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#1 JoeJ

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Posted 16 March 2017 - 03:31 PM

;-)Hello,

Read the rules and may PM members for advice on areas.

 

I'm past 70 years of age, as are my younger brothers but we have been visiting Ontario for well over 60 years and know some areas quite well.  Started going up the Graham road following the loggers and got to several lakes portaging, which now hold fly-in cabins and have been off limits to those that punched trails in decades ago.  Not complaining - just facts of life.

 

We have a tent and a cook shack - up until 4 years ago, we put up A-frames for our cook shack but a pop-up is quicker, easier and same size year after year.  ;-)  We definitely prefer driving to a campsite or something resembling a campsite.  We have a portable refrigerator and really dislike carrying that puppy any distance.  We utilize a bear fence, bag everything and when we break camp - the area is cleaner than when we arrived - anything brought in - goes out with us.  ThermaCells in camp and Bushman on the trails are used to keep mosquitos at bay.  

 

We are walleye fisherman but will catch and release anything that comes along.  We keep no fish for take home, just keep 2 small walleyes for supper for the 3 of us and everything else goes back in for the next guy.  We have been with locals who complain about returning big Jacks, as the big Jacks eat big & small walleyes - unless they kill them, we release them back into the water.

 

We use to pick up a loaded 16' Lund with a 20hp Merc and walk up to 1/3 of a mile with it - now days we cut a poplar into 30" rolling logs and push the 16' Lund w/4 stroke 20hp Honda maybe 100 yards if necessary - age has its benefits but strength isn't one of them.

 

We are thinking about trying a new area this spring - roads going north out of Dryden.  My vehicle is a '95 Landcruiser, 35' tires, armored, lockers, on-board air, 2-meter rig, 12K winch - sometimes it takes awhile to get there but if it's possible, we'll give it a go.  


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#2 Guest_tossing iron_*

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Posted 16 March 2017 - 04:16 PM

Great intro Joe J.
70 yrs young.
And still enjoying the urge.

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#3 PUMP KNOWS

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Posted 18 March 2017 - 04:56 PM

Welcome to OFF!

 

Share some pics of your next outing with us, I bet a lot of members would like to see


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#4 JoeJ

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Posted 26 March 2017 - 03:01 PM

Nothing much different than what most of you probably do/done.  Here's a few of the past few years, from A-frame to pop-up.

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