limeyangler

Hi all, Took the shack off over a week ago now, but it got cold again and the water on the ice road is ice again. Still a good 3' of clear ice, almost no snow left. Jack and myself headed down to get some fresh air, wet a line and walk the dog after school last night, he even tried skating, the ice is a bit rough though. The bite was on, but everything was really, really small. Catch and release evening, but a lot of fun catching plenty and goofing around. When I get to do stuff like this and watch my boy loving it just as much as I do it just doesn't get any better as far as I'm concerned. Who knows what tomorrow brings, live for today and enjoy the moment…. Life is good. TOOK THE SHACK OFF A WEEK AGO RETURNED TO THE VACANT LOT DID SOME FISHING SKATED ABOUT AND GAVE ROLOFF A RUN HERE IS SOME VIDEO

Ok Rick, that is a rambling response dude. But you make a statement that chimes more with my understanding of addiction in that it is partially defined by the negative consequences of the 'addictive behaviour'. For example, yes, whenever I eat a Cadbury's Creme Egg my brain produces natural endorphins…pleasure chemicals, when I finish my creme egg I'm done and go on about my business. I might come into contact with more creme eggs as I go about my daily business but do not feel the need to indulge further. If I was addicted to Creme Eggs though it would be very different. I would probably eat way more than one in any given session. My weight would balloon and health would suffer, however because of my compulsion to engage in my creme eggs I would be unable to stop and begin to create intricate self denial messages to make me ok with doing stuff that was bad for me. This denial would also manifest itself in my attempts to hide my use as I am now ashamed of my creme egg habit. As I spiral deeper into my Cadbury's driven nightmare my finances also begin to be impacted, I lie to my wife and let my kid eat as many as he likes when he is with me because that makes it ok for me, but its our little secret, honesty in my personal relationships is dead, so then it follows intimacy is too. I am in debt, ashamed, alone and need to feel better, off to Walmart I go to steal 100 creme eggs, I get caught and now I'm facing jail as I am already on bail for hitting my spouse over an argument when she found a whole bunch of Creme Egg wrappers hidden in the live well of my boat……..lol….this is a good story!

Rick old bean….I have to take issue with some of what you are saying, You raise a number of points in your replies that made me go…hmmmmmmm. The idea that "natural" is ok……hmmmmmmmmm. "By definition, you are addicted to food and water"……hmmmmmmmmmm. What definition of addiction are you using? "But thats not your biology telling you you have to eat, thats your mind."…hhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……..My mind is biological and not separate from my body….HOLISTIC is a word that springs to mind. And the idea that we as humans were meant to take some of the substances you mention because we have receptors designed for them is not accurate either, yes, morphine and nicotine bind to receptors in our brains, but those receptors were not designed for those chemicals. copied this from a website…... "Morphine, for example, binds to the receptors for endorphin (a natural "morphine" produced by the brain), while nicotine binds to the receptors for acetylcholine." Not trying to be difficult but just found your ideas a bit …well….wrong….lol….know what I mean bruv?

Not tried it, but I would think a sinker with a floating jig could work.

I like this thread, it brings up so many different debates. One thing it made me think about is there has been a lot of talk about drugs testing welfare recipients, just wondering how many in favour of legalizing pot are in favour of drugs testing welfare claimants, I am not in favour of testing people on welfare, i'm not sure where I stand on the legalize pot issue, but would have to say I instinctively lean towards legalization.

No worries I will, misunderstandings are common on the inter web.

Hi all, Headed down the shack after school yet again, absolutely loving that Jack has such a great time there, could not ask for better company at the shack, he is so fun to hang out with. This will be the last time as it is coming off tomorrow, the ice road is deteriorating quickly, tomorrow and the next day its forecast to be +14C. All catch and release but its good to get jack practising using the fish finder and setting the hook. We got a bunch of small ones and Jack got a beauty 19"er as we were just about to shut up shop. It was a 'pyjama day' at school, so thats what Jack is wearing out on the ice, PJ ice fishing, love it. ICE ROAD MELTING REAL FAST NOW WEARING PJs FISHING IS COOL JACK GOT A NICE ONE RIGHT AT THE END VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAC6dLsZT-0/

I am a sensitive soul, I admit….but it is actually one of my better qualities. Why do you feel the need to make personal judgements about me? You keep telling me to relax, not to be sensitive, that I'm lacking in 'fun' when all I did was point out to you that I never said bacon was a healthy option which you alluded to in your reply. Am I missing something here?

That picture made me cry laughing…absolutely AWESOME! Holy man, 10ks on a GT! Thanks for posting.

LOL.

I aint biting, pun intended.

Its a basic white sauce Joey with some veg stock and milk, teaspoon of Hot English Mustard and chopped parsley, keep adding milk until you get the consistency you want, they say the sauce should just adhere enough to coat the back of a metal spoon for the right consistency. Hey I could do a video recipe!!!

