Leaderboard

Here's what I would advise: get 14 dollars worth of 20lb big game from Canadian Tire until you know how to cast with reasonable confidence. While you are there pick up a spinning rod with 6-8 lb mono/florocarbon on it and a $10 pack of Berkely Trilene XL or XT depending on what you wanna fish. Learn to use both and spool your own spool. There's nothing you can catch in Ontario you can't catch on 20lb test (or smaller) with a leader if you have good working knowledge of your drag, rod and reel. Get into 50 lb braid and fancy line after you know how to fish with your rod of choice and regular old fishing line that you can get everywhere cheap. One day you'll be fishing and you'll think 'this Berkeley line casts well but i think i could use something stronger/with better strike detection/less stretchy/easier to tie knots with' and then you'll be able to go out and choose line that work the way you fish and not how someone else fishes. Just my 2 cents and these guys could very well save you years of messing with cheap line I'm a 6 lb test walleye and small mouth guy or I run 4lb on an ultralight.

To Toronto ?

They aren't holding back info....they don't have it. I have overheard some of the discussions they have had with customers while trying to be helpful and it's quite entertaining. I once listened to the husband tell someone that lake X, which is probably the best multi-species lake in the area, "probably doesn't have any fish in it, except where the river comes in." Running any kind of retail shop is about serving customers and creating new customers. If all you have to offer is a tankful of minnows and the same lures/tackle as the CTire around the corner, you better have some other way to turn people on to fishing. Local knowledge is one of those things.

...as a fisherman I agree I don't want him giving out info on my favorite lake...but as a guy trying to make a living I would expect him to try and make some more sales to make a living. A bait shop owner not willing to help is like a guide hoping you catch nothing with him...doesn't make sense for someone trying to make a living from the sport

I think they use Bose speakers.

You're on at 6pm Saturday, Dax. Smack dab in happy hour.