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Irishfield and I were fishing the West Arm of Nipissing a couple years back when the OPP came by to check my boat. He couldn't see the jackets and said they had to be accessible so I opened the hatch under my feet on the front deck and showed them to him. He then told us that they prefer to at least see them hanging over the seat backs if we weren't going to wear them He never said being in the compartment was illegal, but "highly suggested" it would be a good idea to hang them on the seatbacks....which we did.

Same here Joe, don't know anything about it. My phone beeped recentely and I had no idea what it was until my daughter told me I had a text message. It's also got a camera that has never been used. When I was buying the phone I told the guy I wanted the most basic phone available, no texting, no camera, or anything else that would never be used and he told me that didn't exist and I had to get everything

I've got a cell phone but don't use it very often, but it's nice to be able to keep in touch with my wife & friends when I'm travelling around or away on a fish'n trip. I have mine connected to the GPS in the truck so it's totally hands free. Actually, I don't see any negatives to them personally, although some folks do seem to be obsessed with them and use them constantly. Never did get into the facebook or twitter thingies though.

Thanks for that MB, made for a great early morning read !!

I also got an auto-inflator this year (Mustang # 3153) and was very impressed with it. I don't always wear it when someone else is in the boat with me, but when I'm alone it never comes off.

Didn't want to hijack Skud's post Mike, but I just noticed your sig at the bottom of your page. It sure says alot.

Almost too purty to get all slimey Chris....nice work !!!

Great looking dog Mo, and he's definitely in a good home now.

I have no idea about the flies you need Chris, but congrats to the pair of you guys for a couple very impressive fish.

Whatever the cause, it's good to hear they got out safely.

Lotsa front lawn gobblers over this way too

Nova Scotia's great, but Ontario is best. Good to have you home again Clive.

Not at all Chris.

Your absolutely right Bill, it can get very nasty. My daughter wasn't hurt at all when she hit & killed a deer 2 years ago doing about 40 MPH, but her car received $7000 damage. It banged in the bumper, hood, both front fenders, cracked the windshield, dented the roof and then the trunk before landing on the road behind her. Nope, nothing funny about it at all.

If your reel counters are off that much Wayne, I'd say you've got some serious issues with them and perhaps they need fixing. I keep track of the accuracy of my Tekota 6oo reels and their consistantly only out about 7-8% of a measured distance. With 200' measured out on the ground, the reel counter shows around 212' and I'd consider that pretty good.

Might work if your running baits close to the boat Wayne, but who wants to count wraps all day when your running baits a couple 100' behind the boat, and specially if your using 2 rods and having them at different distances back ?? There's a good reason folks use line counters.

Thanks BB, definetely a good idea.

Good looking pup Bob, just curious though, is that a life jacket he's wearing ??

There's already a post further down the page about a g2g Pete.

Lotsa good memories from the Firehall gtg's Pete, wish I was lots closer and I'd be there for sure.

I was close enough to a deer this morning I coulda hit him with a stick. Lucky for him I'm not a hunter

Fantastic work as always Chris !!

Really beautiful fish Pete, I never got a tiger myself but would be nice to get one even just for the picture.

Beautiful fish, congrats on that one. And every chance it's the same fish as the year before, I once caught the same fish 3 times over a year and another time I caught one twice in a weekend.

Give the guy an A+ for guts !!