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They are a good reel. Smooth running. First one made in USA now like everything else my new one is made overseas, Korea. Cannot wait to try it out in the Niagara next month.

I enjoy beets also. How do you peel your beet? Boil or wrap and bake in the oven. It would take long time to peel a bushel of beets.

I have a 16 foot Crestliner and it was almost 10 years old and the wood rotted on the deck. Crestliner replaced the the whole deck, wood and carpet without any charge. That is service.

You cannot tell me the United States or Canada does not have facility to build this car. What has happen to the Union for the U. S. and Canada Auto Workers?. Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars In Finland abcnews.go.com With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its first line of cars in Finland, saying it could not find a facility in the United States capable of doing the work. Vice President Joseph Biden heral...

My parents had a house on a lake and left it to me. I am retired could not keep up both home and house on the Lake. Too much to keep up both homes and money to pay utilities, insurance, taxes and membership dues. Sold the house on the lake. Family had house on the lake before I was born. Spent most of my years on and around the lake fishing and hunting. It was hard to give it up. Would love to keep it for the grandkids. I don't know how my Dad was able to keep up both houses. Funny how things were so important when you were younger but don't mean as much when you get older.

Do you remember back in the 60's when they found a vacine for polio? you do not hear of polio today. I pray that they would find a cure/vacine for cancer. BUT do they want a cure for cancer? How much money would the doctors, hospitals, drug companies and research would loss. Cancer is BIG money. But we need to pray for a cure.

How is everybody? Fall is coming the best time of the year. Going to try to make it up to Ontario this Fall and have a couple of questions. 1. Have the salmon started to move up the Niagara and 2. Has anybody open the Birch Island lodge on the Georian Bay? Spent a week there a few years ago. Did not catch a lot of fish, but it was nice to sit back and Thank God for such a beautiful place. Enjoy each day and every day that God gives us. Bob

I know somebody out there can help me. I have a 16 Ft. Crestliner with a side consol and I broke about 3" off of the left side of the windshield. What type of Glue would hold this heavy plastic or how can I repair this? It broke where the left side fastener attaches to the consol.

Everybody is to greedy anymore. I just retired from banking after 40 some years and the Banks have become theives. In the late 1800's and early 1900 people would rob banks with a gun, now the Banks rob the people and they do not have to use a gun. When I started banking the banks cared about the community and the people. The managers would work with the customers but now all the Banks want is fees. All the Banks care about is the profit and the all the managers care about is their bonus. When I was a Loan Officer for a local Bank we would make loans with the customers deposits and make a good income for the banks and pay good intrest to the depositor and not charge all kinds of fees for the deposit. Now the Big BANKS have taken over the small local Banks and as I said they do not care about the community or the customers unless it will increase there profit. Before the Big Banks taken over the local Banks wanted the employees to belong to civic clubs and work to help the community, now they want the employees to do is calling customer and getting more money for the bank and find more fees to charge the customer. Just like your daughter's O D Fees.

I Miss my 14'5 Gruman and 15 hp Yamaha, which I have fished from West Virginia to Northern Ontario and Quebec,including Niagara River a number of times. Did not have any problems with the boat and motor on the Niagara and fished all the way to Lake Ontario. Just wear you Life Jacket. Because of my son, I traded for a 16'5 Crestliner Fish Hawk with a 40 hp Johnson which I would gladly trade back for a 14'5 Gruman with a 15 Yamaha. I caught more fish in my Gruman and it was easier to tow. Don't ever trade your Gruman for a bigger boat.

Lew. I have read the number of Posts you have made on OFC, but this post and painting has to be tops. You must be a great guy. Hope someday when I am in Ontario I can meet you. Bob

I had a 14 ft. Gruman Deep V with a 9.9 hp motor. Fished all over WV and fished from Niagara River to Owen Sound to James Bay and over in Quebec. Easy to tow and easy to launch. Caught a lot of fish with that 14 ft boat. Traded for a 16 ft Crestliner with a 40 hp. and my fishing changed. Harder to tow and Launch. Plus caught less fish. With the 14 ft Boat I was more in touch with the water and fish. Plus takes more gas to tow. Keep Your 14 ft Boat.

Picture of 19 Point Doe http://www.wvmetronews.com/outdoors.cfm

Thought you would like to read about a 18 point doe from WV. Hunter Mike Tomey of Lewis County shows off the unusual rack of a 19-point doe he killed on the Friday of the first week of buck season hunting near Sleethe's Run, near the Gilmer-Lewis County border. Mike Tomey of Lewis County had high hopes for the 2009 deer season. All year, Tomey had spied a deer near his hunting area sporting quite a non-typical rack. "I'd been getting pictures of it on a trail cam all summer and fall," said Tomey. "I thought it was a non-typical 9-pointer." Tomey says in past years he'd see big bucks on his trail cam, but they be long gone by hunting season. Friday of the first week of buck season, Tomey was about to give it up for the day amid rainy, miserable conditions--but on his way out of the woods he spied the deer he'd been watching for months. "He dropped at the sound of the gun and I couldn't wait to get to him to see what I had and when I got down there I realized I had more than I thought I did," Tomey said. The rack was certainly non-typical, but with 19-points and three main beams. But that wasn't the most non-typical part. When Tomey lifted the back legs to begin the field dressing is when he noticed something was missing. "I actually was back at the house before I realized I wasn't seeing things," said Tomey. "I field dressed it and had it off the hill. My neighbor came over and looked at it and said, 'That's a doe with antlers.' That's when it dawned on me that I wasn't seeing things." The 19-points on the doe are still in velvet. It's a sight to behold, but not really a pretty one. "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen," laughs Tomey of his buck-- err, doe with antlers. Even funnier is it's the biggest Tomey has ever taken. Prior to the antlered doe, the biggest buck he'd killed was a six-pointer. The chance of a doe having antlers is about one in ten-thousand according to biologists. Antlers begin on a deer's head in the summer with a burst of testosterone. They start as tender flesh in velvet. When the length of daylight starts to shorten, a second burst of testosterone hardens the antlers and the velvet sheds. The doe apparently got the first rush, but not the second. Biologists say a number of things can cause the odd condition. Hormonal changes during pregnancy are often the culprit. Tomey's deer is attracting plenty of attention. Locals have worn a path to his door to have a look, many returning to give it a second look just to make sure their eyes aren’t deceiving them. At the Somerville Exxon in Linn, where Tomey is a regular, it was a wildfire story when he checked the deer in. A couple of Conservation Officers were on hand to take a look, but before you wonder about a ticket the answer is no. Any deer with antlers longer than three inches above the head is a legal kill during buck season in West Virginia. "It's kind of odd, but I've seen a couple of them before," said Larry Somerville who checked in Tomey's doe. "A few years back a guy brought one in, but not as big as this one." Tomey doesn't really want to hang the deer on his wall, but hopes somebody will show an interest in the oddity. "I’m hoping I can get somebody like Bass Pro Shops or Dick's to maybe mount it and put it someplace for people to see," said Tomey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Comments