DECEMBER 29TH,2008

HELLO FROM GRUMP& GRUMPY!!

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UP COMING ICE FISHING SEASON STARTING JANUARY 1ST,2009!!!

THE WEATHER IN AND AROUND LAKE NIPISSING TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST THIS PAST SUNDAY,AS EIGHTY KILOMETER AN HOUR WINDS ROCKED THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE HIGH WINDS AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES REALLY PUT A DAMPER ON SNOW CONDITIONS. CREEKS IN THE AREA WERE OVERFLOWING, AND LARGE POOLS OF WATER WERE SEEN ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LAKE.

 FOR A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR ICE HUT(S) OUT EARLY, IT TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE COSTLY. NUMEROUS HUTS WERE OBSERVED BLOWING ACROSS NIPISSING. SOME HUTS ENDED UP STUCK IN PRESSURE CRACKS, FLIPPED OVER IN LARGE POOLS OF WATER OR, DEMOLISHED AS THEY HIT THE SHORELINE. WE HAD SUFFERED THE SAME FATE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WINDS.  

THIS YEAR WE WERE PATIENT AND AS OF TODAY, WE STARTED PLACING OUR HUTS ON THE BIG POND. CONDITIONS ON THE LAKE ARE FAIRLY GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE LACK OF SNOW ON THE ICE. WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS CROSSING THE FIRST PRESSURE CRACK AS IT APPEARED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THROUGHT THE DAY. 

WE STARTED TO FEED THE FISH AS THE FIRST CHUM WENT DOWN THE HOLE TODAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO DRAW IN THOSE BIG WHITIES THAT CRUISE THE SANDFLATS ALONG THE NORTH BAY SHORELINE.

 PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR OUTDOORS CARD TO ENSURE YOU HAVE A VALID LICENCE FOR 2009.

BEFORE YOU VENTURE ON ANY  BODY OF WATER,DO YOUR RESEARCH TO ENSURE CONDITIONS ARE SAFE FOR ANY TYPE OF TRAVELLING.

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!! BE SAFE!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!

GRUMP&GRUMPY