OhioFisherman

At times the stuff our government comes up with scares me. Most if not all the small water supply lakes around here no have no trespassing at night to prevent an attack, it also, maybe more importantly saves them patrol costs?

Actually trucks are usually licensed in the states that have the lowest license fees. For a long time here there were more trucks licensed in Maine I think than they had people. City delivery trucks that are usually in one state for extended periods of time are usually licensed in that state. Lot of states now like the license fees but not really the truck traffic.

First picture on the right? snow as you were leaving Canada? Fishing rod and no fish? Just like a LakeAir report? Glad ya`ll had a good time, great pictures of a land we can`t go to.

I am pretty comfortable using a spinning or casting reel for them, heavier cover usually makes the casting reel and heavier line the first choice. LOL My biggest walleye came on one slow rolled down a semi weedy point on the Georgian bay. Like musky or specks mentioned letting them helicopter down and sit for a few seconds before starting your retrieve can also work. They make some designed for this called a short arm spinnerbait.

It varies with the type of water I am fishing and depth, surface weeds and lilies, fixed objects(wood) sticking above the surface or visible not far down a 1/4 ounce buzzbait, black, white, chartruse. Second choice is a bait that floats for a slower presentation, Heddon Torpedo, Smithwick devils horse, rapala floater, just something that may provoke neutral or less aggressive fish. A frog or lizard weightless has also worked. A little deeper to 10-15 feet a plastic worm or lizard texas rigged, carolina rigged, or in areas with out much weed growth or snags on a jighead. Small crankbait, I am partial to Storm wee warts, no longer made or bandit 200-300 series, chrome black black or white. Smallies overall, tubes. Green Pumpkin, white, watermelon blue fleck have worked well for me but I carry a mix. Jig and pig, jig and grub, rattletrap, spinnerbait, no favorites, just tools, I try to have the right ones.

Oh no! service industry is the future of the USA? Dang! maybe I will learn some new words? LOL ya u-haul sucks, when we moved out of the condo into the house we rented one(Large straight truck). An old one and new one sitting side by side and they gave me the old one, packed it up at the condo and started driving to the house, all the lights quit, checked the fuses and breaker couldn`t find the problem. Dudes wanted me to drive it back there and unload it onto the other truck. yo momma, bring the other out to my house, I will unload this one and get the next load with the new one. Customer service isn`t what it used to be

I am not a hunter, I sort of half arsed understand the sport and the need to control animal populations. 950 yards is a very good shot, takes a skilled marksman and a good gun. Not really enough info for me to understand that shot, hunting or to prove a point?

4Reel actually a very good program on the History or Discovery channel on Iceland`s use of geothermal power from their volcanoes. They convert the heat to steam and generate electricity from it and use it for a hot water supply along with other uses.

I didn`t have much trouble with deep hooked bass, I did keep a pair of wire cutters onboard to cut deep hooks and a pair of forceps to remove the barb end.

I got some from one of the marine stores(West Marine?), two mounted up front, small, a large in the middle and rear, stainless steel with independent switches built in. Not removable though, not really used much, digging thru the tackle bag mostly. Once your eyes adapt to the night and you avoid looking at bright lights you can see pretty well, I would shut off my running lights if I was the only boat on the lake at night and flip docks. I could tie an improved clinch knot in the dark so I was good. Some times we wouldn`t go till 10 pm, just to make sure most of the traffic was off the water.

I have never been in an airplane, but the chances are a lot better of me getting into Wayne`s than me ever getting on? that! LOL Wayne seems to have his head on straight, dude flying that thing must have bumped his.

Sure am glad you didn`t parade around the shore half nekked! Glad to see you got your ride back and it works Glenn.

Caught a program on MythBusters last night, no good way to hit a moose with the average car( they used a dummy Moose and a remote controlled car). Slowing down had a better effect than speeding up and trying to send the Moose over the top of the car. Best bet? Keep your Mooses off the street.

