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Seeing as it's the 100th for the RCN.My uncle, a lifer from the flat top days, sent me this. A little memory lane gallery for the bluejackets here at OFC. http://www.vintagewings.ca/page?a=1331&lang=en-CA

Love the pics of your happy crew.

As some know, my Mrs has been unwell for some time. Lots of running back and forth to hospitals, etc..... Anyhow, I'll be sitting in Hamilton a lot for the next while shuttling Judy to various appts. and clinics. Rather than pay to park and twiddle my thumbs, off to Bayfront we go. Today's target the WGSF. The weapons- micro tubes and Gulp fish fry. Great way to waste away 6 hours.

No different than federal politics. The ruling party is one which controls Ontario. It used to be Quebec before the BQ arrived on the scene.

What some of these corrupt politicians really need is a couple of hangings to remind them of just who they are supposed to be working for.

Looks like the pools around Dartmouth/Halifax. You can find some real Hawgs in town, just don't let the oldtimers know you're fishing for garbage. Cute little fella you got there.

You'll be even prouder when he comes up to you and says 'let's play hookie and go fishing Dad'.

Time for the "deadhorse march". Rule #1: All politicians are liars Rule #2: Only special interest and lobby groups (those funding the political party) are of interest or concern to a politician. Us individuals do not count. Rule #3: Learn to make lots of noise. Politicians, and bureaucrats, hate being put on the spot.

Have to admit I haven't been that way in over 20 years, But I used to catch carp, cats, bass on occasion in the late 80's. As I said, G Ross Lord was built without foresight or vision. Mind you the only vision the City of North York had was one of being bigger and colder than downtown Toronto.They are still working on it. Someone mentioned Black Creek. There used to be brookies above the city before Vaughan developed the Jane St. strip and allowed everyone to dump whatever they wanted into the system. Beechwood cemetary had a nice little Japanese garden in the one corner but it reeeked of industrial waste during the warm months

Now that is living

Great for ripping through the weeds or for jigging from bottom. Most tackle shops carry some varieties. Look to some of your OFC members for some quality stuff. There is some great stuff being made by the members here.

With a billion dollars I'm sure the Queen's Park could make any mud hole swimmable. G Ross Lord was simply built as part of the flood control system. Nobody thought about the development potential. Or let Mel and family build it with private money and charge a Queen a head to get in.

I'm sorry, but there is already a "lake" in Downsview at Duff & Finch. G Ross Lord I think? Put the money into upgrading that body of water first. As for the Humber and Don, both are toxic dumping grounds right up into the 70's. Kodak was one of several plants to dump in the Humber. The Don's list begins with Lever Bros. and goes forever.Beyond that, most of Toronto's waterfront is comprised of landfills and dumps that have pushed south over a period of 150+ years. Crap still ooozes into the harbour. Just gotta love these pie in the sky proposals the politicians dream up. Election season has begun.

I've had the displeasure of eating smoke for a couple of summers killing hot spots from small bush fires up north with shovel and piss can. I could not imagine how terrifying being in the path of a major fire, or worse, a fire storm would be. I was told stories of the 1916 Cochrane firestorm by some of the old timers. A bunch of towns destroyed, 200 odd souls lost.

Great looking fish. We have them here, but have to travel 800km or more north to find fish of such quality. Most here do not realize how much further north you are. Helsinki is 60"10'N. Moosefactory is only 49"15'N, and closest city in Canada to your latitude is Yellowknife at 62"28'. Great Slave Lake is 61"40'.

Couple of early colour photos from on the lake. Would have cost Gram a small fortune back then. There were no fibreglass boats around then. First photo is with my uncle on one of his few leaves from the Bonnie. I was still fishing with that old green boat some 20 years later. 2nd pic is my Grampa sitting out at my uncle johnni's. Still in his Sunday threads. Sorry for the quality. Taking pics of old pics. The finger printe are probably as old as the photos themselves.

Never knew there was a book about the lake. Used to love paddling up the back reaches of lost channel, or portaging up above the pool and making my way into Tea. Is the little whirpool rapids still there? Used to sit in that natural jacuzzi for hours drinking beers. Ever go sliding down White's Falls?

The Sicilian fire department?

My family were amongst those resident Finns that bought some of the first Crown parcels that came up for sale after the war along the 69. Us younger ones liked to terrorize the neighbourhood. I vaguely remember the name Volicks, might have been bought out in the early days by the White family. My uncle's place was in the bay down from Pastor's point, the cousin had a place by Hungry Bay behind Sori's point

There used to be 3 marinas on 6 Mile Lake. The third one was Gerry Bye's place at the end of Crooked Bay rd. Long since closed down. Before Wauwatosa was built, the Tolles family operated their business on an island. 6 Mile Marina was originally called White's Marina. There are no fish down at lost channel.

IT was 78F when I left for market at 4 am. The temp peaked at 95F in the shade at St Jakobs. I still don't have the air in.

There are 2 marinas. 6Mile Lake marina down White's rd. and Wauwatosa Trading Post on Crooked bay rd.

You are right Chancho, we don't like the changes we see. We see common sense being thrown out the window. We see a new generation needing someone to perpetually hold their hand and wipe their for them. We see a society that likes placing blame with everybody but themselves when things go wrong, with the usual argument that "a law be passed to prevent this tragedy from happening again". What is there to like.

What our dear deluded government needs is some good old horse sense. Not another layer of bureaucratic bumpf. Take the money and spend it on real boater education and a real operator licensing program based on that education. Another pathetic set of rules that do not curb stupidity will not help other than waste more tax dollars.

There are far too many fishing the spawning beds. The same argument every time. "If the Americans can fish the spawn why can't we? I just release them anyway" Apparently 300 million Americans can't be wrong