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Another T3 user here. I want to someday upgrade the body, but for now, I'm happy. They have a wide range of lenses and you get that Canon quality. It's just a hobby, and I don't have tons of money to drop on the high-end lenses. It's nice to know that they're there, though. And the $99 50mm 1.8 is a fantastic bargain.

I have seen great pics from Nikon users too, but I personally don't care for them. My hands-on experience (other than my "waterproof" cam) has been brief, but that was my takeaway. At the low-end, at the time I bought, nothing Nikon offered could compete to the Canon low-end, in terms of features and price point.

 

I believe they are the makers of the older Rapala knives, if I recall the engraving on the blades.

They still do, actually.

Top is old (inherited from my grandfather), bottom is new (bought last week).

LOL @ the rainbow shark...

No tats here. You don't put a bumper sticker on a Porsche.

 

Are you from the area? My dad is from KL. Worked on Watabeag for the ministry for years. Says he probably planted half of the trees we saw on the way through .

I'm in the Tri-Towns, but I like to explore for trouts. There are some aurora lakes west of Watabeag, which is what actually brought me to that area initially. Also caught a couple brookies that way. I went to Wynn Lake near KL a few years ago - don't bother. It's got a huge pike in there, maybe more than one.

Mostly I go into Latchford, Temagami, Matachewan, and Beauty Lake areas.

Deleted. I am not trying to fight with people. Sorry.

Good info in this thread.

I have a pair of the wooden-handled Rapalas, one is really short and new, which is my main blade for trout nowadays. I don't fillet them, though, I just slice the belly, cut the heads off, pull the guts out, and clean the mudvein or whatever you call it. The longer one is a lot older, but same basic knife, and I'll use that for any filleting I do.

I already picked out my next one, which will be a folding Uncle Henry / Schrade / Taylor.

However, I'd like to get try my hand at making my own knives as yet another hobby. I don't see myself doing a fillet knife right off the bat, though. I think I'd enjoy the process, but we'll see. I lack a lot of the necessary tools right now.

I heard the Amber Alert on the radio around 6pm last night, I think an hour before they found the kid. I heard that whoever found the car had heard about it via the Alert, so I guess it did its job.

That father needs to thank is lucky stars that whoever did this at least had the sense to ditch it when they realized what had happened. This could have been SO much worse than it already was. And for what? To save a whole minute of his time, taking the kid out of his seat to bring him in? damn. This stuff pissed me right off! And he left the car running?!!!! what the hell is wrong with him??? Seriously. "Don't judge" my ass. A parent's job is to look out for his or her kid(s). Period. Leaving a kid, ESPECIALLY an infant, alone, in a running vehicle (I assume not locked, too, unless he had a second key)... what the hell. If it wasn't someone trying to steal a car, but someone trying to steal a baby, this would have ended very differently. PROTECT YOUR KIDS.

Idiot. I don't see where charges are pending. They have to charge the guy and convict him of stupidity. Some of the things I see is amazing. Last summer in Hamilton a guy had no less than 8 kids riding in the back of his pickup truck. I had him pull over and he did. He didn't speak a word of English nor did his 2 passengers in the cab. I guess that's something that is done overseas according to a teen riding in the back.

It was done when I was a kid, too. lol

Huh. Weird to see the name of a road I've fished down on here. Too bad I am a few days late. It was definitely open a few weeks ago, before any snow melted. Even the roads that intersect it were plowed. Lots of trout waters up that way, though I've only fished a couple of them so far. ;)

Congrats on the rainbows! I think that's my next goal, having caught lakers, splake, brookies, and Auroras through the ice... Rainbows are actually my favorite fish for every reason, except for the difficulty I have in catching them most of the time.

To go back to an earlier portion of the conversation that I missed, my set lines are like this:

Half or so of a hockey stick with the ends cut off. Near the top , I drill a hole on an angle and shove half of a cheap fishing rod through it. On the opposite side, I put one of those reels that beeps when line is taken out. I throw a small hook with a piece of worm and a splitshot a few inches above, drop it in, and adjust the reel so that the line spools easily and then I wait for the inevitable beep!

I have two of these, in case whoever I am fishing with wants to use one. I set that somewhere, then jig with a rod in various other holes. I don't even have to look at the line if I'm close enough to hear the beeps. Is that cheating? No more than using a flasher, in my opinion.

So, I got curious and asked the MNR about how the lake was accidentally stocked, and they said the stocking team thought they were at a different lake. So there we go, mystery solved.

Also, they may be discussing making it into a "real" Aurora lake in the future, especially in light of how Wynn Lake is now nothing more than a gigantic pike feeding ground.

