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HAHAHA You're a sick dude Chris, but I love ya like a brudder.

Great day to you and monsieur C. Two pics left out...think they were duplicates. Musta been cold as a witches' boob out there. The bass didn't seem to mind. Good on ya and thanks for sharing!

If my mother was alive, she'd take it like a man! So there.

Gee thanks Dan! Just don't tell me that the prize is fluorocarbon for life.

OK, for all the folks reading this and who are relatively new to fishing, please do not use fluorocarbon as a mainline on your reels. Regardless of what you may have read, seen or heard of, fluorocarbon is one of those marketing jokes gone awry. You can and may however use a short length of the stuff ..say 12" to 48" as a leader between your mainline (monofilament or braid) and your live or artificial bait. The small calibers of fluorocarbon such as 4lbs or so are mainly used by people who think that a fish has the intelligence to become alarmed at having a piece of dental floss attached to their dinner of plastic with treble hooks. The large calibers such as 100lbs or so are mainly used by muskie fishermen who are concerned about the damage that a steel leader can cause to a fish rolling on a leader during combat. There are literally hundreds of brands of monofilament lines and braided lines. For monos, go with a standard brand such as Stren or Trilene. For the braids again, go with the standards although most are almost the same. Don't be fooled by all the colourful boxes on the shelves...some manufacturers will go to great lengths to make you buy their inferior product. If you see packaging with beautiful holographic images that looks like it's worth more than the line, it probably is. Use common sense.

Unless it was a Sears eh?

What are you talking about, Art? You suddeners have the ever delectable blue catfish! Not a catfish fan but the blues are beauties.

There have been a few posted here over the years. They can be very, very nice.

HAHAHAHA That's real good Simon but I like this dude. <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4Y4keqTV6w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I can't answer your question but welcome aboard.

I rarely shop there but I just Googled it for him and that's what it said for "Stores in Canada" Carry on.

You've got a good site, Phil. Compared to any of them.

A little late for you now Colin but : Canadian Wal-Mart stores begin 24-hour operations December 1 to Christmas Eve

Don't forget that the 700 is an ultra-light sized reel.

A very nice one indeed.

That's excellent...Looks like I'll be picking them up there then. Thanks guys.

Great and how much are they?

What model are they Mike?

G is right, more info is needed. You might do just as well or better with a pontoon.

http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58643

WOW! That's a find of a lifetime! I'd get those BRONZED!

It's where I got the original pair, Raf. They're a good place to deal with too! I think it was Lew who gave me the heads up on the Ring Lord back then. My youngest buys a whack of stuff from them and she was able to get a little discount on top of their already fair price.

Thanks Geoff. That's what I paid for them a coupla years ago. Thanks Darren...might be my only option.

He did the right thing. The problem with thinking that you would have kept it is yes, it might be a good idea if it indeed was a record. Where it goes bad is that most people think they have the world record when they have anything over 50". That would just kill a whole lot of fish. You're allowed to keep one legal (size) fish but it just ain't a good idea. Also, unless you do this for a living and a world record would help your business. You're life would never be the same. With all the knowledge out there we still can't come to a clear decision as to which fish is really the world record. I just wouldn't want to be a part of that game. Fishing is supposed to be fun. So congrats to Rich and his guest for catching a beautiful massive fish and letting it live.

Thanks again Lew. And yes Skip, it's almost any of these: http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=1&page=group_detail&parentID=1367&groupID=1473