OhioFisherman

Just my grasp of the whole deal, and I could be wrong! Earth has a series of moving plates, movement is not steady or or easy, stress builds in places. A rapid release of stress, movement causes earthquakes? If the plates move, and the GPS satellites don't? A change in GPS location results? Simcoe freezing later? More people? more hot air! Global warming!

No purple haze?

I think a lot of manufacturers will sell direct to the public. Berkley has a site http://www.ffo-tackle.com/ffo-reels/ Lurenet also http://www.lurenet.com/lures/crankbaits

You're right dave, http://www.shimanousa.com/content/Corporate/english/index/portal-site/history1.html, according to this their reels weren't introduced to the American market until 1978. http://best-spinningreels.com/shimano-reels-history/ I had a number of the original 100 reels, they all went when I found the Bantam MagPlus 251SG, left hand retrieve reels.

Shimano is also big into bicycle gearing.

Just something to consider, 5 to 1 on that reel is almost like 7 to 1 on a Shimano Curado? http://fish.shimano.com/content/sac-fish/en/home/products/fishing-reels/spinning/nasci.html http://fish.shimano.com/content/sac-fish/en/home/products/fishing-reels/baitcast/curado.html 29 inches of line per handle turn compared to 30?

65 and rain today here, deer would need goulashes!

Since it is almost impossible for me to get out of the house now I have dealt with a number of on line retailers, Amazon, Jet, Wal Mart, Best Buy, no issues with any of them. Since my dog seems to be allergic to most things I even order his food and treats online because no place around here seems to carry stuff he can eat.

Great pictures! I used to see the area herd in the field across the road from me, then they built homes there and the herd moved.

Have a great safe Christmas season!

If it's any help Raf. http://www.elmirastoveworks.com/woodstove-parts/ They don't seem to make wood burners anymore but have some parts? ??? Maybe a weld? http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-how-to/Pages/welding-cast-iron-detail.aspx I see what looks like a weld with a small gap on either side in your picture? The crack extends to the gap? Cast iron is brittle and prone to cracking?

Don't know if it's normal to have an item listed in two places with different locations listed?

LOL

My first Astro van had a block heater on it, it was great! My heater would be blowing warm air before I got to the corner of my road. All the diesel trucks at work had them, you could usually tell who forgot to plug their trucks in at night, they would have to go to the shop to get a mechanic for help starting them in real cold weather.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/car-security-remote-start-onstar/remote-starters-keyless-entry-systems/pcmcat292200050016.c?id=pcmcat292200050016 A lot of these seem to include geek squad installation in their prices? My son worked at a radio shop here and around this time of year remote starters were big sellers for them. He says ultra start is a good brand vipers are cheap. Your best bet is to go to a place that does car audio and electronics.Best Buy is overpriced and dealerships just have a third party installer do it anyways. http://www.ultrastarters.com/dealer_locator.htm

LOL, true John, your province dwarfs most of our states, something I keep forgetting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Scugog Not a very deep lake for up north? Some dredging may help?

Parts of the northeastern Ohio snow belt here got 30+ inches of snow, I haven't had more than an inch or two. I pay a guy with a snow plow on his truck or a farmer with one on his tractor, it's worth 20-30 bucks to me, not like I could do it anyway.

Not a muskie fisherman by any means, but I see bass videos from California and they are using Shimano 400 size Calcuttas for bass there. A 300 size reel might be considered a bit smaller for regular muskie use?

If the water is solid? it's too cold!

http://www.cleveland19.com/story/34019228/3-were-air-lifted-to-metrohealth-after-thursday-i-90-crash-officials-say Winter is off to a wild start here! I-90 east of Cleveland has been a mess since Thursday, and parts of it are closed again today. I can still see my grass, lake effect snow hasn't reached us... yet!

Read White Fang by Jack London, an old classic I read as a kid. The beginning makes wolves out to be smart and able to trap their prey.

LOL, I have never seen a caution salmon crossing sign!

I remember for a lot of years in the 60's and 70's there was a big commercial fishing boat ( netter) that was at the public dock by Kennedy's, I am sure that had an effect? I didn't see it there in the 80's as I recall. Opening of the walleye season and late fall used to be about the only time you saw walleyes being caught, it was a rough go any other time, although for me it changed in the mid 80's, I got them during mid summer when I bothered to fish for them. My dad and one of my uncles went to PAB for the opener in the 60's, my uncle got 3 walleye all week, dad got the skunk, but my uncles 3 walleye went around 25 pounds, one was around 10 3/4 pounds. They were around but limited numbers? and concentrated pre and post spawn?

I am sure gobies have helped here but there were big smallies in Lake Erie before they became common? We used to consider it a bad day back in the 1970's if we didn't get at least one 5#er. Fish eat fish? Gobies are small and everything bigger is probably eating them? Walleyes, pike, and even sheephead? In my younger days I remember catching perch at PAB that were full of crawfish, so every little bit of food helps? A local tackle shop owner and competitive bass fisherman here has been fishing the Lake Erie tournaments for decades, a good day weather wise and a good bite might mean a 30 pound limit for a win, it's really not a new thing? Glen Lau, a former Lake Erie guide and writer had pictures of huge schools of Erie smallies he took while diving back in the 1960's, people just weren't fishing for them then except during the spring bite. When I had my bigger boat back in the early 1980's in the Erie island area every charter captain at the marina seemed to have a stringer mount of a limit of 4-6 pound smallies.