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Crosshairs, again, thanks for chiming in... Any comment on my earlier post, quoted above... re NFN's take on the cormorant problem? Guys, I understand everyone's frustration, but bashing Crosshairs or any other First Nations member, will not do anything, but make the situation worse. They have the legal right to do as they do and until that changes, may I boldly suggest that we as anglers try to work together with First Nations for the betterment of all. If that really bothers you, take some time to read up on First Nations agreements... again, I don't necessarily personally agree with what's in place, but LEGALLY, rights are rights. The more I read and learn, the more I am beginning to think that the MNR are one of the biggest problems, the lake has. Is it a funding problem, a management problem, a political problem; sorry I can't answer that... but let's not alienate each other and allow the powers that be, to divide and conquer. HH

Nice bass BBR... I for one, was expecting a pic of you without your shirt one, based on your text... thanks for not posting that! HH

Tilapia Sucks... like lipstick on a pig... no matter how you cook it, it sucks! Has there been any discussion with the MNR and NFN regarding cormorants? Appreciate your help... HH

Oh... and by the way... my family DID NOT GET A FEED of Nip Pickereye's this year... did I catch enough for a feed for four... yup! Did I release all but two, under the slot... Yup! Could I have kept a slot fish, yah, I could have, but that is not what people who respect the law do... so no Pickereye dinner at my house! HH

Thanks for your input Crosshairs... I certainly don't agree with everything that you mentioned, but I will say that you provide a valuable resource for us here. I have been frustrated by this topic for quite some time... it has caused me to do some reading on the topic, so that I can make a personal, informed decision. I realize that First Nations have their rights (agree or not it doesn't matter, nothing will change) so we as anglers should be concentrating on things we can change. -stocking the lake - somebody do it! Frankly as an angler, I don't care who does it, as long as it gets done. -removal of cormorant nests and a cull of all those flying rats ALl other issues as far as I can tell, might as well be cast in stone. Nothing is going to change that, even if there was/is a will to do so. HH

I did not intend that anyone remove those nets across spawning rivers, except for those authorized to do so. I re-read my post and it did look like I suggested that, I appologize. If native involvement is increasing, let's hope that they are more willing to tackle the cormorant problem, then the MNR seem to be. Yes, we caught more Pickereyes this winter than we have in the last five. That said, out of the 20 or so our group caught, only two were in the slot. All others were below or well below the slot. HH

Yellow Pickeral were introduced into Nip in the 50's, if my memory is correct. Native Pickereyes were what we call Blue Pickereal... netting and over harvest destroyed the stocks. The MNR introduced Yellow Pickeral to replentish the lake. In a nut shell, Yellows are not native. If folks were really intenet on helping the fishery, they would be patrolling the lake, this spring, looking for and disabling nets strung across spawing rivers and creeks. Something needs to be done about the cormorant population as well. It's quite evident from many of the other threads here that nothing can or will be done with the commercial fishery and it's take from the lake. And yes, this was our best ice fishing season on Nip with many under 14inch fish caught. HH

Ouch! Well, if that's true, I expect a few members here to chime and tell us that it is within their treaty rights and that given their treatment over the last 1-2 hundred years, we should be encouraging them to continue the practice. Others will tell us that we can get all the trout we want, at the grocery store. Thsi should be interesting as based on what I have read here since I joined some time ago, the trout guys a far more "hands on" them the Pickereye folks. And if they are doing it on the Saugeen, the other Lake Huron ditches will get the same. Perhaps I'll take up fishing Asian Carp... probably gonna end up being the only fish that everyone can agree on! HH

Come on BBR, we live in a nanny state! No scratch that we live in a nanny country, no scratch that, we live on a nanny continent... no no, we live on a nanny planet! Yah, that's it! Limeyangler... there are no average Joe's... we're all above average! HH

Three feet down, totally covered in dirt... no smell, no cats, no racoons... the worms go in, the worms go out! lol Heck, leave it with it's mouth just above ground level and I could use it to stake the roses! LOL HH

Boy o boy would my roses love to see that fatty, chopped up and planted at their roots! HH

Pretty comon occurance for me, when perch fishing Simcoe... those fish caught early in the day freeze up pretty quickly. I recall years ago, I brought home a bucket of perch... almost all frozen solid. I was cleaning them in the basement, when my cat decided to come down and see what that smell coming from the basement was all about. She was pretty scared and tried to keep her distance, but gradually gained confidence. Eventually she stuck her nose into the bucket, only to have one of the perch start to flip! Well, that sent the cat straight up in the air about 4 feet! I still laugh about that when ever I think about it. HH

Great pics Lew! I have one that could be the sister/brother of yours. Like to use my backyard pine tree to avoid rain and snow... critters are pretty cool! Unfortunately, my little deer buddy hasn't made an appearance since mid January, although in speaking with a neighbour, I'm told he has moved north a few hundred yards, to the north side of Kingston Road. Miss the little guy! HH

I bet Rubin would have loved that a couple of week ago! Well done Bernie... nothing can't be accomplished if you have the willingness to try! Did the shower help to get the curry smell out of the cottage!? LOL HH

What other people think of me is none of my business... Read that somewhere, seems to make a lot of sense to me... that said, I really do hope that BB and Hillary are doing well! There's a ton of Lake Erie perch waiting on him! HH

Who do I dislike more? The Sens, the Habs or the Dead Things? Welcome to the East Dead Things... things just got tougher for yah. HH

And he didn't even have to stop and have his car re-adjusted! I don't think that I would have held it together as well as the sales dude did...but it's hard to hit the guy, when you're pinned to the back of the seat! LOL HH

The way your year is going, yo might as well stay on shore with me! Save some gas! LMAO! HH

You can get access through Byng Inlet... just a bit of a drive up, from there. Two routes north from there, if you take the inside route, stick to the marked path or you will find yourself propless or worse. HH

I hope "Hillary" is ok... HH

Even the video is a skunk!!!! Stop it, you guys are killing me! HH

So, two days on the ice, two fish on, one iced... no sunrise for you two due to fog and you have the nerve to post a report! I'm beginning to wonder which of you two is dragging that stripped critter around in your gear box. Hmmm... after careful consideration, it's gotta be FnS! If memory serves, he's blanked in the deep water every trip this winter! What's worse, he took you, Captain skunk out on the last weekend of the season... It's gonna be a long/expensive soft water for FnS... but the guys at Sail will be happy! LMAO! HH Note to self... pick a weekend that CCMT can't make, for our spring Nip trip... no CCMT this year meant our best ice trip ever to Nip... do I see a pattern developing! Bah ha!

"Bucky" the deer was actually named "Toast" as that's what we figured the deer would be after following people around my neighbourhood. He has been AWOL for about a month now... hope the little guy is ok... HH

This is "Bucky"... he's a rescue dog we got back in May of last year. He came to us as "Lucky", but that name didn't jive with me too well. After getting to know him, we changed it to Bucky and he has been fine with it. Apparently Bucky had spent the first four years of his life in a down town condo, so moving in with us when his owner took ill has been a real learning curve for Bucky. I think I had to teach him that he can swim this summer at the cottage. He "fell" out of the boat a few yards from shore, sank, then bobbed up like a cork. After that,he was a wet smelly dog for the rest of the week. Funny, he won't go in the pool, thankfully. He been an awesome family pet. HH

Well, I looked at the pics and I don't see Terry anywhere...so moving on, nothing to see here! HH