Rich Clemens

I'm hoping it is the third week-end in June again (20th). Already got me a cabin from the 18th to the 25th. Hey - that's only a a little over 4 months

Sorry to hear of the loss of your mother Lew. Patsy and I share our condolences to you and your family.

Great pics. Somewhere we have pics of my Dad and Grandfather from their Canadian Adventures back in the 60's and 70's. Thanks for sharing.

Great job Jack. Quite the detail

Lookin' Good Folks.

Sweet

Holy Cow Steve. Losing someone that close is real tough and hard. Sure sounds like your brother made such a positive impact on your own life and has set the example for many to live by. Allow Patsy and I to share our deepest condolences at this time to you and your family.

We're with ya bud. All my best .. including prayers for your daughter.

We typically go out to dinner with my father and step-mother. Home for a little TV and bed. Can't remember the last time I made it to midnight and still awake. Loooong hours and days at work and I'm usually out by 10. Today, taking down all the Christmas decorations. Back to work tomorrow. Prety exciting eh ?

Haven't seen your name show up for a while. With everything else going on, I wondering. Good to see ya back.

Lookin' good Paul. Do me a favor though .... when your giving it a workout at Lakair, don't be having it sticking upright while going under da bridge.

Tom. Allow me to pass on my most sincere condolences as well.

400 N out of Toronto, which eventually turns into 69. Continue North and you'll cross the Pickeral and French Rivers, past the French River Trading Post. Past here, Rt. 64 turns off 69 and heads north to Noelville, Lavigne, and on to Sturgeon Falls. In Noelville, Rt. 64 makes a right hand turn. Through Noelville and about 20 minutes further north is Lakair. Lakair sits right along Rt. 64 on the left-hand side going north.

Ah ... nothing like a fresh Grouper Filet. Had Grouper down in Key Wst a number of years ago - best fish I ever ate. And yes, Merry Christmas John and hope the therapy works wonders.

Sounds like the daily life of someone in prison.

I too stayed at Auld Reekie, but that was like 16 years ago and that's about how many hours it took me to get there. Nice quiet place back then with a little store across the lake. My Dad went for bass and did quite well as there seems to be a lot of nice structure in the lake, shoals, shore lines, etc., if I remember right. The host back then were very accommodating and helpful to make our stay pleasant. I spent time targeting pike, but never to see a one - but there in there. Took a one-day fly-in to a pike lake and landed a couple real nice ones there. Never did a fly-in before, and I'd love to do it again. We were actually in camp when an emergency call came in for us that my grandfather had passed away in Florida (my Dad's father). So we're burning the airwaves from camp back to the states trying to get things arranged for a dash home - then a flight to Florida. The owners were very gracious and allowed us to use the phone anytime we wanted. Really appreciate that. If your looking for a nice quite place (at least it was years back), you'd probably have a good time in that area. In recent years, I've been spending my time fishing the French. Went several years in a row back in the late 80's / early 90's to Bear's Den Lodge out of Hartley Bay. The owners actually live about 1/2 hour from me here in PA. Really liked it there and would have kept going back had they not changed their policy on allowing pets. Caught my PB Pike out of there at 37 1/2". Nice clean camp nestled back in a little bay, quiet, and relaxing. Very close to a lot of great water and you can catch about any species there, if you know where to look. Following their policy change, we started staying at Rainbow Camp on the North Channel of the French and also at Wolseley Lodge, just down the road from Rainbow. Rainbow provides about 5 miles of fishing on either side of the camp, with rapids on either end. Bass, Walleye, Pike, and Musky there. I caught my PB musky not too far from the camp at 43", plus another smaller one. Also caught my second largest pike there, but didn't take time for a measurement. They do take pets and offer a 20% off-season discount, which is nice. We really enjoy Wolseley Lodge as it sits in the back of a long bay and provides access to a lot of good looking water. Quite a number of large muskie's are caught there, including some into the 50" range. Their kinda hard to find and tougher to catch. Never caught one there, but have had numerous follows. For me, since I have an interest in pike and musky fishing, I'll take the French. Not the numbers of fish, but you always have the chance of catching a trophy. That's why I we keep coming back year after year. You can also consider coming to Lakair in June for the annual OFC GTG. Great times and even better friends and fire-side comedy and tales. Lakair is on teh West Arm of Nippissing. up Rt. 64 from Noelville, on the way to Sturgeon Fall. Lots of great water there, with easy access to the West Bay. Spent a good deal of time out there last year. Looking forward to coming back again for next year's GTG. Auld Reekie has been so long ago, I just don't remember all that much and we had to cut our trip short. If you're interested in a couple of these places I mentioned on the French, lemme know. Best wishes: Rich

Merry Christmas to the entire OFC community.

Slow here in the states too.

YES - A very merry Christmas to all.

You folks aren't alone, with the ice anyway. Woke about a wee bit ago to a covering of ice over everything. Seems to be switching over to rain and to continue warming up a bit today into the 40's. May be a fun ride to work, but I'll bet the crews are already out. Be safe everyone and allow extra time.

Attaboy Memart ... Congrats to all. 6 more of those and you'll catch up with me. Number 7 just arrived just about 3 weeks ago.

Great to hear Rick. Really hope you're turning the corner on this one. Hang in there, ya got a pretty large support group here and everyone's pulling for ya.

I'm sure they make one of these for the ladies .... quite a bit larger with more buttons I hear.

Bring on the longer days.

Welcome aboard Karlin