bigugli

Great report to give a morning chuckle.

You're right Mercman, lotta folks just have no sense of humour in the morning.

Looking from the top of the escarpment this morning, got to see a rare sight. After 4 days of deep cold, L Ontario is ice covered as far as the eye can see. It's only a skim coat, and the first real storm will shake it apart.

Well done Emil.

I use to fish 100 days a year (literally). Now with a child I am a week end warrior. I do not litter. I do not take the issues with a grain of salt. In fact I appreciate them more as my time is limited on the water.

 

Idiots litter. It does matter how far they drive or how much they fish or who they voted for or which team they cheer for.

 

I will guarantee one thing. When this is all said and done the morning noise and the litter will not subside magically now that only the Innisfil residents are the only ones able to utilize that access.

 

The littering and the noise is not done by the evil city people.

 

Actually most of the out of towners that are dubbed the evil city people are in fact other rural people from other rural communities that do not have the luxury of having a lake at the back door.

 

This has nothing to do with litter and noise. This has more to do with

a municipal government securing votes.

And you are still, like me, part of a very small minority.

Residents squawk and politicians listen, and the outsiders become the scapegoat. Whether the trouble is local or outsider does not matter. It will also help to line someone's pocket.

For the most part, we are the hard core of the fishing world. We live eat breath fishing.

The average angler is a 2 week a year weekend warrior. Don't know the issues and don't care. Like most weekend warriors and their hobbies. See it camping, fishing, skidooing, cycling, golfing, etc... Too busy having fun to worry about the impact they are having. Used to having people clean up after them rather than cleaning up after themselves.

With this prevalent attitude, get used to seeing trash. Get used to seeing angry residents. Get used to seeing restricted access.

Other municipalities take another tack. Automated parking lots and user fees. I've seen the ticket meters in a few fishing locations as well. The sites were downloaded on municipalities that don't want to foot the bill. So visitors now pay.

A drooling smiley

This should get Brian's toes a'tappin'...one of my favorite fishing songs...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoK0ialEY0

Squid jiggin. Now that'll draw a memory or 2 ta mind. Sitting on the govt wharf in a deep water harbour catching squid in N.S.

Fixed

This is an old thread. They probably are 20 by now. lol

I'm sure they're back on the ice engaged in their favourite hobby this season

Another commercial knockoff

Of course there is also Genmar. Owner of some 20 odd brand names of boat.

It's the way of the corporate world. Whether your talking toys, appliances, clothes, food....

Buy into it or don't. Your choice...

That isn't the "Tyler" local Bruce!

Was just wondering if any Innisfil site is going to be available. I can see other municipal lots as being fair game.

Added my voice.

Does this mean the Tyler event is going to a different locale?

So, what's it take to get a permit?

Can't you just pop into city hall and buy one?

My guess is it's the township trying to put some extra $$$ in the coffers please the locals. So if it's a pay per permit system just buy one and thumb your nose at the locals when you park there.

You gotta be an area resident. NOTL does the same thing with fishing from public lands.

A couple of the companies were at the horticulture and farm trade shows a couple of years back. I know a couple of landscape firms that bought units for urban contracts.

This reminded my of this classic.

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Still love it.

A lot more European vans are showing up here in Canada. Much better suited to the urban landscape than a lot of North American product. Mitsubishi, Daihatsu, Saab, BMC, Suzuki, etc...

LAte May early June they are super aggressive. Can't keep them off the line.

love the personal tidbits about my fellow members

 

HH has the farts

 

billy bob shoots groundhogs on groundhog day

 

Skeeter loses 4 pairs of glasses a year ice fishing and cooks his perch with bananas

 

Splashhopper likes to sleep in a van, down by the river

 

geoff.......hummmm, gotta get something on him

That's a slippery slope your a climbing.

I can do that !!! as a fatter of fact, i HAVE done that.

Which? The messing with sasquatch or the blue angel?

Sounds like a suitable punishment.

Nice laker. The perch ain't shabby either.

If you have Manitoba Maples near the house, these little fellas will be around in the thousands. Kids would have a blast smushing up large patches of them when huddled together.

Just another one of Ma Nature's harmless nuisances.

Any place with a decent beach and water will do at that age with a sidetrip an hour down the road for something different one day.

When we took the scouts out, we needed a shelter for 12 to 15 people. Stick frame for a roof with a black tarp on top. Black tarp for floor, overlapped at the ground. Snow piled against the side wall as high as possible to seal the shelter against wind. Straw on the floor to insulate. Got quite comfy in there for 2 nights.

A snow drift quinzy is the way to go if there are only 2-3 people.