Kipawa Fishing Forum

Its lunch time and my choices are to drive my truck off a cliff since I'm not going to Canada today or do something fun/productive. Here it is.

So, It has been brought to my attention by another forum member, that there are a lot of people on the forum that are from my neck of the woods. This has gotten me wondering where is everyone from? I have an idea where a lot of the regulars live, but not everyone. This gave me an idea and has prompted me to create a new shared Google Map that we KFF members can add where we all hail from. The map will be able to be edited by you with this link : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14l7M4i9o_Hi5xdfw9v3wadplw-_JTW1G&usp=sharing

Here is the description of the map and the general concept: This map is intend to give KFF members a general idea where we are all from. NOT intend to be exact locations, just general locations for safety purposes. Please do not enter your exact location! If you need me to help add your location, please email me at hodgey1@aol.com and give me your general location and I will add it. Note: We can add other States/Province layers as needed. To add your location, zoom into your general location. Next click in the box to the left of the appropriate layer "State/Province" if there's already a check mark there "the layer is active" just click on the left edge of the State/Province layer and a blue line will light. Next up near the search bar, click on the upside down tear drop duflinky,  your cursor will now have an x on it as you move around the map. Click on the map as to where your general location is and a box will appear, then please tag your general location with your KFF user name and first name if you wish to.

As a side note, there has also been some secret squirrel conversations about having a forum gather at some point in time in the future when Pandemics allows. This map should help get a better idea where it would be best centrally located, if it where ever to happen. I for one would be there! Please feel free to reply as to your thoughts on a possible get together some day

If this map is Successful “ I hope it is " maybe it should become a sticky?

(https://i.imgur.com/Kj8MlG4.jpg)

I gave instructions for using a traditional computer. I just looked at the map on my ipad and it is a different process. Please PM or Email me and I can post the location for you if you have any issues. I think 6 or 7 members have already posted their locations. Great start!

We are up to twelve members on the map!

Link to Members map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14l7M4i9o_Hi5xdfw9v3wadplw-_JTW1G&usp=sharing

Hydetown pa for tree cutter feel free to Post

Thanks @Tree cutter ! You will make 14 people so far.

Add Gary S @ Airville, PA. That's south of York, PA.

Quote from: Gary S on July 26, 2020, 02:52:17 PM
Add Gary S @ Airville, PA. That's south of York, PA.

Thanks @Gary S you’ve been added. 

@Hodgey1  Can't figure out how to add myself so add me in Norton, Ohio.

Quote from: NortonJoe on July 27, 2020, 08:12:53 AM
@Hodgey1  Can't figure out how to add myself so add me in Norton, Ohio.

Hi @NortonJoe you’ve been added. Thanks for participating! You make 20 members on the map.

Hi, Hodgey, Canandaigua,NY.-near Rochester.

Hi Hodgey - Paudash Lake - Near BANCROFT ONTARIO - Thanks, Ray

T-Bird we have a cottage near Paudash we're off of Dyno Road

@Oarin  and @TBIRD you have both been added. Thanks for participating!

Thanks!

Hi Hodgey, easier for the expert to do it. Add me at Avon, Ohio.  Thanks for doing all this !

Quote from: Jig and drift on July 27, 2020, 04:06:48 PM
Hi Hodgey, easier for the expert to do it. Add me at Avon, Ohio.  Thanks for doing all this !

Yup, only takes me a minute or two. You are welcome!

Jig and Drift - hello neighbor we're from Amherst

Outstanding Chazz.  Enjoy this long needed rain today

Hi hodgey:  Map only opens in view (not edit) for me.  Please add me
- Addison, Pa

Quote from: JLG on July 27, 2020, 07:03:59 PM
Hi hodgey:  Map only opens in view (not edit) for me.  Please add me
- Addison, Pa

Hi @JLG , sorry you had problems, I added you to the map. Thanks for participating

Here’s the link again, are other people having issues? I double checked the settings to make sure it said
“anyone with the link can edit”

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14l7M4i9o_Hi5xdfw9v3wadplw-_JTW1G&usp=sharing

Let me know if others are having issues. I have no problem adding people to the map if you runs into issues. I’m glad people want to be involved. Its interesting seeing the map grow and seeing where everyone is from.