Ford-Chevy everyone will have their own opinion. I like the twisted eye ones, but use some r-bends. You can get them to helicopter better if you shorten the arm a bit and a little bend. Easy for me to change them to a ball bearing swivel and different blades if I don`t like the ones they came with. A piece of thin copper wire over the skirt and twisted also helps them hold up, a piece of rubber, vynil tubing over the r bend helps to keep them from straightening out with a bigger fish. Haven`t seen any really terrible hooks on them and I use a trailer hook a lot anyway.

Brian, it happens all the time here, not ignorance usually just complete disrespect for the property owner. They know they don`t own the land but make little or know attempt to find out how does and try to get permission or don`t even bother. Most people here have husband and wife working so they know there isn`t much chance of getting caught during the day. I started making calls to the game warden after one shot something in my back field from the railroad tracks and came into my yard to get it. Used to be two or three cars parked off the side of the road during hunting season with the people walking the railroad tracks shooting into backyards and fields. Doesn`t happen now, license plate numbers and car description and the game warden gave me a call that he spoke to them. A couple public hunting areas with in 10 miles of me, but some don`t like the crowds, with one C/O per county it`s to easy for them to trespass.

Had one go on my 68 396 Camaro, the wheel(drivers side froze up) back of the bearing race, all I could find looked like it was welded to the spindle. For 600 + miles I wouldn`t trust it.

Fish eat fish and other usually smaller things in the water, mostly a bass fisherman myself and a lot of my tackle is geared to that species, but the fish don`t know. I have caught bass, walleye, pike, sheephead, carp, muskie, steelhead, panfish, catfish, ect. on the same tackle. A lure in the water catches more fish than one in the tackle box. Pike have teeth and overall a bigger mouth than a bass, use a steel or fluorocarbon leader, a lot of bite offs with out one. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jig and pigs, tubes, plastic worms, surface lures, pike eat them. Steel leaders may throw off the action of some lures, bass fishing at night can be great, not much luck for pike at night for me. Just a trend I have noticed is a big pike in the area the bass disappear, a big feeding pike may cause other species to jump out of the water to escape, watch the water. Morning and evening near shore, mid day deeper water, deeper edges.

Heavier action rod, heavier lures, heavier cover usually. You can get by with the lighter action and lighter line in more open areas. Comfort factor, and confidence you can throw the lures on most rods, just what your more comfortable using and your chances of landing the fish. The right tool(rod and reel) increases the chances.

LOL Wayne that might work up there, wild west here in the states, people punching holes in gas tanks on cars and trucks and draining fuel into buckets, story on the news the other day. Friend had his bulldozer parked in a field, someone pumped the diesel out of it. Seventy five bucks got me 10 gallons of gas in the van and 10 gallons for the lawn equipment. The 10 gallons in the van might last 2 months. Gerritt your right, but economic news is not good here. News report yesterday? General Electric`s financial division chief says the economy is in the worst shape here since the great depression. Hmmm? People need jobs to buy? Just guns to steal? Right now more guns than jobs!

$ 3.69.9 a gallon and schools not out yet, the new word Staycation, travel will be down? Prediction that summer jobs for students will be at a 60 year record low, too many adults taking extra jobs to supplement their income. Kids with no jobs, no income is not a good thing, way too much time on their hands can lead to trouble.

Depends on the fishing method? Some deals like a spreader or perch rig require snelled hooks. When fishing for pike and stuff up north with live bait I used ones that were snelled with wire leader. For bass here with big chubs I tie a hook to a 18-24 inch piece of mono making it a snell just because I like a ball bearing swivel above it because the big chubs-shiner swim around a lot and can tangle the line pretty good without a swivel. For crawlers I didn`t use one, just a hook tied directly to the line, small split shot about 18 inches above it and a small float.

Size 6 hook seems kind of small, I don`t fish for them on purpose but decent sizes ones have no trouble with a 3/0 or 4/0 3407 mustad. No experience with the octopus hooks. Bigger bait generally means bigger fish. Daughter`s boyfriend got a decent one the other day on ground crappie in a mesh bag.

Thoughts are with you and your family Dave. No ideas on the hospitals up there, I am sure some are first rate. Any options on coming stateside for treatment other opinions?

Just a word on the Plano boxes, get the ones with the pro style snaps, the molded ons have a habit of snapping off in cold weather.

34-year-old plumber Plumbers catch fish?