bigugli

If there is a way to screw the general public, big corps will find it.

Methinks it's time to invest in some stout rope and some cinder blocks.

 

Let the politicians know what it's like to carry dead weight around their necks.

You now need a special license to handle or use many types of rodenticide. New rule also applies to farms.

 

Just another excuse to collect a fee and force folks to spend wads of cash on an unnecessary service.

***flame suit on***

 

 

I agree with this for 5 reasons:

 

1) Time and money is spent to investigate and enforce regulations of all ages. Therefore, seniors should be expected to ante up.

 

2) If money is so tight that you can't afford such a small amount, you shouldn't be going fishing in the first place.

 

3) Knowing exactly how many seniors are fishing in what area's makes it easier for the MNR to adjust regulations.

 

4) Seniors don't get a free pass for any other license (that i'm aware of), so why the special treatment for fishing?

 

5) Every adult who fishes should be contributing to the special purpose account that funds management of our resources.

What a load of bumpf. IF you license seniors, based on your argument, you better have licenses for children of all ages (pro rated of course) and the handicapped as well.

Do you even have a clue as to how pathetic CPP is as a pension fund?

The special purpose fund has been nothing more than an excuse to cut budget funding for the sake of funding special projects like gas plant and rapid transit scams that only benefit one portion of the population.

Loved his books. He told the story of different, not often seen sides of Canadian life.

Never Cry Wolf, Grey Seas Under, People of the Deer.

Just goes to show the amount of respect that some have for the LNSA's efforts.

 

Our group donated through one of the lodges for years. Then the owners dropped out of the LNSA. They got tired of being treated like some evil monster despite their contributions. At night, they had marker buoys cut, power cut to their bait tanks and fridge, plugs pulled on their rental boats, disconnected our battery chargers the one night, etc..., Last I heard they were looking for a way out.

Perhaps its time the LNSA cut its losses and give up on walleye stocking. Put the onus on the commercial fishery.

They should join the turkeys at the bottom of the lake and put us out of our misery.

We logged 5 hours on the water without a sniff. Nobody else at the ramp had any better luck.

Is it too late to airlift a few nuisance bears into the golden horseshoe These city folk just don't know what they are missing.

I've put up a few steel roofs on farm houses and barns some 20 odd years back. Many are still looking like new, and the one at my buddy's farm still don't leak. It's been a long time since I've seen a shingled roof last as long as a manufacturer claims.

Kids love weird meals. The weirder they sound, and the stories that go with them make all the difference. I got real creative serving up camp meals like Green eggs and ham, train smash, etc.....

 

Don't forget hotdog spiders, banana boats and smores

I say help the bear population migrate south into old ranges, like York region and the Golden Horseshoe, where they were eradicated. Best way to keep the surplus population of citiots in check.

Some good eats right there!

 

Where is the customary sink shot?

 

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No sink shot. Only kept just enough for brekkie. Released most everything else.

Son gets home from work and says "Lets go. We got 3 hours daylight left". Time to hit another spot now that the water has warmed a touch. Also an opportunity to test a couple more colour patterns.

Had us a nice evening with lots of crappie and bull gills to keep us entertained.

 

Life is good.

I figure one day they'll find me face down in the water clutching my fishing rod.

I learnt a long time back that the length of our stay on this earth is no where near as important as the quality of the time spent. I am by no means old, yet, and hope to stay a while.

All I know is that I have had a very eventful, fruitful, and busy life with little time to sit and be bored. I've loved a good challenge as much as a good meal or a good book. Done some things well into excess, including fishing .Been dead on the table once too. That was a real wakeup call. Life is for living. I'm not going to be one of those who whine at not having done more with their lives. Those who preoccupy themselves with death and the avoidance thereof are already half there.

maybe??

 

But it'll never be as good as when ya reached into the water filled cooler and grabbed the glass bottle

as a kid, rowing over to Gerry Bye's store, after selling my minnows to the tourists, to pick up my weekend 6 pack of pop. Had to stand on a step stool in order to reach down enough to grab the bottles out of the big cooler. Man was that water cold. A lot of the bottles had unique patterning back then so you knew which bottle you were grabbing. Wilson's, Teem, Niagara Dry. Lime Ricky, Canada Dry Ginger beer......

You should know the regs well before you're on the water...... Just sayin'

That only works for planned trips. Unless you expect people to have the regs memorized line for line. Many times I've been on the road, for work, or visiting, and had spare time to drop a line in a new body of water Hard copy map and regs on hand removes all doubts.

It's been in discussion for a few years. Trimming off valuable public assets to balance out a few overpaid bureaucrats' and politician's expense accts. The problems with internet apps are several when away from home.

 

What if you do not own a cell phone or Ipad?

Connection problems?

Server down?

No cell service in the more remote areas.

 

At least when I have a copy in my vehicle, the information is always accessible

Ya it could be a tough year for the spawn, I know on my home lake it will in all likelihood be a mass slaughter, lots of meat guys at Layzee acres unfortunately!!!

It's a slaughter on Dalrymple every year. How anyone expects a stocking of 4-5000 fingerlings, a few years back, to make a difference is beyond me.

Was out when the sun came up to enjoy some peaceful serenity and some fine crappie.

By 11am things had died right down.

It's a 14 hr a day, 7 day a week lifestyle, and there is no such thing as a day off. That is the settler's lifestyle.

Regardless of what form of electricity you would use, there are price tags and consequences. No matter where it is located, someone is going to be inconvenienced and upset. Anyone thinking differently is living in a fool's paradise

Coal is dirty.

Hydro affects water flows, lake and river levels , navigability and access, fish habitat and spawn.

Nuclear energy has a long list of complaints.

Wind and solar are just 2 more imperfect options in an imperfect world.

The original idea behind introducing carp to North America was to provide an alternate and cheap food source for a rapidly expanding population back in the mid-1800's. That experiment failed miserably then, just as it would fail miserably now. The fertilizer plant concept has possibilities. How viable would it be after 5 years of aggressive carp harvest. How about commercial harvest for the purpose of shipping to Asia, where they are regular fare.

bigugli : she is the Premier, one that's in hot water. The leader of our province is supposed to have some brains (LOL). She should have stopped the appointment in its tracks, because of the optics.

I'm also very aware that it's who you know that gets the jobs. Most of us have experience with that, but when it's a high profile position with a government organization that should be shelved, that's another thing.

Why should there be a double standard??? It is either acceptable across the board, or it is wrong across the board. As far as I understand, this has been a normal business, and government, practice for centuries. Sometimes it works well. Sometimes it goes real bad. That is the way of the world.