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if I ever caught a carp at our cottage (there are currently none) I would definitely remove it from the lake. As mentioned by others, they cause great damage to spawning habitat, not to mention they decrease water clarity and are ugly as sin

I agree, fishing does hurt. I once got beaned in the forehead with a Red Devil...not the cheap one from cdn tire or the lightweight from williams woblerseither, I'm talking the real deal here...dang thing left a mark for hours.

I have 2 of the "pop can" style reels. Had a problem with one after a few months of use and BPS replaced it no problem. Other than that they work fine for me. I did notice the low profile in the ad but don't see myself adding another reel

I agree. I understand people really love their pets, but a $5000 reward would've gotten you the same result (except you'd have 10,000 more in your account). We had friends who did the same thing. Lost a cat and put up 1000.00 reward posters around. Turned out the cat had gone in their neighbour's house...and the neighbours actually took the reward money!!! A 50.00 reward would've done the job!

I've had some minnows in a bucket for a couple of weeks now, keep them alive by adding snow, letting it melt and then starting all over when the bucket gets too full. Tried to feed them corn flakes but not sure it worked...but hey, as long as they stay alive until this saturday's derby! This is probably not the answer you were looking for, but its all I got.

hahaha that made me laugh

they're both looking pretty intently at those flipflops though...probably thinking if the apparatus tips they can jump out quickly enough. No more stupid than russian roulette I guess

I currently use a very deep rubbermaid with holes drilled around the top, works for me...but I do have a milk crate in the back room, may need to modify it too

welcome to the board...although this may be the last time we communicate as I know nothing of this carp-bug. Snagged one once by accident while slow-rolling a spinnerbait for springtime pike but that about it

Thanks for the advice all. The scraper bar was basically right on ground at first. I loosened the skids, and then lowered the machine onto a ceramic tile and re-tightened it. That is still very low clearance, but I'm paved driveway so we'll see if it works. Either way, it was a real quick adjustment for even someone like me, total of about 2 minutes. If its still too low, we'll stack 2 ceramic tiles and do it all over!

Speaking of Big Cliff, I believe he provided the words "right tool for the job" (or something like that) when I was debating walk behind snowblower or snowblower attachment for the lawn tractor...so I went out and got the walk behind. Now to try and adjust the height so that I don't half to wrestle the thing to keep it moving! Would be nice to have some snow to try it out on as well...it just keeps raining here.

So I took advice from some board members and bought a snowblower. Barrie apparently has been pretty much sold out of them for months but I finally found one after searching about 10 stores. Used it for the first time a few days back and found it didn't drive very smoothly. Engine ran smoothly, but I had to rock it or physically push it in some areas. I don't think the tires are the problem because they are quite significant. I believe it is because the scraper bar is too close to the ground and was hitting some packed snow/ice stuck on my driveway. If this is the case, is this as simple as adjusting the height of the "skids" it runs on or is there something else I need to be looking at? I'm hoping the height of the skids can be adjusted from the outside and I don't have to get right in there, as my tools basically include a wrench, $9 screwdriver with adjustable heads and my dad's old hammer.

some incredible ice sculptures there! Looks like the Rideau could use a Zamboni though. Any rules about cracking out the auger and ice fishing the canal?

...my goodness, I believe cabin fever has truly set in.

there's a woman in Barrie who came up to me when I first moved here 3 years ago, said she needed a few bucks for busfare to visit her dying mother in Sudbury. I gave her some money. Because she has a very distinct look, I recognized her when she aproached me again a few months back...started in with the same story...I stopped her and said not this time, I had given her money in the past...man oh man did she freak out at me for not helping! Maybe mom had 9 lives, because she's been "at death's door" for at least 3 years now!

thats kind of sad and funny at the same time. Guy probably makes more with that dude story than half of us do at our jobs (after tax of course)

To get meself back to Lakair in June (missed last year) and reclaim that horrible monstrosity known as the "Crayola Cup"

oops, thought this thread was about Jamario Moon performing in last night's dunk contest. The first was a beaut, not sure what he was thinking on the second

hahaha, I heard a similar joke involving a guy picking up a hitchhiker who notices a bottle of Rye on the front seat. The driver says, "I got it for my wife" hitchhiker replies, "oooh, good trade" even funnier involving McCabe though. They'd be lucky to get a box of "day olds"

Kahshe has got lots of pike, although out of the 3 or 4 times I've been there they've all been in the 2-4 lb range.

nice looking fish! Somebody once told me whitefish are "greasy". I always thought they meant the meat, but after watching you grab that first one I gotta wonder!

dang weirdos...maybe we can get cliff and his band to play that polka

that is a classic, but worth watching again. never realized how small Simmons was until that opening scene where he stands between the two guys

Man that sucks...I hate incompetence. Hopefully something positive can come out of this for you. I'd imagine best case scenario would be refunding the fees you paid him ($300??), can't see them getting involved in re-wiring costs

too funny