When I called and asked in great disbelief (I'm from BC, we've been able to do this for years) the lady said the official rumor is 2020, but no one "in the know" is very hopeful about that target date...

She asked if I was still there because I was staring at my phone in disbelief. 

Craiger05 wrote:

For anyone with kids (or a thing for chocolate) the XL size kinder eggs have a plastic case inside that is PERFECT for holding a standard size (3x AAA) headlamp, crush resistant, light, pretty waterproof, and most importantly, guarantees your switch won't get bumped on inside your pack!

Petzl Tikka goes in great! 

Oooooo a reason for Kinder eggs.. :-)
 

I use them for work and gave up with the recreational models years ago. Unfortunately my current one is on my hardhat at work but I get them from industrial supply stores. Waterproof (side effect of intrinsically safe). It doesn't have tilt or red but that's a good thing in my world. Tilt breaks and I hate having to scroll through red and strobe to get what I want. Mine has high/low/off. $20 in 2013??? it gets used often for 12 hours at a time 21 days in a row. I get 3-5 shifts out of a pair of AAA's on high. Low is fine for walking around a site and not tripping on things, I only really use high in full dark (mines) or high contrast areas, ie looking into a dark place from a well lit area. Used on low it lasts too long to really notice when I change the batts sorry.
Energizer comes to mind but... gah... Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.

Hi All. A few questions for those that fish the lakes of Algonquin.

First me, The last time I caught something was a 45lb Chinook back in 85 the summer before I needed to start buying fishing licences. My parents were huge into salmon fishing. I still hate salmon, yucky lol. Did you know if 4 people limit out you can put more fish in a freezer than moose meat? I got a line wet last year on the Grand but didn't get any interest. This year I qualify as an Ont. resident so I'll buy my 3rd licence in my lifetime. Second Ont one.

I have no great desire to C/R for fun. My intention is to try and catch dinner so I'll only be releasing illegals. Due to my Dad getting my oldest hooked on Rainbows I'm adapt at C/R with them, I assume the rest are the same. 

My question, What makes a decent eating fish? I'll mostly be on Linda, but Bruce is apparently stocked with splake so I may portage back if the hive mind thinks it's worth it. (I hope naming lakes in this context is ok???) 
Cooking will be tinfoil over a fire.
Bigger question for this idiot lol. What do I put on the string to target the prefered food fish? I have no trouble targeting non trout if it's going to taste ok. 
Method will be from my kayak mostly with maybe a few tries from shore if I can't seem to get fishing from the boat figured out.

Any non obvious Algonquin rules I should know? Compared to BC your regs are a pain in the bum to understand, and I often had trouble with them if I got talked into taking my daughter without Grandpa. I much prefered to drive the boat and go over the side with a full tank of air while they tried to tease fish into the boat.

Last but not least, any absolute Do Not's?

And old wetcoast scouting trick for fire soot.
Rub a bar of ivory soap over your pots before use. The soot rinses right off. 

I have no experience with neoprene socks but I've SCUBA for years. I use my dive boots for kayaking in cold weather or "yucky" launches. A few things I can offer that may be of help.

Neoprene is sorta mostly a one way valve. For diving it lets the water in but not out, some outdoor and kayak gear it's made the other way around giving you some warmth and remaining water resist. My knowledge of thermodynamics is too rusty to explain why it's warmer trapping the water in than out but it is. Once they're wet they're wet. My boots take 24-72 hours to dry after a dive. They take 5 min to soak at the surface so I often can get in and out of my boat with dry feet. It's almost instant at 10' deep. At least in the case of dive boots stepping to my knees doesn't let water in the top of them, but they fit tight. 

I haven't used them for a long portage yet but intend to on my maiden trip into Algonquin in June. However I've spent all day in them on multi dive days and it's not horrible.... but you're happy to be out of them and dry off your feet at the end of a day. Only time I've been cold is when the water first seeps in (2-5 min warm up time depending on air/water temp) or when ocean temps were in the low 40's, if you're getting into the 30's go with a dry suit. 

As for buying them, I'd try a dive store first, but that's my background. 

Hope that helps.