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Thanks ...texting with Kenny's now. I doesn't have one but can maybe make one but tough if he doesn't have the reel/spring and wiil cost me more to drive to Hamilton than its worth. I f this doesn't work I will try Kingsway.

Thanks I will. I saw them but was hoping something closer and no website or email, just phone number. Hopefully they  can throw it in an envelope and send cheap if they have it..

Abu Garcia Cardinal C5. I found one on Ebay for $5 but they want $17 shipping. Anywhere around here or in Canada I can get one? 

unbelievable

My personal best last August bear hunting at my hunt camp just past Kirkland Lake. Great fight and just over 40 inches.

I caught a couple up moose hunting near Longlac and when I googled it they said it was a pigmentation in the mucous in the skin, not a seperate species. There was a blue pickeral but is extinct. Here is what I found...

Species: Blue Walleye - (Sander vitreus glaucus)
• Location: Ontario
• Name Variations: Blue Pike, Blue Pickerel
• Status: Extinct

 Carsten R. Jorgensen has written a book called "Recent Extinctions" where extensive reasearch on the Blue Walleye can be read. It's available on Amazon

The Campbell Status Report of 1985 officially declared the Blue Walleye extinct. The last Blue Walleye to be officially recognized as a Blue Walleye by the MNR was caught in Lake Erie in 1965. MNR is an acronym for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

Back in 1993, I was fishing on Spotted Lake, which is a portage lake off of Esnagami Lake near Nakina, which is a fly-in lake. Eric Lund, the owner of Esnagami Lodge, told my friend Greg and myself to go over to Spotted Lake for some Blue Walleyes. We did the portage and guess what, we caught about 75 Walleyes and 6 or 7 of them were blue. I mean DARK BLUE!!! Even their meat was blue. My friend Greg has caught Blue Walleyes in other lakes north of Nakina back when his parents owned Twin Lakes Outfitters.

After that, I reported catching Blue Walleyes to the MNR and about three weeks later I had a phone call from a biologist in North Bay. He assured me that Blue Walleye are extinct and that the walleyes we were catching were just regular Walleyes but the acidity of the water made them blue. In actuality, it's a bacterium that thrives in acid water and colonizes on a fish's skin and changes its skin color.

My Response: I could see in a large lake that there would be different areas with different acid levels. It is common knowledge that acidity does affect the color of shallow water fish like bluegills. Spotted Lake was a tiny little lake (4 acres) with no streams running in. We caught all our Walleyes in the same spot, which was a deep hole at the north end of the lake.

Many years ago I did that and it was hit and miss with some good days. My brother loved to catch a bunch of catfish close to shore and said they were good out of the cold water. I remember being there and fishing little holes in the ice just as it was almost gone but not quite.

I used to go all the time and did well but haven't been in years. You can catch almost anything in the lower river depending on the time of year. This was my third time fishing for about 30-40 minutes per trip. I did pull up some line with a new Boss spoon so I'm plus one lol. Usually lose a few lures in the river.

Got a real nice brown lower Niagara. Even with 20lb braid hard to tow against the current and land even after it tired. I think I will do this more often.

Need sustained cold and no wind. The wind can stop ice from forming or break it up. There is also current in the canal. I'll stick to ice in my glass right now. It is very cold today and +2 tomorrow. thursday and Friday back to high of -10. If little wind there should be some ice made.

There are lots in Ontario. I have seen many but they are nocturnal. I have a friend's hunting spot out in Fonthill that I see them all the time right at dark from the deer stand. The tree across from the stand has many holes in it so they nest in it. I have been told they are one of the most common squirrels but because they are nocturnal people don't see them.

I bought this little guy and it is on sale again right now for $59. I love it.It has different amp levels for charging, cycles display between  voltage, amps charging rate and percent complete.

MotoMaster Classic Series 8/4/2A Battery Charger & Maintainer Canadian Tire

Awesome. I wish I had a place of my own to hunt. I have a small atv disc and used to put in foodplots for deer but lost that property for hunting. If I had my own place and it was big enough I would do a lot of that.

I had a tag last year as well so it will be a while for me as well. My brother had 11 points and applied by our hunt camp near kirkland lake and nothing.

Yes...our group of 6 for archey got no tags for the first time in many years. We've shot over 50 moose archery and now we can't go...sucks.