Big Cliff

That is wonderful news! I am so happy for you and I'll bet this one is better than the one you didn't get (everything that happens, happens for a reason).

I don't know why any cottagers wouldn't want carp around, all they do is eat weeds and help to keep your waterfront clean. I even feed them from ice out until late into the fall. From time to time the grandkids will come and fish for them and I have a few friends that like to sit on my dock and spend a few hours trying to hook into one. If someone wanted to keep one for the table that would be fine with me but to date most have just been released to fight another day. Biggest one landed so far, 27 lbs but I have seen bigger ones crusing just off the dock. As for eating them.... can't comment much on that, I did smoke one many years ago and it wasn't too bad.

Any morning I wake up and there is no chalk line around me is off to a super start LOL. You have a super day one and all!

Outside, good idea on the leader thing, I think I'll do that this year.

A cheque is on it's way today Sam not as much as I would like but the best I can do for now. If you want to do any kind of a fund raiser and need help, just let me know, I'll be there!

It is a pile of fun Maureen but yes, you do need a GPS. Here is a link that will tell you all about it. Geocaching information

My son and I started a cache years ago, it's called Northern Lights and it is up near Noelville. I keep getting reports on it several times a year as people find it and log it and I check on it every once in a while when I am up that way.

Mine is insured through State Farm where I have all my insurance. Cost about $175.00 (all perrals) a year, boat is an older one only valued at about $6800.00 but I also have $4000.00 for personal property. If you are already dealing with State farm, they would be the first ones I would call.

Well, I'd tell you to run it over here and I'd fix it for you but then I saw where you were located LOL. As carper said, "check the fuses" let us know if that is the problem. The normal wireing for a trailer is: White = ground Brown = running lights Yellow & Green = right and left signal as well as brakes.

I know a nice little lake up North that is loaded with pike and a 12' boat would be perfect on it but the only washrooms are a tree and the shower only works when it rains. If you do decide to do a more remote thing in the future let me know and I'll PM you directions etc.

Do you want a park type setting or just a place in the bush to go camping. Also, how big is your boat?

Well John I can't help you much with where to fish in the Hamilton area but I use to fish at the mouth of Bronte Creek when I lived down that way. Take a drive along the lakeshore and do a bit of exploring. If trout are running you'll find people fishing there. As for needing line on your reel, that really depends on what type of reel you have and what line it is rated for. I always try to go with the lightest line I can get away with for any given situation but that is a personal choice. If you have a spinning reel it will usually give you three line weights and capacities. A good choice would be the mid range as a starting point.

I think she should make him cook her a nice dinner, wash the dishes, do the laundry, scrub the floors, chop the wood, clean the driveway, and run her a nice bubble bath. I hope you enjoy the dream and the day Monique. Happy Birthday.

Over the years I have collected quite an assortment of walleye tackle, several tackle boxes full to be exact. Last year I decided enough was enough and I decided to go back to basics. I took one of my smaller boxes and put in it a selection of some of my favorite lures. Instead of concentrating on trying to find out what they were hitting on I concentrated on presenting what I had available and learning where, when, and how to use it. I seriously think it improved my technique considerably because I easily caught as many fish as I have in previous years and most of the people I talked with had found the fishing tougher than pervious years. My suggestion is if you are going shopping, buy a nice small tackle box, spend your money on a few more fishing trips!

Since you already have the dehumidifier then the sump pump idea with the pail would work just fine for now. You will need to hook it into your septic system before next winter though if you intend to run it after freeze up otherwise you run the risk of the output line freezing. Even that could be overcome by sloping the line downwards from inside the house at just enough angle to drain the line so that no water sits in it. You will also want to make sure that it drains well away from the house so it doesn't just seep back in and make sure that the output doesn't become blocked.

I also have an inflatable (not auto) but I love it. One of the best investments I think I have made. Bought mine at CTC for under $100.00.

Opening is usually second Saturday in May for walleye on Sturgeon Lake but a week later up closer to the dams (check the regs to be sure because it might have changed due to the new zones). I have never fished the river in the spring for walleye so I can't help you there but I do know they head up there in large numbers. Only stands to reason that there should be lots around. Getting them to bite might be another story though.

Not that it matters now that you are moving but...... What about asking MNR for the name of a local trapper, find out if his licence covers the area you live in and if it does he might be happy to trap them for you. I'm not sure what a good coon pelt is worth these days but they won't be coming back again. A friend of mine has a beaver that has been destroying trees on his property so I called MNR to find out if I could shoot it. Yup, no problem, I don't even have to worry about case time is what they told me as long as I can convince any CO that shows up I am not hunting deer.

The French is a little more technical when it comes to fishing spring walleye. It depends on water levels, temp., clarity and even volume. I have often seen boats anchored within 20' of us catch nothing while we easily landed our limit and more. Knowing how and where to position yourself so that you can work a back eddy properly or how much weight to use to get your bait in the feeding zone are criticle. As Rick mentioned, we have fished the French for many years (taught him just about everything he knows) and you could fish a lot of miles of river and never get a bite but find the right pocket using the right presentation at the right time and you'll have a ton of action. I have fished BOQ also for many years, the river at Trenton has produced some big fish for us but opening weekend is the big durby down there and you can almost walk across the river on the boats. Not my idea of a fun fishing trip. We have fished further down in the Big Island area and had really good results drift fishing between Big Island Shole and marker 46. Again, it depends on the water temp. wind ....... Most years we have had no problem catching good numbers of fish the odd year we have been somewhat limited but never skunked. Now, if I could only learn where to find the walleye in Sturgeon Lake in the spring LOL.

You have just about every one of my favorite standbys. From there, the trick is presentation. One thing I like to do when fishing pike is troll in the wake about a foot below the surface or, back the boat up to a weed bed crack the throttle throwing prop wash back into the weeds then cast back along the weed edge. You'll piss off any big pike hiding in there and they'll hit almost anything they see.

Happy Birthday you old fart and many more to come. I hope MB treats you extra special today! All the best. Big Cliff & Sue.

Well, I'm getting old (I like it, I want to keep doing it for a long time) but here is my opinion on this whole issue: "God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and wisdom to know the difference." A) If you feel you can not or don't want to change things, accept it and go fishing. B ) If you feel you can change things and want to, go ahead! I'll be fishing. If you aren't sure if you can change things or not go fishing and think it through then decide on either A) or B ) but I'll still be fishing.

It doesn't always take bravery in battle to be a hero!

I am not suggesting you do this but I hooked my propane BBQ to NG when I lived in Milton (Many years ago). All I had to do was drill out the orfices for the burners to a larger size ( a friend who was in the gas appliance business told me how to do it.) Talk to someone who KNOWS how to do it if you are going to try. As others have suggested though the best bet would be to buy a NG BBQ.

Happy Birthday to you both Wayne and Fishegirl. Keep em coming!