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Very well... best wishes for 2021.

This should clear matters up.

thanks for the good words...don't mind the resident a hole

Nah, it's all good... you know that Trooper and George Straight agree... "I'm here for a good time, not a long time." LOL.

That's good.

You'll find out very quickly that super sonic enema and a few others stop in from time to time, embarrass themselves and are usually run off for a while.

Stand by and you will see what I mean.

I worked in a career for 35 years that demanded reading people quickly and accurately... I have a good handle on how the landscape lays...

Are they retarded?

MarineHawk;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the day was a decent one for you and all in your world who matter are well.

While I'm not wabigoon, I do like to fish and swim with the very best stones, so am an avid and habitual user of a PFD any time I'm in a boat, canoe or kayak.

This is the last information I was able to find about fishing folks drowning up here - it's from 2009 so likely if anything there's more folks out on the water now - but that's a guess on my part.

Here's from an article on the subject in the Globe and Mail.

"On a more practical note, it is worth observing that at the start of a new fishing season, many men also go fishing and never come home.

Fishing may be relaxing, it may be fun, or it may be work for some. But fishing is also the activity most frequently associated with drowning and other water-related fatalities.

In the decade from 1991-2000, there were 5,900 water-related deaths in Canada; of that total, 889 died fishing.

More fishers drown than swimmers. And more fishers die than power boaters, canoeists, scuba divers, sailors and kayakers combined."

Anyways sir, I for one see a PFD as part of my fishing gear and kudos to you all for taking what I believe to be a sensible approach to not becoming a statistic.

All the best to you all.

Dwayne

Yep, I'll keep a 26-30"er from cold water.

Conversely, I don't eat our perch in summer (wormy).

TFF !!

& for what it's worth, I agree with you.

in my case they had access to migrate between the lake and the big lake, looked different and tasted very good

you can always buy his comic book, order direct from Charmin

Now, now !

I'm stocked up. Been layin it away !

Piles of goodness !

When I need to poke the bear, they stay down !

Yep! I have been fishing Canada for at least 50 years including places mentioned like Brockville and La Verendrye. Early on everyone up there referred to walleye as pickerel. Now that has changed.

I also remember everyone hated pike and they killed them because they were "trash fish" and "ate walleye". I loved to catch them. How could anyone not like catching a 10 to 15 pound fresh water fish that fought like them?

I started eating pike about 20 years ago while staying at a lodge in Quebec. The operator would take 8 to 12 pound pike and debone the meat, cut it in cubes and deep fry it. Done that way pike is delicious.

yer gonna need a lot of fry oil and lemon for that

Until the border closed we went pike fishing in Alberta every year for the last 20. Its a catch and release lake but one evening you are allowed to keep one fish under 6 pounds-invariably a male at that size. The lodge owner would filet and fry them up. I absolutely won't eat fish with fins...but I made a once yearly exception for that! It was excellent. Every bit as good as any walleye I ever had back when I was eating fish.

I like to make lemonade from lemons. With the reduced pressure on fish and game for a year or two, numbers will rise. Certainly, the downside is the businesses who depend on tourism will suffer. Some have already gone out of business and more are heading down that road. Humans are resilient however. We will bounce back.

We will welcome you back soon. Keep the faith. Hooah!

Would love to have you guys abbydog. Hard to say whats going to happen at this point. The Yukon Govt announced today that 21K people have been vaccinated as of today ( March 5th) so thats a positive since our total population is only about 35K The fact that its an election year here might help as well, but the truth is, at this point we just dont know if the border will be open for the the 21 season or not. All we can say with any confidence is that anyone who has a booking with Grizzly Creek lodge for the 21 season will get first choice of dates for 22 if it comes to that. One of Yukon's best kept secrets is big pike.....real big pike. 40 plus inchers are quite common.