OhioFisherman

Nice ride Lew !

No pesonal experience with them hope this helps. http://www.tackletour.net/TTForums/viewtop...090&start=0

Here in Ohio studded tires were legal, I don`t do enough driving to worry about them any more. Tire had pre made hole in them and most tire shops could insert the studs for a few bucks a tire. Hard to beat on icey roads, probably the only thing better is chains but a hassle to put on and remove. I always used to use studded tires on my cars in the winter. Points aren`t sharp, looks kind of like a pop rivet, hardened. LOL never seen a shad? Wait till you experience one of their die offs. They seem to be severely affected by water temperature and can die off in the thousands, smell, and if your using a lure with exposed hooks you get to remove smelly dead shad from them.

We have one here in Cleveland also, and like Sebastian mention the cost of space is a factor. My local tackle shop has their own show in their store. They bring in their own speakers geared to what most of his customers are truly interested in. Some of the big name local talent. Mostly geared to bass fishing and Lake Erie, walleye, steelhead. I also think he is about right with the 5k number, a big number to a smaller local shop, and if you are not going to profit that much from it? It allows him to save money the week of the show and pass the savings on to his customers. No worrying about keeping the store open and staffing at the show, costs of set up and displays at the show, travel time, although his shop is within a 15 minute drive to the show. I haven`t been to the local show in years, it was a better plan for me and my buddies to get together and take a drive to NetCraft in Toledo, Bass Pro in Auburn Hills Mi, and Cabela`s in Dundee. Admission fees and parking to the show covered the price of gas. The show here was the place to go if you were planning a trip, looking for a new place to go because the one here not only had a lot of Canadian camps, but places from most states from here to Florida. The internet has had an effect on that. Seemed like our show just started to look more and more like a flea market that you had to pay to enter.

Nice job EHG! Used to catch a gizzard shad every once in a while Crappie fishing on bays off of Lake Erie, every one was foul hooked so I believe you are right on them eating plants. Nice sized whities!

I googled 2 ADIA 20/30 spinning reels and the only thing that came up similar was your post. Oh Nooooooooooo!

LMAO Glen, ain`t that the truth, might have to buy that and play it for the doctors! The fish used to sing this to me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcErF_OIGGg...feature=related

Warren a blast from the past. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97m83tqolM8...feature=related

5 years of chasing the wife`s skirt and she blasts me with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7pxLdsHGF0...feature=related

Didn`t know Glen was in the song. Kenny the rock star? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpPcoVrmDHY

Always nice to hear a guitar played well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nianKJ2jiw...feature=channel

Mr. Lightfoot had some good tunes, I wander thru a lot of different types. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU5Kb3MnCqs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u87f6QjLjGs...re=channel_page

Coast Guard had an ice breaker working the mouth of the Grand river here in Ohio for the same reasons ice jammed up and causing flooding.

That is a sled? No experience with them, but if it will pull start easily but won`t key start I might look at the electric connections, wiring to the distributor from the key or starter? Key has to be in on position to start it? No safety mechanism in the seat to shut it down if the rider is thrown? Guess not if you have to get off to pull start?

Hearts go out to the people affected, a tragedy for sure!

I agree, government regulation is like having more cops on the street, better to prevent a crime than to try and clean up after it. Fish, don`t know if you heard any of the Prez`s talks from Elkhart Indiana. Elkhart is the RV capital of the USA, possibly the world. Un-employment went from like 4.5% to over 14% in one year. Tourism is going to be affected, especially US tourists. Most of the freight I picked up when I was still working (truck driver) go to Elkhart was either RV or auto industry related. RV dealer down the road from me looks like a ghost town, lots of RVs but no buyers. Seeing more and more used ones for sale in front yards. Boating industry has also been hit hard, and we all know about the auto industry, foreign and domestic. I will be 58 this summer, malls have announced here they are cutting hours of operation due to lack of business, first time I have heard of them doing that. Gas is going to go back up, maybe not soon with this economic situation going on now, but more people using it and supplies diminishing. Blame? Politicians certainly, they live in a bubble surrounded by lobbyists and back slappers. The news media? if you can sort through the noise they make it helps to be informed?

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/t...-banks-ubs.aspx http://www.newsweek.com/id/183670

Years ago I used braided nylon or dacron on a large spinning reel, never tried any of the new braids on one. Dacron and nylon had a different feel coming off the spool, not like mono. Don`t reel against the drag, if the fish wants to take the drag let him, just keep pressure on and slack out of the line. Reeling against the drag can cause line twist. I don`t use the drag often so no problems.

Is that quishe? Got the pot roast in the crock pot now waiting for me to wake up from my nap.

12 to 20 million people here illegally and I need a passport? Just another sneaky tax on citizens?

Can I get that 2k a month on top of my pension and social security? Is that considered a job?

There are forces always behind the scenes working against labor to increase their own excesses. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/b...n_n_161248.html The less you get the more they can keep of themselves.