bigbuck

You should be ok. Does your van have the tow package?? If so, think about upgrading your hitch to a Class III. U-haul wants about $325 installed for one with wiring. It has the same weight capacity as the Class II but is much more strongly built.

It's not that hard, I haven't done it in over 20 years but I still remember how from Autoshop class in High School. Make sure you clean ALL, did I mention ALL of the old grease and crud from the bearings with Varsol. Take a glob of grease and put it in your left palm and stick the bearing in and work the grease into it, you should not be able to see any shiny metal at all when you are done. Tap them in, put it all back together again and you are good to go.

I'm looking forward to wrecking a prop or two this summer on GBay. Thankfully, my dealer is giving me a good deal on new props for my Volvo Penta I/O.

Put some fuel additive in the fuel with each fill up. STABIL is a popular one.

Aikmans has them, not sure if he ships or not, they are located near Dundas and Hurontario in Mr and Mississauga.

I'd imagine Steve or Brian at JB's would order one in for you, as would any of the other dealers mentioned.

Well, if you don't make it up anytime soon, I know all about drs. appts and the like, we'll be up at our new trailer in Honey Harbour if you feel the need to wet a line.

Wolfmachine, I'd check out JB's Fishing Depot, they've got just about everything you can think of when it comes to making your own leaders.

As for the original question, it all depends on what you are fishing for, if they are toothy, I'd stick to at least 50lb Seaguar fluro leader material and for musky, a minimum of 80lb.

I thought you were on your way up to Temagami.

Enjoy Lew!! I hope the weather is nice and warm. We'll be at our trailer in HH every weekend and I plan on at least one day trip to musky fish in the Kawartha's, I'll let you know when so I can get to see the new ride up close and personal.

Retirement present for Dianne, HAH!! That's a good one!! She's a beaut my friend. Have lots of fun with the new ride and use it good health!!!

Oh great, just as I'm ready to buy a boat, they want to have us get a new licence every year, certify our trailers yearly, me thinks me missed the boat on the good times.

What about the train?? A bus would probably be the best option. Can't help you more than that, sorry.

I'll see if I can make it to the brekkie meeting of the minds. There's also Perkins across the bridge at the Days Inn (formerly Howard Johnsons).

Wayne, how long is your contraption, I've got access to the steel and torch to do the welding. All I need are the measurements.

Thanks,

Bruce

For making a quick strike rig, you need 30lb test steel wire, and a couple of nice sized treble hooks, beads and the like are optional. You could also use 50lb or higher flurocarbon leader material. For early spring pike, nothing beats a nice sucker on a quick strike rig, depending on the weather, if it's been cold, they don't bite all that hard.

Think 'W'.

We dropped like a stone and have recovered some but we'll drop again in the near future. It's still time to think defensive on your portfolio. I don't know if we'll test the bottom again but there is a drop coming, later this year we might see a sustainable recovery. If you are dollar cost averaging, don't worry about it, you'll be fine.

Just remember to vote next time around to get rid of this clown. Miller has been the worst thing for the City of Toronto ever!! Everybody dumped on Mayor Mel but guess what, he was a much better mayor who did not cave to the left or to the far right. This guy will keep on taxing away your hard earned money.

Rick, sorry to hear about the loss of your good friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Signing your organ donor card is one of the most selfless things you can do. You won't need them when YOU are dead but SOMEONE ELSE needs them to stay alive.

Sign your organ donor card.

Check out BassPro, they had the new Curado's for 189.99 (not sure if they are still on special), as for the rods, I don't have a clue. Go down and keep the economy going.

Go with the guy that wants your business and is willing to go the extra mile. Imagine what the others who didn't jump through hoops will be like if you have a problem.

I'm in sales, in this environment, you do what you gotta do to make the sale, if the margin isn't all that great, that's too bad, at least there is some margin and a bit of profit as opposed to nothing.

DO NOT GO OVER THE HP RATING ON YOUR BOAT!!

You have to remember that anything over 10hp needs to be insured. If you are over powered, your insurance wouldn't cover you if something ever happened, also not to mention the grief you'll get from the OPP on the water. If it's rated for 20hp, go with that, she'll move plenty fast with a 20 on the back. You are not trying to race those bass boats are you??

GM has dropped the ball, they built inferior vehicles with problems that should have been corrected but they continued cranking out cars with stupid expensive problems (the intake manifold gaskets on the 3.4 and 3.8 that led to engine failure-inexcusable, this went on for years, head gasket failures on the Sunfire and Cavaliers- 2 of their most popular models, the list goes on and on....)

I myself have been lucky, I'm a GM guy but my loyalty is coming to an end. A car is too big an expense initially to have a lot of ongoing expenses because of ticking timebombs in the car that should be corrected. I understand problems with a car the first model year to a certain extent but for those problems to persist for years without correction is INTOLERABLE!!!

I'm venting and have a purple face right now, they should be allowed to go Chapter 11 and restructure and hopefully they will emerge a stronger and hopefully a SMARTER company. My heart goes out to the retirees but the company cannot go on the way it is and they will have to get their pensions and health benefits slashed for the company to be able to go on, otherwise, everyone will lose everything. The taxpayers should not be on the hook for corporate mismanagement and ineptitude.

Can those that should be canned and don't give them golden parachutes, they can be like everyone else and have a chunk of lead strapped to their a......ss before they make them jump out of the plane.

Congratulations!!! You've got a new fishing partner!!!

Exciting times ahead, it only gets better as he will grow and mature.

I'll be there in the afternoon for a couple of the seminars.

See ya there!