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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, January 10, 2009 SPORTS | 17 »THE NOT-SO-GREAT OUTDOORSMAN | STEVE GALEA Finding the right prompts to head out ice fishing In central Ontario, where I live, ice fishing season has begun in earnest. Most lakes have eight to 10 inches of safe ice and, among my circle of friends, a few good fish have already been caught since the season opener on Jan. 1. Every day, someone calls to tell another fish story. Despite this, I have yet to wet a line. It’s not that I don’t like ice fishing, because I actually do. But there is a certain mindset you have to get into before you can convince yourself to drop all the work you need to do in order to spend a day drilling holes and jigging lures out on the open ice. This frame of mind is basically borne of the realization that the SAVE 50%* ACT NOW AND WE’LL THROW IN SOME BOUNDLESS ENERGY. There’s never been a better time to get yourself back. Join Herbal Magic by January 25th and save 50% on our weight loss services.* Learn more at herbalmagic.com or at a centre near you. Medical Cross Reference | Naturalpathic Doctors Scientific Resource Team | Pharmacist Successful Weightloss and Management Programs www.herbalmagic.ca 519-669-9299 25 Industrial Dr. Unit 6, ELMIRA Hours: Mon. Wed. Fri.: 8am - 6pm, Tues. Thurs.: 9am - 5pm, Sat.: 9am - 12pm Submitting Sports Scores has never been so easy WATCH FOR IT! 3 Different Ways to Submit 1. Online www.ObserverXtra.com 2. Email jmiltenburg@woolwichobserver.com 3. Phone Joni @ 519-669-5790 ext. 101 Visit us online at: www.ObserverXtra.com snowshoe hare hunting is too tough right now, the driveway needs shoveling again, there’s no way to slip another new gun or fly rod into the house, and your wife might ask for a foot rub at any minute. As I write this, I recognize that I’m very close to attaining that desperate mental state. In the last day or two, I have started to do certain things automatically. Last night, for instance, I found myself checking line and transferring several reels to the small ice fishing rods that I use this time of year. This morning, my fingers were sorting through jigging spoons even before my second cup of coffee was poured from the thermos I’m testing. And now, as I type this sentence, my snowmobile suit is hanging from the door, begging me to don it once again, just to ensure that it still fits. I’m trying to resist, honest, I am, but the open ice is a seductive siren that calls out, “Lake trout! Come get some lake trout!” That’s because this is the only thing that you can clearly remember from last season. You don’t recollect the frozen fingers or the backbreaking work of drilling multiple holes with a dull hand auger. You certainly don’t have any memories of hours spent jigging like an automaton or watching set lines as unwieldy snotsicles form on your upper lip. If you did, you’d probably take up a more sensible hobby like hibernation. In place of these memories, you vividly remember the best laker of the year – its sleek graceful form, exactly where it hit, what lure you were using, what jigging sequence you were trying, how deep you were fishing, and who was there to witness the blessed event. And, then you smile as you recall the way it danced, both on CENTRAL VAC PLUS A DIVISION OF DORKING GENERAL STORE LTD. DORKING ONTARIO 519-698-2605 FAX: 519-698-9919 • TOLL FREE: 1-888-219-3338 the ice and, later, in the frying pan. All this is indelibly etched in your mind. With all these things dancing in your head, you can finally justify why you have put aside a busy schedule to make a mental inventory that asks, among other things, where your fourinch auger is. After that, it’s a slippery slope to the point where you find yourself debating which lake you’ll make your second home this winter. Or which old rods and lures will get the green light the first time out. So, you surrender and sort through winters of experience, smile as you polish up that killer lure, and decide that the day has finally arrived. Even now, I’m thinking about how long it might take me to gather all the gear I need for that first, all-important expedition of the year. I figure an hour at the most. Fifteen minutes, if I hear the phrase “foot rub.” BEAMCANADA.COM Dealer may sell for less. Look for the new 2009 Township Waste Collection Calendar Information on new services to start March 2009 for North Dumfries, Wilmot and Wellesley New format – a 13 month calendar! To be delivered to your home in January www.region.waterloo.on.ca/waste 519-883-5100
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