Dave Bailey

Beautiful picture. Instead of going that far north, stop at the Torrance Barrens Dark Sky reserve, west of Gravenhurst: http://rasc.ca/torrance-barrens-dark-sky-preserve

I'm just up the road, often thought of giving it a go. I'm guessing the rocks should hold smallmouth, it's typical habitat. Might want to try casting a drop-shot along them.

Yeah, looks like boneset. Do NOT confuse it with the similar looking water hemlock, which is so poisonous that you don't even want to touch it. Just tasting it could kill, swallowing isn't necessary. http://www.perverdonk.com/wild%20flowers/Parsnip/Spotted%20Water%20Hemlock/200307281030%20Spotted%20Water%20Hemlock%20(Cicuta%20maculata)%20-%20Manitoulin%20Island.htm

The Royal Canadian Institute For the Advancement of Science has free public lectures during the fall and winter months, and the one on November 29th may be of interest to anglers:

Cameraman thought he was supposed to video a rock concert.

I believe they're flying ants.

This could be grand entertainment. Duffy had a reputation as an excrement-disturbing investigative reporter. If he hasn't forgotten how to do that job, and if he still has contacts and knows how to cultivate more, Steve-O could find himself in a real pickle. Not that I'm letting Duffy off the hook, it looks like he swindled the system. But it also looks like the system was easily able to be swindled. Get rid of the senate, it's nothing but a bunch of appointed hacks and butt-kissers. There are some good people in there to be sure, but for the most part it just isn't worth the bother. And I don't want to take the elected senate route. Doing that could put us in the same bind as our neighbours to the south: Congress dominated by one party, senate by the other, and nothing gets done.

So, catch anything? Looks like a great time was had by all!

In exactly one week we'll we'll be spending our first evening at Killarney PP. My daily ritual is to start paddling on George Lake at sunrise, watch the incredible beauty of it, and then begin to inventory the smallmouth bass population. All by myself. This year I'll be trying to get someone out with me, but if they decide to lay in, well, it will still be good.

I'm a courier, our company supplies industry in emergency situations, and we deliver all over the northeast. So a lot of my fishing is done once I drop a part off in Sudbury, North Bay, Ottawa, Windsor, Barrie, or wherever. Always alone. Now, ever since childhood I've understood and appreciated the difference between loneliness and solitude, so maybe that helps me, but being by myself is a really nice feeling. Nobody saying "I'm hungry", or "Let's go, it's getting late". My time, my place(s), my enjoyment.

I have no problem with the science of Genetically Modified Organisms. Now I have even less. http://imgur.com/Bt13wDQ

Meh, Keith Richards is still kickin'. Not as old as Willie, but a lot rougher life.

That's not the fault of 590, it's MLB. They have exclusive rights to broadcast games over the internet.

0:15, "Our truck is fast!" The first time, I heard something entirely different.

A game like today's must really confuse the Gibbons haters. They won after he got the thumb from Gibson, so he isn't needed!. But, they won after he got the thumb from Gibson, so he didn't screw them up!

Pollution Spurs Rapid Adaptation in Trout "Now a new study reveals not only that the local populations of these trout have changed rapidly in response to pollution, it also ties distinct genetic changes to precise events in human industrial history." http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pollution-spurs-rapid-adaptation-in-trout1/

As far as I know, you're required to have a bailer even if you're on a pontoon boat. Seems a bit silly.

Beautiful! One of my favourite birds, and they seem to be declining. Might be due to cormorants.

Slooow down there sonny, I've never caught a brook trout in my life, so I need suggestions from YOU! Lake Superior: 46.923348, -84.596985

Queen Anne's lace, or wild carrot, only grows a couple of feet high at most. Giant hogweed grows up to 18 feet. The related and native cow parsnip, which has similar toxins but not quite as bad, grows about half that high. And I should add that if you see any hogweed you should call the Ontario Invading Species Hotline at 1-800-563-7711

A friend of mine says he's rented at Harry's a few times: Harry's Riverside Sports & Bait 233 The Queensway S Keswick, ON L4P 2A8 (905) 476-0441

A few of these are found near water, so be careful. Water hemlock is probably the most dangerous, just tasting it can kill, you don't even need to swallow any. http://www.ourwindsor.ca/whatson-story/5743130-5-poisonous-plants-of-southern-ontario-you-should-avoid/

I've got double the problem. Try slipping a few aircraft model kits into the house. Wives have some sort of radar that detects them.

Great report!

18 teams did their best to avoid sunburn on a lovely day to be on the water. Some were more successful at that than others. Oh, and some managed to catch some fish. Before I go any further, my apologies, once again, for not having any help with the proceedings. Monica had some family business to take care of, so I was once again doing my headless chicken routine. Erin Kennedy was helped/hindered, take your pick, by dad Pat, and came oh so close to prize money, weighing in a basket of 12.1 lbs. In 5th place, with 12.75, were Jenn and Barry McCrackin, not a bad haul for that position. 4th was taken by Audrey and Chris Little, with 13.5 lbs, and they just got nipped by 3rd place finishers Nicole and Craig Lanegger, who landed a total of 13.7. 2nd place was taken by newcomers Jennifer Button and partner Chris Iles, who weighed a basket of 15.4 lbs, but even if my thumb had been on the scales they wouldn't have beaten... TADA! Megan Meharrie, ably assisted by Patrick Good, with a total of 16.6, no doubt helped by the biggest fish for the day, a smallmouth that bent the springs at 5.35 lbs, truly a whopper. Only two teams declined to weigh in, but nobody was totally skunked, and fully half the teams had weights over 10 pounds. My thanks to Alan and the folks at RPM Marine, a first-class facility. If you need a launch, maintenance, or just something for the boat, do yourself a favour and stop in.