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I have a better chance of witnessing Dale Jr winning a nascar championship, then I do the leafs winning the lords cup.LOL

Ah, the good OLE days Bruce.LOL

I remember the one as a kid off Dufferin, north of Eglington. It was near the Canadian tire store. My pop took me there all the time. He still has packages with their price tags on them.

Those are real purdy brudder. I finally got back the ones you gave me on our charter a couple years ago. LOL I,ll be giving them a go this spring.

Walking out on the beat down path was good like I said,but when you stepped off,you were in a foot of snow. I didnt find any slush. It seemed to be harden up. Areas that were slushed before and were traveled through then covered with snow could be ankle/ knee busters. It was like being drunk walking through it.LOL

Hey Bill, I had some real good marks out there. I even had a school of herring go through that had some huge marks moving in it. It sure is a different lake, that's for sure.

Im not sure about that Lew. My late nan made these flour based light pillow dumping that just tasted so good when we would sup up the stew gravy. I guess if you put some powder sugar on them,they would be desert.

Oh stop it now.LOL Im having duffs with my stew.

Dave.

Very nice Rob. I walked into the smell of a good hearty stew cooking away.

Now you tell me. LOL I got up there just after my guide did. I didnt get lost this time.They were all set up. I didnt want to crowd, so set up just a bit from them. They were all dead sticking and I was being my hard head self, and stuck with spoons and a white tube. Marked fish right away again and it was the same thing, look and no bite. As Rons standing there talking with me,I say look, see,they are there. Then it happen,got a hit on the spoon. Bring it to the hole and WTH, it,s a herring. I say thats whats been suspending. I didnt know there were herring in the lake. DOH. So the spoon caught, so I kept jigging it. After some good marks and no hits, I was rethinking the bait thing. Rethinking, as Ron and his buds had fish on the ice . So stroll over well no ones looking,scoop one out of the pail. Rush back to get it on a jig. Drop and what would you know,they wouldnt hit that fresh lively minna. As Im jigging the spoon,the dead stick jumps. I thought maybe I hit it with my foot. Look at it and it bends down . Oh here we go. Grab the rod,set the hook and the fight was on. Well,it wasnt much of a fight, BUT, it was a trout. LOL A quick selfie before back down the hole it went.. Ron with a nice pair . I would like to thank Ron for allowing me to hook up with him and his friends this morning. This is a class fella and one heck of an angler. Ok ,so I will use live bait from now on. I hate when yer all right.LOL I will be giving Joe another go soon. Nice lake and the sounds of the ravens is so cool.

Im up and ready to head up again. Wonder if the bait store will be open. Paul, when I walk off any of the path,I was stomping through a foot of snow and tripping over harden slush. Lets see if my guide today, can get me a fish or two.

Might explain the Lambs Rum delight. LOL Nice build Dave.

Flash frozen is best. Just like they do with the fish you buy at the market.

Just put them in the freezer whole. When your ready to eat,thaw and clean and enjoy.

Heal up there J. I,ll bet theres a sled in the near future. Sure wish I had one today. My, there,s a lot of snow north of here,

This morning was my first ever visit up to lake Joe. All the 30 years I have been living in Barrie,I have never set foot on that lake during the hard water season, or the soft for that matter. Seen no need, as I have Simcoe at my door step. So up at 4:30 am, quick refresh,java, toast and Im on the road by 5:30:am. Drive up was slow. Fresh layer of that powder snow, and when your behind someone,it,s just a dust cloud. You dont even see tail lights. I was surprised how fast I got up there concidering the road conditions. (here,s where I should of printed off the map) It,s been sometime since I have traveled up that way. Since when did they re route the 400/69 hwy? LOL I exited at the Lake joe cut off. Make the right and follow til I find the road Im to turn off on. The name is stuck in my head and looking. 20 minutes later, Im at a T section. Don,t remember one of those on the map. So turn right and follow the road. Pass a truck rest area. then see a sign,TIMMIES. Thank goodness,cause I was in need of a pit stop. So I ask the first guy I see,do you know where this place is? Ah ya,it,s back that way . WHAT. Yup. Did you go under a train bridge? Yup. Well,you past it. OMG So a quick pit stop,grab a cup of java while Im there and back track. Get to the bridge and Im at my spot. It was so close to the exit I took. Gezzzz There,s a line of 25 cars and trucks. Oh well,Im here and Im here to fish. Get all geared up and Im on my way. Short down hill walk (down hill is always good) and Im on the lake. Look at where all are fishing and they are scattered. I see a beat down path good for walking and dragging the smitty. Well it looked good. I walk about a half mile and thats it. Lets set up camp. Step off the trail and oh my,it,s deep here with snow.LOL Shovel my spot,drill a couple of holes,check depth. 95 fow. Ok,works for me. Pop the hub,get it banked, light up the heater and Im fishing. Marked right off the bat. The fish are through out the colume. Nothing like Simcoe. Im told to use a williams spoon and minnows. Well, I have the spoons,but dont use live bait,so I have my swammer bait rigged as a dead stick. Fish come in,rise to the swammer,They come up and from what I could tell by the graph,they just look at it. Raise a few more feet, they follow and look at it. Bite damit.LOL These fish are very strange. This happen for 5 hours. Come in,follow,look and well,they didnt want to eat. I would like to say I was disappointd,but I wasnt. New waters,new fish. Need to learn. So after I had my lunch I fished for another hour with the same results. As Im packing up,Im rethinking the live bait thing. Do I? Thats for another day. So make my way back to the shore. The burger was feeling a bit heavy.LOL Get to land and theres a few fellas there gearing up to head out. We get to talking and turns out it,s their first time as well. One fella says nice smitty. Thanks, Another says,your BB,Brian. Ya thats me. Nice smitty dude. Thanks again. Ya we just read the boards and post once in awhile. I say cool. The next words I heard were GOLD. Can I give you a ride up to your truck? AMEN BROTHER. I dont remember their names,but this goes to show there are good lurkers out there. Im booked to head up there again in the AM with a member here. I was thinking of heading out on Simcoe after the beat down I took today,but I think I,ll make another trip up in the morning with him. If he has live bait,I might give it a try. MIGHT. LOL Thats my fishing report.

-6 for a high Saturday,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

glenner,,,,,,,,,,,,,, YUP. LOL

Dip the landing net in the water before starting,and I wear this shirt.

LOL

Lakers for sure I don't like here, but the white fish and perch are awesome. I don't smoke them. Im sure the trout are much more eatable then those rainbows and chinnys that come out of Lake O. NOW THATS GROSS. LOL