OhioFisherman

I am reducing my carbon foot print by reducing my driving, used about 4 gallons in the last two weeks, oil change was due the first week of January and I still need about 1200 miles to hit 3000. LOL not like I had a choice though. When they get CFLs to work in remote ceiling fans all my bulbs will be CFLs.

I haven`t done anything on ebay in years, soon to change. Only one problem, a fish finder I bought wasn`t what was advertised, dude did send a refund when I returned it, I did have to contact ebay about the problem first though to get the guy to sack up. Sorry to hear your having an issue Wayne!

Rivers entering the Georgian bay might have some good ones, my wife got a couple decent size ones at Pointe Au Baril in a river entering the Georgian there, like 15 pounds and one between 20 and 25 pounds. Just guessing that a lot of your waters have some good ones just not a heavily targeted species up there. My wife got them by accident while we were fishing for other species with a big chub under a slip bobber on a break line from shore 6 to 8 feet of water, deeper water near by. A lot of ways to fish for them on purpose, cut bait, prepared bait, chicken livers on bottom rigs, slip bobber and a big chub just opens you up to other species also. We were targeting pickeral, pike, caught some a couple cats and gar also.

Sorry you had to move out Steve, just as I was getting used to you. I just don`t make the beer runs well any more. New Oxford? a bit east of Somerset Pa on US 30 the long way to my house, use the PA turnpike to I 76. I know it`s not hockey but you can ski in the area around Somerset, Seven Springs was a nice resort.

Good Luck Bud! facing the same issues with one of my brothers myself, tough deal.

Nice job! Always nice to see people helping out any way they can.

I always use a net when one is available and the fish doesn`t fly into the boat on it`s own. My goal is to actually land the fish, not play with it on the line. From a bass tournament perspective, 1 lost keeper 14 to 16 ounce fish, usually 12 inches can mean a big change in the standings at the weigh in. I have finished 20th to 30th position in some and one more keeper would have got me a check, I use a net. Some fish can handle the fight better than others, generally rough warm water fish, eg. carp, sheephead, catfish. You can use an expanding foam insulation (like great stuff) sprayed into the handle of your net to make it float to prevent it`s loss.

Thanks Rip! Got to wait for someone that knows how to work the camera to get home.

I have an older narrow compared to the newer aluminum boats 16' 8" with a 12 volt 55 pound thrust motor. You will need a bigger one at the very least 70 pound thrust. A lot easier to turn down the power than not have it.

Got some pictures of some back yard deer, like to post them but no clue how and can`t find the link. LOL No I didn`t take them, my wife and daughter did.

For the most part I have always fished with someone, pictures have always been a low priority for me, I stopped having fish mounted in the early 80`s. I have released fish in tournaments if it looked like they weren`t going to survive the livewell. Just to me it`s nice to be able to say you landed a big fish, but even nicer to free the fighter with the least possible harm. Lost some big ski`s myself on the Georgian bass fishing and actually under prepared for them, saddest part was watching them swim away with a lure stuck in their jaw. LOL a fish, there will always be another? If I leave the camera at home I got more room for tackle?

Look at Play boy magazine, most guys like em big on top not on the bottom, you wanna fatten up the bottom end? More weight less dates.

Went there for 25 years still my favorite place in the world, besides fish you got scenery! Stayed at Kenlea camp for a lot of years but it was getting rundown, with the wife and kids at Rockpine cottages, nice place but it`s been almost 20 years,

I have used Dacron, but not for years, almost no stretch to it, great on hooksets. Almost never see it in any place here but quality fishing tackle shops. Sort of a buy on-line item any more. Advances in mono and other lines seems to have left it behind. Visible, compared to Power Pro and the other super lines a large diameter per pound test.

I agree, a medium heavy should do fine unless you fish in an area like Florida with out sized bass.

Snow was just about gone here Friday morning, Friday evening we got 4 to 6 inches and colder temps with it. Supposed to be back in the 50`s next week though. April 15th tax day here usually means an end to the snow also.

My wife has, she likes fishing in Ontario and New York a lot more than here in Ohio, she can cast a spinning reel ok but is a bit baffled by a baitcaster. Has to be 75 to 85 and sunny though, and not a lot of casting, she would rather fish live bait and let it do the work. All 3 of my girls are more interested than my son, go figure.

I have never had a problem using original stren, pick a color, the last thing I want is line problems.

I don`t keep fish often, used to keep one steelhead a year for the wife and kids to eat. a little butter and lemon pepper salt on the grill, they love it, I can eat it too. Lake Erie steel, not bad for fish. The are pretty and a heck of a fighter.

A couple of my wife`s cousins have the big motor homes, one stopped here last year for a few days making the rounds visiting family from the Dallas-Fort Worth Texas area. They had budgeted 1500 bucks for fuel for their 40 foot motor home with a diesel pusher but expected to go well over. Diesel was over 4 bucks a gallon in the area here like last week, and good mileage for a Tractor- trailer is in the 6 to 7 miles a gallon area, got to be the same for the Diesel campers. Theirs also had a separate diesel generator for electric. A lot of people here struggling to keep their homes, the toys aren`t important now. I am constantly baffled by the news stories, one recently was a couple that bought like a 312,000 dollar home with an interest only loan, dude lost his job, falling property values have made the home worth like 40,000 less than they paid for it, and it`s not selling. Interest only loans are like a crack addiction, the only one that will benefit is the pusher.

http://www.forestcitysummit.com/articles/2...atestnews05.txt Winnebago took a hit.

One lure for a trip? I would probably stay home, I like to be prepared and one lure doesn`t give me the best chance for a good trip. Lure of choice on trips is a jig and pig, jig and worm, tube jig, jig jig jig, great lure, not always the best for the situation.

A passing interest in the Bassmaster tour and FLW tour, not down with all aspects. Pete Mania`s program was good, In-Fisherman usually has a good program when it`s on, not much any more it seems here.

LOL, my ex-wife would look good on one!

We got a wi last week, pretty cool if your into that kind of thing.