irishfield

Just a good thing I wasn't knocked out cold... would have been a long afternoon in a T shirt lying on that patch of ice beside the truck. To be exact... Silver Lake is about 30KM West of Perth !

Well.. two 4' x 12' sheets of .063 are worth about $220 bucks.....

..and does it smell like turpentine ? ( I know your relecting price increase Bernie and not how gunked up it is)

I'm thinkin GBay for Lakers myself... Actually hoping for another skim of snowfall so I can get the sled down the road to the lake.

All I can say Gerritt is with what you were offering the guy I sure hope he wasn't gay and took it the wrong way! Not that there's anything wrong with that.....

I'd have to find my son's signed Gilmore jersey to confirm the first one... and it's probably blown away from last nights gale so not sure where I might find it...but I'll look.

Dang Gerritt.. was that your choice... "I promise" or Mod Q ?

I was thinkin they might work great for them big Nipigon Specks up Danc's way !

I think those might work great for some Ontario fish too Jamie... send me a dozen would ya !

Dano's a plumber... he should know! LOL

Also remember Ryan... Lakers are open on GBay !

Not Crappie but Smallie's off my dock. Gets some strange looks from passing boats!

Some here think I could use a few good bonks on the head Doug... I'z be fine !

Yep I remember Don... and I told you exactly where you were standing when you took the pictures! LOL

Oh and thanks Glen... this is the way it should be done. If someone's got a great "solution" to a perceived problem start your own thread... don't going ruining someone's perfectly good post.

Silver Lake Provincial Park is on one side and restaurant/gas bar on the other. Not sure if the gas bar was open or not. Just West of the PPark there is a picnic area on the bend...with a boat launch I might add. This is where I walked out from.

Na... figured it was a stocked lake so I down sized to the 6 !

Thanks guys... fish would have made it a Great day... but it was still a very good day !

Auger zipped right thru it effortlessly Jason ! And the nice thing is the 2 HP is pretty light.. so didn't bother my buggered up back too much on the plunge thru and pull out.

Printed right on the calendars I get from my heating oil distributor.

No.. nobody is talking about fishing at night under a full moon. Moon causes gravitation pulls and tides and can effect fishing just like barometric pressure changes.

"Stowmaster" folding for Muskie. Great space saver.. opens in seconds and so "out of the way" in it's tennis racket style carrying bag that it never leaves the boat. Ready for when that 55lb Laker pops it's head up !

Still thick Gerritt!

So I had to get my daughter back to Carleton in Ottawa for 11:30 am on Monday.. so we left at 5am. Got her there with a few minutes to spare and then headed for my Mother's/Step Father's place between Carleton Place and Smiths Falls. The day before, Sunday, Cranksbait had been nice enough to drop off a 2 man Frabil Ice shelter that he'd picked up at CTC for any wanting OFC'r. I decided what the hell... one ear lobe is enough to lose in a life time...so I'm trading in the sled seat for a shelter on those COLD days and bought it from Scott. He went out of his way to drop it off for me at my mother's. I loaded it into my truck when I arrived and then spent the night fixing up some stuff around the house and barn for the folks and was on my way for home Tuesday by 9:30am Anyhow.... I decided before we left for Ottawa that I've driven past a certain lake on Hwy #7 probably close to a thousand times in my lifetime... and for the last 20+ years have often wondered what fish it held. I printed a lake map for free off of The Anglers Atlas website, loaded up my shiney new ice auger I got in the CTC 50% off sale, my tobogan and fishing gear. While going thru Perth... I'm sure Moosebunk recognizes the establishment, lol..... I noticed the MNR trucks all parked there as well.... so since Lakers are closed in Zone 18 I accelerated down the highway before they got to work! I arrived at the Zone 18 Lake and was very surprised to see that the MTO is actually plowing the picnic area parking lot. I was thinking I'd have to leave my truck on the road... but this was great. I unloaded my gear.. got it all strapped down to the tobogan and headed out beyond the single island of the lake and got down to drilling some holes. Sure glad I had that power auger or I would have stopped at two holes. I almost ran out of auger.... ice was 33 inches thick ! Instead I probably drilled a dozen or more as I moved around and finally tucked in out of the wicked wind behind the island. Thought I might get into some Pike in close to the island as the map showed it was only 6 to 12 feet.. but I drilled about 30 feet out from the island and was in 42 to 60 FOW again so stayed trying to nail some lakers for supper. After I had been fishing a short while, in about 62FOW, I had a huge school of bait swim thru and some fish feeding in them.. but couldn't entice a bite. Had a tip up with a dead 4" shinner on it in one hole and jigged various baits in others. At least I saw some activity in the lake, so I know they are there and will try this again on my winter travels thru there. I always thought I was seeing a for sale sign on the island.. but turns out it's part of the Christian Camps property and they tent out there as a retreat. After about 3 hours of fishing I decided it was time to pack things up. Sun was gone..clouds were in.. wind was howling and I could see the storm coming. Got the truck loaded back up and right after this picture I was taking my float suit off and that truck door blew shut and smacked me in the right temple. Once I picked my self up off the ground and did the eye movement test in the truck mirror.. following my own finger.... I headed off West on #7 into the drive of the year. So there's some more scenery shots from me.. reminicent of posts gone by... but next time maybe I'll figure them out on this lake as well. Like I said.. get out there... the lakes are still MAKING ice. Lots of areas, like this lake, with a year round Lake Trout season. Places that Whitefish are still open and pike to March 31st. Might as well make the best of it instead of sitting on here with Cabin fever posting rants.