A Quick Trip In The SIB

prairie tuber · 23 June 2008, 07:22

Got away from work yesterday afternoon and had to be back this evening. Not much time, but I managed to get a nice quick fishing photograpy trip in with a buddy. The round trip with the boat was about 175 kilometers, which consumed approximately 65 litres of gas and about 1 litre of 2 stroke oil. Weather varied from very warm and sunny to partly cloudy to torrential downpours. Caught a few fish (all northern pike which we released) and had a good time. Here are some (untouched) photos I took;

BumbleAbout · 23 June 2008, 08:19

Great photos - and that's a serious amount of kit you are carrying !

Andy JC · 23 June 2008, 11:28

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Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

Great photos - and that's a serious amount of kit you are carrying !

Too right, where in the hell do you both sit?

Must be a bit cosy in there!

prairie tuber · 23 June 2008, 12:30

Actually we both had alot of leg room. The amount of kit (which was about quadruple what we needed - other than fuel) was due to a couple of factors. I had some extra experimental gear that I wanted to try. The friend I brought is still pretty new to overnight camping he brought pretty much his whole apartment wit him (there probably was a kitchen sink in there). I didn't have the time to sort through his stuff before leaving (I had to work earlier in the day, and since we had the space, I just told him to throw it in & we'll sort through it once were out there.

Clipper · 23 June 2008, 12:38

that country is breath-taking! wow, do you ever see bears?

prairie tuber · 23 June 2008, 12:49

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Originally Posted by Clipper

that country is breath-taking! wow, do you ever see bears?

Quite frequently yes (much more frequently when during I have bait sites set out

).

jyasaki · 23 June 2008, 16:11

Pretty area. Thanks for the pics.

jky

m chappelow · 23 June 2008, 21:51

great pics makes the north sea look really grim. not too many bears there either .

dverstege · 23 June 2008, 22:37

Great pics. Dream trip was to go to James Bay for holidays next year. Your pics gave me a second choice. Not only that can visit my cousin there.

BumbleAbout · 24 June 2008, 08:41

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Originally Posted by prairie tuber

Quite frequently yes (much more frequently when during I have bait sites set out

).

So an A-frame with a gun rack isn't such a bad idea then ?

prairie tuber · 25 June 2008, 13:07

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Originally Posted by dverstege

Great pics. Dream trip was to go to James Bay for holidays next year. Your pics gave me a second choice. Not only that can visit my cousin there.

If you head out this way, give me a heads up & we'll go boating.

prairie tuber · 25 June 2008, 13:37

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Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

So an A-frame with a gun rack isn't such a bad idea then ?

This is strictly black bear country, where for the most part if you take basic precautions such as keeping a very clean camp, cooking at some distance from your sleeping area and hanging your food high in an airtight container, you should be OK. Never bring food into your tent. I do carry a can of bear spray (cayenne pepper) with me as a precaution - not as effective as a firearm, but within Manitoba's provincial parks, you are only allowed to have firearms with you during big game seasons.

If I were in Grizzly or Polar bear territory, I would definitely keep a firearm with me. Ideally a 12 guage loaded with slugs & 00 shotshells alternating.

Glaerox · 03 July 2008, 20:47

Nice photo's!

im very jealous on the country you life... Here in Holland everything is flat and there are no rivers likt that.

But also cought a nice fish last monday...hope you dont mind posting it in this threat.

prairie tuber · 04 July 2008, 03:39

Nice one Glaerox. That looks to be a carp of some type. Are they a popular fish to eat in the Netherlands? I've read that there are alot of huge Northern Pike are in some of the waters of the Netherlands.

Glaerox · 13 July 2008, 07:50

Yes, it is a sort carp, in dutch called: blankvoorn. englisch called roach or minnow (wikipedia). The most fish are all set back to water after catching. They taste like sh*t

But all the polish people how work here, catch them and eat them. At the moment there are so many polish people fishing in the dutch waters, that soms fish getting very rare!

There sure swims a lot of pike in the dutch waters. And they could get about 1.40! the largest I ever catcht was about 1.15. The beast cut trough my metal underline after getting it on shore!

The last 10 years i did not fish on pike anymore

bu with my new boat i sure will try it soon!

markg · 13 July 2008, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Glaerox

Yes, it is a sort carp, in dutch called: blankvoorn. englisch called roach or minnow (wikipedia)

looks more like a fish that we call chub, than a roach, similar fish but bigger and with a wider mouth and definitely not similar to an english minnow, they rarely get bigger than two or three inches

dverstege · 13 July 2008, 22:45

I know about overfishing coming from Newfoundland and the cod moratorium. It’s a shame that people will push the fish stock to the brink of collapse. I was surprised when I was in Holland 6-8 months ago we came across a small fishing fleet and when I asked the weight of there catch they told me 1 hundred pounds. I am use to the weight in 5 tons and up. Now I live in Ontario and boat and sport fish in Lake Simcoe but some thing has happened there and the Carp and some sport fish are dying by the thousands. It seems to be the times we live in and it’s a bet scary.