Midland Ontario for me Hodgey...Thanks

Thanks Hodgey.  Went into link again and where the link has "edit" in it when the map comes up it says "viewer"  I copied it and attached for you to see.   https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=14l7M4i9o_Hi5xdfw9v3wadplw-_JTW1G&ll=39.70455282240606%2C-79.43517907748569&z=11

Quote from: Goach15 on July 27, 2020, 09:02:18 PM
Midland Ontario for me Hodgey...Thanks

Ahh my old fishing grounds. Been a long time since I fished there...

Quote from: Goach15 on July 27, 2020, 09:02:18 PM
Midland Ontario for me Hodgey...Thanks

Hi @Goach15 , you’ve been added! Thanks.

o.k.
I just added an image to my location pin.
Very easy
Click onto you location pin.
Click the camera
add an image
very easy

I am not positive what the issue might be causing some people to have difficulties editing the map. On my desktop computer it is pretty simple, but when using my iPad it is not. I sent the link to my wife, And then tried to edit the map and was unsuccessful. I have since gone back in and adjusted the settings of the map and hoping that helps.

The other option that has been working well, is for people to post a general location here and then I will add it to the map. Like I’ve mentioned before, that is no problem at all for me to do. People can also email me directly “hodgey1@aol.com” or send a PM here at the forum.

I am enjoying seeing everyone’s  locations populate on the map, it is very interesting to see where everyone is from. No surprise, it appears Ontario is winning with the most members. I am a little surprised that there isn’t any members posted yet from Quebec?

I originally thought michelle was from Quebec but I was wrong.
The only other Quebec member that I know about is crunchie

Oops.... and a few lodge owners

Hi Rhybak! I lived in Thorne, ON from 99-06, then off to Sudbury. I worked in Temiscaming though :)

Hi all, from the Albany, NY, area.

Thanks for setting this up, Hodgy!

Quote from: Ira on July 29, 2020, 09:43:43 AM
Hi all, from the Albany, NY, area.

Thanks for setting this up, Hodgy!

Thanks for participating @Ira 

Hodgey,  guess I'm the closest one to Quebec, only .54 miles from the border.

Capt. Hali.      Andre.

I am on garden lake near chenaux ontario hodgey.

@Captain Hali  and @Ozzy30  thanks for being on board! A lot of people have been added, I'm sure we are over 30 people by now.

I added @NovarDave to the map today. Thanks for joining in on the project ND! While I was adding ND I saw a pin without a name near Cincinnati Ohio. Does anyone know who it may be? I removed it, but more than willing to add it back with a members user name.

Hey Hodgey. I'm going to e-mail you to add me to this map.

Thanks !

Hi, Hodgey,  Please add me to the map.  kipawa4 location, Sandy Lake PA   
Thank you for creating this.

Quote from: kipawa4 on August 01, 2020, 12:48:33 PM
Hi, Hodgey,  Please add me to the map.  kipawa4 location, Sandy Lake PA   
Thank you for creating this.

I did not even need to look that location up, we're nearly country neighbors. Thanks for joining in.

Quote from: bucknbull on August 01, 2020, 12:29:34 PM
Hey Hodgey. I'm going to e-mail you to add me to this map.

Thanks !

@bucknbull you've been added, thanks for participating.

Welcome the first Georgia member to the map @Teach , thanks for joining in.  The furthest distance so far seems to be held by @SgtCrabby  & @Dog  both from Texas. I think I've read before that you guys have been going to Kipawa for years if I recall correctly.  I had to look, almost 1,700 miles! Gezz that's dedication and I've crabbed "excuse the pun" about the traffic on the 400 and how it took an extra hour or so for a 9.5 hour trip. Sgt your trip must take nearly 30 hours with gas and such stops.

