Ramble
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You would make a fabulous Fear Factor contestant!
LMAO that he would!
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This maybe of use for future referance.
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we have an old ice auger from given to use from a guy near bancroft this thing has been through hell and back a time or two. I've never seen another auger as beat up as this poor thing, and it'll still happily rip holes through the ice. It's an old Jiffy auger we've had it for at least 5 years and if we ever need another one, i know what i'll be shopping for.
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LMAO well that didnt take long...check this out.
http://catfishgumbo.blogspot.com/2007/10/d...no-catfish.html
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that looks a hell of a lot like a whale shark? Skin pattern and body shape....time for a trip across google!
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Depending on how you energy production depends on how you measure about the envirmental impact. Windmills can be hard on birds, there is health effects associted with low frequency emissions, and if you examin production costs. The is an environmental cost associated with the materials wind mills are made from, same with digestors. Smelting of metals, trasportation costs mantainance. There is no such thing as no-emission technology if you factor in the materials used to make them.
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I'm gonna argue that low musky numbers in teh BOQ is due to competition for resources more then a habitat issue.
As Lew said there is rivers that run into the bay that have some impressive musky.
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The bio digestors don't burn anything its microbial direstion that produces heat as a by product.The bacteria doing the digesting create heat. Using organic sources utalizes carbon already in the environment, not pumped from a contained source like fossil fuels. The creation of the carbon dioxide comes from burning the methane, if thats what you mean by CO2 creation. Its "better" for global warning then methane. Methane is 4-5 times worse in its "green house gas" properties then carbon dioxide propeties.CO2 is a major factor in global warming because of the burning of fossil fuels. Were adding more Carbon dioxide into the global system that wasnt already there, that's why its a problem. Incineration of garbage is the source for a whole kalidoscope of nasties, the americans are trying to deal with the emissions becuase they do it a lot more then we do here.
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Yeah a friend of mine fishes balsam hard for musky in the summer. I think he caught about 6 tigers and 3 pike this year. He keeps all the pike the brings in.
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Exactly! Some places in Eurpoe are using the heat generated as a by product to heat homes. If they get the purity of the methane high enough they pump it right into the natural gas lines.
They same process that sets ur pile on fire is the same one that makes wet hay bails combust in barns and generates the enery in these things. I forgot about the heat generation. Good Point!
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I thought Pike were starting to invade the Kawarthas?
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I'm not on board with this wind generation story. Cost too much for too little. Biomass decomposures are looking to be one of the best bets. Decomposing organics...expired vegtables from grocery chains, specifically harvested crops, compostables and manure to generate methan to burn to create energy. They are having great success with it in Germany and it benifts argiculte as well as the environment. The stuff that doesn't reduce to methane gas at the end of the reaction is a good fertalizer. CO2 and water are emmitted. This is benificial cause methane is a worse green house gas then CO2 and majority of the methane would be produced anyway naturally. It's not a fossile fuel so the were utalizing the avaible portion of the carbon cycle....assuming then didnt use fertalizer derived from fossil fuels. ANYWAY...it's lookin really really good. Communities and farm co-ops can set up their own generation stations and this means wide spread small generation stations. Possibility for jobs here for sure. You could even do a compost collection in teh cities and reduce landfill waste by generating energy with peoples left over food. Problem is hydroone can't monopolize on this kinda technology, and therefore are playing dumb about it. hopefully someone in teh gov't gets on board and make them do it.
They are less ugly, have lesse ecological effects, and utalize a natural process that would happen anyway. Hopefully we can get more of these going in canada. They have some big ones in german up to 3GW of energy production.
Check these out for a bit of into to the technlogy.
http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID...p;ContentID=903
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7530794.stm
They are even looking at ways to use human waste to generate elecricity in these things. Imagine if we can use our millions of tonnes of sewage to power our homes! You'd solve a multitude of environmental problems at once, and we'd have a pratically never ending suppy of FUEL!!
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im from Belleville and only once i've heard of them being caught. I'd dont think they are in their with any descent numbers. Pike out compete them....and there is some big pike in their.....BIG.
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Keep in mind ice conditions can flucuate through out the day. Ask Hawg Hunter what he has seen teh ice do in teh current on Quinte.
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Interesting comment Holdfast. Nothing wrong with a little change now and then. I have a feeling we will adapt.
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Baitcasters definatly have their place. It depends on that you are doing. If you are wenching in fish outa slop baitcasters can be a god send. I use a spinning reel for all my fishing. From jigging lakers in 40+ feet of water to fallfish on small spinners. You dont "need" a bait caster but they are very applicable in a multitude of conditions. Fishing for big musky i have to say it's pretty much a must. Trolling with down riggers.....likewise. Dont think you need one though just cause you are targetting big fish. All day casting they may be benificial to you or they may not there is pros and cons. Spinning rods cast father but i've seen guys with bait casters pull of accuracy that is mind blowing. They take skill to use done let anyone tell you other wise.
