Orca

I lost (thru my own stupidity) my beloved Persian Cat, Rafa to a 'Yote, while living in Guelph in 2020. Nice neighborhood, with lots of dogs being walked, mislead me into thinking the coyotes would be too afraid to be anywhere near. Wrong. Im positive he got ambushed and became an easy meal. He had a beautiful back yard to enjoy, but unbeknownst to me, he was venturing off, following a neighbors' cat, where a nearby park bordering a river, must of enticed him to investigate.

I remember reading your posts, Moosebunk. You have accumulated many memorable outings.

I made quite a few trips to Simcoe while residing in the GTA. At least I have some memories. You're right about other opportunities (relatively) close by. It would help if I had someone to go with and share the load of dragging the sleds loaded with equipent. My 69 years are starting to show. Gotta stay off processed foods to alay the soreness caused by imflammation.

No Perch, and only a couple small Walleye. The spot fortunately is very accessible, right on the Sturgeon River. I struggled with setting up the portable ice shelter on my own. I enjoyed using the 40 volt lithium battery, 8" power auger. I sold the brand new (cut 2 holes) 8" offset handle hand auger for $75. It went within an hour or so after posting on the buy and sell want-ads. I met some nice people while fishing, so that made up for it. I wanted to fish my old stomping grounds in Cach Bay, but the water level was so low prior to freeze up, that there probably was no water to mention under the ice this year.

There's always next year. LOL.

Shame. Didn't realise back then (?) how good we had it.

Thanks for the report. Hopefully they go out of business!

Seems like a short season.

Im guessing many have given up on ice fishing on Lake Nipissing, maybe due to the 2 fish limit on Walleye, and the near unatainable slot (40-45 cm) lenght. I've recently retired back to my home town, and really noticed the lack of activity on this lake. There used to be a long string of truck headlights and snowmobiles returning off the lake at dark coming home to Sturgeon from across the lake. I made a significant investment in new gear including shelter, auger, etc. I managed to hook a couple of fish, but they were either too small, or a little too big. I may sell everything before the start of next Winter, to recoup my losses.