Good estimate; 30 hours is a good number (I do stop & sleep overnight).
Last year, I did it towing my boat up (ok, it added a little time)

I can get crabby (pun intended) with the traffic on the 400 too.
:)

Thanks for adding me to the mix sir. 👍

Hodgey, If you could please add another to the Albany ,NY area Thanks Ziggy

Quote from: SgtCrabby on August 01, 2020, 09:19:42 PM
Good estimate; 30 hours is a good number (I do stop & sleep overnight).
Last year, I did it towing my boat up (ok, it added a little time)

I can get crabby (pun intended) with the traffic on the 400 too.
:)

Sgt, how long have you been fishing the Kipawa area? I love Kipawa, but uncertain I could handle the 30hr drives, especially the ride home. I hunted Colorado Elk for a few years which included a 26 hour non-stop drive besides gas stops. UGH

Quote from: bucknbull on August 02, 2020, 07:16:31 AM
Thanks for adding me to the mix sir. 👍

No problem BNB.

Quote from: ziggy6 on August 02, 2020, 07:34:12 AM
Hodgey, If you could please add another to the Albany ,NY area Thanks Ziggy

Zig you are the second from Albany area. You’ve been added and thanks for joining in.

Hodgey-You can add me; from Corbeil, Ontario. Add my brother too, Tulita, NWT.

Hodgey can you add me , from Cambridge On.

@laketrouter and @limacharley you've been added. Thanks for participating!

Lima...do u know Henry/Hensel Bos? He lives at Birch Hill Camp on Nosbonsing. Family has owed it for decades. We went there in ‘92. Guy was a character to say the least. Good time... good lake.

@Tbone-No I've never met him. I don't often fish Nosbonsing. Yes it's a good alternative to Nipissing. Huge Muskie in there.

You Ohio guys might not know this but apparently the old Birch Point Lodge on Hunter's Lake is owned by a group of modern Mennonites from Ohio.
If you ever see some boats in there, you should stop and talk to them. Not sure what part of Ohio. I plan on introducing myself someday as they may need me to keep an eye on the place.
I do that for several cottages on my route.

@Hodgey1 , I believe we've gone to the Kipawa area 8 times (1TBL, and 7 times at Lake Ogascanan.
Dog may correct that number.

2 times before that was at a Lake in Ontario.

Hello All.  I'm brand new to the site.  I go to Kipawa as often as possible, been twice this season so far. 

I stay on Lac Hunter at the old white birch point lodge. 

@Hodgey1 , can you add me to the map?  I'm near Caledonia, Ontario.

Thanks - Crest

Crest-Do you own White Birch Point Lodge or know the owners? I was told there was a group from Ohio that owned that place.

Quote from: Crest on August 06, 2020, 09:25:39 AM
Hello All.  I'm brand new to the site.  I go to Kipawa as often as possible, been twice this season so far. 

@Crest , welcome to the forum and thanks for participating in the map project, you've been added. We are up to 45 members mapped.

Your a lucky dog to get to Kipawa multiple times a year.

Hi LimaCharley - I don't own the lodge.  I know the owner(s).  We've been looking after the place as best we can for them.  Doing the basics in prep for a few small groups to visit over the summer.  There is a small group coming up on the 12th actually and I should be up shortly after that.  From reading posts I'm gathering you own the camp between white birch and kipawa lodge?

@Hodgey1 - it's amazing, the spell that place puts on us eh?

Quote from: Crest on August 06, 2020, 11:10:21 AM
- it's amazing, the spell that place puts on us eh?

It sure does! Love it there and deeply sad that I may not be able to get there this year.

Quote from: Crest on August 06, 2020, 11:10:21 AM
Hi LimaCharley - I don't own the lodge.  I know the owner(s).  We've been looking after the place as best we can for them.  Doing the basics in prep for a few small groups to visit over the summer.  There is a small group coming up on the 12th actually and I should be up shortly after that.  From reading posts I'm gathering you own the camp between white birch and kipawa lodge?

