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ummm FNW you are taking this more seriously than it warrants. You also need to consider that the facts I draw on are from the USA I didn't know Canadian women had the ability to go topless, since it is still illegal down here for females to do so it is reason 465 on why I want to live in Canada. What an officer of the law can write a ticket for is different than what you feel is your right to do. If the law is written no matter how much you don't want it to be true a ticket can be issued for open container for the beer in the front yard. The laws that have made it on the books make sense at one time don't get repealed but still can be enforced. A ticket can be written for hanging female undergarments visible from the street on Sunday in a few States in America. Spitting on the sidewalk also can draw a ticket. Yes this is not in compliance with the original post I have taken liberties and gone outside of the original post by not keeping my answer to whether or not you can pee in your back yard. The broadening of the topic has however made for some good stories and friendly banter.... best of the night to you Art

The open container law can be charged in the yard if you do not have a liquor license with an outside open container permit. You can not go to an indoor bar and finish your meal pay your bill and walk out with an open beer. You are also confined to an area of the outdoor porch bar which does not allow you to walk down the street even though you bought the beer outside on the porch. Welcome to the wacky world of legalities. lol Art

If I go into a store and my fly is down it is not a crime but is an accident. If I am in the store and turn my back to the public and unzip and urinate in a pot rezip and no one saw the stream or my zipper down however a cop comes up and sees the wet planter and heard my zipper being pulled up he can write the ticket. You will go to court and fight it but the cop only needs probable cause to write the ticket it is up to the judge to make the ruling. Exposure can be charged without seeing the actual bits if a girl has her back to a cop and opens her shirt he can write the exposure ticket even though he did not get to see the bits of her. If he writes the ticket for urination and or exposure and you go what the hay and wiggle said digit at him it becomes a lewd act thus another charge. Mind you this is all tongue and cheek here and it would be a waste of the courts resources for the ticket to be written if you discreetly water a plant in the back yard. The legalities of the law are fun to ponder and are in most cases if the letter of the law was followed strictly we would find ourselves with at least a dozen tickets a day. Art

All of the syrup we can't consume we will fill up a tub and dunk T.J. in it....lets see him get that off his hairy butt.lol Art

mudbugs..... Art

Brush hook is my choice it will snatch up to 1/2 inch no issue and the cutting blade has a thicker spine to control flex on the blade. Art

I WILL hold you responsible if it is not good weather T.J. On the second day of rain we will be knocking on your door and drink ALL of your beer. Art

Cajuns call them crawfish lesser people mispronounce it as crayfish. kind of like tiller and console I think..... Art

It is the fact that your willie is exposed not if someone can see it. The cops can write the ticket for public urination and exposure if it is visible. You can also get a ticket for lewd acts in public if you wiggle or touch it in any manner that is not needed to urinate. This ticket can be written in the outback just as easily as in the city. Art

Funny I am a lefty in every thing I do except for baitcasters... It feels natural to use my left arm to control the rod not crank the real. I will say the lexa 300 is an excellent reel. Mind you I use it for saltwater and big cats the muskie has so far eluded me on my trips up North. On a side note the okuma Clarion which I don't know if it is made as a lefty is an excellent reel if you can switch to the round body reels. Art

We are their from Tuesday and leave early Saturday. Art

I use a weighted head if I am targeting the fish near bottom in 10ft + water. Once it gets to the bottom I will give it a shake and a hop 2 or 3 times then repeat. I have also had good success with a weighted head and then hooking a tube thru the head with a short yoyo retrieve pausing briefly every 5 or so yoyo's. If the fish are marked and below the boat a tube rig paused below the boat with a minor whipping motion from 3-9 oclock is a good way to fill up the boat too. Art

The report looks just fine now thanks for the edit. Nice fish you caught too. Art

It took one can to do 40ft of board so buy accordingly. Art

We call them mudcats and don't eat them because of the taste. Now catch a nice channel cat and that is the fish to eat. Art

Liquid roller is really slick stuff. I use it on the ranger trailer bunks and before it would not budge till you floated 1/2 the boat. Even after a year it will slide off the trailer with a gentle push with just the back in the water. Be warned do not unchain the front of the boat till you see how slick it is I have seen boats slide off the bunks at the launch as they backed down. I kid you not it is that slick. I launched the boat and then sprayed the trailer it was dry when I returned 4 hours later. Worth every penny. Art

You can also keep the shades drawn on the unopened part of a window to keep thermal heating down. Art

Just remember that a crawfish moves backwards so place the net behind them and shoo them from the front. The minnow trap will not work well as a trap the crawfish traps have a ramp that is wide because if a crawfish bumps it's feelers it will back away. As a kid we used to put raw chicken on a net that had a tripod of poles that stick up and place them in the roadside ditches and let them soak for a half hour then run the line of traps till we had a trashcan full of them to eat. Good memories for sure. Art

Very nice day of fishing Mike. You can add a few rattle traps with chrome/blue to fish with. I also use tubes with a yoyo retrieve in the deeper water fishing applications for smallies. Art

Yea you should see what Lew did to me when he took me musky fishing. He tied a cinderblock with 2 hooks on it and told be to just keep casting it to his "special holes". After about 30 minutes I told him I didn't want to ever catch a muskie and he said under his breath "Mission Accomplished". Thanks Lew...... Art

I try to fish with retired people they have a flexable schedule.lol Glad to see you had a good day on the water. Art

There are heavier nitrile gloves that have a cotton base that slip on and off easily at Home Depot or Costco. The back of them is spandex so you breath out the back of the hand and they cling to your hands. They are easy on and off and they can be washed easily. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Firm-Grip-Nitrile-Coated-Polyester-Work-Gloves-5550/202021244#.UePcno2TiSo Art

Well you know how afraid the muskies are of me Lew. I will be drowning a few lures and will try to ruin Rich's record like I did yours Lew. Art