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https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/08/16/couple-jumps-to-safety-after-float-plane-hits-canoe-upon-landing-in-ontario-lake.html I think we will be seeing and hearing about a lot of misadventures in the coming months as so many city people have moved out and into more rural areas. The above article not with standing, I can't imagine how they felt seeing that plane heading toward them! HH

My niece recently moved from BC to the Caribbean, with stops in Merritt (on fire!) and Prince Rupert. it was in "The Rupe" where she and her husband befriended a local First Nations fisherman, who took them out him him many times. The pic below is that of one of his recent catches. You wanna talk Halibut?! LOL HH

Have had them do the wing tip thing to us many a time fishing Quinte. Pretty impressive airplane. HH

Such a great band and such a great loss to the rocknroll world. I never got a chance to see them, but have been playing their songs for decades. RIP Dusty, there will never be a voice like yours again! HH

Apparently the link above doesn't work, just google sous vide if your interested... HH

Anyone here tried using a "Sous Vide"? https://www.linenchest.com/en_ca/ricardo-sous-vide-precision-cooker-with-color-changing-led-ring?utm_source=shopping&utm_medium=cpc&scid=scplp266436&sc_intid=266436&utm_campaign=SC Shopping - Branded - English ON - Prospect Shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIivWr94eE8gIVh9zICh0BUQ6gEAQYASABEgJENPD_BwE I did my turkey breast recipe with mine (thanks air miles!) on the weekend. It took four hours in the pot and a quick 5 minutes on the bbq to crisp it up. They turned out great! Sorry, no pics. I got it on my brother's advice after him showing me the video of the three rib prime rib he did for New Years. 30 hours in the pot, and quick browning on a super hot bbq., there were flames everywhere. He said you could cut it with a fork. He's also been buying eye of round roasts and putting them in the sous vide and again, quick browning on the BBQ. Turns a dry roast into fillet! I'll try to document my adventures with this thing as I gain more experience using it. HH

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Road in is fine, just keep an eye out for the logging trucks! Recent rain may have the lake up a bit, but it was down quite a bit as I said. HH

Water level was down two feet three weeks ago, so as Big Cliff says, be watchful of rocks... HH

A trip to Baie Fine is well worth the run with the family, if you need a day trip. Be sure to check conditions before leaving as it can get pretty nasty on Frazier Bay. There's also Topaz Lake that is a hike, but a fantastic diving and swimming lake. You can access it about half way down Baie Fine. There are rainbow on the south side of both Badgeley and Centre Islands as well as the bay on the north east corner of Centre Island. Hit the drop offs. Follow the markers out of Killarney and you will be good. HH

Apparently, I have been told that this video is not real. Explosives were used to create the vid. Sorry... HH

Video of a lightning strike. Remarkable how long it takes for the water to settle down. I wouldn't want to be swimming near by when it hit! HH Lightningstrikingwater2.mp4

I did a 4 day at Lac Charlotte a few springs ago. We were there 3 days after ice out. Facilities on the lake were 2nd to none, including hot water and an in door shower! Fishing was good and probably would have been better had it not been a late spring and water temps a bit warmer. I can also attest to the drive in being a brute. 290km's on gravel did my Ford flex in and i still have sand falling out of the bottom of my truck every time it rains... three years later. The Gouin Reserve, we flew over on the way to Charlotte and it is definitely an intriguing and large body of water. If I could get there without driving for hours on a gravel road, I would consider it. HH

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Imagine how big that fish is now, 12 years later! HH

I have two tube amps and yes, folks are always looking for New Old Stock tubes for their amps. A complete re-tube of my main amp would probably run me somewhere in the $600-$800 range. Tube quality in recent years has gone way down hill, especially those produced in the far east as well as Russia. HH

Well, if Gordon will play this song, I'm in! HH

My challenges with Covid are admittedly, first world problems. My other "hobby" if you will, besides fishing is playing music. I have been playing with the same guys for over a decade, playing gigs in local watering holes about ten times per year. Our last gig was in late February of 2020. Three weeks later and the entire country is in lock down. I have not seen my band mates since, with only the occasional email to stay in touch. As a result, my normal 10 to 20 hours per week, spent playing and practising has come to a full stop. I can't seem to draw the energy required to pick up the instrument and play. The other concern is that one or more members of the band may decide that they have had enough, meaning we may not even be a band anymore. Now that I am fully vaxed, I am hoping that by some time in the early fall, we can gtg again and get back out playing... it's just too much fun not keep going. www.roadgravyband.ca HH

Have you received a Vax shot as of yet? I ask because I know of a few people who got covid and suffered greatly, the long term affects. Some of those noticed that right after they received the vax, many of their symptoms disappeared relatively quickly. It may or may not work for you, but given your current state, it can't hurt. And so sorry that you have to go through this.... HH

Drove by the French river trading post last week, it seems that the only entrance to the shop is on the south bound lanes of 69. Lots of construction going on from the French River bridge to past the Alban exit. HH

My neighbour watching the game last night... HH

Glad I bought those paper bags yesterday! Passed them out to the neighbours! HH

Not sure if I have posted this before, if I have, sorry. This is the very first version of a backing system.... HH

We rented a cottage on Sturgeon a few years ago. We watched a group of people sharing a motel room, a group of about 12 people. They fished every day, all day keeping everything that came over the gunnels, which was mostly pannies. When the buckets got full, they would head to shore where the buckets were grabbed and taken to the room where a team of people were waiting to clean them up. This went on fro most of the week we were there. I have to suspect that they were selling the fish/fillets somewhere.... HH

Two people I know of who went through it said that it was horribly bad during the day, but referred to it as being "The Monster" as soon as the sun went down. HH