It is a reality that we will have to constantly fight. People give millions of dollars to organizations like P3TA thinking the money will be used to save kitty cats and puppy dogs. Unfortunately the money is used to fund these crazy Bills and to pay off members of parliament to also support them and try to weasel them through to law.

The money also pays for giant freezers for P3TA to store all the dead cats and dogs that they kill (over 80% killed since 2002).

Nice job! Seems like I missed out again. One of these days...!

If this applies to fishing and hunting, does it also apply to the chicken, beef, and pork industry?

Thanks, everyone! I hadn't asked the MNR how lakes get mis-stocked, but if I had to guess, someone didn't use a GPS (there are several official Aurora lakes close by).

And thanks for re-sharing, cl_fishin!

My brother and I randomly found Aurora trout in a brook trout lake last fall, and confirmed with the MNR that they were stocked accidentally, and are to be treated like a regular brook trout for this lake, meaning a limit and season were not restricted like one of the 3-year rotational lakes. We had good luck in the fall, although the ones we caught were small, and far outnumbered the brookies.

In any case, we decided to try through the ice. If we got an Aurora, great. If we got a nice brookie, excellent. If we got skunked, well, at least we tried.

After a short trail-blaze into the lake through waist-deep snow, we found ourselves on a pristine lake with only a couple inches of powder on top, and no signs of any recent access from other fisherpeople.

We pulled out 12 (and a half) Auroras in about 4 hours, and surprisingly, no brookies this time. I lost a really small one at the hole, and we released a couple of the little ones and took home our limit each. I cooked one up as soon as I got home, and it was delicious (although the seasoning I used wasn't that great).

Here's a little video I cut together. It's nothing fancy - it is very, very hard to film without any proper mount, and each of us manning two lines, and one camera... But still, I think you can see we had a good time, despite the fact that we caught no monsters, just a bunch that fit nicely in the frying pan.

I'm on equal billing and pay a bit over $200/month.

I gotta find my Kill-A-Watt and find out what it sucking up all my usage, maybe put a few things on timers too.

Getting a drone is more likely a better choice. The drone is easier to control and will run about the same price. Here is a good starter one.

 

Syma X5C Explorers 2.4G 4CH 6-Axis Gyro RC Quadcopter With HD Camera

 

This is available from Amazon for less than $50.00 USD

 

 

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I wouldn't recommend buying from Amazon.com unless absolutely necessary. $50US plus exchange rate, plus shipping, plus possible duties... It's going to add up real fast. Just get it from Amazon.ca for $65CAD, free shipping.

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00MNG37C2/

Congrats on your success! Those things are some ugly mfers, though.

tinfoil

damn i went out and bought a chain mail suit as a personel faraday cage

i guess tinfoil would have been cheaper

You could have split the difference and made the mail yourself... It's a lot of work, though it can be fun.

It snowed here a bit this morning, but thankfully it's all gone now. I'm not ready for this crap!

Cell phones cost a lot. I do have one, but it's on a pay-as-you-go plan. I just don't use it enough for a monthly plan. If anyone is in the same boat as me, another good option is get VoIP through a company that lets you do things like block numbers at will, unlist your number, and so on.

I pay $12.50/month for a VoIP line (ATA rental included) with unlimited local calling, voicemail, voicemail to email, call display, etc, and of course an unlisted number, and the ability to block numbers. and it works great for me. The best feature is that Bell gets not a cent from me, for almost 10 years now.

This is your captain speaking...

I remember watching the Jays win the World Series both years when I was a kid. I don't follow sports anymore, but it'd be great for today's Canadian kids to get a similar treat.

Thanks for the input, guys. I will check out the situation and get it fixed up.

I finally threw my 12' aluminum into the 6' box of my truck and took it down to the lake for a test drive. I bought it 2 or 3 years ago from a guy who refused to sell me just the 2HP Honda motor that I wanted for my Sportspal. Anyhow, long story short, it leaks quite a bit. Enough that I wouldn't feel comfortable without a bilge pump if I'm planning to be on the water for more than a couple hours.

I only noticed leaking from the front, which began almost immediately after putting it in the water. I didn't notice leaks anywhere else, but to be sure, I plan to elevate it a bit and put some water in to see where water leaks out. I suspect it'll be leaking along the mid keel, around some rivets, but it could be a seam.

My question is, can anyone with experience recommend a specific product? And does the recommendation change based on what, exactly, is leaking?

I'd prefer if it's something I can get locally and apply at these lower fall temperatures, though I do have a heat gun and a torch.

If nothing specifically is recommended, would JB Marine Weld be a good choice?