Gator

My kid is 16 and it's been a great winter to learn to drive. It reminds me of my Dad setting up orange cones in the P&C parking lot in Bath and handing me the keys for the beater truck with the roll bars...which came in handy once or twice. Growing up redneck isn't a bad thing .

The auditorium at the SAU wasn't overflowing last night, but there was a good representative showing of ~50 or so, maybe a few more. The guys from across the border had an interesting presentation on walleye migrations tracked through telemetry, but other than the cool factor I'm not sure of the bottom line. Fish go into Quinte during the winter and come out into the lake during the summer. Anyway, they're doing it again this year, so if you catch a tagged walleye up there, don't eat the transmitter! (try to release the fish if you can, of course). Otherwise, the printed synopsis reflected the presentation almost point-by-point. The fish are healthy, we had a record hatch of alewives in 2016 following two (cold) years of record low recruitment, so the bait's out there...with some potentially interesting differences between the US and Canada, which is now included in the trawls...and not many folks made it out last year because of the record water, but for those that did, it was banner fishing. That's the nutshell version, I'm sure I missed stuff.

Me, too! It seems obvious in retrospect what you meant, I think it's my fuzzy head this morning. A pail full of perch should help to clear it out.

Nicely done, Rob. Are you looking at submitting some version of this to GLA or similar magazine? I had one spot of confusion, regarding "Big Jon Otter Boats are a great big board but there are many on the market". I wasn't sure what you meant, or whether the but should simply be an and.

I'm with you guys! Mass media, instant cultural homogenization, and everybody has the recipe. The reason it keeps happening is because we're telling everyone exactly what to do. It's not just kids who are lemmings. Monkey see, monkey do. That's most of us, me included at times. As for how all this is going to play out on gun manufacturers, I think it's impossible to predict. The pundits didn't expect gun sales to skyrocket like they did with Omaba or plummet with Trump.

I'm not advocating for more gun laws. And I'm not pushing for greater restrictions. I'm just listening now, trying to figure stuff out...a measured response (if at all). But what gets me about this latest shooting is the same thing that gets me about America's "conversation on sexual harassment". The term that comes to mind is weaponized outrage. Folks are so mad they can't see straight. It's scary, because there's been some ugly, nasty stuff done throughout history by people in the throes of righteous indignation. I wish the talking heads would stop spinning this stuff for political gain and have a real conversation.

Could one of you guys make a batch and deliver them to me? Jim may be chronologically differently-abled, but I'm just lazy. Anybody want to try navigating what's left of the ice with this snow on top of it? Please, let me know where you're fishing. I'll meet you there. And collect your gear . Seriously though, I doubt anybody would go out at this point, but can you imagine what it'd be like if we still had ice? What a mess! I think I'm fishing a kayak this weekend because it's the only boat I'm likely to be able to get near the water.

I'm glad he didn't crack a grin this time. Had me worried there.

Casting from shore, I hope! We took the dog for a walk yesterday at the North end. I can't believe that the ice has gone so fast. There's LOTS of water coming off the mountain, and every little stream has opened up a big chunk of real estate. I honestly think that you might be able to throw Cleos by this coming weekend.

I don't think he's smiling, I think he's passing gas...

Scary looking crew you have there! Glad you made it work today.