FrozenFins Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I wanted to create a journal of my "outdoor adventures" this summer. I plan on going camping lots, hiking, as well as exploring all the nearby water bodys near me. You can tell that by the title I live in Manitoba. The flatest place in Canada! So today I went to a pond, its about a 5 minute walk from my house. I wanted to see what kind of plants lived there. There honestly wasn't much. I did find some Macrophytic Algae as well as a bit of duckweed. I'm hoping to head to out to a river thats about 10 minutes from my house, I've biked past their and spotted what I thought might be some Vallisneria. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Yesssss!!! Photos of each species of freshwater fish caught: MANDATORY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I have been thinking about this too! I have quite a few streams behind my house that connect to an estuary before hitting the Sound. Have you thought about glass minnow traps for catch and release while you go plant hunting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 @Biotope Biologist its defentley fun to see whats in the water local to you. I have thought about setting up some traps just to see whats local to me. Should be fun! @Fish Folk Defentley will do! Not sure how many I'll actually get, but it'll be fun either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 2:37 PM, James Black said: @Biotope Biologist its defentley fun to see whats in the water local to you. I have thought about setting up some traps just to see whats local to me. Should be fun! @Fish Folk Defentley will do! Not sure how many I'll actually get, but it'll be fun either way. You’re in the holy land for fishing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 @James Black, I look forward to following this! I really enjoy seeing nature in different places. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Went to a nearby river on my home from the LFS yesterday. I am very interested to see what kind of fish live in this river. Perhaps I'll set a trap up shortly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Got a bucket ready for some mosquito larvae! Put in a bunch of old grass clippings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 I went camping for the past week at Riding Mountain National Park. There was a small beach we visited with LOTS of fish. I didn't bring a net so I couldn't catch any, however I did bring goggles so I swam with the fish. I saw darters, and some other kind of fish that was silver with a black dot on its tail. I cant seem to find any google images of it. My Phones not waterproof so no pictures of the fish. I did take a picture of a crayfish I found though. Turns out amounst the rocks was crayfish Heaven! Lots of crafish hiding in their caves. You can barely see the crayfish in this pic. But it had a little blue and red on him: Some pictures on the board walk: Also found some aquatic plants that need identifying: Hornwort maybe? It would be fun to see what kind of fish live amounst those plants. But it was a boat launch so wouldn't have been very safe. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 Its officially winter here. We had our first snow about three weeks ago. Today was -23Celsuis (-9.4 Fahrenheit). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I don’t love shoveling snow, but I do love have defined seasons. Here in the Seattle/Vancouver area it generally just gets dark and rains all winter. ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Looks pretty! That's really cold, where I'm at its still 60. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 On 11/25/2021 at 2:19 PM, James Black said: Its officially winter here. We had our first snow about three weeks ago. Today was -23Celsuis (-9.4 Fahrenheit). I do love the snow, I DO NOT miss those temperatures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Looks stunning but I honestly don't think I would cope with that much winter. I am better with snow than ice but even thinking walking on icy pavements fills me with dread. I am the product of a country that just doesn't do extremes. Stay safe people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Now that's winter! Here is Minnesota, not super far from where you are if you are in the Winnipeg metro, we have only been teased with winter so far. The ice fisherman are worried. The ponds haven't even frozen yet! Though I am not looking forward to clearing my drive and decks, it's time for winter to be here in this part of the world. Nice to see it's visited the neighborhood! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Lots of snow this year! and still lots more to come! Its april and its still snowing, more snow on the weekend. Its only like 3C - -4C, (24-32F) so not very cold. But the snow is stilll coming with a big blizzard a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 I'm currently spending my summer working at a bible camp. Its been lots of fun and i figured i would share some of the pictures of our sunsets this past week. Also a little injured bird that made home on the patio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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