Lip-ripper

I owned one for years. Yes, the short wheelbase can make the steering feel touchy but you will get used to it. They are boxy so not the most aerodynamic on the highway either. They are cold in the winter too. I had issues with mine near the end of it's life which included dropping a hugh amount of cash in repairs to it, but I used it 50/50 on/off road. I think mine was a bit of a lemon. Some guys say Jeep stands for "Just empty every pocket" which rang true to me and I swore a few years back that I would never touch another Chrysler product again. Having said all that there is nothing like a Jeep, I miss driving the thing and have found myself perusing the local dealer's website lately. I have a feeling I'll be back into one in the future...

Had a Poutine ilot in Quebec recently. Basically a poutine with a hamburger hiding under it. It was something else...

I once caught an antique leather child's shoe. It was creepy... had an old metal buckle and everything. Also seen loons get caught on 2 separate occasions. One was successfully unhooked, the other broke the line. FYI, when they are underwater, they look like they are flying.

oops, just realized this has been posted by someone else already... go figure.

Check out this video, bet you've never seen anything like this before! http://www.break.com/index/it-s-a-fish-eat-fish-world-2430346

Smelt, then channel cats, then specks and lakers, then everything else....

I'd also like to try a recipe. I had Piranha soup in South America once and it was awesome. Haven't had fish soup since but I'd love to try it again. (not going to be buying pirahna at the pet store for soup tho... lol)

1-2 times per week. I never buy fish aside from the occasional can of tuna. Perch and Channel cats get fried. Walleye and whitefish gets fried or baked. Lake trout gets bbq'd or smoked. Specks get pan-fried in butter. Pike and Bass get released... lol

I own a cottage near Kipawa and have been out there almost every weekend for the last couple years. Kipawa is a beautiful lake. Make sure you know where you are going as it's easy to get lost. Lots of good opportunities for fishing but as mentioned earlier, it can be tough until the water settles down after the spring thaw. As for minnows, make sure they are dead and also that they are bought in Quebec. If you import minnows from Ontario, big fines. Now, the drinking thing--here's my experience. My neighbor was with 2 guys and was stopped by a CO with a QPP in the boat as well. They checked the licenses and saw the empties laying on the bottom of the boat. Some bottles, some cans. All they asked to see were the bottle caps and they counted them to make sure they matched the number of bottles in the boat. If they hadn't shown them, it would have been a fine for littering. QPP talked to the driver to see if he was impaired and he wasn't, just had a few. "good luck boys!" End of the story. To be honest, I enjoy bringing a couple when I go out for an evening troll after supper. It's a relaxing feeling to be able to enjoy a few pops in the boat without the fear of a prick OPP taking your drivers license over it.

I took the opportunity this past weekend to get out to my cottage in Quebec to dedicate some solid hours to ice fishing. I have been out quite a bit this winter, both there and here in Ontario as well. Success has varied between lots of small pickerel and giant Nipissing Perch when I venture out locally, to 5+lb lakers to skunks. The previous visit to la Belle Province was actually a bit of a bust. Cold temps coupled with other factors had produced a skunk--the first one out there. This time, I was set to try a few different locations and depths and also armed with a few new ideas. After arriving Friday evening, my buddy and I got the fire going and began dusting a few pints, tying up some lines and plotting a few locations for tomorrows assault. The next morning, it was on. I pulled my little shack out, and began drilling 10 holes (on this lake, you are allowed 5 lines each) -- we set up off an island in depths ranging from 11 to 32 FOW. Having 5 lines is nice because of the added opportunities but it's also quite a bit more work when its cold. About 45 mins in, after marking a few nice fish and missing a few opportunities, the first fish was landed. This beauty 19" pickerel hit my buckshot in 26 FOW. We were pretty happy as previously, Pickerel were scarce in the winter months and finding one this quickly on day 1 was sweet! Another hour or so later and my buddy ended up nailing a pretty nice laker in one of the deeper holes on a set line. This fellow weighed in at just under 4 lbs. The rest of the afternoon was actually a bit disappointing. Very few fish marked and no real action to speak of other than my hound stealing old tip-up sticks. We decided to head back inside for dinner and try a night fish... This would turn out to be an interesting night. After heading back out I set one line up just outside the shack and had the fishfinder inside watching them both. I decided to try out a rattlin rap, seeing if maybe I could entice a fish to come over and take a swing at it, or maybe even the set line. About half an hour in, I had something really big pass by on the finder but it didn't hit either line. 5 minutes pass and it heads by again. This continued another couple times before I figured I should maybe try jigging the outside line next time he swings by. As soon as I grabbed the line, it was HEAVY, he was hooked! An awesome fight ensued in the pitch black and out of the hole emerged this fellow from 26 FOW... He weighed in at just under 8 lbs and was a real treat to catch. These 2 pics were taken and back down the hole he went... Not much else happened that evening, we had caught Ling late a couple weekends prior but wanted to give the next morning an early attempt so the lines were pulled up and we headed back. The next morning the action was immediate with this 4 lb Laker hitting a spoon and coming up for a photo op. A few minutes later and the fishfinder showed a streak shoot up from bottom and hit my buckshot. After a good little fight, out comes this guy, the first Whitefish I've seen caught in the lake! We didn't even know they were in there. I haven't caught many whitefish but it seemed really dark -- a trend common among the fish caught there. We had to come back home late sunday due to familial obligations so that was it for fishing. All in all a very successful, memorable trip that had a bit of everything thrown in... I hope you enjoyed the recap...

Is this for a portable hut or for a heavier permanent one?

A 49" earthworm... you know, for bait...

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32" pike

Actually, I found it smelled like cucumbers.