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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.

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......

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

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.

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.

You can't apply your standard to the way things were 50 and 60 years back. It's like accusing Henry Ford of intentionally polluting the air when he started building automobiles. Canada, in your Grandfather's heyday was a nation of 10-11 million people, not the 34.8 here now. Back then, sports fishing was something done by the wealthy and privileged. Most others caught fish as food. Fish were not play things, and they didn't go to waste. My grandfather would make the run to Simcoe, fill a bushel of whitefish and share them around when he got home. I was brought up on those same values. and yes I still view fish as food even though I do really enjoy the recreational part of it

You should see what many Canadian and American cities dump straight into the ocean every day. Storm event overflows are a non event in comparison.

Show me where it does not happen in the public or private sectors. I've held jobs thanks to family input. In the floral industry, it's par for the course. Same in health care. Used to be an almost automatic in with both the police and military. How many corporate execs place family in key postings??? Perhaps you need to take the rose coloured glasses off.

2 factors. As said before, temperatures. Secondly, the availability of food. If there are no baitfish swimming around, there is no reason for the crappie to be there.

I have to find myself new wheels this year, and these fuel prices create quite a problem. Really finding it hard to match load capacity, handicap accessibility and fuel efficiency.

Watching the pics and video of your lad growing up has me green with envy. I know it sounds selfish but ..... Just sometimes wish my kids would hurry up and make with the grandkids

We've had weird cycles like this before. Was only a few years back that I was fishing perch in Orillia the first May weekend and I was in hail, sleet and snow. The big plus was that the perch were on, in shallow, and I had the place to myself.

Only worth it if you are keeping the big bulls in 7-10" size. Flesh is tastier, and firmer, than the crappie. At least the smaller gills aren't too interested in the crappie jigs

Time for a Mennonite Mercedes???? If we weren't so far from St Jakobs, I'd almost be tempted.

We is alive and well and slaying crappie down here in Niagara. 2 solid days hitting a number of holes with mixed successes, but a lot of fun. Got to give a lot of our crappie jigs a workout, but in the muddy water, blacks were the preferred jig. Lots of crappie, bull gills and perch. . This sink load Saturday night made for a great shore brekkie this morning. The younger crowd is still out fishing, but I needed a rest. It's a long walk carrying a bucket full of fish back to the car. Legs just don't work like they used to

Just wait til you go to buy your groceries this summer. All these stupid fuel price increases are going to drive food costs through the roof.

They do have a Kid's day with all sort of activities at Tudhope Park on Sat May 3rd from 11am

Chocolate labs are smart. As Daisy grows up, she will test the limits a lot.

I just politely, but firmly, tell them they have to the count of 5 to get to the other side of the street.

You forgot to mention the wristwatch portable fish finder.