Big Cliff

Sounds like life has provided you with plenty of challenges, I wish I was younger and could get you out but alas I am well beyond that. I really hope one of our members can step up and share some knowledge and experience.

It really does seem that there's a decline, the zone limits, weather conditions, and cost are all factors. My daughter lives in North Bay and has changed their focus to fishing smaller lakes and targeting different species. If you are trying to put food on the table the slot limits on Nippissing do make it a real challenge. Living in Sturgeon you have countless opportunities close by if you want to fish and put food on the table, just not walleye. My favorite is lake Simcoe and because of my age I only use commercial hut operators, last year they had a short season because or mild conditions, this year they had to pull their huts early because of snow and slush conditions. I remember fishing on Simco and there were lots of cars and trucks out on the ice miles from shore, not anymore, only a few fools dare to venture out with those modes of transport. Global warming is definitely happening and we can only adapt as conditions change.

Or really, really stuck lol.

A small electric trolling motor would solve your problem, the ice won't last long, then just drop the trolling moter through the floor ( you already have the holes) and spend your summer fishing anytime you want to go. Geez I love being a problem solver. 😁

Just slip some pontoons under it, drop anchor, and call it your pontoon boat, there's no limit on when pontoon boats have to be off 😄. You're welcome!

Those are real beauties! For eating to be honest I prefer the 10-11" fish but those jumbos sure fun to catch.

I am hoping to make it,I just hope the lineups aren't like the last time I went, we had to park blocks away and it took us over an hour just to get In the door. Great for the exhibitors but hard on us old farts😄

I am a little leary about doing that, on a previous occasion I was told I should be very careful about publicly posting names. Could be a contributor to the site and I wouldn't want to cause any problems for our group. Pm me and I will gladly share it with anyone that wants to know. As for the fishing, anytime fishing with a good friend regardless of the conditions is a good day fishing. As for the catching, two very seasoned perch anglers who usually can manage to do well even when others cant tried every trick we knew, we caught herring (8 or 9 I think only kept our limit of 4) , even a smelt, but we're only able to bring home enough perch each for a meal.

Went out again yesterday, it didn't work out well. First I guess ive been spoiled, comfortable spacious huts, warm transporters, great service. Yesterday was none of those things, the huts were small, there's no backrest, the seats were narrow and very little padding making for a very uncomfortable day for an old guy like me. No one bothered to check on us for the entire day, in fact they even forgot to pick us up at the end of the day. We saw transporters come and go had all our gear packed up and ready but no one stopped at our hut. Finally at about 5 we looked around and there wasn't a transporter to be seen anywhere on the lake. We phoned the office and just got a voice mail saying they were closed, so I left a message. Thank God someone did get it because at 79 there is no way I could have walked back to shore. They did send a transporter out to get us but it was almost 6 by the time we got back to shore. Made for a very long day for two old friends, and as much as we love fishing I can assure you that if our regular hut operator isn't available we won't be going again. Oh, and the catching wasn't very good either, can't really blame that on the operator but I got the impression the hut hadn't been moved in quite a while.

Just phoned hoping to get out a few more times before the huts had to come off. Answering machine said because of all the snow and ice conditions they have pulled all their huts for the rest of this season. I don’t blame them, it must be pretty bad out there for them to call it quits already.

Just phoned hoping to get out a few more times before the huts had to come off. Answering machine said because of all the snow and ice conditions they have pulled all their huts for the rest of this season. I don’t blame them, it must be pretty bad out there for them to call it quits already.

Really nice, I have been enjoying playing with artificals this winter too and amazed at the success even compaired to using live bait. The only compensation is the smiles on the faces of the people I share it with! Thanks for starting my day off with a smile😊

I just got off the phone with Kim at Tim Hales, they have had to cancel all hut rentals since last Saturday because of all the snow and Kim wasn't sure when they would be able to resume normal operations, everything is canceled for the remainder of this week at least. Even the bomberdiers are getting stuck and once they can get out they still have to move huts...... If you are planning on going out on Simco be very careful, if they are having trouble then emergency services will probably have trouble getting to you if anything did go wrong. Please stay safe, there are no amount of fish worth your life.

And they wonder why CP is loosing money. Over priced, under serviced!

I use to make all my spending money when I was about 12 shooting groundhogs and foxes for local farmers. A box of .22 shells was $0.25/50. I got $$0.25 for a groundhog tail and a whole $1.00 for a fox tail. I had a little single shot cooey no scope or anything, just ramp sights but I started target shooting with my dad when I was 6 and I was taught 1 shot one kill. That was a lot of money back then, I could sometimes earn $4.00 or $5.00 for a whole day of hunting.

Okay, won’t fit the Tucson and my daughter just got new snow tires last year. I’ll see if I can find someone.

Ok, my son is buying a new Tuscon, I might have a buyer. Will let you know soon

What were the rims for, (what vehicle) rims won't be any use if they don't fit.

What brand and size

We use to be able to get a .22 cal round called a bb cap, don't know if they are still available but they were awesome for squirrels and didn't make much more sound than an air rifle.

Well, they did not disappoint, I won't say we hammered them, the bite was very light and slower than the last few times out. Many of the perch were 9 " or under but our numbers were pretty good. We caught 6 herring, only kept 4, and we only kept 20 perch. The clear winner was the bloodworm jig by a long shot. The other huts we talked to had very limited success today, nothing close to ours, one fellow offered to buy some jigs, I just gave him Brian's website and gifted him one of the bloodworm and one of the jigs. There seems to be a lot of slush out there, we saw many tracks where ATVs had plowed through, that's going to make it rough when it freezes. All in all a wonderful time (any time fishing with my son is wonderful 😊) Thanks again Brian for getting the order to me so quickly. It made a great day even better🙂

Look out fish, my son just arrived and we are booked for Simco with Tim Hales tomorrow and I got my shipment today. Thanks Brian they are beautiful 🤣

So much tallent on this board, I am constantly amazed by things I see and learn on here.

Personally I would go with a 55 lbs thrust, don't forget you are also going to need to haul a deep cycle battery too. I know they are expensive but I would suggest a lithium iron phosphate battery because of extended range and light weight. Start by checking prices on Amazon, use those prices and reviews to narrow down your search. Hope this helps.

Coming home from Peterborough Thursday afternoon, River Road was badly drifted over, there were signs of numerous vehicles going into the ditch or getting stuck in drifts. All wheel drive and snow tires and I went through it with no trouble. I wouldn't have even tried it without the snow tires even with the all wheel drive.