Catch of the day!I

"I am Quato, You must open your minds...OPEN YOUR MINDS!"

"Let that one go. He's my cousin"

Top Ten Beer Guts Online!

Balance, Pride, and Poise. The full package.

You don't want to see the rear view.

My Gut is SOOOO Big. My Gut is SOOOO Full. Mmmmmm, I'm the Biggest Guttiest Man Around!

"Ah shit... this is DEFINITELY ending up on the internet."

"Just contemplating where my belly button went"

"Make sure it's a DOUBLE BURGER...with BACON...hot greasy bacon to shine up my mullet"

That is only 6 guts, but I believe that may be too many. Far too many. Let these guts be a warning to you all out there. Or an inspiration. I'll let you decide.

Beware the Ides of March

Top Ten Cuban Buffet Delights...

1.  Mayo/cheese combo after two hours in the heat and a nice protective film has formed. Chunky and shiny and creamy...Yum.
2. Hairs. If it grows on the human body, you will find it in the buffet. You may be lucky enough to find a few different colours and types in your breakfast. Omelets with ginger pubes and black beard hairs anyone?
3. Surprise Casseroles. Do you like to know exactly what you are eating? Well, avoid the surprise casserole, because it is a mix of several previous meals, usually enhanced with sliced hotdogs and re-hydrated with suntanning oil and pig's blood.
4. Fruit. Perhaps it is the lack of American supplied super-fertilizers, but the fruit tends to be very bland and dry. Just how some people LOVE their fruit: bland and dry. YUM. The oranges and grapefruits were better, but usually covered in beard hair...
5. Solid blocks of salt. Have you ever seen a salt shaker with rice in it so it doesn't clump? Well, nobody in Cuba has. I recommend just pouring sea water over the food to enhance the flavours. 
6. The tap water. You may be carefully drinking bottled water all the time, but at the buffet it is in everything. Maybe it is safe to drink, maybe you get worms. Either way, make sure you try some of the food swimming in water.
7. Fried fish. This was freshly grilled right in front of you and it was usually really good. Fresh and tasty. Most of the fresh grilled food was really good and provided lots of sandwich material. So don't despair.
8. Greasy breaded sausage balls. I didn't know that sausages grew balls, but these little treats were a decent sponge for mid morning alcohol.
9. A mountain of hard boiled eggs, covered in katchup and mustard, artistically sprayed in overlapping patterns on top of the egg pile. What a sight to behold!
10. Sliced hotdogs floating in water. It may have been some other liquid, but I never found out. This dish reappeared daily, usually after the outdoor hotdog grilling station closed, so you can draw your own conclusions. 

Despite the overwhelming amount of questionable, inedible, and just plain gross food options, there were some bright spots. For example, the burger stand in town offered $1.20 hamburgesas made from some sort of pork/beef blend  that were pretty good. And at the 'a la carte' dinner i had some decent steaks and shrimps. The beer was always cold and fresh. The service was excellent, better from the bartenders than the wait staff, but everyone was polite and helpful. Overall, an excellent vacation destination, just prepare to lose some weight.

Buenos Dias

Hot or Not?

The Rare Grand Lake Horny Burbot.

Cuban version of Clamato. Contains frog meat.

Almost March...Syrup Time!

It has been non-stop ice fishing for the past 2 months in New Brunswick. Been fishing day and night for many different species, including: Burbot, Eastern Chain Pickeral, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Tommy Cod, Smelt, Chub, and Catfish.

Been getting lots of fish around the Grand Lake area and meeting lots of new fishing buddies.

I also found time to go to Cuba for a very nice week of relaxing and warming up down there. Caught some small fish in the canal and made some fishing friends as well. WARNING: do not eat the sliced hotdogs floating in water, either those at the buffet or the ones in the canals.

Looking forward to spring and the maple syrup season. Going to tap a few trees down at the farm and make some tasty maple goodness.

Keep your lines in the water!

Hunting in Stanley, New Brunswick: November 2012,

 Dad baked a pie in the old wood fired stove.
Everyone needed to get pictures on their i phones...
We got a deer early in the week.
There were lots of birds too.

 Happy Hunting!

Some MORE Fish photos...

Big Pike, Walleye, and a Smallmouth Bass.

All caught at Sabourin Lake Lodge during the summer of 2012.

Dirty beards and big smiles!

The Winds of Change

Very nice blue ling cod.

a nice 'relaxing' day on the water.

October is here and I'm not hunting ducks in New Brunswick...
Too bad. I'm pulling nails and growing a gut.
Finished pulling the nails today, so maybe I can start working on the gut too.
It was a long and eventful summer and fall. Lots of fishing and time with friends. Here on Galiano, and also in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and north Ontario.
I've been out shooting my bow a lot the past few weeks, and I'm actually hitting the target again. Shot a 252 and 253 today, if that means anything to anybody.
Went fishing for cod in a 22 foot sail boat last week and caught 6 nice ones/ One big ling, 3 rock cod, and 2 snapper. We drove home with a 10hp engine under the full moon and bbq'ed the snapper with lemon pepper on the back of the boat on a sea-b-q. There were six of us on the boat, and pretty well everyone fell asleep by the end of the day on the boat.