LOL…he hates wearing sunglasses, his eyelashes are really, really, long and touch the front of the lenses. LOL…he has a pair of black gloves in the shack, but they were slimed and frozen stiff, he opted for the shovel.

The healthiest option for fried or any food is 'moderation' and exercise.

My exact words were " a bit of a healthier option than the conventional fishfry." Obviously not 'the' healthiest choice but makes me feel better knowing its at least grilled….lol.

Plenty of ice!

Hi all, Made some walleye wrapped in bacon with steamed veggies and a homemade parsley sauce with the walleye Jack caught fort us at the shack last night. Pretty darned good even if I do say so myself! YUM Never made them before but heard and seen lots of other people do it, Needless to say it will be on the menu again. a bit of a healthier option than the conventional fishfry, oven baked then finished under the grill, and only a teaspoon of butter to make the parsley sauce. Could even make the roux with margarine for even less saturated fat. Gonna try this with pike next time, should be just as good! Si.

LOL…yup plenty of ice there. It might be around for 6 weeks, not thinking I wanna be on it in 6 weeks though.

FISH PORN! Love it! Great fishing you have there. Thanks for posting.

He's been asking for a brother, I'll run it by him tonight, might be a harder sell to the wife though.

Praise indeed from one so talented

Thanks for the replies guys! Yes, it is the 154"x 20" widetrack. It has the 1200cc 4 stroke engine with HI/Lo gear shift, even reverse beeping noise…lol…a real monster of a sled. It weighs about 700lbs(dry) so you don't want to get stuck, saying that I have done standing starts in slush a foot deep and buried intentionally in 7' deep snow drifts…..still won't get stuck, it even has a neat trick for reversing in deep snow, the last rear 18" of track articulates…so it lifts up when reversing pulling you up as opposed to burrowing deeper. It is a bit heavy steering in the tight trails in the bush, but go slow and lean and she's fine, adjusting the suspension helped a lot and it steers like a dream on the groomed trails and harder packed snow. SHE CAN PULL A HOUSE BTW! Oh….and fun?….yup…with 1200cc….she is fun alright, and sounds AWESOME! Its a really good mixture of utility, trail (it has a detachable 2 up seat with heated grips) and crotch rocket…..lol. I LOVE MY SLED! Ooops, totally forgot. Not to worry though, I can't think of a year in recent memory where I have not had a 30" walleye and 40" pike in the boat, and I will have my card with me!….not long now!

Hi all, The weather has taken a drastic change here. Last week -30C this week and for the next 2 weeks day temps all in the +plus range. The ice road is going to take a beating. Will be looking to get my shack off this week. There is still plenty of ice, over 4 feet at my shack, but the road will become rutted and slushy with deep water in no time, not for the faint hearted traveller(or the smart one). I only put the shack out at the end of January but it has been a regular hang out for the whole family and a gathering place for friends too, very awesome little shack! Its great to pick Jack up from school and head straight there, especially when the fish are biting, nothing big, but enough to have got Jack excited about ice fishing, JOB DONE! My new frying pan also added to the fun, with the almighty 'Shack BLT' making its debut. THE ROAD IS GONNA MELT FAST STILL ENOUGH ICE FOR A CAR PARK JACK LANDED A PERCH BEFORE WE WERE EVEN SET UP! JACK KNOWS THE ROUTINE AND GETS STUCK IN TO SETTING UP AFTER SET UP JACK WANTED TO MARK THE SHACK ON THE GPS. HE SPELLED OUT THE DETAILS ALL BY HIMSELF, ALL THAT GEOCACHING PAID DIVIDENDS! JACK THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT ON A WALLEYE AND SAUGER CATCHING DEMONSTRATION MUM JOINED US AFTER WORK FOR A 'SHACK BLT' AND POPCORN SUPPER THEN BACK TO JACK'S FISHING CLINIC WE WILL MISS OUR COSY SHACK VIDEO I will hopefully get some video of the shack removal this week, could be interesting. Definitely be getting some footage of another removal next weekend of my buddy's shack as we try to get it off Thunder Lake. Spring has really SPRUNG here, not long before some big pike from the lawn and some crappie hunting in the boat. Tight lines! Si.

Hi all, Snapped a few pics from yesterday evening's 2 hour session. One nice one caught by yours truly and a couple small ones here and there between us. We were fairly deep, 28'FOW. Marked lots, some nice big ones too, but very difficult to get them to commit. I found they would come in and just sit there and stare. The one that did commit fell for my trick of letting the bait drop to the bottom, leave it there for a minute and snap it up quick, this often provokes strikes from lethargic walleye. Another successful tactic yesterday was to use a noisy ratlin' lipless crank to call them in. They were certainly in a funny mood, would respond to aggressive hard baits but not strike. Would sit and stare at live minnows forever, no matter what presentation it seemed. Over all I would say they preferred a moving target yesterday, but getting them to strike was tricky.