dave524

On 4/25/2022 at 9:23 AM, Dutchie said:

First day on my boat yesterday was surprised at what I caught on Lake Erie, I would have thought I would have caught that trout on Lake Ontario more than Lake Erie, but it was alot of fun and a great fighter. caught on Leadcore 8 colours straight out the back, black and purple Ripplin Refin. 50 fow, straight out from Sugarloaf.

Actually the New York State record is from Lake Erie not Ontario as most would assume

48 minutes ago, Markster said:

Looks like possibly a virginia rail.

i see them quite often when duck hunting

They are a legal species you know. Don't have any idea about them as table fare

Fished there in the 70's, didn't really get many jumbos, 10 inches was a good one

Steve Piggot has lots of experience 

1940

The place next to it has some real history 

Would have been around 1990, parents had a pond in their front yard, Christmas eve it went well into the 60's F and the frogs started croaking, I recall dew worms out in January also not that long ago.

On 12/15/2021 at 3:12 PM, smerchly said:

  The masts are coming down from the tall ship at Jordan by Jan.10 The coast guard has deemed them unsafe . I will miss seeing those masts from spots I fish nearby and people will miss the masts who drive the QEW daily .  Another "monument"  bites the dust .      

I don't recall seeing them all the times I launched at Don Campbell's in the 70's, 80's and early 90's,  pretty new IMHO for " monument status "  Guess you can put me in the "eyesore"  crowd

On 12/16/2021 at 10:00 AM, Chrisb said:

Took it to Rob's. NO charge. Turns out no problem with tranny. I had a one tire changed due to flat damage and they put a 235/60 instead of 235/65 size it. It was hunting 4x4 because it thought the tires were slipping.

Hmmmm, just got a newer vehicle, my first one with one of those tiny donut spares, just how do they work?? must give the tranny fits if on the drive wheels  

On 11/22/2021 at 8:36 PM, Surf and Turf said:

Well the moon, planets and stars aligned so we were able to make it down for this years New York opening weekend. The first time leaving Canada in 18 months. Hit duty free going across into Buffalo to pick up some beer and whisky, only 4 other people in the whole store. The US customs agent seemed just happy to talk to someone, didn't ask if we were bringing anything in, didn't even ask to look at our guns, just shot the shite about hunting for 10 minutes while the cars backed up behind us. lol

 

Met up with our American friends Friday night had a nice dinner, drank lots of beer and whisky while catching up and telling war stories.

 

We were met with a bit of snow on Saturday morning, saw four does but as hard as I could squint I couldn't get them to grow antlers! Another nice dinner, more beer, more whisky, more stories.

 

Sunday morning was a bit warmer. Has two does walk in front of me around 8 am, kept waiting for the buck to emerge from behind them but no such luck. Then about 9 am, three deer came running up the hill from below me all in a line, one doe, then another, the next one must be a buck, nope damn. Then about 10 seconds later up comes another deer, yep antlers, it's legal, it was about a hundred yards below me and a hundred yards to my right so I had a few seconds to assess. I had my heart on a big buck, but we didn't have a deer down yet, I waited as long as I could looking down the hill to see if a bigger buck was behind him, no 8 pointer following, he was now directly to my right about 100 yds out, so I get on mim, I let out a "baaah" to get him to stop, but he kept running, so followed through and dropped him in his tracks. Ended up being a small 6 pointer.

 

I kinda felt bad since he was working so hard to catch up with those does, poor little guy. Should be tasty though!

 

 

Ruger 77 International , nice , got 4 77's but never got an International. looks like a Leupold  1.5-5X on top 

On 10/19/2021 at 11:00 PM, fishingking said:

Same thing happened to a roofer i know...believe it was in dunville also ...they were told maybe a couple guys from the reserve apparently .who knows....hope its found or replaced somehow thats unfortunate☹️

and if you try to do anything about it , the Crown will try you over and over until they get a guilty verdict, Justin doesn't want citizens protecting their property. Note , the homeowner didn't appeal the Crown did because they didn't get the result that went with Liberal Policy.   https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/supreme-court-to-decide-on-hamilton-area-homeowner-s-appeal-in-2016-fatal-shooting-of-indigenous-man/ar-AAPvtfv?li=AAggXBV&fbclid=IwAR3Xyqg_GftA9Gpao-P98bCfk92AOlgknAfdULYHdeYi1EpE0Dz_WNLhSvk

On 10/4/2021 at 6:07 PM, kevin said:

Exactly.  The history of species stocked in the Great Lakes basin is pretty interesting.  

