Rod Caster

Nice little meet-up. Looked like a great fall day out there too

My truck would be a useless piece of metal without the 4x4 system. You should see the ruts my brothers 2wd Mazda leaves everywhere....if he ever drives on my lawn I swear I'll tow him into the river. Glad you've been convinced to go 4x4! Enjoy the new wheels!

They stocked it? Crazy. I know a few lakes full of perch and suckers they can stock with Tigers

If I catch that pike with you lure in it's mouth I'm keeping it..... my new lucky lure

I can see why this is your favorite weekend of the year...! Hope your son recovers quickly

They wouldn't do too much damage I figure, they'd be voted in minority and wouldn't have that much power anyway. But like you said, "if the sun didn't rise one day.." hahahaha pretty much

well said Cookslav. I'd almost like to see the greens get a shot at power just to see the other parties sit in the corner for a bit and maybe smarten up...or get back to reality.

I cut my teeth foraging for chantrelles this year... I have about 10lbs dried. So far they are my favorites along with Oysters.... and they are all over my property! I even used the chantrells in my turkey stuffing yesterday

A small lake to yourself...a nice change of scenery I bet!!

Excellent. As always, appreciate your input. I'm very interested in George Barron's field guide...it seems more local-specific. Here are some other Honey's I found today.

Hey EHG and Bluegill, I've been reading up on both the Honey and Blueing Bolete, and it seems that some of the credible reference guides i.e. Pedersen's, classify them as "Not Recommended" for eating. They further mention that the Honey has been historically known as making people ill, but more recently people have been eating them, with only a small percentage of people having ill-reactions. The other thing they mention about the honey, is that there are other Similar species, making it hard to identify, thereby "Not Recommending" them. Essentially the same story applies to the Blueing Bolete, including the beginners Bolete Rule "you can safely eat any bolete EXCEPT ones that turn blue when bruised and/or have a red or orange pore surface.".... although it's mostly recognized that gyroporus Cyanescens is excluded from this rule. I'm thinking that these field guide books are quite conservative, worried about litigation and aimed at beginners, so if there area any concerns of mis-identification or illness, that they label it as "Not Recommended". I've seen other species otherwise edible, that are labelled "not recommended". What do you think?

Yup, that would have be a 1 million hit Youtube video for sure. Hahaha.

Sweet vid. Your getting really good at editing

The 'Blueing Bolete'. Never seen one in person. Quite the visual... does it hold its color when cooked? Awesome. I saw another small patch of them yesterday. Gonna focus on these next time I'm in the bush. I can buy a 'shitake log' here in town, impregnated with shitake.... I wonder if it would be fairly easy to create honey mushroom plugs and make my own logs.

wow. I'd call that one hell of a good fishing week!

+20 and full sun today! Digging post holes, I would have prefered -4. What a fish! Bet your getting your gear ready for the next season.

Those look great. I like the knife too. Armiillaria Mellea....I gotta read up on these a bit more.

ewww. How am I supposed to keep my breakfast down after seeing that?

Grayling was one species I could not catch when I was in Alberta. Definitly not easy game to pursue in those areas with population pressures. Pretty sure I caught a mountain whitefish in a river on the north shore of superior.... Great report! Two species we don't get to see very often!

I'll play Me and my mustache with a nice walleye from a VERY small lake. JoeyTier with the biggest inland rainbow I've ever seen

51%..? You need to learn how to write off income! Plus that was only partially provincial taxes.....

bahahaha idiot comment.

Good job, don't be afraid to stand up for yourself/things you believe in.

Ha! Now if I could only get through to the grouse.

Nice, that'll work. I'd like the same setup, but a 70cc saw isn't good for limbing no matter what bar is on it I need a small echo for that.