OhioFisherman

It's been a long time since I went up north to Ontario, but even back in the 1960's your tackle prices were scary compared to prices here. At some of the smaller tackle shops here you also had the same problem though, sticker shock! I used to make an annual early spring trip with friends to Cabela's in Dundee and BPS in Auburn Hills, no complaints, but I knew what I was looking for and kept my purchases mostly limited to those items. Golden Nugget? Not a bad walleye lure, but the Erie Dearie was a lot more common in stores and tackle shops here along the lakefront, and usually cheaper! Overload? You also had the Storm Hot'n tot Pygmy spins and some others as I recall? Once you got 15 - 20 miles of the lakefront the tackle selections in some stores changed radically, it just wasn't profitable to stock tackle that didn't sell well in the area.

http://www.bassmaster.com/video/geico-bassmaster-classic-presented-gopro-basscam A very high percentage of larger lakes here in the states are man made, and the weather has been brutal for a lot of areas here. LOL in places like South Carolina or Georgia an inch of snow causes panic! Long pants and coats can go on if it drops below 70!

LOL Adam! Popcorn shrimp? I know some towns - cities along this side of Lake Erie that would like to see something that eats some of the muckleheads and mayflies?

Don't cheap out on your snaps or swivels, get name brand items, make sure they are rated for at least the strength of the line.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/02/10/Researchers-imagine-killer-shrimp-invasion-of-Great-Lakes/2401423582440/?spt=hs&or=sn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikerogammarus_villosus The smallie food of the future? At 1.2 inches long it will take a lot of them!

I remember when I first started driving 18 wheelers, no power steering, I thought I was getting arthritis in my shoulders, chest and upper arms, it just took a while to develop new muscles! Most of the tractors they used for city work were gas and way under powered, if you hit any kind of a grade you were breaking down the gears and hoping you didn't wind up in first! LOL, back in the day a 35hp outboard was a big motor!

After looking at that picture I am glad I am not old! Our commercial trucks had roofs! even the fire trucks I recall seeing as a kid did too! LOL How many people fit in the cab of that thing? Maybe is was for speed of entry and exit? Less doors and other er... luxuries reduce costs? Mayors and other politicians need raises more than city workers in the cold need heaters?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unused-Vintage-Heddon-Wood-Strawberry-Vamp-Lure-on-Checkered-Card-/231457167436?nma=true&si=CinTz6xAZQ2hwMeveUG1P4cVooc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 I caught a lot of fish up north on those, not a color scheme I would normally buy,but they worked!

http://www.munsonmarine.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?veh=14777&CatDesc=&=#detail The last boat I looked at, same style different seller, glad I held off on that move!

Cisco Kids were great trolling lures for up north! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unfished-Vintage-Husky-Cisco-Kid-Musky-Lure-No-1821-in-Box-/191508717687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c96cf2077

Never paid an outrageous price for a lure, the ones that hurt losing were the proven fish catchers! Mostly due to using bass lures in waters with pike and skis. The old original Storm wee warts and wee steelie warts seemed to have like 1 in 6 that would out fish the other 5 consistently, same with their Texas shad lures. Trolling for walleye on Lake Erie with my brother and dad was a good way to find the hot ones to use for bass!

It took me 3 years to get a correct diagnosis here stateside, with me telling them what I thought was the only possibility left for a year and a half. Finding a doctor here that wasn't arrogant and would accept patient input and order the proper tests was tough. 4 hospital and a half a dozen doctors later? A truck driver may have been smarter than some of the doctors, since I was right and they applied labels.

#2 for me would probably also be a jig and pig or jig and plastic, usually anything from 1/16th to 1 ounce, even small ones can catch outsized fish.

English seems to rapidly be becoming un - American, funny that our forefathers had no trouble learning it and not demand that Americans accomodate them?

My " honey" is a dog, and he is happy with a treat or ice cube! That makes my life a lot easier! LOL

A bare spot in the insulation on the wiring?

For largemouth bass? http://zoombait.com/worms/swimming-tails/u-tails/ With only one choice for other species I would stay home and cut grass.

Just my opinion, it would be pretty hard to go wrong with a Curado.

It's always wise to plan ahead!

Ya, this, even the ones stateside in my area had next to nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XanZlZ1zzc#t=10

http://rare.us/story/when-a-malfunctioning-weather-map-turned-up-the-heat-this-hilarious-weatherman-kept-his-cool/

We drove from here to Lake Chautauqua in New York state before it happened, like 164 miles? My boat though was a bit tongue heavy on the hitch, that might have saved a real problem. I was a truck driver for 30+ years, I can be a bit more dedicated to making sure things are connected properly, that was the only time I trusted the job to someone else, he had his own boat so he knows what he is doing? LOL

Never had a disaster, once going to Lake Chautauqua in New York for a tournament the trailer came unhitched from my buddies truck, it just bumped his bumper though. My boat and trailer and he hooked it up, when I did it I cranked the leg down and applied pressure to make sure it was hooked up good, he didn't. My buddy and his son took me fishing to a lake 70-75 miles away, I am disabled and only could handle a 30 - 45 minutes in the boat, I told them to just take me back to the ramp and I would sleep in the truck. Probably a good thing, I was walking past their trailer and notice 2 or 3 cross beams on their trailer had broken welds, and they were leaving for a trip to the French River the next weekend. They got it fixed before they left, a long way to travel with a glass bass boat with a 150 on the back. A buddy lost an almost new Nitro on I-90 coming back from New York. Can't recall even having a flat on a trailer tire myself. Either lucky or alert? I tried to avoid hassles.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-s-package-for-ex-ceo-matches-package-for-all-17-600-canadian-workers-1.2927893