OhioFisherman

I agree, the people at the top haven`t been happy making 500,000 k a year, they wanted a million, then 5 million, then ten million or more a year. The age of slow steady growth went in favor of a boom or bust economy so they could pad their paydays. Tough on the company, stock holders, the public, and the economy, but they earned enough, quickly enough to make sure they were on easy street. The suffering doesn`t trickle up as easily as it trickles down.

So if you go to Canada with out a passport, and our border people won`t let you back into the US you can ask for political asylum?

The message here has been consume, consume, buy, buy. People fell for it. A news segment a couple days ago, homes that were selling for 100k in Cincinnati a year ago are now selling at foreclosure auctions for 7-9 k. It would suck to be their neighbors trying to sell your home? Last 8 years or so the people in charge wanted tax cuts for the rich, while the roads and bridges crumbled around them, while business shipped the higher paying manufacturing jobs overseas decreasing the tax (income) base. A Utopia that wasn`t, a make believe society that couldn`t sustain itself. The bigger they are the harder they fall?

I have caught some decent ones on a lot of different pound test lines, by accident and on purpose. Good quality steel leader, or now florocarbon is probably more important to landing them. My choice would be 17-20 pound stren on a bait caster, but I have landed 36 to 40 inchers on a spinning reel with 14 pound test Stren. Had a lot of decent pike with more weight in weeds tangled on them and the line than the fish weighed. Didn`t use braid at the time but it makes sense.

Teacher are generally better educated then the general public, 4 or more years of college isn`t cheap? Don`t you think someone you are trusting to educate your children should be to afford to live in the neighborhood they teach in? In the states so things are probably a bit different. they not only have to be teachers, but cops, and moms and dads, because their parents either aren`t interested(unless little Johnny gets in trouble, then it`s my baby wouldn`t do that!) or don`t take time. I delivered to a lot of schools in Cleveland, the teachers there should get hazardous duty pay, some had 3 or 4 cops roaming the halls. Next door neighbors, both were teachers, I still is, cad/cam at the local vocational high school, he was in private business but took the job as a teacher at lower pay to be able to spend more time with his family, he has more than just teaching credentials, also an engineering degree. His wife stopped teaching to home school their children because she could give a better education with out the influence and distractions of other peoples kids. Certainly a bad time to be in contract negotiations, but unlike politicians, businessmen, Wall street? The teachers don`t give themselves a raise, they have to bargain for it. You don`t bargain you fall behind, like most people with out unions. Politicians belong to a Union (political party) doctors belong to a union ( American or Canadian medical association) businesses belong to unions ( chamber of commerce, Cose-council of smaller enterprizes) to negotiate for their best interests. Maybe they are just smarter?

LOL nice fish from a 70 acre pond? http://www.californiagameandfish.com/fishi...g/ca_aa010704a/ Must be the trout diet!

Also hooked these on tribs of Lake Erie sucker fishing a bit more of a challenge http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/buffalo-fish-info.htm

Like Glen says it gets to be fun after a while, back when I started overtime was more or less optional for me. 8 or 9 hours of work and I was home waiting for dark to go fishing, or in the winter to get the heck out of the cold. Never was much on breakfast, lunch was a couple 3 small cans of tuna, or 1 large can of salmon and some fruit or cut up vegetables. Dinner was whatever I wanted, I worked it off. I don`t drink much pop (soda) a case can last me a year or more. I prefer fruit juice or V-8 and wash it down with coffee. A speed bag or some rednecks at the bar can keep you in shape too! You get to a point where it looks like they are moving in slow motion. Watch out for buck teeth, cuts your knuckles.

Mike we used to fish for them when we were kids, simple to do not much equipment was needed a bobber small hook and a split shot and piece of worm. There were no limits for them here in Ohio. Deeper pools were better than fast running water. Used to seine my own bait here, chubs, shiners, and suckers. Suckers were a last resort, about the only time I did any good with them was on Lake Erie for Walleye. Not my first choice for bass, pike or muskie. My uncle who was into muskie fishing used them a lot though and when we used to go to Pointe Au Baril the bait store there sold them up to about 18 inches long for bait. My choice for bigger bass, pike is a chub or shiner 6-10 inches long, 6-8 for bass. Even had 2 1/2- 3 pound bass take an 8 inch chub, you can usually tell it`s a smaller bass, they have to work at it, bigger bass usually just grabs it and goes. Also used small bluegill here for bass, it`s legal here 2-4 inch. Perch in Pointe Au Baril for pike and skis, it was legal in the waters of the great lakes up to the first dam, obstruction. Don`t know if it still is and probably not on inland lakes. Soft ray fish, chubs shiners small shad seem to be easier for them to take, and they know it, pike will take a 8-10 inch chub much faster than a perch. Just never had any luck personally using suckers for pike or skis. Might be a spawning thing? Walleye tend to spawn in streams and rivers? Lots of suckers in them so they are more used to depending on them for a food source? Bass pike and muskie spawn in shallow quiet bays, not many suckers there? Got a lot of walleye, and no smallmouth dragging a swimming jig over rocky bottoms on Lake Erie. Chub or shiner got the smallies.

Since Thursday of last week the snow cover on the ground 10-12 inches here has disappeared. Went by one of the local river near me an it was 300-400 feet over it`s banks. Use some caution if your near one, might be ice up or down river causing a jam and waiting to break.

Opened right up for me TJ no waiting!

China isn`t as worried about it`s people getting lead poisoning from the manufacture of batteries as the US and Canada are. Even batteries for my mobility scooter are made in China.

And yes we still love you!

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I usually have one or two of those go each season between a few abu casting reels. I have older Abu reels and have never had one go, one of the easiest spots on a reel to lube. About the same amount of problems with my Abu`s as my Shimano`s, none.

Always liked Cash! Dude did look old in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rxPSDUlvk I was just out of high school and the James Gang used to play in the area a lot.

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Mission accomplished! It`s all about the correct tools for the job. Went into Cleveland yesterday to a machine tool supply shop, needed carbide bits to cut through an easy out I broke off in a bolt. Picked up a couple 1/8 and 3/16 carbide bits to use on a 1/4 inch bolt, also a couple of odd shaped carbide cutters, 1 with like a ball end 5/32 and one drill shaped but with smaller spiral cutters instead of the customary flute shaped grooves on the of a drill bit. Took some time but cut right thru the broken easy out, went through it a couple more times with progressively larger drill bits and then re-tapped the hole. Done! Stainless 1/20 bolts now in place with some anti-seeze paste on them just in case. LOL now it warms up! Not for long though I guess?

These guys may be a little old for you, don`t know what kind of radio you had in the baby buggy. Band of brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYDETBVs8g Solo

Good afternoon Lew! I am awake again! Ya also have problems with the board loading late at nite, early in the morning, don`t turn the thermostat down so low!

Jim I agree to an extent, not really the robots causing the problems. China has laid off over 20 million, told them to leave the cities and return home, so it is hitting every where. Those people probably wouldn`t have had jobs to begin with if ours hadn`t been shipped there. The numbers used here by our government are smoke and mirrors, not factual numbers, the true numbers here are much higher. They changed the way they figure them during the Reagan years.

Don`t know how they got out there but the coast guard usually only rescues people, not the sleds or 4 wheelers, your own deal on that. Could be n expensive trip? But as long as they are safe.