@Hodgey1 - it's amazing, the spell that place puts on us eh?

yes I own the cottage in the northern bay; Canadian flag flying proudly on the dock.

I am a little shocked that the map hasn't turned up one member from Quebec? There are 19 so far from Ontario.

Edit 11:52a: It just dawned on me.....Language barriers. Sometimes I'm a little dense.

Quote from: Hodgey1 on August 10, 2020, 11:44:09 AM
I am a little shocked that the map hasn't turned up one member from Quebec? There are 19 so far from Ontario.

Edit 11:52a: It just dawned on me.....Language barriers. Sometimes I'm a little dense.

Hodgey many residents of Quebec can understand and converse in English just fine. The real question is often whether they actually choose to. Actually as I recall,  by far most of the other fishermen I've chatted with up at Kipawa had English as their mother tongue.

If you want to make it 20 from Ontario I'm from just outside Almonte, a half hour west of Ottawa.

Cheers

@smitty55 makes 20 from Ontario. Thanks for participating smitty!

We now have 43 participants.

(https://i.imgur.com/f0XKlo6.jpg?1)

Hi Hodey,

Please add Dieselgirl  (Janet & Bill)  to Conneaut Lake, PA

Looks like quite a few in NW PA.

Thanks!

Quote from: Dieselgirl on August 11, 2020, 09:04:36 PM
Hi Hodey,

Please add Dieselgirl  (Janet & Bill)  to Conneaut Lake, PA

Looks like quite a few in NW PA.

Thanks!

Another that I Don’t even need to search the map. I am 20 miles away. Thanks for joining in.

Added myself. Only one from near Pittsburgh, PA so far.

Quote from: BigChief on August 13, 2020, 01:00:41 PM
Added myself. Only one from near Pittsburgh, PA so far.

Thanks for joining in @BigChief , you make 11 from Pennsylvania.

Hi Hodgey1.

My wife Erin has added her name with a computer.
Can you add me in Hespeler Ontario?
Having issues at my end..lol.

Thanks

Knuckles..aka Stu

I don't post much anymore but do check in often. I added myself to the map. ignore point 21lol  Heading for Taggart Bay in a week. Cant wait. Probably going to be going more, ordered a new Lund last week. Be here early spring. ;D

Hi Hodgey1, if you're still looking for folks from Quebec, please add this member from Montreal.  Thanks!

Only three of us from NY? I thought there'd be more.

Welcome @knuckles ,  @Jow  and now the first member from Quebec @son of melvin  Thanks for joining in! We are up to 52 member located on the map, It’s interesting to see where everyone is from.

Hi Chris.  Could you please add Brian and Tina to the map
St.Marys, Ontario

Thanks @Brian  , you’ve been added and make 23 from Ontario so far.

could you please add me Johnny Walleye Morgantown wv

Quote from: johnny walleye on September 05, 2020, 08:28:37 AM
could you please add me Johnny Walleye Morgantown wv

Thanks for joining in, you’ve been added and the first from WV.

Hey Hodgey
Since you are adding members to the map, you may as well include Barb and I, We spend our winters in Midland Ontario, Thanks, Wayne

Hey Hodgey.   Could you please add kerz11..... Scotland, Ontario. 

Hey Hodgey1, Could you please add Roger from Kitchener ,Ont . Thanks

Thanks @wayne  @kerz11  &  @rsobotka , you 3 make 26 from Ontario so far.

Quote from: RHYBAK on July 28, 2020, 09:56:54 AM
I originally thought michelle was from Quebec but I was wrong.
The only other Quebec member that I know about is crunchie

Oops.... and a few lodge owners

Indeed, I'm in Temiscaming and do find it odd that I'm the  only member, or at least, the only member that's stepped up to the plate.  I've spoken to a few peeps that have cottages on Kipawa Lake and they've never heard of this forum.

Hey Hodgey, could you please add Ozmo from Millmont Pa. Thanks.