You might not get that 5 pound bass outa the lilly pads with 8 pound test. Without skill and a little luck...but i pulled a 44" inch northern out of a dead pencil reed bed this spring on ten pound test with my "dinkey" spinning reel and 6'6 spinning rod.
Dont pick the reel for the fish you're after size or other wise. Choose it for the lure and the technique you are doing.
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A buddy targets Balsam almost every weekend for musky during the season. He said he saw a large increase in the number of fish with teh virus this year. THe fish is safe to eat, they usually contract the disease during spawning when they are weakened and in close contact with other fish.
The great lakes are cleaner now then they have been in a long time. Last year we did some modeling on lake ontario based on some chemical properties of a few contaminats to see where they go. Most are go into the sediment, and some are lost to the air. Ironically some of the worst ones for us stay soluable in water and those are the ones often turning up in fish. Bio-waste in water means eutrophication, and results increased prductivity....to a point. Anyone who has eaten a fish from a lake with cottages on it has eaten nutrients from human waste that was leakin in 20-50 years ago. It's called nutrient cycling. Life on teh planet depends on it.
As far as biosolids go. Regulation crack down on human waste was a few years ago. It doesnt go onto food for consumption. So don't worry about that. Farm manure goes onto our food, and its a safer alternative then manufactured fertalizer.
If you want to worry about something, mercury is a really good one, cause it's totally preventable in our society. Who has mercury amalgum fillings in their teeth? Ground level ozone is another great one, especially if you think farming food is a good thing. Sulpher emissions are worthy of your time as is nitrogen oxide in auto emissions. Acid rain is getting worse again and its due to nitric acid this time. Another time worthy topic is genetically modified food. Strawberries with arctic char genes anyone? They are actaully crossing the phylum barrier if anyone cares? There is also factory farming, how about low frequencey radio emissions generated from little things like cell phones? More and more studies are showing a correlation with cancers after 10 years of exposre. Radio waves from communication towers in general! We have the worst regulations in the western world protechting people from the effects of radio frequencies. Its look likes up to 1/3 of the populaiton might be sensitive to them in some way. Did you know wind turbines for producing power can effect people up to 1km from their source? Canadian regs say 400m is a safe distance. Stay voltage is another worthy topic, and new legislation is in the works for that FINALLY. I can keep ranting here but i'm pretty sure i'm wasting someones time.
My point is contaminats in teh great lakes are monitored BIG TIME. There is a hell of a lot of other pollution issues worthy of everyones support like the ones i listed above that need monitoring and need public support. Hope you enjoyed the rant.
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my buddy swears by and at his tear drop jigs with maggots on 2-4 pound test. He fishes that area. I'm more of a minnow man myself.
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Ok but how do you eat them if they arnt dead? lol
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I hate cold feet. The wicking layer can be bery helpful as mentioned above. Air is teh key to insulation. Wool socks are a definate help, but alpaca fleese is warmer, and less itchy if that's any help. Try improving the insulation in the legs, and that should also help your feet. Stay away from cotton, and i find doubling socks does little for my foot warmth. Foot or hand warmers do help. I think in your case you might have to play around with products a little.
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I have 2 pairs of lacrosse rubber boots that i love. I wear them all summer guiding, and when even i think im gonna get wet. THey are higher then most rubber boots and better then most in my opinion. They have a thinsulate modle that i don't have. I just have the uninsulated version, and with a pair of woll socks, they do well, until ice fishing rolls around. I also have a pair of heavy-duty insulated Baffins that i use for ice fishing. I have also been through a few pairs of Kamiks and they are great for the price. But not as comfortable to wear all day like my Lacrosse boots are. If you are willing to shell out the extra cash for an insulated pair of rubbers check them out. there is various thinsulate amounts to choose from.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...rset=ISO-8859-1
But the uninsulated ones are still the usual 60 bucks, and worth every penny in my opinion. I prefer the uninsulated with woll socks as long as i'm moving around. If im standing stillon say ice for example i break out the baffins.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...rset=ISO-8859-1
Hope that helped a little
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Walleye 13 pounds out of Quinte when i was about 15 on a hammered, silver Colorado worm harness with red beads.....pre-camera carrying days. Released.
Smallie from Algonquin 5-pounds and change...pre camera carrying days...i was about 16 on a black jitter-bug. Released.
Nothern pike...i have 2 at the 44 inch mark. 1 on a silver #4 Blue Fox Vibrex, and the other on a red/brown spinner bait with twin willow leaf blades. Released.
This is the most rescent northern from this June.
Have yet to catch a steelie.
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I saw a video yesterday of a moose who mouths the broadhead of a bow hunter who isnt moving.....it was CRAZY.
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ice auger purchase
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I'm sure there must be some used ones around if you want to save a little. Simple motors any small engine guy can tune up for fairly cheep. You should have a look around.
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