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And if you did not like getting 'drugged ' by your parents there was always the 'persuader'. My backside was well "tanned' a few times, back before there were nude beaches

Did someone forget to turn on the machine that goes "PINGGG"?

Still messed up

If you go into the fish and wildlife program, what are your goals? Are you taking the course for the job security or a love of the outdoors.

Jobs, on graduation, are not plentiful in Ontario. As others have pointed out in previous threads, be prepared to relocate out of province. My neice spent 5 years bouncing around the country before landing a placement in Ontario.

Domestic and wild geese interbreed quite easily. Maybe a little Snow, a little Greylag, a little ?...

Sometimes the bite shuts down on the arm, Switch to slow drifts with white, red or chartreuse harnesses right down to bottom in the 10-14ft depths on the many flats or ledges by the deep channels

Sometimes Ma Nature's show is as enjoyable as the fishing and then some. Only one tiny teeny problem. I was so busy watching the birds I missed twice as many fish as I caught

Doesn't that feel oh so much better Some nice bass. I'm sure that young fellow was grinnin ear to ear.

It's too beautiful a day to be sitting in the house, so I got a ride down to the pond for a few hours of relaxation. Over the past week and some, perch have been up into various inlets and ponds from L Ontario. Provides for 3-4 weeks of shallow water perch fishing. I had the whole area all to myself again with bright sunshine and a gentle offshore breeze.

Being there quiet and content, it is wonderful to see such a diversity of birds and fowl that are making a comeback. Saw my first wood duck, locally in years, a little green heron, 2 pairs of kingfisher, but they were not close enough for a pic. Two blue herons came in to feed on the schools of minnows, and were totally oblivious to my presence.

They were followed shortly after by the family. They weren't more than 10 feet away.

Almost forgot, I did do some fishing. Lots of perch and a couple of crappie. Was in such a rush to get supper started, forgot to take a pic until after they were carved. Kept enough for dinner.

With the size limits, as with slot sizes, you must transport the fish whole, gutted.

Dalrymple is one of those easy lakes to fish. Sometimes the pike are a nuisance. Fish there a few times a year. A lot less boat traffic. Have not seen any problems with the fishery there. Lake Dalrymple Resort has some fair priced cottages to stay at. 705-833-2400

Remove all items from wife's Buffet / hutch store all lures in it until Fishing season re-opens...

 

 

And you've been in the doghouse for how long now?

Great bit of inventiveness there.

One hour of chores, followed by a one hour storm break; repear, repeat, repeat.

Sure was tough keeping the BBQ lit.

Welcome to the board. But you could have chosen a different name. All I can picture is the long haired horn blower...

Maybe he likes to blow his own horn?

Welcome

Waiting for ice out used to drive us nuts. That's no longer a problem living down in the banana belt. There is always open water somewhere.

Nothing like keeping busy, is there? Great report.

It's not sitting immersed in water so Maple will be fine. 2 coats of spar sealer and a few more of spar varnish should be just fine

TSC store?

Yum! Yum!

Try and have a little more respect for the fish though man.....

How so? I would think quickly beached on wet sand is preferable to being tangled up in a net or put up on dry ground. Minimum handling

So the odds are about equal to getting killed on your way to and from work.

That's it! No more work for me

Having my honey do list caught up by 11, I got the warden to drop me off at the pond for some more relaxation. Sunny skies, birds a chirpin, a cool breeze and lots of fish.

I started off tossing a float out on my ultralite, hoping for some perch. Figured that would give me time to set up a bottom rig on the uglystick.. That little task ended up taking over 20 minutes. 4 cookie cutter cats in that space of time all 1-2 lb size.

Finally got the heavier rod rigged and line out with cut bait to catch some more kitties

It was a great afternoon. Fish biting every 10-15 minutes. The place all to myself except for the birds, and a few came to visit. The blackbird was oblivious to me sitting there.

This heron just kept getting closer and closer. Don't have the greatest zoom so the pics are a bit blurry.

Big fish of the day was another fat carp. They seem to like the cut bait at the moment. I don't often hear of lamprey striking carp, but the big hole on this carp's belly sure looks like it.

Just another wonderful afternoon.

Good on ya Bruce glad to see you made it to Orillia this year after all Wish I could have brought the boy and joined you, but work has different plans for me, I even have to go in tomorrow

 

Nice looking feed of perch you got too

 

Oh BTW "curious george" said to tell you that you and Bill are in big trouble when he see's you for all the catfishing you guys have been doing without him

Curious George is worse than me for going swimmin and scaring the fishies

The current vessel registration system has a lot of problems.

1) An archaic records system.

2) There is no way to track a small vessel's ownership history.

3) Up til recently you could sell your boat, and the next owner would keep the numbers on the boat. Nobody would have a clue. At least now you have to have a copy of the registration with you.

4) There is no way of knowing how many registered vessels are still afloat. Won't try to discuss seaworthiness.

Vessel registration in Canada is, at best, outdated, more like trying to manage a sampan fleet in the South China Sea.

It really is no different than ensuring ownership of your car is up to date.

Lets look at the simplest value from an updated registry. A boat is reported adrift on L Ontario and the authorities retrieve the boat. What is next? Did the boat break free from a mooring? Are the occupants floating out in the middle of the lake? Was it stolen? Having current and accessible registration information will eliminate some of the guess work.

How many times have the coast guard, and air/sea rescue gone out on a search and found out, much later, that the boat they found had merely gone adrift. I know of a few occasions where the boys have flown out in some hellish conditions for a false alarm.

I would have to say p.b by far is my 6 month old grandaughter Olivia

So far, I'd have to say percher has you all beat, hands down. Just wait til "Gramps" teaches her to fish.