The new scene was the result of a quick continuous improvement
meeting with FoF Webmaster TJ Quesnel on Friday February 6th 2009 … looking for a winter scene for this purpose.
The scene portrays the results of a successful ice fishing event at my son Kevin’s cottage on the south shore of Lake Nippising last spring. My grandson Greg age six at the time landed this 11-lb-6 ounce Northern Pike…through a six-inch hole. Impossible you might think…yet as the story goes once Greg got the monster started up the hole… the fish literally swam right up onto the ice. Family dog Tate was perhaps the most surprised!
As the old saying goes “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”, my passion is trapping & hunting still I dearly love to fish…my son Kevin in his youth loved to help me trap. Has deer and moose hunted with me annually over the past 25 years and fished with me since he was a youngster. Seems Greg is following in our footsteps, which makes father and grandfather very proud.
I love this picture of Greg when he was age 5…refusing to leave the dock in the evening…just in case another hungry rock bass may be lurking for a bite. I remember the feeling well; in spite of the fact that rock bass fishing for me lost its lustre about 58 years ago!
This little story that I share, I’m sure is typical of happy events as such shared by many millions (members of families) throughout the ‘Outdoors Heritage Community’. Too me this underscores the importance of the Canadian Outdoors Caucus efforts towards keeping our precious, traditional outdoors heritage activities and cultures alive.
FoF is proud to be part of the OCAC and for the benefit of all…encourages everyone who cares as I do, to support this unprecedented effort on our behalf as well.
For more information FoF invites you and your many friends to visit the Outdoors Caucus page on this website.
Please take advantage of your opportunities to conserve, share and enjoy our great outdoors!
Sincerely,
Eldon Hawton
President & Founding Member
Friends of Fur
meeting with FoF Webmaster TJ Quesnel on Friday February 6th 2009 … looking for a winter scene for this purpose.The scene portrays the results of a successful ice fishing event at my son Kevin’s cottage on the south shore of Lake Nippising last spring. My grandson Greg age six at the time landed this 11-lb-6 ounce Northern Pike…through a six-inch hole. Impossible you might think…yet as the story goes once Greg got the monster started up the hole… the fish literally swam right up onto the ice. Family dog Tate was perhaps the most surprised!
As the old saying goes “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”, my passion is trapping & hunting still I dearly love to fish…my son Kevin in his youth loved to help me trap. Has deer and moose hunted with me annually over the past 25 years and fished with me since he was a youngster. Seems Greg is following in our footsteps, which makes father and grandfather very proud.
I love this picture of Greg when he was age 5…refusing to leave the dock in the evening…just in case another hungry rock bass may be lurking for a bite. I remember the feeling well; in spite of the fact that rock bass fishing for me lost its lustre about 58 years ago!This little story that I share, I’m sure is typical of happy events as such shared by many millions (members of families) throughout the ‘Outdoors Heritage Community’. Too me this underscores the importance of the Canadian Outdoors Caucus efforts towards keeping our precious, traditional outdoors heritage activities and cultures alive.
FoF is proud to be part of the OCAC and for the benefit of all…encourages everyone who cares as I do, to support this unprecedented effort on our behalf as well.
For more information FoF invites you and your many friends to visit the Outdoors Caucus page on this website.
Please take advantage of your opportunities to conserve, share and enjoy our great outdoors!
Sincerely,
Eldon Hawton
President & Founding Member
Friends of Fur
