jimmer

Looks like a great lake to explore. That makes catching something a great reward. I have always looked at this lake, but never made the trip. Hope you do well!

LMAO. Great to hear you did well there. I used to go to the French and stopped going when the walleye seemed to tail off. The bite depends on so many factors there. Mayflies, water level and cold fronts.

Man, that was a long road for that family! Sad.

They like to strike, that's for sure.

a good place for a meet and greet. I just shake my head. Good on you guys for going in there and catching some of those pike you aren't allowed to catch. The town of Coburg owns them, didn't you know??? LOL

I have found it tough after the opening day. Water is low, cleared up in most spots and very little weed to target cover. Went out last night and caught one in the slot, 3 under and some massive perch for Pigeon Lake. I do think the constant pounding of the usual crappie spots is having an effect on the success this year. This is my opinion, but how many fish can be taken before you see a decline. Sounds like most people want that to happen anyway.

All I can say is that the problem lies with the anglers that have no idea about handling fish. Example: Fish flopping around on the bottom of the boat in a net, so a picture can be taken with everyone in the boat. It's a stupid rule and I rarely use that word. This rule will not stop the above example from happening.

There are so many factors that might come into play. How many anglers? How many guys pre-fish? How large are the lakes? Were the fish even biting during the pre-fish? The best thing to do if your trip is already planned is to get out there and do your best to out fish those ones entered in the tournament. Maybe target the largest lake of the three. Most important is to have fun.

100% tiger.

I saw a show once where they were jigging for lakers and the trick was to keep bringing it up if a laker was chasing it. They said the fish would lose interest if you stopped the upward movement. They said to even increase the speed of the incline.

The only thing I was think about while watching that Caps/Rangers overtime was that I was glad that I wasn't cheering for either one. Would have been way too stressful if one of them were my team. Thank god I'm a leafs fan, stress free. LOL

That pipe cutter won't work on a metal exhaust. They're made to cut cast iron pipe.

That would make them very good eating if all they eat are bugs. MMMMM

Doesn't look like it has grown much over the last few years. Time for a new spot. LOL

Call Rockey's in Orillia if you can do the work yourself. They might be able to get and send the part to you. I have order parts from them and get them quickly in the mail. 705-325-3526

Thanks for the great suggestions. One of these should work and the garbage bag is the fall back that I have been thinking about. My wife didn't like the garbage bag idea. LOL

I had bought a boat seat cover to go over a fold down seat a few years back. The cover eventually rotted due to weather. It was purchased at Canadian Tire. They no longer sell them and I can't seem to find anyone local that carries boat seat covers. Anyone know where I can find them? It was waterproof with an elastic around the base. The cover just slipped over the seat for storage purposes, it was removed when the seat was in use. Any ideas? Thanks, jimmer

I agree with Lunkerhunter about a decision being already made. I felt that at the meeting I went to about proposed changes to FMZ 17 in the past. Most of the walleye are caught after 5pm on Scugog, it might have been an eye opener for them if they did the creel after 5pm. I know they aren't permitted on the ice after dark, but then what good is the creel? I believe we have to start thinking outside the box and look at successes in the states or other provinces. Otherwise it is what it is. A lake that can't handle the fishing pressure and other changes hat it has experienced.

Haven't watched much hockey this playoffs as I would like, but that Islander/Washington game was great. I watched a bit of the Tampa/Detroit game after that and it looked like it was in slow motion compared to the Islanders and Washington. We lost 3 Canadian teams in the first round, the unfortunate things was that two were put out by other Canadian teams.

I doubt many of us will be able to retire completely. The only way I can do it, is to sell my house, move into a trailer and try to enjoy that while working part time for play $$$$. I waiver back and forth over retiring at 60 (close) or 65. My mother died at 65 and she would not have collected any CPP if we didn't talk her into retiring early. So, I'm looking at 60 collect CPP and continuing to work part time. I hear your pain Cliff, it hurts when you hear about the government pensions and as far as I'm concerned there is no argument that can defend the thievery. The problem is, it's been that way for hundreds of years and will continue. I don't know if the Provincial Government took charities into consideration when they came up with the OPP idea. Ours will probably have to do some kind of another fundraiser to meet that need.

I always love how they talk about reducing/balancing the deficit. How about the 200+ billion dollar debt. No level of Government should ever be able to get an unbalanced budget approved.

I worked in the Social Service office for 5 years and would not enjoy living on the income that is provided. The problem is that we hear more about the fraud and "lazy bums" than we do about the other 99% of clients. I quit the job, now second guess myself almost 20 years later with no pension plan. In regards to the Ontario Pension Plan. Got nothing good to say about it when someone thinks they can handle my money better than I can. What a scam. I see job losses and service cuts because of it. I'm not saying that we all don't need more in retirement if you don't have a company pension, but I'm not sure I can handle less income per week to pay my present bills.

No kidding. Most of us would be in jail if we pulled half the stuff they did. Maybe the liberals can govern T.O. and the rest of us can choose another party. However, bigugli is probably right about what we can expect from the other parties.

You see things that most of us can only dream about!

We have turned into a service based economy that is unsustainable. Therefore, the need to raise taxes, prices and fees. It seems many are okay with this.