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Hi I took down my old cottage building three years ago and the demolition permit was $80. Hydro and phone disconnections were no charge. The old cottage was 600 sq ft the total cost for the dumping was $500-$600, that is to haul all the stuff and dump it yourself. To dump everything for the 1300 sq ft building, if you’re not saving any wood, would cost you probably in the neighborhood of $1200 at the dump. I heard cottage zoning is a little more lenient, but for residential zoning building permit approval you have to pass Health unit check approx $300, MNR approx $100, first grading survey approval is approx $1,500 etc… the package from the city would have all the phone numbers for the different offices and you can find out the exact cost. Hope this helps.

They're selling the fish to China... http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-14/news/ct-met-0714-quinn-asian-carp-20100714_1_carp-asian-illinois-river

Had a great weekend on the Kawarthas with my kids, my Bro-in-law and his 8 years-old. The weather was great, cloudy mostly but no rain. The fishing was pretty good too… Cadence caught his first bass ever. He hooked and brought in the fish all on his own… Big Cousin Robyn got the jigging technique into science… Sheldon tries to make this little bass look bigger… Cadence told me sunfish swim in circles when they get hooked…hmmm…. This looks like fun too… I have a moss boss that looks like this guy… Hopefully the weather remain nice, we got to do this again. Thanks for reading.

Hi, got out of the city a little early today and headed up to my fav kawarthas water to flip some bass. First fish of the day... I'm pretty sure she's a tiger, but my buddy kept saying barred musky. Whatever she is she's back in the drink. Well, good new for those who likes Northern pike fishn...Good friend of mine caught a tiger about 10 years ago on Elephant Lake, now it's pike all over the place.

Hello folks, we just got back from our annual family vacation from the West Arm. The weather was very nice all week, cool nights and hot days. We only got rained on for not more than a couple of hours. There were NO mosquitoes at all, just a few annoying deerflies. The surface water temp ranged form 68°F in the mornings to 76°F in the afternoon. The water was quite stained this year at where we were. The fishing was good, nothing tremendous in size, but the bass, pike, and walleyes were willing to take a bait for the most part. The spinnerbait, plastic worms, and the topwater plugs did the jobs for us. Fog was quite thick in the mornings Hungry bass Little water snake sitting on the hook bend to post a pic for us (not hooked) The Northern we were catching were typically about this size The evenings are always nice and calm Little bass love hitting topwater lures Visiting our friends near Bala on our way back, only one of them were here this year A great week of family time for us. Thanks for looking.

Hi, Thanks for all the replies. I made up my mind for a hand control bow mount and went to Basspro and purchased the only model they carried. It’s a Motorguide 54# 12v unit. I had it installed and last week and was using it for the past few days. Besides all the pros and cons that everyone mentioned above, I find another huge advantage of this unit - it has reverse gears, which I can use to get rid of most the weeds on the motor without lifting the unit out of the water, even the stubborn slops on Rice, a good (unexpected) feature that non of my previous foot control units had. It took me no time to adjust to the new motor, and in my opinion, the pros outweighs the cons, well…for a lazy a*s like me anyway. Unfortunately I had no time or choice of other hand control units, otherwise, I would definitely get a 24 v. Oh yeah…I did miss couple of pick ups while changing speed and steering. Thanks again guys for the inputs.

I don’t know about the river, but we have seen them time and time again on both Moira and Stoco on musky opener. Pretty ferocious fish and not boat shy either. My buddy even tried for them for a little bit last year, he crumbled some mono on two trebles on a minnow plug and fished for them, they came attacking the lure like that was the last remaining food in the lake. After 10 minute or so he finally boated one and we left them alone. Most of the fish we saw were over 24”, very close to shore in the shallow. Good luck.

Yes Lew, that's the one I was thinking to buy, I didn't even know there is a remote thumb control ones on the market. Thanks for the input folks.

Hi I’m planning replace my bow mount electric before the bass open’r. I’ve noticed there are couple of hand control products out in the market, does anyone have any experience with hand control bow mount? I just thought I would have a bit more balance if I didn’t have to use my foot to control the motor especially on choppy water, plus more room at the bow without the foot pedal/cable if I had a hand control unit. Thanks.

Great pix... I see you picked up some gold bands ... easier on your wallet eh. Thanks for reporting.

Congrats! Perhaps a pair of brackets to guide the boat back on the trailer make it easier on a windy day.

A small porta potti and plastic rain poncho will do.

Hi my power trim suddenly quit on me yesterday, I checked the fuse and the wires and everything seemed to be Ok. So I called my mechanic and only found out that he’s retired. Can anyone recommend a reliable/ reasonable tech in Oshawa, or Lindsay area that I can take my boat to? What a bummer on the Musky openr …. Thanks folks.

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