It should be an exciting year. My house is done. I've moved in a lot of my stuff over the winter months. The deck, the final bit of construction, was finished a week ago. Mind you, I have a ton of work planned for around the property, but the house proper is done.As far as fishing goes...........it's going to be interesting. The main species to be found in Dunlop are, Lake Trout, Pickerel, Whitefish, and Smallmouth Bass. 3 of the 4 I have never fished for. I know ( in theory ) how to get at them............but will see if that translates into practice. Regardless......I am very eager to try. There is still lots of ice to melt. Three feet as of last weekend on Dunlop. However, the huts are starting to come off............which is a good sign.
If what I have been told is correct, I maybe able to simply wade out from more shoreline to hit some fish. We are in a shallow bay. The entrance to which has a nice drop off. It is very easy to wade out to the drop off. Certainly with the scant effort I have put in on the lake so far, I have pulled out bass from the bay in the early season. As for the other species, we will see. I can't see why the early spring shouldn't be productive from there, but I have a number of optional plans standing by.
Later this summer...........that will be the test I would think. Given the size of the lake, and the habits of the fish, I'm going to need something a little more suitable than my pontoon. Of course, if something pops up and I can't afford a boat this year, I have a couple of other local troutish lakes to toon.
I finally figured out my health issues. The back and the other shit I whine about that has left me debilitated? Lyme disease. Which is a good news, really fucking bad news scenario, Good news....well, since I now know what the problem is, I can try to treat it. One of the reasons all attempts to rehab my back through physio and such failed, was because we weren't treating the right problem. The pain was caused by chronic inflammation and no amount of rehab was going to rectify that. Bad news? Lyme is a nightmare of a disease, and pretty much impossible to get rid of once it has established itself. There is no cure once that has happened. Mainstream medicine is at odds with the science surrounding Lyme, which is tragic, but hardly uncommon. For instance, often you'll hear about ticks transmitting Lyme. They do. They are actually an extremely effective way for the Lyme causing spirochetes to bypass our bodies natural defenses. However, the account for a relatively small proportion of infections. What you don't hear, is that live spirochetes can be found in urine, tears, semen, transmitted by mosquitoes. Can be transmitted from mother to unborn child, through breast milk.......etc. This is true not just for humans, but also the animals they infect.
Lyme is a complete bitch. It completely fucks up your life, in oh so many ways. The symptom list for it is pages long, and has an absolutely bizarre range. For myself, just a couple of notable constants ( besides the back agony ) are: absolutely insane arthritic pain in my hips, common nausea, a digestive tract that can't handle most foods, blistering migraines, one skin rash I have had for a decade, another known as 'blistering lesions' which comes and goes, light sensitivity ( no television EVER ), hyperacusis.....so no music. EVER.
Back to the good news part though. At least there are some treatment options. Anyone going the allopathic route will find the only option is anti-biotics. In Canada, the length one can be prescribed those is most often insufficient to do the jobs. Lyme sufferers in other countries may end up taking them for YEARS. This is notably hard on our bodies. There are also natural medicines which a ( scientifically ) proven effective against spirochetes. That is the method open to me. So far in the month that I have implemented a ( Stephen Buhner ) protocol I have seen some very promising results. This should translate to less time feeling like a bag of crap, and more time on the water.
