Rod Caster

Looks like a great show about the geology and history of the lower st-laurent ..it's on TVO right now.

Toronto won't get a goalie... they'll get chewed up too bad when they get booted out the first round, are minus a first round pick only to have a goalie with a meaningless contract. They have to have confidence in their guys right now and re-tune next year. They look much better now then they have for years....don't mess it up and lose a high pick. Go Jets!

Dear god, Jason South is on right now... back to the Seinfeld episode I've seen a thousand times.

Eastern conference playoffs will be very interesting this year!

It's not lack of education...some of these people may be educating your children! It's a me me me attitude or they just dont care about Nipissing or they hate the politics so much that they feel the rules don't apply to them. The only real deterent I've seen so far is lake enforcement...I've seen a few pants nearly get soiled haha

I nearly forgot about smelt until Trouty mentioned them!! that's comming soon! I'm in for a May 24 opener camping trip...absolutely!..I guess the long weeked starts on the 19th this year??? I have two or three different lakes in mind, all with great camping spots and two of them very secluded. I'll pass the message on to Joey----he has not interweb these days.

People have probably harvested more walleye in Nipissing this year than in other years, simply out of spite. I've seen and/or heard of this many times and can honestly say I didnt' participate... I can't believe well-minded people would think that punishing the walleye population makes any kind of valuable point, but they are out there, in large numbers too, me thinks.

Walleye opener is gonna be epic this year! Some nice, unfished backlakes, casting into 2-3 fow for surface hitting walleye, mix in a few pike...oh baby! I might get a chance to cast for some manitoulin bows before the season gets too late. I always look forward to that.

Ha! Black Mazda B-4000. That is exactly what my truck looked like a couple months ago when I backed into a pressure crack...this picture had me thinking for a second hahaha.

Beautiful! I hope this gets realized. Again, my thoughts are that NFN will get more and more control of the management of the lake.

That is at Matthews Camp (at least they were one of the groups doing it)...they have now stopped that program, I believe due to the fact that it was successful. I believe the First Nations will be managing lake Nipissing very soon...the MNR will work in tandem with them, with their blessings. Just a guess, but I don't see how things are going any other way right now.

One is better than none. Looks pleasant out there...seriously

If they closed nipissing to walleye, other lakes would get fished out real quick. Nipissing can handle the pressure MUCH better than most lakes in this area, and much easier to monitor....take a look at the brook trout fishing...every GD lake is stocked or dead now because idiots poached the S out of them over the years.

I want a pike like that out of MY sportspal!!

Those are funny looking trout! haha. Looks great!

What a beauty

Nice weather! I was fishing on 15" of ice today haha

You're the greasiest! Nice work, great read.

The MNR didn't reduce the catch limit because of the decline in walleye, they did it as an olive branch to the First Nations... imo. If my opinion is at all correct, then here is my supposition: they are not allowing the private stakeholders to stock the lake because, there isn't a need for it (fish pop's are not that bad) and the MNR is trying to reduce their own and private industry involvement. What they may be aiming for is a larger contribution from FIrst Nations on Lake Nipissing (and other lakes), which may mean that they are leaning towards the FN doing more in terms of lake management and/or stocking. The FN already wants more control of these things and some bands already do significant stocking/management programs. If the MNR is starting to pass-on the torch, then they won't be making any significant management decisions...as we are seeing right now. The way I see it, the FN may actually do a better job at managing the lake than the MNR ever has.... if they have full control and the proper resources. How many of you are actually happy with the way the MNR manages things up north, or anywhere else for that matter? They keep getting cut back and seem to have less and less ability/talent to actually make proper decisions. If the FN have it their way, I think they'll do a great job because they won't hold a grudge anymore and they'll be working with a lot of pride...with a lot of prove. All my opinion.... The MNR just seems to be at a stalemate on this topic, to me, this is a valid hypothesis.

So it's a sanctuary but the guy in the far right of the photo looks like he's still casting?? I suppose the bridge is the boundary and those goons were fishing under the bridge?

A monster perch indeed!

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Welcome aboard.... looking forward to reading about your adventures...especially if you are catching fish like that!

Sad news for the family and all involved... I agree with most that unless you know you will be of help (such as making calls or being a hero like Shayne(great job!)), its better to clear the way for those with the expertise. I'll add, that if there are chemicals involved at the scene (like a tanker), do NOT approach and keep yourself and your passengers safe by leaving the scene and calling for help. Lots of chemical vapors are clear and can dull your sense of smell pretty quickly.

I do non-standardized, independent and unreported field studies of local backlakes. I donate cash to fishing/recreational/environmental groups in my area.