About 1960 there was a few lakes that had Landlocked Salmon in them, Mazinaw Lake was one I recall. They were also referred to as Ouananiche in the regs

60 years ago the Ontario Fishing regs would specifically name Kamloops Trout in addition to Rainbows, sounds like they tried them back then as well.

Surprising fact : the New York state Lake Trout Record is a fish from Erie, most people would assume Lake Ontario or one of the Finger Lakes

3 hours ago, gunner-2 said:

Yes i seen that as well and yes Australia did ban gunsa few other counties did as well Australia and the UK are the testing grounds for the take over Trudy is moving fast to catch up 

I believe they banned all semi auto's not just the black " Scary " ones that they did here, possibly pumps and levers as well

As a gun owner and voting with that as sometimes my sole issue many times since P.E.T and then justice minister Ron Basford starting us down the never ending escalation of worthless firearms legislation in 1976, I have always voted PC or whatever they wish to call themselves today , except in '93  when I voted Reform. Reform got 52 seats that year and the PC's were decimated to only 2 seats.  Bernier and his PPC party don't stand a snowballs chance in hell of doing that good, splitting the Conservative vote by voting PPC will only ensure we get some more Trudeau minority for however long that last as he has said if he doesn't get a majourity we are back at the polls in 18 months, narcistic lying weasel..

The weed is Pokeweed, poisonous too.

I buy the 4 packs at Costco, actually they are 500 grams each so you get more than a pound in a package 

Because of the changes in dispensing regulations, all of the stations selling propane here got out of it , now it is $25 bucks to get a 20 pounder at those tank exchange ripoffs for the barbie, luckily have a Costco down the road for 1/2 that.  Must be hard getting a propane vehicle filled anymore, not many places pumping like before. 

It looks so close to Canada Waterweed here it would take a botanist to tell them apart, they say it is not here yet    https://docs.ontario.ca/documents/3224/stdprod-109206.pdf

Plastic straws 🤣 

On 7/25/2021 at 6:28 PM, Surf and Turf said:

Maybe a Wahoo smolt?  Ha!  Never know what you'll catch in the lower.

That little guy is a Logperch, that is about as big as they get.

On 7/7/2021 at 9:12 AM, smerchly said:

 I know people who want to move because of crime (theft) and bad neighbours etc. but are stuck because rents are so high ,and scarce .When a house goes up for sale on our street , it's sold in a week . Then the realtors brag about how they will get you 50 or 100 grand over asking price .  Two nice houses  down the street sold in the $700,000 range . It seems people from T.O. are buying up every house available and will pay way over asking price. I paid $37,500 for my house in 81 ....worth over 600 grand now ...nice little profit eh ?  It was built in 55 for 10 grand on a 50 x 150 lot. 

   Bruce .....nice house !  ...quiet street , good size yard , nice porch at the back . I hope you and family enjoy your new home !    

Same story here Smerch, bought a 50x150 corner lot with a 900 square foot , 2 bedroom bungalow in '84 as a 34 year old bachelor , the numbers are about the same. Taxes now are close to what I paid for the mortgage for a year ☹️

When I first moved to Grimsby in '84 , Betzner's Home Hardware was great, a real old time hardware store . You wanted roofing nails , you put a few handfuls out of the barrel in a paper bag and they weighed it, washers , nails,  nuts , bolts, all in bulk, very little of the blister pack stuff that was always 1 short of the number you needed or far too many , they even sold farm type working guns, ammo and hunting licenses. There was a roof fire during roofing and everything changed to the prepackaged format, I stopped going there and now covid has put the final nails in the coffins and it is closed. We have a Rona now but it is a poor version of Home Depot IMHO.

17 hours ago, smerchly said:

Nice scale Dave . Does it show the ounces well ?  I see it's $158 but only goes to 30 lbs. I suppose I could weigh my big ones in 2 pieces .......    

There are various sizes if you go to the drop down box, the 30 does quarter pounds , the smaller ones do finer increments . They can be IGFA certified and certified for trade