chris.brock

just curious, and off topic too, what line of work are you in?

yeah the players are greedy and likely overpaid, yeah I would love to knock Bettman out and then wring his neck but I hope the season starts on time, winter is long, dark and cold I love my NHL hockey, and always look forward to my Leaf games, win or loose (mostly losing, but I'm a die hard fan)

I would guess you're working on a full report, can you give us a sneak preview of how the trip went?

I'm assuming no skin on the pic filets?

I do rainbow alot on the BBQ (tonight too actually), skin side down, salt and lots of fresh ground pepper is all I do, I like to over-cooked my trout and salmon (except sockeye) on the BBQ, it seems to make it tastier and it doesn't burn or dry out because of all the natural oil

typically, weight and width increase with engine displacement (yeah, it's a generalization that's not always true, but a general guideline) also, I prefer to climb a rocky, technical, steep hill with loose rocks and narrow spots with a 300 4WD, the big bores spin tires and buck like a horse (just my opinion) some of the association trails can be done in a golf cart, but there's lots of tight bush trails in Haliburton too.

I heard of this occuring on Brunswick Lake south of Hearst. The CO's secretly watched the shorelunch (likely through binocoulars), then later stopped the boat and checked limits, including the lunch meal they were over their limit, the CO's went back to the shorelunch island to look for/ collect carcasses and skins incase they were needed for evidence I heard that story told by the guilty people, around a campfire, having a few drinks

another vote for Nipp. The French is an option also, about the same drive, mid Sept is prime

some of the Haliburton stuff is tight, and rough (if you want to get into back lakes) a too big ATV is a reality I've heard from quite a few people, the smaller 4wd, fourstrokes (350 cc range) are prefered rather than the big 750's etc

DanC suggested the affect of mining on lake trout up in his area, I have no idea of the cause of the fish kill, I was just noting DanC's acknowledgement of the negative environmental implications of mining

thanks, proud of it you talk out of both sides of your mouth in T-Bay, that is well on it's way to becoming Jokeville, Northern Ontario thanks to people like you

interesting stuff, I've seen whitefish floating for no apparent reason (I would guess it's related to warm water temps), but never ciscoes not to rattle your cage DanC, but awhile ago we debated the impact of mining on the environment, I was tree hugging and you were for the northern Ontario jobs/ economy, it seems you realize there are some mining related, ecological problems in your own backyard

I'm hoping to find somebody who has seen the same thing 5 years ago I stopped by the house my co-worker lived in to talk to her about what she remembers about the incident. New owners in the house, I was out of luck

I know we could use the rain, but I'm getting married tomorrow, outdoors, we have no alternate plan, No Rain In Cayuga Please!

awesome report, looks like you had a great week, it is alot quieter during the week out on the lake

I have done some research too, there was milatary naval stuff going on in Port Maitland in the 30's and 40's the thing we saw was definitely under power even though it was silent

Trouty and Terry, yeah I hear ya, I thought I would be fair game posting something like that, totally true story though I'm really hoping somebody saw the same thing 20 years ago

you guys are going to think I'm nuts, but here goes- I was working for the Grand River Conservation Authority. We (me and my co-worker) were boating back into Port Maitland, overcast, summer evening, warm and humid. Pretty rare, but there wasn't any other boats or people on the pier. Coming out of the harbour, between the piers was a half submerged, 8 to 10' diameter, steel looking ball, moving at about 5 kph. I wasn't stainless steel, flat colour. It didn't float over the waves, it stayed level and crashed through them. We turned off our engine and the ball didn't make a sound. We followed for about 20 minutes, heading straight out into the lake, took a bunch of picture (old film camera back then), then turned back. We asked the owner of Flatt's Bait, he's been in Port Mait. there for years, as to what we saw. He had no idea. I wouldn't wonder so much about this, but here's the kicker- The next day we went to head office in Cambridge, we had the camera (that had the undeveloped pics of the ball) in a napsack. It's a smaller office, everybody knows everybody, but somehow the camera (a cheap camera too) was stolen out of the napsack. The didn't take my wallet or swiss army knife or anything eles, just the camera and the only proof we had of what we saw

lynx- Chapleau game preserve, me and a buddy, while lining a canoe upriver, saw a lynx come to the waters edge, take a slow look at us, then do a giant leap across the river, with each paw landing on individual small stones not getting wet wolverine- me and the same buddy were fishing in a boat (Attawapiskat River), we heard branches breaking in the bush up wind from us, and out walked a wolverine, we got a good look at it before it noticed us wolf pack- me and my fiancee, Chapleau game preserve, I just killed the outboard for another walleye drift, heard something, wasn't sure if it was an owl or wolf, I howled, the opposite shore came alive with howls, moans and yips, scattered thoughout the bush, we couldn't see anything, howled back and forth for awhile, then 3 pups came to the waters edge, 2 adolescent wolves also came out and splashed around looking for frogs, the big, deep voiced wolves never showed themselves, they were moving along the shore, out of sight great grey owl- Haliburton, spotted it 15' up in a tree on the shore, big specimen, he looked very interested in my surface lure popping in the water waterspout- humid summer day, Lake Erie, pretty cool to see, big but far off shore dead body- Hamilton Harbour, summer evening, the water's very murky, saw I piece of clothing pass by the boat while we were motoring along, turned back to check it out, had to poke with the paddle to see what it was, then could see the head and hair in the water, 18 years ago but I still have a pretty vivid memory of that eerie sight

it doesn't happen to me, I use 8 lb powerpro for bass and pics though, 8 lb has always felt plenty strong for those species

it doesn't look like there's many Ahmic guys on board if you can find a copy of the Ontario Fishing Guide book by Hines, Herringer, it's in there with a description and map with specific spots it's a good start if you're new to the lake

the better muskie fishing is up in the north end, and into Grass and Head lakes, we cast bucktail spinners around weeds or troll body baits in deeper water

Smaller lake, lots of cottages, it used to have a natural lake trout population, pretty sure they're gone now, ok bass fishing

looks great, especially if you guys get some nasty weather does it need to be pegged to stand? I guess the hammock wouldn't do you much good on this trip, the trees get pretty small around the bay

The more time you get to spend on the water, you come to realize, fish activity varies, it's unpredictable, you might not have been doing anything wrong it's just the bite was off and they were inactive, to get a decent walleye on Balsam is an achievement (it's not a walleye factory) In July, I was up at the Attawapiskat (waaaaaay up there, fly-in), I knew the fish were there but I also knew the bite was tough, I caught as many fish in the 4.5 days I was there that I expected to catch in a single day. Likely there was things I could have done to boat a few more fish, but when the bites off, it's tough