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I've been waiting for this report for a while! Glad you guys had a good trip!

Thanks Blair! Ya, the panorama's are great! I want to get some printed and see how they look. That's a great shot Chad!

I could well imagine. I am not 100% sure. But I believe the MNR have dogs that are trained to sniff out fresh fish and game. Heck, I think you could train any dog to do that! And sure, they are always looking for alcohol and drugs. But I think the dog is there for fish (and training). Edit... Now that i see Wayne's post, that firms it up..

When we where driving by, one CO had his head in the hut. The second CO with K9 was standing outside, ready and waiting.

I was part of a little CO game today on Simcoe. We where fishing a group of people. One of many failed spots on a long loop around Simcoe. I needed to get home, so we packed up and left. We where driving thru the group of people heading home. And saw 2 Conservation Officers with a K9 searching a portable hut. We just kept on driving along slowly. We pulled out of the group and accelerated toward home. Not 30 seconds later there's a CO coming towards us waving us down. This CO must have been riding along with the other 2. Sitting back with binoculars, watching to see what guys pack up and leave when they see the COs checking huts. He must have got a good vibe, because he didn't ask us to see any documentation. Sent us on our way. And he also told us that KNOWBODY is catching whitefish on Simcoe.

I just got my I-phone this year around X-mas this year. These things are great! The camera in them is decent. Way better than my last phone, big time! It's nice to always have a decent camera with you at all times. Catch all sorts of cool stuff on video or photo. I am curious to see what cool shots you guys have on your smart-phones. Let see some of those winter Ice fishing shots. There must be some great shots on some OFC'er phones out there! I'll start with a couple from mine. Some fishing shots. But also a bunch of outdoors, and family shots too! These are all accumulated over the last 3 months. A bit of a season recap Via Smart phone shots! The panorama feature on the I-phone is awesome. If you guys have any good photos on the phones, let see em! Early ice Orr Lake. December. First ice fishing trip with fellow OFC'er Livinisfishin Same weekend, following day. Wuabushene. Sketchy ice! Later that day on 4" of black ice! 23". Biggest of the year. The next weekend. Love the early ice Crappie!! Working on the ice hut in the garage.. (because the ice was junk on Simcoe!) Had to lay it on it's side to get out of the garage. I screwed rollers to the side so I could roll it out. Once the ice was good on Simcoe we hit her HARD. But for the first time ever, I'm lined up for a season long white fish skunk... Lots of these though! Nippissing with some of the best guys out there! Teaching my sun a few tricks!! This weekend he turns 6-months. So I took him snowshoeing twice, and snapped a bunch of shots. Here's a few from the weekend. This is a little creek crossing on my 5k snowshoe loop. The roots of this old tree cross the river. The water flows under the tree. Great spot to cross. I laidd some old cedar across in places to make sort of a bridge. Here's the same creek. On the left, you can see the water, and if you look close, you can see the trail on the right. Nice little patch of bush. I'm am very lucky to have permission of some of the property that I do. Little peaces of heaven for me and my family to enjoy. I got to sneak out for a fish saturday AND sunday morning! Skunked both days.. BRUTAL Snoeshowing with alex. My neighbors getting set up for syrup. Across the road from my house Alex is tucked way down in there. He knocks out cold when I snowshoe with him. We did 5k today, and he didn't make a peep.

Are they going to bill the deer for the rescue? Edit.. Just had a chance to watch the video... WHO in their right mind would buy a PINK heli....

Congrats Chris!

Right on Brian.. We went today and got skunked on white fish.

Following up an tank perch report with a tank laker report!! I Love it! What's next?

Nice pics man! But I'm still in hard water mode. I'm no where near ready for soft water yet!!

Nice shots! Have those photos been shopped? Looks like the colors have been brightened up. Very cool photos either way. Gotta love the Simcoe tanks!

Thanks for the quick replies Gents.! I'm off!

I am putting my hut out tomorrow morning. This will be the first time I ever leave it out for more then a day. There will be at least 8" of crusty snow, and likely another few inches of powder where I want to put my hut. Gunna leave it there till the end of the season. Should I shovel down to the ice. Then block the hut up on the ice. Or just block the hut up on top of the snow, then bank the walls with snow? My concern is for the ease of removal in a few weeks. The hut will be anchored well, so I'm not worried about that. I just don't want a real of a time getting it out at the end of the year. Any advice?

Perfect day for it! This report is really got me looking foward to when my son is older!

RIght on man. Nice day on the water.. So the daughters BF doesn't like ice fishing? Man, I wish my wife's Dad was in to ice fishing...l He'd rather watch golf on T.V...

I saw a couple of those in action (1st gen.) on nip last weekend. Slick little rig you've got Jacques!

Great stuff Rob. But get the heck out of my secret spot!

crappy new Bill! I printed my free pass yesterday. Gunna give the trails a shot around her. Only problem is, my buddies with sleds are running Rev 1000's.. No friggen way I'll be able to keep up

Lookin good Wayne! I'm just about to hit the garage and start welding!

Slow day, but atleast you got some slim between your fingers! I'll be heading up that way Monday to try toget team 1 a fat g-bay pike!

X3! Nice looking fish!!

I bet they thought the Chechen's where on the attack!!

Pretty wild! Heard about this on the new this morning. http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/15/hundreds-hurt-as-meteor-screams-across-russian-sky-leaving-6-metre-crater/ I also heard that you can get free OFSC trail passes for this weekend!!

I'm not a musky fisherman.. SO to break 60, I need to start adding up numbers.. Lets see.. 23 + 24 + 14 = 61 The last one is Rod Caster's..