interaction with other kids. I am excited that we can start to visit outdoors again with one other family very soon, and can't wait until we can have a gathering with a few of the families we used to get to enjoy spending time with. The kids need it.

I found a bad ground in the fuse box on my Mustang. It's an odd little connector, the kind you'd go into a little electronics store and scour the shelves for, or just walk in and ask the knowledgeable guy behind the counter if he could identify it. I find the times when you just need something really small to be the most difficult to traverse with store closures. Need $25 worth of something generic and easy to identify? No problem! Need something very specific worth very little money? Yeah, good luck with that one.

There are plenty of "so simple a kid could figure it out" things that fools can't figure out.

Doing at home school right now, I have a three year old, a six year old, an an eight year old. Six and eight have done online learning all year long, and you're right, no interaction with friends is very hard. When restrictions have lightened, we've had playdates with our other bubble family. We chose to keep them at home because Six year old has bad asthma, and we felt we'd be keeping him at home often anyhow, given the self-screening for symptoms that everyone is supposed to do prior to school each day. We ended up removing our eight year old from online learning and homeschooling her for the year. Teachers have had a hard time (my sisters are both teachers) and many have busted their butts to try to keep the kids going, but the teacher my daughter had wouldn't budge from trying to teach it like an in-person class. What a total crap show. Kids in the class crying because they were stuck with a computer problem and the teacher wouldn't let them ask for help! I run an IT business, so I homeschool my daughter while I work, while my wife balances keeping the six year old on track with eLearning and keeping the three year old busy. It's hectic. Academically, they're doing alright, but they've gotta get back to being "in the herd" and socializing with other students... Our entire household is really hoping for in-school learning to return to somewhat-normal in September.

Love it.

I was speaking with someone whose sister is a nurse last week, and she said it is indeed staffing that is the issue at this point. A great deal of training goes into being able to service ICU patients, and we don't have enough of those staffers to service the available beds.

The difference in vaccine rollout in Canada vs US is pretty stark. One of my clients lives in Pennsylvania, is in his mid 40's, and his entire family of 4 was fully vaccinated about 3 weeks back. Meanwhile, one of my Ontario friends who has a family of 5 is still battling a full-family COVID outbreak, which they think may have come from a pizza delivery. My buddy, who is in his mid 40's and in great shape, is about 2 weeks in, and had to call the ambulance 5 or so days ago due to respiratory problems.