KyleM

Sweet Niagra waterfall/mullet Nice carp to man!

Even if it was the dogs first time on the property, Id shoot it if it were near the stock. Not sure how many of you guys have grown up around farms but.......do some research and look at cattle prices. If a dogs been on the loose for a few days then theres no telling what diseases and junk its been into. You dont want stock getting sick as it spreads like wildfire.

Wayne, theres enough of them fishing folk around here for that..... I actually enjoy reading this LOL

Lundboy has provided some very cool reading, thank you! Very interesting debate.

Very cool to see the Walleyes comming into the upper Grand. There are a few holes from Fergus to Winterbourne that hold some eyes but the ones I get are never that big and are few and far between. They were catching them in Belwood this year aswell... Looks like you guys have been having some nice weather. Very cool report!

You sure the fiberglass shops in your area do restoration and not collision/haul repair? If you feel spending around 6k to do that boat properly is worth your time, go pick it up!

Pontential? LOL I could write a book on why that boat would be a terrible restoration project. The transom in that is not like the transom in an aluminum...... You are better off smashing the boat and taking it to the dump if you have to do a transom. You could dump the boat and sell the windshield/frame on ebay, they are fairly pricey.

I think we may have broke some sort of record though.... Hasnt been brought up for quite awhile. Someone should make a sticky about it.

I would rent it for a weekend but as Terry said, any longer and I would want a cottage. Wayne, if they arent cheap to put up....why not just build a cabin that size. Something more structural would be up all year long worry free! If it were a tiny cabin it would be great for snowmobiler/icefisherman.

brandon, if you head out on a roadtrip you can see the attitude towards bears change in a big hurry. Iam a fair distance North from you but not to many people venture out in the wild here without a large firearm. The first week I lived here there was a story on the front page of the newspaper about a man who was apparently followed and attacked by a Grizz when doing some scouting for Elk. The man stabbed the bear to death, luckiest man on earth if you ask me. Ive been driving around trying to photograph some but they are pretty darn smart.....not your average bear Well, I dug the story up so Ill post it on here........ Grizzly cubs sought after mother stabbed Elise Stolte and Heather Schultz, The Edmonton Journal Published: Saturday, August 18 Fish and wildlife officers are searching for three orphan grizzly bear cubs after a man fought and killed their mother near Grande Prairie Wednesday. The man came between the mother and her cubs while looking for elk in preparation for the bow-hunting season. When the female grizzly attacked, he stabbed her three times with a hunting knife, then fled across a field, screaming for help, before a neighbour came to his rescue. The man is recovering in a Grande Prairie hospital. He had bites, scratches and a broken limb. The bear fled after the man stabbed it. Her body was found roughly 30 metres from where the attack took place. "Wish him well for me," said Greg Flaaten, a 42-year-old Banff resident mauled by a black bear one year ago. Flaaten was attacked while biking about seven kilometres outside the town of Banff. The bear dragged him off the bike and about 70 metres into the bush, where it ate much of Flaaten's shoulder, back and part of his arm. He was with the bear an hour and 40 minutes before park wardens shot it and rescued him. He still faces monthly reconstructive surgery to graft muscle tissue from his leg to his arm. But if doctors don't see progress soon, he'll lose the arm. "I had a knife, too, but I wasn't able to get to it. Sometimes you're just not able to defend yourself against an animal that powerful and well-equipped for taking prey down. ... I guess I looked like an easy target that day." Flaaten won't talk about the attack itself. "I know everyone is interested, but recounting the details doesn't help me get past it." The man involved in Wednesday night's attack also requested privacy. He asked hospital officials not to release any information to the media. A volunteer firefighter who responded Wednesday night described him as being in his 30s, six-feet tall and of average build. He is not from the community of Grovedale, where the attack took place, but had been asking several farmers in the area if he could hunt on their land, neighbours said. Johann Wall was the first to hear the man's cries. "I was working outside on my truck when I heard him scream and yell for help," Wall said. He jumped in his van and drove down the road and up a hill. "I saw him come running across the field," Wall said. "When he laid down that's when he started to feel the pain." Fish and wildlife officers found the bear's carcass Thursday morning and set traps for the cubs. "What we're hoping is we can relocate them out of the area and release them back into the wild," said Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesman Darcy Whiteside. The bear's carcass has been sent to Edmonton for a full autopsy. Officials have confirmed it was a grizzly. The attack happened on private land near an oat field and a dense, swampy area, Whiteside said. The cubs were still missing Friday evening. Maurice Nadeau, president of Alberta Fish & Game Association, said it's common practice for hunters to go out before the season to scout where animals are most likely to be. It's easy to surprise a bear because the scout has to be quiet. "It's a risk we take," he said. "Especially this time of year, when you go out, make noise," Whiteside added, pointing to the ministry's website for bear-smart tips. Jasper park warden Steve Malcolm said he's never heard of anyone fighting off and killing a grizzly. An adult grizzly weighs between 350 pounds and 650 pounds and will be searching for food at this time of year, trying to bulk up for the winter, he said. It's much larger than a black bear and generally lives farther from human homes. "If you get a grizzly bear that is protecting her cubs, she's going to do everything she can. That's a pretty typical situation."

