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smerchly

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    Outsmarting fish , nature , gabbing !

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  1. Good to see you have recovered from those serious injuries . I remember the June Bug Spinner well and blues were plentiful locally . We caught bowfins locally during the day at various places , mostly on worms and some on lures, and Pointe au Baril for BIG bowfins which hit J-13 Raps ! One of our moose hunting members worked at the Darlington plant (Ozzie M.) There was 6 of us and I am the last man still kicking as the brother of Oz just passed last week . It seems like yesterday we were hunting the bush and having a great time together . BTW ...I have a big pile of clay that came from 10" post holes last year . I added some mulch and dirt and its now loaded with red worms . Be CAREFUL on those ladders ! My ladder went side ways while I was 15 ft. up in my huge apple tree . The ladder went left and I went right but managed to grab a branch as I fell down . I'm sure my daily banana helped save my hide !
  2. Oh yes Dave the 'crayfish' ! We had a few spots to easily catch dozens of them , like a local pond just down the street , and at beside the old canal beside GM Glendale there was a long strip of ponds that were loaded with soft crayfish . The bass loved them , and now we use tubes and Senkos ,ect. And one day we caught 3 snappers in a stinky pond ,took them to a Chinese restaurant on St. Paul St. and he gave us $1.50 !! That was good money then (1955) as we were paid $7.50 per thousand dew worms from a dealer on Cushman Rd. At 15 two of us picked worms all night , hence I'm now a pro-dewie picker. As the song says "Those were the days my friend , those days will never end ( in our minds) When fishing for eyes at Deseronto we had good luck using the floating Gum Drops . We used half a dew worm for scent and rigged them on a 3 way with a small spinner in front of Gum Drop . It is a very light rig and easy to fish water 35 ft. deep or more and we also used bottom bouncers for weights . We used twice as many worms with a regular worm harness as the pesky perch would rob you in seconds . The Gum Drops would catch those little perch and save your worms. I think trout would hit them too. They come in various sizes .
  3. Thanks for the heads up PDG , I haven't got the 2024 reg.book but I check the regs for zone 16 and 20 on line before getting my gear ready for the next fish to target . When I use my 3 way harnesses with worms I have caught cats ,drum and trout as well ,and the occasional oos bass . I love the fight with my 10' Okuma rod .
  4. I'm surprised the rod has not found the owner since Oct. 31 .....
  5. Frogs , leeches , maggots , grubs , and we used live hellgrammites (dobsonfly) for trout that could bite I also tried the white June bug larva but no luck with them ....maybe carp would take with with a little hot sauce added .... At one time there was a NICE trout stream just east of GM and west of the old canal (Gate 12) .It was stocked with browns and also had pike, carp & pannies . We used spoons & chubs(floats) for pike and leaf(manure) worms and grasshoppers for trout . It was sad to see that little stream filled over with the Haulage Rd. I have 20 fat 'dewies' waiting for a bath when Ms.Nature gets over her hissy fit .
  6. Way back in the 50's most of us used worms for bait . We like to find the red "leaf worms" for the local brook/brown/rainbow trout and 'dewies' for most other fish like perch , cats, carp , drum ect. For pike we used a chub under a float mostly and minnows or spinners like a Shyster for silver bass , and yellow Sallies with a worm for eyes and crayfish for bass . Things have really "evolved" ! We had no electronics until the invention of the scroll paper 'fish finders" and we thought that was incredible ! Look where we are now ! I'm posting this since I just let our dog out to water the grass and the worms are like a plate of spaghetti on the grass & you could not take a step without squashing a worm . At $5 per dozen I could get rich overnight ! lol BTW , my backyard never gets chemicals spread on it ,only mulched grass and finely mulched leaves in the fall . I'll soon be out there tossing my own home made and Ugli Boys harnesses for some local eyes in April since pike will be closed for about 6 weeks. Memories !
  7. Thank you , I believe 90% of us anglers would do the right thing and return the tackle bag to the rightful owner . I returned to the place where I pinned the note and it was still on the fence. (removed) Then I did some fishing for perch and ??? using a float and not a sniff on my worms and 'old' salted minnows . So I spent another 30 minutes tossing a swim bait for pike but they also had lockjaw. But it was great to spend the day outdoors and listening to the chorus of red winged black birds enticing the ladies for a fling in the trees.
  8. Where's the snow ?? We got about 2" here , had to fetch the snow shovel again ! And the birds were bathing in the bird bath between to pieces of ice lol .
  9. That's why they call it God's country . Does that water lead to a larger lake ? Looks like a beauty place to explore , fish , hunt find bait fish ect.
  10. I was telling my daughter about it while taking her home from the hospital . She went back to the hospital again 2 days ago & had her phone so she went on Facebook and asked if it was ok to ask if anyone lost a fishing tackle bag & last night a fellow answered her & described a few items , she messaged my wife who messaged the owner of the bag . He described more of the contents & he came here last night to pick it up . He has been on NFN and knows of a famous guy called smerchly. 😇 He is a very nice young man from Thorold and was very happy to get all his gear back . I posted a photo of him holding a big rainbow trout from the pool but deleted it when he contacted me as he may not want his picture displayed here ....it's on Facebook . I am waiting to hear from my daughter to take home and just now heard she has to stay another night . Kudos to her for finding the owner of the tackle bag ! 💝
  11. I'm happy to say the owner picked up his tackle bag tonight .
  12. Great news , the fellow is on his way now to get his tackle back ! And he is sooooo happy to get it back !
  13. Thanks for the info guys , I have a suspicion who sent the hack . As I have posted previously I'm involved in a class action law suit about my rental furnace . OEG called me a few days ago asking for my email address as my gas provider will no longer be adding the rental charges to my gas bills. They want to set up a direct billing of their own to bill me for the rental . I have been paying them for 10 years and they want another 5 years more . I asked him for a price to pay off the furnace & he said a "ball park" figure of $3000. I gave him my email so he could send me a written price and I would send them a certified check , but he was still trying to keep me paying for the 5 remaining years . I didn't get the email from them ......after 5 days I got hacked ....coincidence ? I'm sure I'll hear from them again since I made no plans to set up an account on line . and I only have 2 email accounts but rarely get mail from the old cogeco account .....
  14. This morning while I was checking a weather video a few alerts popped up and froze my PC . Nothing would work except a little box saying I must call Microsoft to get instructions how to fix the problem . I couldn't get back on line so I shut down & pulled the plug from the wall . I waited 10 min ., and still could not go on line . I was going to call the Geeks but decided to wait until Monday or later . Four hours later I booted up to look over some photos from my desktop which were still available , then tried to get on line .....and here I am !! I don't know what to make of it , never had this before, so maybe by chance, anyone here have a "glitch" happen to their PC today ?
  15. Kudos to you Kevin for helping out with this plague on our society . Most of us can relate to these issues and it seems to get worse every day .Our grandson Dylan has a pod cast about this and we are proud of him for helping others as he has dealt with it himself . The last paragraph covers it all ! FISHING is a great way to relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Since I received hearing aids I realize how much I have missed while fishing , like hearing distant birds flying overhead or singing in a tree 100 meters away . Now I can enjoy fishing even more !
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