bigbuck

I'm pretty sure it's not legal to bait your hook with a walleye but if a pike comes up and makes a mess of your walleye while you're reeling it in, what are you supposed to do???

In some of those northern lakes, I have seen that small walleye work well (Choronzey's show a few weeks back up by Ignace, Ontario), he had 6 or 7 BIG pike on while he was reeling in some small walley's.

Trilene XL for my spinning reels and Trilene XT for my bass baitcaster (the other gets 50lb PP and the muskie reels get 65lb & 80lb braid)

My dad had a '93-4 Intrepid, the A/C would leak out each year needing several hundred dollars in repairs to fix, the transmission went at 125k. Personally, I'd stay away from Chrysler products. Problems with A/C and transmissions are common throughout the product line. Trannies run $2-3k to fix, that's a lot of money to spend on an old car. Good luck. I'd suggest a '94-98 full sized GM (eg. Bonneville) with the 3800. I had a '97 Bonneville SSEi that I put 320k on before I put her out to pasture. Still ran like a top but needed suspension work, A/C work, brakes and electrical. With a new baby in the house, I needed something I could count on so I retired ole Betsy. Up till then, it was regular maintenance, a water pump, alternator and battery, tires and brakes. That's it. Best car I ever owned.

Happy B-Day Monique!!!! May you have many more!!!! (TJ won't cuz he's opened up a huge can of whoppass and won't survive the night).

Tony, the big builders take the cookie cutter route. THE ONLY WAY to get a custom sized garage is to buy from a custom builder who takes the size of the garage into consideration when you and him design the house. Now for the only LITTLE problem, you'll need some serious dough-ray-me to go this route as the custom builders usually get you to buy or they supply the lot (usually with a tear down house already there) which will set you back $400K+ and then another $125-250/sq.ft depending on how you want to finish the house. In other words, probably at least $700K - The pain!!!

If they're encroaching on the other fish in the lake then by all means, keep fishing till the car is packed to the gills (ha-ha!). Crappie are nice but I prefer a couple of nice walleye fillets any day. Up on Rice Lake for the closer last year a bunch of guys showed up on the Bewdley pier and started laying in on the crappie like they were going out of style, they kept absolutely everything they caught. Between the 6 or so of them while I was there until about 6:00, they must have caught upwards of a couple of hundred and were still going strong. I was tossing everything back in and they were looking at me like I had one eye in the middle of my forehead, I dunno........some people can be really greedy and those are the ones that can mess up a good fishery.

There's 2 hotel/motels right on 17 across the street from each other. They're ok, definitely not Hilton's but decent for the money. Also, there is a PetroCan and restaurant that is owned by the same guy on the north side. The restaurant is pretty good for brekkie. We stayed there 2 years ago on the way to Kenora.

What a freakin' joke!!! Poachers can go to town this year. $36 million less in funding, the CO's won't even have trucks to put gas in!!! I think a petition has to be put together and forwarded to Mr. McGuinty's office. This is going too far!!!

Happy B-Day and may you have many more!!!!

All the best!!!

Google Eagle fishfinders and you can download a demo program onto your computer that you can mess with so you don't kill any batteries. I have it and play around once in a while and it helps to learn the features and controls of the unit.

We're getting there. Another month and a half and we'll be fishing, cutting grass, getting eaten by bugs, getting sunburned and generally enjoying ourselves in warmer weather. Bring on the warm weather!!!

I picked up the Eagle 320 Portable and have yet to use it out on the water but I have spent a fair amount of time fooking around with the Demo mode and it is pretty neat. It's cheaper at Lebaron's and the 12volt gel cell battery/charger are cheaper at BPS (it beats having to keep using the D-cells).

Either or. They are both fantastic reels. I picked up a Stradic in January and will probably ene up picking up an Energy Pti sometime during the spring/summer. I have Shimano, Quantum, and Abu reels and don't have anything bad to say about any of them. Get what you like better. Unless you fish every day and/or are really hard on your gear, you should not have any problems with either.

You're good with 20lb braid, I'm pretty sure the mono equivalent is either 6lb or 8lbtest. Filling up halfway with mono is a good idea to keep your costs down, (you can fill half way with cheap mono and spend a few extra dollars on good quality braid and have enough to fill an extra spool). Stick with a 2500 size, it's a good general purpose reel that would work great for walleye, bass, and even pike. A nice medium action rod and you'll be good to go.

Spend the money on a nice Quantum spinning reel in the 20 size, then save up for a nice rod to pair it up with. If you spend a few bucks now, you won't be wanting a 'better' setup later, just a 'different' one.

Try Yorkdale Mall. There is a TTC station at the east end of the mall. Get off at the Dufferin exit and stay left (you want to get on Yorkdale road) and follow it around. Parking is free.

It's one of the hardest things you'll ever have to do but it's better for your friend. I had to put down my dog almost 6 years ago and every time I go to my parents' house I always look to see if he's trotting around the corner to say hello. Take care and be strong in this difficult time.

I know it's cheesy with all the gidgets and gadgets but get the Fishermans Solution from Cutco. It's a great knife that has served me well for 17 years and still looks new. You can adjust the length of the blade which is kinda neat when you go from filleting a perch to a nice wally or 2.

Lew, tell her to go for it. We got rid of our '03 Element with 65000k's on it with NO PROBLEMS whatsoever. It was a great vehicle and I had two beefs with it, it needed a bigger gas tank (55L) and some more power (156hp). Going up the hills north of the Sault fully loaded were no fun but other than those 2 minor beefs, it was awesome. Like you, I'm a die hard GM kinda guy with 2 Oldsmobiles on the driveway now (the Element was sold to make way for a minivan). I'm just not a 4banger guy, I need at least 6 cylinders and preferably a V8 under the hood (my car has an 8). I'm no speed demon but when I have to pass someone, it's nice to know that the power is on tap.

Nice looking reels. I'm considering one in the 2500 size to battle pike and bass. They are silky smooth and if they are anything like my Quantum baitcasters, they'll be a nice addition to your collection.

I saw it at the show and took a pretty good look at it. For about $150, it's a pretty good reel, I figure I could buy 2 of these or 1 Calcutta. Depends on whether you are a Chevy kinda guy or a Cadillac kinda guy.

Jeez, I remember going to Sabres games 4 years ago and picking up nose bleed tix for $20 then walking down to the ringside seats unmolested by the ushers because you coulda shot a gun and not hit anyone. Now I hear it's a different story. We had our chance during the Stavro years but because of huge pressure from his partners in the Leafs, Steve could not get the cup winning team together (unfortunately, Toronto's biggest fan died last year before his beloved Leafs could bring the cup to it's rightful home, T.O.)

It's really coming down here at Yorkdale. Thankfully I made to St Catharines this morning to see a client and made it back to the office in the nick of time. Now for heading home to Oakville tonight..........not gonna be fun.

Look at it this way, it's a good day to buy...........