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Thanks for those tips. Will try that tomorrow. Appreciate it

Been on Pigeon Lake for 3 days and leaving tomorrow evening. Was hoping to find some walleye and crappie but nothing at all - have only been managing the odd Smallie (of course letting them go right away) and some bite offs of who knows what. anyone care to offer some ideas on where we can try tonight or tomorrow morning. Wanted to see if I could zero in on them myself but alas I have to ask for help. been trying mid lake humps, channels deep and weed edges. I am stumped. at least the weather has been nice. Only been on this lake once before and that was many many years ago. Hoping someone can help me salvage this trip so I can at least have a couple of fish pics to remember it by

Thanks everyone.

Wondering if anyone around Lake Simcoe or has visited there recently can tell me if ice is out? Would love to get out on the boat soon and try my luck getting into some jumbos.

Thanks for the reply. We managed to get a couple of walleye and a decent musky. Unfortunately no crappie - successful trip none the less

Hey guys. Hope your lines are ways stay tight. Unfortunately I can’t say the same about mine. been at a cottage in lower buckhorn for 2 days now and never been as frustrated over fishing. Other than a few bass, we have only caught sunfish! anyone care to offer some suggestion on where and how to get into some walleye or crappie?

The wait will be over on Saturday. Today Ford is announcing Marinas can start to open to the public starting Saturday. I hope the municipalities open up public launches at the same time. I would petition your councillor today.

With that attitude I guess you will rarely, if ever, lose sleep. Good for you. my bet is that even if launches open up, municipalities will put some sort of restriction/by law in place to prevent out of towners from using ‘their’ boat ramps. Sad days for many reasons.

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate the info

Heading to Big Bald lake in a couple of weeks and wondered if anyone has any tips on the fishing and can suggest a public or private boat launch on the lake. Ill be renting a cottage located on saunders rd on the north east side of the lake. Any launches close by?

Thanks for your help posting them right side up. It was hard for me to correct so I just gave up. They were 13-14 inches. It was our annual fishing trip with the guys and we decided to go to this lake this year. I have to say the fishing was really good. Plan to go back up there again next year. We got into pike, walleye and accidental large and small mouth bass. I think it has to do with the lake being very lightly fished...at least while we were there. The only thing is that it is a prop and bottom end busting lake. A couple of boats we saw hit their bottom end during our short stay. Luckily they were not going fast. I managed to leave unscathed. That lake will go from 40 feet to 1 foot in less than 20 feet. And with the higher water this year, the dangers that were previously visible are now just lying under the water.

Try this again.

Here they are... my dad in the pic

Went to Belmont Lake for a four day fishing trip with the boys. Had an awesome time fishing this lake for the first time. Here are some pics for you to enjoy...

Heading up to ranger Bay Area on the French river this weekend and not sure what to expect as far as fishing goes. Anyone familiar with the area and willing to offer some advice? Thanks.

When I replaced my laminate counter top from my kitchen a few years back with a different material, I posted an ad on kijiji for the free laminate counter top just so I didn't have to dispose of it. The counter top was in great shape..may want to search kijiji or craigslist for similar free counter tops. Cut a piece to fit and then just swap out the sink/plumbing. In fact, I see there a few ads on Kijiji right now offering free counter tops.

thanks for the feedback...for others looking for info I did some searching on the net after the replies and found Pompano Beach has it's own pier and you don't need a fishing license if fishing on it. Even for a non-resident. The pier also sells bait and access to the pier is free. There are other piers up and down the coast with similar fishing license free zones, but you have to pay to get on them...Pompano is the only free pier I found on that stretch of area. As for the fish, it's apparently hit and miss. Mackerel, snook and even sharks can be had off the pier. Found some great youtube videos - just search Fort Lauderdale fishing piers. I'll let you know how it goes.

I owned a 1992 StarCraft up until 2 years ago and it didn't leak one bit up to the day I sold it. Those rivets held tight, even after banging into docks and the like over the years - especially the latter years when I was teaching my son to boat. That was one of the reasons I replaced it with a new Smokercraft (same family as Starcraft).

Heading down to Pompano Beach near the end of the month and was hoping for some ideas on where to go fishing around the area. Never been there before. Can't go out on the ocean because my wife gets sea sick (and frankly, so do I), so plan on hitting piers or other areas from land. Any suggestions on where to go and what to use/target at this time of the year?

Canuck, I sent you a message about your MDX. I had the same problem with my 2007 only a few years ago and Acura covered the cost of the unit because this is a known defect. In fact, it shorted out my battery. I just paid for 1 hour labour. Happened to a friend of mine too. There are also a couple of other known issues that Acura has not outwardly admitted to in this model but will give you a break on (or repair totally), if you complain - they are the Active Damper System and the Navigation System reading error. My last repair was to all 4 of the Damper systems on my vehicle only a few months ago (keep in mind car is now 8 years old). The repair was quoted to me at $6400 + tax! Car sounded like crap - rattling front end, and seemed like it was going to fall part every time I hit a bump. regardless, I wasn't about to spend that money on a 8 year old car....But after complaining, Acura covered it all for free - labour and parts. Wouldn't have believed it if it didn't happen to me...but they did! However, keep in mind I have had this issue with this car since I bought it new and this was the 4th time they replaced the dampers...twice under warranty and twice outside the warranty - each time at no cost to me. Point is, it may be worth complaining to Acura about your issue.

Managed to make 1 litre of syrup couple weekends ago using 40 liters of sap. Have collected 60 litres more since (most of it in last two days) and should get a bunch more by end of the week. Thanks for all the tips. And good luck with your batch.

Stay away from that UV Glue - called Bondic. Trust me. It is not worth it based on my experience. Reviews online are equally negative. All this . Despite what they claim or what you may have seen on TV. Tried to fix my dad's glasses but they broke within seconds. Tried to fix a ceramic figurine for my wife and same thing. Save yourself the $20 and frustration/disappointment.

It was flowing on Saturday and Sunday but let off a bit yesterday. I am in the GTA and the weather was great this weekend. Going get cold again according to the forecast.

Only 6 trees this year. Small operation. Hoping to get 120 litres by Sunday for my first batch whcih should yield me 3 litres of syrup. Plan to boil it over an outdoor fire pit in a 60 litre large pot. I'll keep adding sap to the pot as it boils down. Hope to get it done by end of day. I'll adjust depending on how it goes.

Some plans also have "out of pocket" maximums that is beyond your plan maximum limit (for example, once you hit $5000 in out of pocket drug costs above the plan maximum of say $1500, the insurer will pay for anything above $5000). So make sure you understand your plan fully. This comes into play when more expensive drugs are required. Just make sure you fully understand what your benfits are before you cancel your policy.