Everyone needs a break. If you need to take some time from fishing to enjoy it more in the future then good for you! I never get tired of other peoples reports and chatter about fishing!

Would love to have them but I havent checked into the regs out here yet. Didnt even care to check, no one else is fishing so chances are everything is closed up!

Well with the weather being as nice as it has been since I moved out to Grande Prairie, Alberta a few months ago I thought I would take a tour around our area to check for some of this amazing Bull Trout and Rainbow water Ive been hearing about. Filled up the gas tank at $107/L and I was on my way towards Grande Cache. Grande Cache is located 2 hours from Grande Prairie but you hit the prime waters well before the town. So about an hour into the drive I pulled over and started taking some pictures. There is literally nothing between the two towns accept rivers, mountains and wildlife. I made it all the way to Grande Cache and I came across tons of prime pools that will hold some nice Bows and Bullies....marked them on my GPS and I was on my way home. Even stumbled across a couple tiny lakes with some feeder creeks. Didnt get to many pictures but I thought I would post a couple pictures for you guys.

Photoz, I dont believe the COs need to make a case to the crown to initially lay the charge. It happens quite a bit in enforcement, people who are outright guilty with next to no proof will still be charged and its used as a slap on the wrist. Dont forget, if these people have to show up in court they also lose a days pay. If you are charged and still found not-guilty, the initial charge stays on your record.

In one of the pictures you can make out that it has spears on the end of it. They should atleast be contacted and questioned.

Good on you. Did these dolts not say anything to you when they realized you were snapping pictures of them. What a pair of goofs. I dont care if they knew they were breaking the law or not. Its everyones duty to KNOW the law when heading out onto the rivers and streams.

A couple weeks ago we had a bunch of snow but im a lot farther north then calgary.

Isnt Falcon trying to sell a procraft in the classifieds..... It sounds close to what you are searching for. The price is right to, suprised its still for sale.

Maybe thats his way of getting his point across LOL If the record is only 13 lbs then I have caught many record gar. I do have pictures hanging in the shop back home on our fish wall..... may hafta get them mailed out to me.

I personally would not go near a riveted alum boat with any welding equipment. Welded alum boats have rubber gaskets that seal them up when the rivets are tightened down. If you heat up these gaskets with any welding equipment then they melt and leak to no end. I would be more concerned with what the interior of the boat looks like. There are a few products out there and a few tricks you can do to half assed seal up a leaky aluminum. If you see anything other then aluminum on the interior of the haul then I would steer clear.

Ive seen some huge fish swimming around in Gbay, they could be pushing 20lbs. I feed them dead minnows at the end of the dock sometimes. I wouldnt doubt that theres 20# gar in the Ottawa.

Whats your drug of choice........ I imagine the pot smokin mushroom eating groupies of earlier times have now moved onto better things such as pain killers LOL That would be pretty cool to go to.

I woke up to a blizzard this morning and 3 inches of snow. Ill take your fog over this please lol

Why not shoot them with waterguns. Or if they are wading in a pool take a leak upstream........make sure they see you doing it though.

Wayne that is def one cool little piece of equipment you got there. Should be interesting to see some photos from that.