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Fluoro is unncessary in those waters. Save your money for Beer! Tony

Depending on the body of water you are fishing you either need fluorocarbon (Eg. Lake Simcoe) or don't (Eg. most Northern tea-stained lakes) Don't fork out the extra cash for flouro if you are primarily fishing stained water, or night fishing Tony

We don't need a banner telling us we're the Top site anyway

No landing net!? tsk tsk tsk... Tony

Wow! Carp are more popular than Brook Trout

I agree wth supporting the local guys. I still purchase a lot of gear prior to a lot of trips, something about going to the tackle store before going on a trip However, with the amount of gear I purchase, I can save hundreds of dollars by purchasing online (especially now with the high Canadian $) I really wish that our local shops could be more competitively priced. Oh yeah...you can buy Live Bait online too 500 Dew worms for under $75 delivered live and kicking to your doorstep! http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...t&noImage=0 Tony

Have a great trip, sounds like you'll be covering some decent water! Look forward to the report when you return. Play safe Tony

My Condolences... Tony

1800 Walleye 1400lbs of Beer Sounds like the ingredients for a fun trip Tony

I learned that the trick is to attract buyers enough to get them to want to come see your place (and hopefully fall in love with it) rather than scare them off with an initial high price. The agent should know what the realistic asking price is for your area, of course it seems like they are low-balling since you have a financial and emotional investment in the home you are selling. Remove that, and they are usually right. That being said, we were stubborn, and listed higher than our agent recommended. When the offers came in were bang on with what our agent recommended, we realized that they know what they are doing Since there were multiple offers though, we got more than our asking price. Tony

These are $150.00 U.S. but a sweet reel!

Either that or people lose interest after the first 5 clicks

Sorry to hear about your dream home falling through, but good thing you ran from that place! Now I am not a R.E agent or anything but we are just goin through the process of buying and selling (with the same agent representing both buyer and seller properties) As for the agent instructing you to not put a clause on sale of your home, that is common, from what I understand. The reason being (at least in the hot real estate market around here) is that you could potentially lose your offer on the home you desire. What I mean is let's say the lakefront property had 2 offers. 1 has condition on finance, home inspection and sale of buyers home. The other only has condition on finance and home inspection. As a seller, the choice is simple...go with the offer with less chance of it falling through (ie. buyers home not selling). So...playing devils advocate, I can understand possible reasoning for your agent recommending this. However, I question the integrity of the agent from even getting invloved with the sellers in the first place when the property is in absolute shambles... For you R.E. Agents...would you get involved with selling a house that is in such a bad state of repair, or is it 'a house is a house' mentality? As for being homeless in 6 weeks...I believe that these wacky incidents that can drive you mental have an uncanny way of working themselves out for the better. Here's to hoping it all works out, and I think you'll get your dream property, this one just wasn't meant to be! Tony

Ahh Restoule... You'll find everything you need at... Stop in and say hi to Bing! Boat rentals, bait, ice cream, and definately buy a package of Bings Famous fish coating mix - very Tasty And you can get your booze at... There are Pike, Musky, Bass, Pickerel, Panfish, Lake Trout and Whitefish in there... Sure is pretty up there... Tony

Humans...preferrably female ones

Ohhh musky season...I was going to say, fishing season started earlier this year around January 1st Tony

See my post above, I already handled the calculations for you Tony

If you can cough up $18.43 on top of your budget you can buy a Shimano Stradic 2500 or Team Daiwa Advantage 2000 from Cabelas. Both quality reels. $118.43 delivered to your doorstep (Shipping and U.S. exchange rate included in that price) Team Daiwa Advantage 2000 Shimano Stradic 2500 Either that or go for the Shimano Sahara about $83 at Le Barons.

Yep you're right (Good to know too!) Map Code: PREM-C3 http://www.navionics.com/PremiumLakeList_07.asp?RegionID=5 Tony

I don't think they have coverage of Nippissing, unless they have released it recently. Garmin Bluecharts do provide coverage. Tony

Gulp all the way!

Score 1 kid for the fishing community...a drop in the bucket compared to the hoards of kids playing video games and surfing the net Way to go Dave for provifing a positive experience for the boy and his dad Tony

I'm not a Berkley hater or anything (I use the good old XL on some of my spinning reels regularly) but Vanish is probably the worst flouro out there. I wouldn't risk losing fish and gear by using it. It does come in handy for crafts though, kids love it for making those bead bracelets Tony

That's awesome! Tony