bigugli

I've had some wicked good night bites in shallow off the docks in summer. Never tried staying out on the ice at night.

Timmins is at 880 above sea level

I'm sure tonight's Habs Sens game will be fun to watch.

Based on last quarter showings in Canadian retail, Target is just one of a number of retailers that will be closing up. It was said some 2 years ago that the Canadian retail market was over saturated. Now that the economy is struggling, expect to see a major correction and a lot of empty stores.

A lot of people will be looking for work.

Simcoe was once a whitefish factory in winter. Stories of my Grampa going out for a weekend, once a month, to bring home a bushel full. Gram would then get royally pissed, because she would spend 1/2 the night cleaning them and then Grampa would give 1/2 of them away. Of course, he gave them away because very few had a lot of freezer space back then.

I certainly remember going up to Orillia in spring for smelting at night when I was small. My job was to hold the lantern.

Well done. Hope to get up therein the next week or so.

Binbrook is day use only. The only other Conservation campground is Byng, on the Grand. There are a couple of private campgrounds along the lower Welland R. Don't recall the exact names. One is tied to Marineland, King Waldo?... The other is one of those Yogi Bear parks. There are other campgrounds in the Niagara area. Many without any water access. Erie shore campgrounds would not be suited to your boat set up.

bigugli, do you know 'Jaci'?

 

She is a native lady who fishes Jordan Harbour/Hamilton Harbour etc.

 

She has taken 2 pike over 40" in the last couple years...photo's of both are floating around. one from each of the spots above.

 

She is the pike queen, lol.

Heard of her, but never met.

We hear of 40"+ pike every year coming out of L Ontario or L Erie

The lake and surrounding area might recover fully in 50-60 years, assuming there won't be any more blunders. It would also require the province getting off it's arse and doing something constructive. That is not going to happen.

Caught this pike last winter fishing for walleye with 8lb test and small minnow fishing alone. Had a hell of a time getting its head started in the hole. Was 43.5 inches long and weighed 24.5lbs. Its getting mounted, hope to get it back soon.

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That is one beautiful pike. Don't see them that big down in Niagara. Best I've managed was 38" northern.

Yep 4 on 3 and one of the 3 has a broken stick...did that stick getting broken with a slash?

There were a lot of broken sticks last night from "slashing" at both ends of the rink. The refs didn't call any as a penalty.

Tough loss for the Habs

It was a good tight game, and they kept Crosby and Malkin well bottled up. That O.T penalty killed them. You can bottle up one, but not both playing the same shift.

Fine looking perchie.

Left whole, scaled and gutted. Rub cavity with salt and butter.

Make a standard poultry stuffing, but add a can of crab meat or cocktail shrimp to the mix.

Stuff the cavity and truss it shut. Drizzle lemon juice on outside.

Wrap in foil. Bake in oven at 350F for at least 20 minutes.

Leafs are playing some tight hockey. Amazing how well they can play with the right "encouragement" from the front office.

Phaneuf even tried to get physical.

We always figure that it was not that good if the tackle shops did not carry it.

That said, my son convinced me to buy a pack of OBO floats, because Italo said they were the best slip floats. Looked like a pair of lopsided dumbells They fell apart real fast

Hi Mike, I had a Ford Windstar that we bought used, it was loaded and the darn thing would just not die. It was the top of the line loaded and we took that thing on many family trips and at first it was my wife's daily vehicle and then it became mine as much as I did not like the thought of driving a mini van I drove it till it did not make any sense to even fix the brakes.

When I finished my basement the things that we put into that thing to haul back and forth was crazy, the space was really nice to have when we need it.

 

FLEX

The Windstar was a great vehicle, but the Freestar, that followed was a typical Ford lemon. After 2 years of the Freestar, Ford got out of the minivan market.

I've driven the Caravan, It's nice. A little under powered, but they seem to last.

I'm so glad to hear things went exceedingly well.

Must admit there are days where I avoid opening this thread. Afraid of what I'm going to read next.

In the event of frozen fingers. There are 2 spots on the body guaranteed to thaw out the digits quick. The first one is to shove your hands into your armpits. I don't think I need to spell out spot #2

Personally, I like the old Ronson pocket warmers.

And now... the race for the golf course begins

Mees a like. LOL

Yes they are as tasty as our perch. My family loved the muskokas because it was so much like home. Right down to the fish. According to the old timers, our varieties of pike, perch and walleye are just a little smaller, that's all

Some light humpday reading.

 

http://www.thesportster.com/hockey/top-25-dirtiest-players-in-nhl-history/?utm_source=FB-TS&utm_medium=Facebook-Distribution&utm_campaign=FB-TS

What a surprise. What team is best represented by the list?? The Flyers. They even make the Russians look like saints

They have encounter groups for the more delusional amongst the Leaf fans.

Have to admit I'm a recovering Leafs fan myself. It's an addiction, but I'm getting better. I know the Leafs will win the cup some day, in some alternate universe. Just not in my lifetime. Certainly not as long as they can drag out some of the old relics that last held the cup

If that were really true I would think their roster payroll would be a lot lower.

Having a bunch of lest costly players will put more $$$$$ in the bank.

Instead they are only $600K under the cap.

True, but in other years they were one of the cheapest franchises, still filled the seats, and played just as good a game, or better than, the current team.

If Leaf central wanted real bang for the buck, they'd give a couple of their darlings a swift slap up the side of the head. Newmarket used to be a great incentive to play better hockey, and it used to be that no player was exempt from that kind of dressing down.