SirCranksalot

yeah, but it's 'dry cold', I bet!

real men can paddle all day!!

One of the stalwarts for sure. I hope someone sang him back home.

Years ago I read an article about farmers growing dandelion commercially in the South. The biggest problem they were having was the intrusion of grass! I loved that irony. The definition of 'weed' is purely subjective. Give it a few years and it will be the trendy thing on salads and sandwiches in yuppified neighborhoods in the GTA. Maybe if someone had 'splained the birds and the bees to you that wouldn't have happened quite so much!

have you considered a dog, perhaps?? http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81912

Another case of the boy getting hooked better than the fish!!

I'm a bit surprised, given that the lake didn't freeze this winter, but the levels for 2016 are forecast to be higher than 2015. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/dashboard/GLWLD.html

Kind of a cool way to take a casket to the cemetery. A funeral procession pulled into a cemetery. Several carloads of family members followed a black truck towing a boat with a coffin in it. A passer-by remarked, "That guy must have been a very avid fisherman." "Oh, he still is," remarked one of the mourners. As a matter of fact, he's headed off to the lake as soon as we bury his wife. Kind of a cool way to take a casket to the cemetery.

What could possibly go wrong???

Sheesh. Don't tell me you were wading in those waters!!

16 logical reasons why some men have dogs instead of wifes 1. The later you are, the more excited your dog is to see you. 2. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name. 3. Dogs like it if you leave lots of things on the floor. 4. Dogs' parents never visit. 5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across. 6. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go, instantly, 24 hours a day. 7. Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk. 8. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing. 9. Dogs won't wake you up at night to ask: "If I died, would you get another dog?" 10. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and sell 'em. 11. When you drop a silent one, dogs don't run around frantically with room spray. 13. Dogs never tell you to stop scratching your crotch. Instead, they sit pondering why you don't lick it. 14. Dogs will let you put a studded collar on, without calling you a pervert. 15. If a dog smells another dog on you, it won't kick you in the crotch; it just finds it interesting. And last, but not least: 16. If a dog runs off and leaves you, it won't take half your stuff. To verify these statements: Lock your wife and your dog in the garage for an hour. Then open the door, and observe who's happy to see you!

Ditto. A good cover, but it's still a cover.

Maybe he'll be like this guy. https://beta.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/29/former-drunk-driver-relives-tragic-crash-someone-paid-with-their-life-for-me-to-learn-this-lesson.html

Thx again folks I think looking on Kijiji for lenses is generally good advice---subject to the usual caveats re buying used. Henry's 55-250 lens was list as $370 but was offered as part of the pkg for $200. That sounded too good to pass up.

I'm glad you said that! I was at Henry's today and bout a Canon Rebel T5. . The decision to get a DSLR rather than mirrorless was largely based on the info posted here that they have greater control on depth of field. The other more expensive cameras has better features for video such as improved sound but I'm not that much into videos. My videos are mostly short clips of people or animals. No music or anything that would need hi-fi. Thx again for all the advice offered here, folks, incl the news that Henry's prices are going up in April. That got me off the proverbial pot.

Sorry---I always assume that others are far ahead of me on a lot of the photo editing and other computer stuff! But thx for that. I shall give it a whirl.

On a scale of 1-10 where Photoshop is a 10, how would you rate it re difficulty for learning?

He used to be young and stupid, but now he's old!

One more basic question: I find that the apertures on my SX 20 don't work the same was as they did on my old film camera. i.e. if I used a larger aperture such as f5.6 on my film camera objects out of the focus plane were rendered 'fuzzy' (or out of focus). This is much less so on my SX 20. As I recall, I read that depends on the size of the sensor on digital cameras. Do DSLRs function like the old film ones in this respect? Do the mirrorless cameras dp likewise? thx

I guess the T3 has now been replaced by a newer model. The only ones I see on the Henry's site are used. http://www.henrys.com/85202-USED-CANON-T3-DSLR-BODY--8.aspx

A beautiful bird. I see 1 or 2 on the river here sometimes mixed in with the mallards.

I looked briefly into mirrorless cameras. It seems they have no viewfinders. That would be a 'show stopper' for me because I find a viewfinder essential when using a telephoto zoom.e.g. trying for a loon pic from some distance away.

Lake level is up about 2 ft in the last 2-3 yrs.

RIP Rob Ford, but pls leave politics off this thread.

I guess he was having a real crappie day!!