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Absolutely a good value....it's a bargain as far as winter sports go.. Last winter we skied at Tremblant...single day lift tickets are $160 each. The year before I took my kids and grandkids to Whistler for a week...there are bundles that make it less expensive...but a "walk up to the counter" single day lift ticket is $250 per person.. At least those are real mountains. Blue Mountain in Collingwood (a hill which maybe takes 7 turns of your skiis to get down) charges $140 for a walk up day pass.. And skiing in Canada is cheap. At Vail Resort in Colorado, single day lift tickets are $295 USD...that's $423 CDN per person just to ski for the day. Believe it or not, there are even more expensive resorts.. At least with ice fishing you get to bring some good eats home...as opposed to spending $30 on a cold hamburger and greasy fries at the ski lodge cafeteria.. And don't get me started on what it costs to take your kids to a Leafs game.. So yeah, I'm not really feeling the "ouch" paying Tim Hale a few bucks to take care of me for the day...
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That hat...and what's underneath it ! Nevermind the "rapidly aging mind"...it's the rapidly aging everything else on our bodies that "seems like only yesterday" 😆 Here's one from the same era...no hut, at night, homemade ice picks around the neck...
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$70 to $80 is the going rate on Simcoe..
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Glad to be of service...
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Sounds like a plan...now if only the weather Gods would cooperate and make some ice...
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Cant go wrong with combining pizza and wood smoke. We have a wood burning pizza oven at the cottage. The major benefit is that I can get the temperature up to 900 F +, that combined with the smoke from the wood... kicks out pizzas like you were in Naples. One of our favourite get togethers is a "make your own personal pizza party". I'll even do roast chicken and prime rib in that oven...the smoke makes all the difference. Between the oven and my Traeger smoker it's probably 75% of my meal preparation all summer long (and winter too !). Most of the time my BBQ gathers dust..
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The lake is incredible...the river is magical. 32 years straight and counting..
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You definitely want to add some kind of sugar to the brine...it helps form the "pellicle" when drying before the smoke, and caramelization (browning) during the smoke. Depending on what you're brining, maple or birch syrup or molasses can be nice additions too. One of my favourite ways to do salmon or trout is with maple syrup and rye whiskey in the brine, and then glazed with a half/half mixture of both while smoking..."Indian Candy"...which is probably not a politically correct term these days. I got a bottle of it "pre-blended" in my Christmas stocking...Maple syrup aged in whiskey casks. Looking forward to trying it out on my next batch...
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Well, it must be a blue moon....the GTA is actually going to get MORE snow than the rest of the Province tonight and tomorrow..
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Matt Martin does guided fly fishing trips on the upper Credit and the Grand... https://www.smoothriver.ca/
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Now put FFS in the drone and have it communicate back to your screen, and you can cover the entire lake without leaving the dock...LOL When does it stop being fishing and just become a video game ? I'm curious if there's anything in the reg's about using this tech ? I know for hunting, drones are absolutely forbidden...but fishing ?
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Izzy developed bladder cancer. I'd take her for a walk, and she'd stop every few feet to try and pee. Vet said she had a tumour the size of a baseball in her bladder....very aggressive and had already spread to her other organs. The vet put in a catheter to give her a few more days (she was in pain) so my kids could come home to say good bye...they were in university at the time...one in Kingston and one in BC. We all had one last weekend at the cottage with her...and then Monday, we all went to the vet to hold her that final time. The saddest part of of having dogs as family members is that we as humans generally out live them...
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Can't wait for the underwater drone technology...like launching little Hunter Killer subs...😁 Seriously though...the tech has no limits...at some point are the regulations (fish & game act) going to limit the tech ?
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We had a strinkingly similar looking member of our family....a Collie cross with the same colouring. We recued her as a 6 month old and named her Izzy, after the mascot of the '96 Summer Olympics. She was gifted with an almost supernatural canine instinct...she knew what you were thinking, before you even thought it. Same thing, she passed at 11 years old hugged by all four us as we bawled like babies..
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It looks like the ball is in Lowrance's court now....I hear Active Target 3 is coming out next autumn.. Competition is a wonderful thing !
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what song are you listening to right now???
CrowMan replied to fishing n autograph's topic in Non-Outdoors Open Discussion
That was so sweet, it turned me diabetic ! -
Just insane...I dont think they even know what the criteria for legal/illegal is...seems to be based on the "look". As long as they don't touch my O/U 20 g bush chicken getter, and .308 venison sausage maker...I'm good. Although my .22 semi-auto tin can plinker might attract their attention...although its an old (Dad bought it for my 16th birthday) Winchester 49O that certainly doesn't have any "assault" DNA 🙄
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Agree. We have a Honda Pilot AWD and a Ram 1500 4×4. Slugging through mud, sand or deep snow, the Ram wins every time...locking differential and gobs of V8 torque... but on an icy, slippery road the Honda with VTM-4 (torque vectoring) and Michelin X-Ice rubber handles like its on skates at any speed.
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Sounds like you had a great trip with lots of variety. I assume you stopped in Rabat or Casablanca...yeah, the port cities are pretty grimy in north Africa. Further down the coast is Essouria. Pretty cool place.. nice beaches and a big hippie hangout in the 60's and 70's. The Beatles, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, etc used to hang out there, play at the festival, and smoke Moroccan hash. They still hold the World Music Festival...one of the biggest events of it's kind on the planet...and the local hash still sold everywhere...
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Yeah, the Sagrada Familia is stunning...the photos really don't do it justice. Barcelona is a great town...just wish there weren't so many tourists..lol. La Rambla is a zoo, and watch your wallet. We liked Morocco too...spent a week in Marrakech and then drove up to the Atlas Mountains...who knew you could go snow skiing in the middle of the Sahara desert.
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My wife and I have done the cruise...Vancouver/inside passage of BC/Sitka/Juneau/Skagway/Glacier Bay/Seward. Two years later, we flew to Anchorage with another couple and rented a SUV for 14 days. Drove the perimeter of the Kenai Peninsula...sightseeing, hiking and fishing along the way...Soltodtna/Homer/Seward...then up to Denali. Much preferred the road trip.. roadside motels and cabins, local down home diners, and of course the fishing. On the cruise...other than the scenery and some of the stops, you could've been anywhere. And you don't get to hangout in a local bar and meet real people...rather than just other tourists and the ship's crew. Same reason I don't like all-inclusive resorts...there's a vacation, and then there's traveling. My wife's been in the travel business for 35 years...she never recommends cruises or all-inclusives if you actually want to travel and experience another place. Just sayin'. .
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what song are you listening to right now???
CrowMan replied to fishing n autograph's topic in Non-Outdoors Open Discussion
Ritchie B. one of the greats !! -
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