Swift Fifteen wrote:

My buddy's truck is jacked, racked, and stacked with 33" puddle jumpers. No problem getting in anywhere.

Just make sure you are following the rules. Some roads are closed. Also trout doesn’t open for awhile.
 

Hi Shane - Sorry I just haven’t been on a lot. I’ve decided to take it down for now as the boat I was looking at to replace it just isn’t going to cut it yet.

Great larger solo boat. Has some spider cracking but in good shape overall.

Just curious if anyone has an opinion on how this compares to previous Ostrum small packs?

This has been an interesting read. I never give people advice on which side if a lake to paddle on because skill level is such a big factor. On one side conditions are typically better but consequences if you end up in the water are high. On the other it’s the reverse. That risk analysis is a really personal decision.

As for the question of risk on Opeongo. It’s true shoulder seasons are the most concerning. It has had a number of deaths. I was leaving the park as the dive team came in for one of the incidents a decade or so ago and I read Krista’s husband’s account of supporting the rescue in another. So I think it’s a lake with enough risk to take it seriously 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hi Everyone

Quick question - someone posted on another group I belong to that they were fined by a warden in AP because they were off their site orienting themselves for about 15 minutes and had left their food unhung.

My question is specifically about the regs and hanging food. We used to use a blue barrel that we hung. After seeing several videos including one in AP where a bear easily climbed up onto a textbook hung blue barrel and destroyed the barrel getting all the food I decided to look at other options.

I settled on a ursack designed to both prevent bear and rodents. I’ve read several posts on here and realize that people have different opinions about ursacks. I’m good with our decision to go to ursacks.

Here is the thing. Ursacks are designed not to be hung.

So my question is: Does AP actually require a hang (contrary to manufacturers guidelines)? Or it is just that food has to be stored properly?

I’m doing a few days this week in AP and wanted to check if anyone actually knows what the rule says?

This isn’t an Ontario Parks thing. It’s a highway 60 thing. Most of AP outside of Hwy 60 and every park I’ve visited in Northern Ontario does not charge this booking fee. If I remember correctly from the last thread someone asked an OP employee and they said that OP left the decision up to each park or access point? I imagine eventually it will get charged everywhere as they ‘streamline/ standardize l’ things.

Prior owners have said to media that they put in a bid, don’t know why they lost and object to AO having a monopoly.

keg wrote:

Shayne74 wrote:

Did some research on the ursack now. I still see people hanging them as they are NOT scent proof so this may not fully remedy your problem. There's is an alternative called Opsack? ? , that advertises scent proof also. The last thing I would want is a hungry bear , now a pissed bear batting an Ursack around my campsite frustrated he can't get in to it Lol! I've never had an issue with a campsite bear, yet, so I'll continue as we have for now. Bear vault may be best option IMO.

I've used the OPSak for years.  IIRC, the Ursack used to include one, their product for claws, the OPSak to hopefully not need protection from claws.

I haven't done scientific testing but have left the OPSak on the ground in squirrel/racoon areas where there were no good trees without issue.

Of course user error can make them useless, for example sealing the bag with fish on your hands.

p.s.  I  recall there are different designes of Ursacks, one for critters and one for bears.

So for people unfamiliar, the Opsak is designed to go inside something else (like a ursack). No, a ursack isn’t scent proof. Neither is a blue barrel.

And ursack now has a version that is good for both critters and bears.