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Hey guys, just got my boat out of storage and was going to de-winterize it today... Was thinkin about trying to head up to Lake Simcoe for some perch. Does anyone know if the ice is out? I usually go out of Atherley, but i'm always open to suggestions. Last year we caught tons of perch, but not too many big ones. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot. lovetofish

Thanks for the link Fishfinder, i really appreciate it! lovetofish

nice whities! Too bad you gottem so fast. lovetofish

Yep, putting a transmission oil cooler on my Caravan before i start towing my boat too! Personally i would prefer the automatic, just for the ease of launching the boat. Taking the boat out of the water is pretty hard on the clutch and can be difficult to do at the same time. I would recommend anyone who isn't using an SUV or a truck to put a transmission cooler as well. lovetofish

I take my girlfriend all the time. When we first started going out, i decided to put her up to a little test. I took her perch fishing, in the boat, in April, in 0 degree weather. She did less complaining about the weather then i did I've been taking her with me ever sinse lovetofish

Hey Lew, i'm a licensed mechanic and work on Honda's all the time. Everyone you talk too is always more then happy with there cars. I even convinced my grandma to buy one. lovetofish

Was thinkin of heading down to the Niagara River on Sunday. Any know the conditions down there? Is there ice build-up by the shore lines or if theres too many ice floats? Any info could save me some driving. thanks lovetofish

You're a definite trooper, but at least at paid off for you! nice fish! lovetofish

Nice fish guys!

Wow, beautiful laker! Congratulations!

"How thin was it at the point where it gave way, do you know?" i'm guessing around 8" by the looks of the ice thats sticking up in the picture "He didn't even get a thank you from anyone out there that day. Left a bit of a sour taste in his mouth. The driver would never have gotten out on his own........." I didn't know the driver, but i'm sure he must have been in shock from the whole incident. Thanks for all the comments guys and gals. hopefully the action will be as good as last time, minus the scary incidents! lovetofish

We left North York around 5:15am, headed for Jackson's Point. Arrived around 6:30, met up with my buddy Kenny (my girlfriend's cousin) and two of his buddies. We had a discussion about weather or not the ice was thick enough to get his 1200lbs hut out on the ice. I told him that from what i understood there was 8" of ice and they were still saying not to drive cars on the ice. The Bombadeer that was to pull the hut out easily weighs that. We had rented a hut and were out to the hut by 7:15 Within the first half hour John (my girlfriend's dad) had his first whitie on... He managed to get it up towards the hole, it got off his line, but i managed to get it with the gaf. John was dancing around he was so excited! All the other times he went ice fishing, he didn't catch anything. We just got settled back into our seats, with our lines set and my phone rings. It was Kenny, he says "your never going to believe this, but my hut just went through the ice, with the bombadeer!" Kenny sometimes like to joke about things like that, but he insured me it really happened. The operator of the bombadeer was with his twelve year old son, both of them had to swim and get pulled out. Kenny was in the hut with his two buddies and they all got wet to. Needless to say, everyone is ok. The bombadeer is sitting on the bottom in front of the hut in the pics. The pics were taken on our way back in at 4:30pm Fishing died right off until about 10:30am and then my line goes off.... i grab it and set the hook... My line breaks right at the tip of my rod... and i see the line sitting on top of the water... i managed to grab the line before it went down and landed a nice 5.5lbs whitie. Fishing slowed down until 3:30pm, when i got the last whitie of the day (almost exactly the same size as the first). All and all a very exciting day out on the ice and a day i'll probably never forget! lovetofish

nice report Clampet! Too bad you couldn't at least get a look at it! At least you got a good fight out of it. Better luck next time! lovetofish

Thanks guys! Didn't have time the other day, but going to try to post later on today. ps. everyone was ok... but it was a close call for everyone involved!

Just testing to see if i did this right... and i know how much you guys love pics If it works, i'm hoping to make a good opening report tomorrow. It involves my buddies hut going through the ice and 3 five pound whities. lovetofish

Bonnie boats... funny you mentioned them, i'm going there tomorrow morning. says he's about 2 km's out, in 60 fow. Haven't done much ice fishing for lakers or whiteys. Anyone have any pointers for me?

FINALLY! Can't wait to get out on Cook's Bay! lovetofish

Congrats Ric! Very cool pic! Lovetofish

Great report! sounds like you had a great day on the hard water! lovetofish

beautiful pics! lovetofish

Nice northern and report! That ice sure looks tempting... lovetofish

Nice fish and nice report! lovetofish

Wow! So nice to see ice! Great report and even nicer lakers! lovetofish

Still mad about putting my boat in storage! Wish i didn't have to at all.... hmmm...... don't know if its worth winterizing it again.... decisions decisions lovetofish

LOL! very funny stuff. Thanks for sharing. Lovetofish