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Nice to see Lew. It just makes for a spectacular day.

I agree to the wash/inspection stations as well, but this shouldn't fall on the Provincial Ministry of Natural Resources. This should fall on the Federal Government. After all, they are the ones who are allowing the invasive species to enter in the first place. If the Federal Government would control the ballast water on the vessels entering the St. Lawrence, we wouldn't have invasive species to begin with.

Hey Sinker, I don't recall ever having a problem deploying that unit. Same as the new one I bought, my buddy had the same issue as you, difficult to deploy. I gave him a quick lesson on "how to"..... When you pull back on the unlock handle, pull with a steady force towards the head of the trolling motor, this will tilt the angle of the power drive motor slightly. With your left hand, prop you fore arm inside your left knee. Squeeze your left knee towards the drive motor. It will come out with ease this way.

I use a product called "Dri Film". I get it from Home Hardware. It's a silicone spray, goes on wet drys clear. Armour All would work too.

Have a great time Kelvin! I am off to Nippising this weekend or I would have tried to meet up with you on Pigeon. I guess second choice can be to fish with Dax, but you know how that will end up..... grin.....

As you said Wayne, laugh about it now.... Man, I'd still be dumping bricks. Everything else is just money, the kids are ireplaceable. Glad to hear a happy ending bud.

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Congratulations Mrs Kirk! you too Kirk.

Hello all, I recently received this email and thought I would forward it along to others, I hope you find the info useful. Cheers, Ron... Folks, This email is intended to bring you up to speed on two items: 1) the carp situation; and 2) VHS Surveillance monitoring. Carp The results from most of the fish tested at the UofGuelph and the Federal abs are in. The only pathogen these fish tested positive for is the bacteria that causes columnaris. No viruses were found. We believe columnaris, in concert with a variety of stressors (temperature, spawning, etc.) is the primary cause of the die-offs. I have attached a fact sheet about columnaris FYI. Here are some additional points: . Testing by the University of Guelph Fish Health Lab and the Fisheries and Oceans Canada lab has been completed for most of the carp submitted from the Kawartha Lakes this summer. · The tests results indicate the bacteria Columnaris to be the primary cause of death in the fish die-offs. There were no viruses or other diseases found in the carp. · Columnaris, a disease of fresh water fish, is caused by bacteria that lives naturally in water and mud. · Columnaris has been associated with fish die-offs in the past, eg in channel catfish in the Ottawa River, 2006. It does not pose a threat to human health however it is still a good idea to wear gloves if handling dead fish. · Large die-offs can occur when fish are under some type of stress and unable to fight off a disease. Stress in fish can be caused by high water temperatures, low levels of oxygen in the water, crowding such as occurs during spawning, or a combination of these factors. Bacteria like Columnaris can grow rapidly in these conditions and fish may become sick and die. · Outbreaks of Columnaris do occur from time to time in the wild, and are almost impossible to prevent or treat. · MNR has not documented any new locations of carp die off throughout the month of August within the Kawartha Lakes. MNR staff have been on Rice Lake over the last two weeks (and will be again this week) and have not observed any sick or dead carp. · We have public information sessions scheduled for Wednesday August 29th in Coboconk (3:00pm) and Bobcaygeon (7:00pm). Feel free to attend, I believe I have already shared some of the details. VHS Regarding our VHS surveillance monitoring the good news is that samples from local lakes came back negative for VHS. Some positive tests did occur in other areas of Ontario. Please see the attached news release. Feel free to pass along any questions on either of the above items. Regards, On the MCI website, I have posted the PDF files, under "From the MNR"

Here is the link to that info quoted above: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/fishing/fmz/pdf/M...nge_toolkit.pdf As stated, it claims it is legal to fish with a consevation licence, I'm all for that. Also mentioned though, why go through the hassels like many have on this board. I have the "total kill" er ah Sportmans licence just to save the headaches.

This is the email I received from Dan Taillon Folks, We have received some preliminary results from the Guelph Lab: Testing to date at the University of Guelph has not identified a clear cause for the carp die-offs. First round of test results did identify columnaris bacteria in the carp samples from Sturgeon Lake. Columnaris bacteria have been associated with fish die-off's. However, further tests are being conducted at the University of Guelph to try and determine whether other causes may have affected the fish. Based on these preliminary findings at the University of Guelph lab, MNR is also discussing with the Federal government the possibility of testing some of the samples at one of their Federal labs. Columnaris does not pose a threat to human health. Wear gloves if handling dead fish. Some brief info about Columnaris: Columnaris is caused by the bacterium Flavobacterium columnare. The disease is prevalent worldwide in freshwater fish. The reservoir for F. columnare is presently unclear, though many flavobacteria live in water and mud Flavobacteria are also known to occur on the bodies of fish, especially the gill area. Epidemics are associated with some type of stress condition such as low dissolved oxygen, crowding such as would occur during spawning and warm water temperatures. Columnaris rarely occurs at water temperatures less than 13ºC; above 18°C its onset can be sudden and its progression rapid. Bacteria may enter the fish through the gills or broken skin and under poor conditions massive losses can occur one or two days post infection At this point there are no practical methods for controlling the spread of columnaris when it is present in a wild fish population in a given body of water.

I will be at Panorama Camp on the 13 - 15 of July if that helps. I am picking up my buddy who is only 20 minutes away from BPS, he can pick them up during the week. I can pay for them and then just give you the change for the 200 in BPS bucks. The web site says these 38-868-220-40 are low instock. You may want to call in advance and reserve them which ever route you go.

Oh sure! Get on here late in the night and this is what I end up with! We're Sorry You have requested a page that is not currently available due to data transfer restrictions. If the page you requested is yours, click here for more information. Hum ho, I will have to wait until the end of the month now..... Looking forward to it Marc!

What????? Is it something I said??? lol

That is very sad indeed Lew. MY thoughts and prayers are with you.

WAYNE! GET BACK TO WORK ON THE CUSTOMERS PLANES!

Ain't it just a hoot rigging up a new boat?!!

Holy crap Wayne!!! Not what you would expect out of a high 5 digit boat! I'd be a little disapointed with the marina as well though, after all, they should have noticed, not all of these items, but at least some of them! Hey, it can only get better from here!

The only 2 places I can think of are Harris Boat Works in Gores Landing ( Rice Lake) or Willow Bend Marina (Otonobee River, Peterborough).

Careful on what you wish for Dano!

You lucky dog! Have a great trip up North. Keith is chomping at the bit already! Don't suppose you could take a littel exrta luggage and stuff Wayne in one and me in the other could ya?

Wayne, Try this general area, last I heard they were banging away... N47 03.399 W79 49.528

Well isn't that the strangest thing! I know exactly where you were. Do you recall seeing a Green Lund with a couple of guys in it by the grand stand? I was wondering what the guy was doing in the water! LOL I thought he was concerned about a fish he just released because I recall seeing the guy with a fish on then shortly after he was in the water. We did great that day by boat. This was my first time on that body of water, not exactly my coice of waters but never the less still had a great time. Between the 2 of us we boated 30 + for the day. I can garauntee we lost just as many! Sure is a bit of a haul to get there though. With The DVP being closed and avoiding traffic, it was just over an 8 mile run.

Well that's one more fishing trip than I have done! Very nice Spiel. Ijust love those streams that cough up beauties like that! Well worth the efforts bud!