Tjames09

Those northern muskoka lakes usually freeze up late, and its been mild. Check the satellite views and see. https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-80.89900582963331,44.028951230569994,-77.78746108182732,45.60633155411053&t=2020-12-29-T08%3A00%3A00Z looks wide open to me. along with simcoe and the other Muskoka lakes.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01DR90MM6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Dewalt DCD996B. Brushless 20v. I use this with an 8" swede bore, and cut holes all day. I have a 6AH battery that runs for days. It cuts holes like a knife in butter.

As quickly as the ice formed it went away. The last day of mild weather and rain melted all the ice. Chemong is all wide open zero ice now.

The shorelines frozen, the middle it open. It’s been above 0* last several days. South end has ice, but it be dangerous.

I thought the same thing! Lol where is he seeing 5”, the. I saw 2007

Well it all froze last night with -10 temps. Now its frozen as far as I can see

Must not have lasted long, because its open water as far as I can see on Chemong.

Wow thanks, I now have a bill on my credit card hahaha. I cant pass on that.

Interesting. I never had issues with my hummingbird or minnkota. Hummingbird makes it hard because they connect to the minnkota which if you don’t want that feature you can go elsewhere; otherwise your stuck.

How do the garmins compare to hummingbird units?

Well the boat with the evinrude on it I wanted to see was seriously manhandled and I wouldnt have bought it anyways. Drove pretty far to see it too. Sometimes pictures online can be really misleading. Boat was trashed in person, disappointing.

I had a 2011 Mercury and it ran amazing, never had a single issue. Oil change at end of year thats it.

With them stopping making motors would you still consider one on a used boat?

This number keeps getting reposted. I dont know where people get this, it must be bad Facebook repost. Simple math in Canada has death rate at 3.5%, not 0.6% as you posted. 311109 total cases, 11186 deaths. Thats 3.5%. All of Canada to date. Edit: heres the website in case you need to see: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html Make sure whatever facts you get are from legitimate sources.

The Wolsley Bay Area. Went in late May, water was still very cold. Very beautiful area, but fish were not to be found.

I could see that for sure. In 3 years lots of things going for sale (Skis, bikes,atv, etc). you couldnt buy a bike at all this year. Sold out at the factory.

Yes I’ve gone to a few marinas and they are out of everything. Buckeye in Bobcaygeon has sold all of their 2021 Princecrafts already and are getting no more. DT said normally they have hundreds of boats in inventory and they currently have about 20.

17-18’ fish/ski type boat. Like a princecraft sport or something of the like.

Makes no sense. How did covid allow people MORe money to buy things lol? How is a 40-50k boat all of a sudden now in people’s budget. im in the market, but I feel I’ll get ripped off.

It seems people are asking near new pricing on used boats these days. Anyone have a good reference for trying to determine a used boat value so you don’t ripped off buying?

Hmm I did the French last year and the fishing was terrible. It’s a big system and easy to get lost. I have better luck on smaller lakes with a canoe. Anything in Algonquin has been better for me.

Ya depending where you are your not allowed to take an ATV on snowmobile trails. So if you need trail access ATVs are a no, but that depends if its a regulated sled trail. Ive been plenty north of 7 on back lakes with an ATV though, most of the time sleds have packed the trails down so its no issue. I see more ATVs than sleds in winter, but maybe its where I am (which is north of 7 lol, arent all lakes north of 7 anyways?).

It took me 3 days on Pigeon before I got one.....Tough lake lately. Gets fished hard.

Thanks, thats what I was doing. I just hate that feeling of dragging the boat up the sand. Theres always small rocks and whatnot in the sand.

Sold on kijiji