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13.5L per 100km

 

is about 21MPG

 

Rick

It is 17 to 18 miles per US gallon.

Get a pair of Microspikes made by Kahtoola from MEC, $55 last year. They don't fall off and have great grip on ice. Most of the people I hike with wear them in winter.

I bought a couple sets of ice cleats from CTC last year but they don't work well and am looking for something better for this coming winter. I found these on the LeBaron website catalogue and wondered if anyone has used them and are they any good.

 

Their not for frozen lakes, but more for when the Mrs. and I go for daily hikes along ice covered dirt roads.

 

Any thoughts ??

 

Great report and good time with friends. I am going with friends to my back lake with great bass fishing in August, see pix.

Lake Dalrymple is a big lake for canoe fishing. If it is not windy you should be ok. Launch near bridge crossing at the narrows, try fishing in the shallow weedy south part of the lake.

Thanks for both of your replies. I will not be making a special fishing trip to Hastings but when in the area, will check it out.

I read an article in last Saturday's Star about Hasting's (east of Rice Lake) claim to Canada's ultimate fishing town. The locals say there are more fish per acre in Hastings than anywhere else in Ontario. The bridge into town is the only road crossing in the province where fishing is allowed off the bridge. Has anyone fished there? Is their claim true or are they stretching the facts to get more tourist business?

Where is the public access to Mitchell Lake?

I go to long Lake every year and camp. The fishing is good, I fish mostly for bass. You have to keep your gear light on the carry in, I take the right fork in the trail to avoid the 4 x 4 and ATV water holes. My kevlar canoe and pack comes to less than 100 lbs, add a few more lbs for brown pop. If you want good fishing you need to go remote where the heavys dont go.

Looks good but I will fish the back lakes with my 16' kevlar canoe.

Glad they got out ok but how do you get the truck out with the ice so weak? Leave until spring and lift it out using a barge?

Gee I don't see where spending fourteen dollars admission fee is a money grab. Parking is free, the seminars are free, the comraderie is free. Everything else is a bonus.

On Friday it is half price admission if you are a senior, $6.

Gee I don't see where spending fourteen dollars admission fee is a money grab. Parking is free, the seminars are free, the comraderie is free. Everything else is a bonus.

On Friday it is half price admission if you are a senior, $6.

Caster

Thanks for the back ground info on Red. He must have been doing something right to live to 92!

Bernard Herbert "Red" Fisher (18 February 1914 – 5 May 2006)[1] was an American sporting goods retailer, U.S. naval and United States Coast Guard officer, newspaper columnist, and poet. He later became a popular radio and television personality in Canada. He is not to be confused with Montreal Gazette sports columnist, Red Fisher.

 

Fisher was inducted into the U.S. based "Fishing Hall Of Fame" in 1948. When he moved to Canada, he launched a popular radio talk show program The Red Fisher Show in 1963, which moved to television in 1968. The TV version was set at fictitious "Scuttlebutt Lodge" and featured silent home movies of outdoors activities, often fishing, which involved high profile guests, mainly from the major league sports of the era. These included ice hockey stars Gordie Howe, Eddie Shack, and Johnny Bower, and baseball legends Ted Williams, Roger Maris and Ferguson Jenkins. The Red Fisher Show differed from other outdoor living shows of its time by promoting nature conservation, game preservation and the "catch and release" mentality. The series continued until 1989, making it among the longest-running on CTV.

 

At the same time, his weekly column, Outdoor Topics, was read in over 180 newspapers. In 1971, Fisher's first book of poems, Poems Of Our Great Outdoors, was published and distributed. Red would famously give each guest on his show a copy of these poems. Three volumes of Poems Of Our Great Outdoors were released, each one simply adding more poems to the previous collection. Red released a record on Saga Records also called Poems of Our Great Outdoors in which he read his poems to a symphonic background.

 

In 2000, Red Fisher released a collection of stories and anecdotes from his life called Tight Lines and Tall Tales. A portion of the profits were donated to outdoor conservation efforts.

 

Fisher died in Chatham, Ontario at the age of 92. Red fisher is credited for introducing the open-faced spinning reel to North America and, as a result, was inducted into the Fishing Hall of Fame

I remember watching the Red Fisher show as a kid and think this was the first fishing show on TV in Canada. If I remember right it was a half hour show with video of Red fishing in an open boat then a shore lunch and then his show finished with a "lodge" chat. I dont think Red threw all of his catch back like they do in today's shows. Does anybody know what happened to Red?

When a player gets hurt by a "legal" hit then there is something wrong that needs needs to be corrected!

Check Out:

1. Torrance Barrens on Muskoka 13 (Southwood Rd)

2. Hardy Lake Trails on HWY 169 between Bala and Gravenhurst

3. Canada Trail near Coopers Falls

4. Ganaraska Trail Wilderness section at end of Black River road from Coopers Falls, you need a map and GPS as this is wilderness.

5. Stop at Muskoka Info place on HWY 11 between Washago and Gravenhurst. Ask for Muskoka trails info booklet.

Who else felt the earthquake that just happened here?

We did in St Catharines, just a small vibration.

Any body have any info on the fishing in Lower Eastern Lake and Eastern Lake located just north of Orillia? It looks like the access is via Long Lake and I will be using my canoe. Planning to check it out this summer.

Thanks

I am planning to fish Red Cedar Lake north of North Bay Ontario and camp on the lake. Does anyone have info on fishin this lake, where I can put my boat in and park the car & trailer for 3 or 4 days. Thanks.

If it breaks through on thin ice how do you get it out? Will it pull it's self out or do you stand on the thin ice and pull it out? You are stuck out there and in big trouble!

I have camped at Massassauga PP for 10 years and never seen one other than a few water snakes a bears.

I lost my boater card and had the same experience trying to get a replacement. This card is a money grab and a joke!