Kipawa Fishing Forum

I'm going to miss this forum, been following it for a long time. Thank you to everyone who took care of it, I truly appreciated and looked forward to reading all the different threads.
Thank you and 👋 to all the members!  Take Care!

Thanks for the ride.  Definitely gonna miss this.  Tight lines.

This is very sad news but completely understandable. Thank you for all that you have done over the years. Best of health and happiness to all.

Thank you again
Dave

Well folks,
After some careful consideration, @Hodgey1 and I have decided it's time to say goodbye to KFF.

There was a glimmer of hope last year that things would pick up on the board but the last few months have proven otherwise.
We know many of you come to look at the site without posting and we respect this and also apologize for the disappointment this news may cause some of you.

But the site takes work and finances to keep running, that is the reality.
Neither of us are in a position in our lives to keep it going. Before the end date, we will be taking a full back-up of the site (as we do regularly) to preserve what we have to date (just in case someone ever decides to start it up again).

At the end of March 31st the site will go offline.

A huge thank you to everyone who, over the years, contributed so much to make this site what it is.
We wish you all a heartfelt goodbye, wish you all the best, and hope you make it to Kipawa as often as your heart desires........

KFF Admin Team

Thank you for all the responses and looks like some really great suggestions and options

The ice fishing is a Quebec Province wide ban on ice fishing in ANY lake with a Lake Trout population.

It was a legislation lobbied for by anti-fishing groups, contrary to the last 100 yrs + of fisheries management of using keep limits, slot sizes and seasons for individual species.

If there are Lake Trout present - NO ice fishing allowed for any species.

Law makes zero sense - if they really wish to protect Lake Trout, there should be no open season for them in the summer months when release mortality % is very high due to the warm water affects at surface and air bladder issues from catching at depths.

Winter release mortality rates are much lower than warm water months.

We need a petition signed by perhaps a few thousand people to apply for an exception - Quebec has exempted some other lakes already.

Iphone 16 and newer now have off cell satellite texting and emergency texting capability.

You may have to get to a clearing or higher ground but you can text for help .

Ville-Marie is good enough for most things. My dad had an allergic reaction a little while ago and they did him fine. Fabre opened up a walk-in clinic.

Anything severe, you're most likely getting flown to North Bay or Val D'Or. there was a boat crash on lac dumoine last summer, guy was heli'd out to North Bay.

Carry a sat phone if you're really worried, but you can call or text off your iPhone if it's new enough. My 14 lets me satellite text.

After a bit of research I found AIG Travel Guard Insurance offers some pretty good medical insurance packages that will cover pretty much everything.

We purchased a ZOLEO satellite communicator for emergencies. Download an app to your phone and syncs through Bluetooth. We can text, share location and you can press emergency tab on the phone or on the ZOLEO itself. I had a phone but I like this a lot better. I imagine they figure it out when they get the alert.