kickingfrog

For me it was casting a frog pattern flatfish for smallmouth on Nippising. Flatfish don't cast all the well, although now they do have less hooks.

So you're out and you've decided that a crawler harness is the way to go. The questions are: Blade colour? Size? Shape? Bead colour? Minnow or worm? Live bait or plastic? 3-way? inline sinker? bottom walker? Some/ many/ all of the above decisions are based on conditions I realize, but do you have a go to colour or style for a harness? For me it's red beads with a silver Colorado blade (I think its a size 3) with a power worm on a 3-way rig, the weight is changed to suit the conditions. That is in relatively clear water and during daylight (sunny or not). Glow blades and beads when it's dark. Ideally, if and my fishing partner and I are on the same page, we'll both go with vastly different harnesses and modify the presentation depending on the fish. Almost all of my harnesses I have quick change clevises so I can at least change the blade, colour and size easily. What do you like?

Aye, Aye Captain. Agreed, the right tool for the right job is the best option. I just took your original post as too absolute. My uncle uses an ancient Mitchel reel, a glass rod, a june bug and a sinker that unsteadies the boat and yet he still brings in his share of walleye.

Hard to say without seeing it... but I will anyway. Could be a perch, I bet that walleye eggs taste good to other fish. More likely though it be a immature walleye making a false run and just hanging out with all the cool kids in school. (What, I'm the only one who thought that was funny???) Could have been a half dozen other things as well I suppose.

No, no, no. You only need a hammer. That's the only tool a carpenter needs. And only one type of hammer at that.

I thought that it was the Rotary Club that was involved, but I couldn't find any info on their web site. There's a bit of time though, because I think it's done on the family fishing weekend in July.

Thanks guys. We'll be needing spending cash when credit cards aren't an option. My bank loves me a little too hard when I use my bank card out of country (plus I don't think the there will be many banks in the Greek Islands, but I don't know). I was wondering if one bank or an other was known for have better exchange rates, but I guess it's more about what you can get from them.

I've got it... I'll call it .... tofu. Don't tell anybody please, until I let them know about it. I want that million Dollars.

Thanks goodness, a black and white answer. No possible grey. Drop shottin' is the only time a man would consider a spinning reel. Someone needs to tell the pro anglers out there, they just don't know what their doing.

Rodeos aren't cruel, the riders should be smart enough to know better....Oh... you mean for the animals... well then yes, of course it is.

I need to get some Euros for a trip. What are my options?

You're asking this board about normal???? Did you forget your hat today?

You can use either. It's the trade-offs that swing it one way or the other for anglers. A quality leader is a good safe choice. As long as the knot is good it's fine, except that a leader will hamper the action of many baits. Some are also concerned about pike being leader shy. A floro leader should not impact a lure's action as much as a wire leader and should be less visible than wire. Another issue would be whether you direct tie the lure to the floro or use a quality snap or snap swivel. I would suggest that if you go with a floro leader that you use a line-to-line knot versus a swivel. The type of knot will depend on the difference in line size (not necessarily the test). There was a great site about different knots, I'll have to look for it after... or someone else who is much faster then me will post it in the interim. For me on my set-ups that have spinners or spinner baits I'm lees concerned about the action of the lure being impacted so I'll often use wire leaders but use the floro for minnow bait. Found it http://www.animatedknots.com/ That's my 2 cents.

I went for a bicycle ride today. East wind in Barrie has blown the remaining ice on Kempenfelt Bay to wards the Barrie shoreline right now. About a 100 metres worth. Lots of people fishing the marina which only had a little bit of frazzle ice in the one corner. Only saw perch being caught. It was good to see lots of families fishing.

Is burning/melting line a "safe" option, vs cutting it up?

But who's counting right.

If my mom says it's alright can I come over to play?

This really is meant to rehash this topic (but it has been amost a week since it last was discussed). Good thing they saved a few pennies (times a few million) per rivet. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ry/Science/home

Most of my old stuff goes to the tackle shop. But I'll keep some of the lighter pound tests (4 and 6 usually) for the dropper on my 3-ways rigs.

Don't worry, it doesn't really matter if you don't catch anything.

I wish I was half as handy.

Great day, now about a name change...

I posted this in another thread, but it needs one of it's own. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...tional/Ontario/ Or posted below: Ontario renews Nestlé permit to extract groundwater for sale MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT From Friday's Globe and Mail April 18, 2008 at 4:19 AM EDT The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has renewed a controversial permit granting a unit of Nestlé Canada Inc. the right to continue extracting up to 3.6 million litres of groundwater a day near Guelph to sell as spring water. The application for the permit by the food and beverage giant prompted thousands of letters of complaint to the government and has been a focal point of local opposition to the water bottling industry. Environmentalists had been seeking to have the permit withdrawn, or scaled back, and objected to the government's practice of giving water away for free to those who have permits, including bottling companies that then sell the water they take. While the ministry doesn't charge for actual water removals, it does levy modest cost-recovery fees to defray expenses for issuing and overseeing its permit system. "I'm disappointed that they did not reduce their volume, nor did they address the whole issue of giving a public resource away to a private enterprise for free," said Mark Goldberg, co-founder of Wellington Water Watchers, a local activist group. The province levies a one-time $3,000 processing fee on complicated water permits that need a scientific evaluation. Beginning next year, it will charge an additional fee of $3.71 for every million litres permit holders withdraw, or $13.36 a day if Nestlé takes its full allotment. "The quantity is outrageous and the fees are ridiculously low," said Jode Roberts, a spokesman for Ecojustice, formerly the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, a legal adviser to Wellington Water Watchers, which has estimated that if Nestlé bought municipal water in Guelph it would pay about $2,700 a day. The province released a statement yesterday saying it had issued the permit for a two-year period "with strict conditions to protect existing water users and the natural environment." Nestlé said in a news release it was disappointed the province didn't agree to give it a five-year permit, as it had requested. Nestlé has owned the site, located in Aberfoyle, since 2000. Although the ministry said studies show Nestlé's water extraction isn't affecting others in the area or local surface waters, it decided to grant only a two-year permit and is requiring the company to perform further monitoring to verify the finding of no harm to the local environment. The company's pumping has exerted enough pressure to cause surface water in a creek near its site to be drawn underground, but Nestlé has maintained that the effect is of no consequence because it hasn't affected flow rates of the stream.

Wonder were those springs have gone? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...tional/Ontario/ A snippet from the article about water bottling company being allowed to take water from the area: "I'm disappointed that they did not reduce their volume, nor did they address the whole issue of giving a public resource away to a private enterprise for free," said Mark Goldberg, co-founder of Wellington Water Watchers, a local activist group. The province levies a one-time $3,000 processing fee on complicated water permits that need a scientific evaluation. Beginning next year, it will charge an additional fee of $3.71 for every million litres permit holders withdraw, or $13.36 a day if Nestlé takes its full allotment. You read that right $3.71 per million litres. 3.6 million litres of water a day, every day. You think it's only big oil that's screwing you and the environment, think again.

Sorry this was a poor attempt at humour. In some parts the sunfish vs bass debate almost rivals the walleye vs pickerel one. bass are sunfish, whites bass are bass, walleye are perch, lake trout are char, rainbow trout are salmon. etc, etc.