Quote from: Ozmo on September 26, 2020, 08:31:42 AM
Hey Hodgey, could you please add Ozmo from Millmont Pa. Thanks.

You make 60 members on the map and 13 from PA. Thanks for joining in!

Hodgey1 could you please add me to the map. Plowjock from Ottawa, ON. First trip coming up this summer.
I have to say, you sure do a great job keeping tabs on everyone. Congrats.

Quote from: plowjock on February 01, 2021, 06:59:38 AM
Hodgey1 could you please add me to the map. Plowjock from Ottawa, ON. First trip coming up this summer.
I have to say, you sure do a great job keeping tabs on everyone. Congrats.

Thanks @plowjock ! You've been added.

Calicofishing, Gulfport Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico. Originally from Sheridan, NY on Lake Erie. My first trip to Kipawa was in 1961. I used to take 30 day trips in Kipawa by canoe and have fished hundreds of lakes in the area. For the past 12 years I have been going just to Dumoine and won’t change.

Thanks @Calicofishing  you have been added to the map.

30 day long canoe trips in that area sound spectacular. You must’ve had years of adventures and plenty of tales to tell. If I am ever in the Gulfport area, I expect to hear all about it over a beer.

please add me Huntsville, Ontario

@hinorth  you have been added. Thanks for joining in!

Quote from: Hodgey1 on February 15, 2021, 11:23:01 AM
@hinorth  you have been added. Thanks for joining in!

Just dusting this thread off. Anyone need added?  :D

Quote from: Hodgey1 on January 29, 2022, 08:58:09 AM

Quote from: Hodgey1 on February 15, 2021, 11:23:01 AM
@hinorth  you have been added. Thanks for joining in!

Just dusting this thread off. Anyone need added?  :D

If you’d like to add me, I’m Lucas from Toronto and my family has a place up in Laniel on the lake.

Myrtle Beach, SC   I used to live in Easton, PA but moved to SC about 16 years ago.

Quote from: LanielKid on January 29, 2022, 01:27:13 PM
If you’d like to add me, I’m Lucas from Toronto and my family has a place up in Laniel on the lake.

Thanks Lucas, you've been added!

Quote from: Mike J on January 31, 2022, 12:23:10 PM
Myrtle Beach, SC   I used to live in Easton, PA but moved to SC about 16 years ago.

Thanks Mike, you've been added! I used to go to Easton with my Grand Pap in the 70's, he lived in Phillipsburg NJ.

Originally Sheridan, NY, 40 miles west of Buffalo but I have lived in Gulfport, Mississippi for the last 38 years

Quote from: Calicofishing on February 04, 2022, 07:46:23 PM
Originally Sheridan, NY, 40 miles west of Buffalo but I have lived in Gulfport, Mississippi for the last 38 years

Way warmer right now in Gulfport than Sheridan for certain! Looks like you added your self successfully. Thanks for joining in on the map! I’m probably an hour or so from Sheridan and we are under 2-3 feet of snow and very cold here. High temp in the teens today.

Hi Hodgey,

Can you add me please? Hamilton, Ontario!

Quote from: Lund Rebel on February 07, 2022, 09:57:37 AM
Hi Hodgey,

Can you add me please? Hamilton, Ontario!

Thanks for joining in, you've been added.

Hi Hodgey - Can you please add 10ring, Reading Pennsylvania.  Thanks.

Quote from: 10ring on February 20, 2022, 02:59:04 PM
Hi Hodgey - Can you please add 10ring, Reading Pennsylvania.  Thanks.

Thanks for joining in @10ring , you have been added to the map. You make 102 members participating and number 14 from Pennsylvania.

Updated my location on the map.  NE Ohio near the intersection of Rt 82 & 83.

BH - When I lived in Westlake I used to take 83 to 82 to get to 84 (lumber)

Chazz - You would drive by house next to Mallard Creek.

BH - Small world I'm in Amherst now.  Got a trip planned middle of July to Sasseginaga.  Never fished Kipiwa but been to Sasseginaga and Ogascanon a couple times each.