gazjon5

Yep i know, been back for a few walks over old permissions when i have been over there, didnt see a single rabbit, and warrens that i ferreted for 20 odd years had totally disappeared, pretty sad really

I've been lucky enough to hunt plenty of things over here i never dreamed of back when i was in the uk, (moose, bear, elk / wapiti, deer, coyote, wolf, lynx, beaver), but i do miss a mornings ferreting or heading out with the longnets after dark.

Ice season over here hasnt really kicked off @mackem, we had the most snow in 30 years in December, the weight of the snow is causing flood water on top of the ice on most lakes, makes driving on risky and fishing in it miserable...

I know over here the geese numbers were well down as well, they are saying bird flu in the arctic hit them hard.

You and me both pal, up to minus 20 / 25 isnt to bad with normal winter gear (depending on wind), colder than that you have to be a special type of stupid to want to spend much time outside here

Sorry Blackmag i missed this when u quoted me. Yep it sure is, it could be 0 deg C, or it could be minus 40 lol. Ducks and geese are long gone by then here!

A golf ball size spawn sack full of salmon roe can be deadly for the sturgeon in the Fraser river, but if i had to use just 1 bait year round for those big sturgeon it would be lamprey. And not a whole lamprey or big piece either, most people only use them in around 3" pieces...

Did our yearly trip to the Fraser, was a brutal trip to be fair with it pissing down, cold and windy most of the 4 days we were there. Only had two small salmon and no sturgeon over the first 3 days, but got into fish on the last day fishing the harrison rive. We ended up with a couple of salmon and 4 sturgeon over 6ft on day four, biggest 2 went 7ft 8" and 7ft 3"

Strong prescribed medication is my guess.....