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My kids are bugging about one as well. They have PS2 and the place I've seen the most sitting on the shelf since Xmas is EB Games. Lots of outlets across southern Ontario and they are all linked so they can tell you which store has some stock. Should have bought the 1 I saw a couple weeks ago and sold for a profit. Don't count on one soon though. Stock has been very limited since Xmas. Look on ebay as well. You'll pay more but can get a system today. Lots going through auction. I just checked and the standard games system is running $300 - 350 CDN

Photoz He should walk around the sportsman show with samples and give them to the stores. Make sure he talks to someone high up that actually works there and not a temp brought in for just the show. There's more and more guys selling carp supplies and like you I can never find the good sinkers in stock at FW. I've been using some pyramid salt water ones for a bit but I'm getting down in stock. As a manufacturer he's better to cut a few points off the top and send bigger orders out to the stores

Yep good advice, I saw this happen to a guest at my nephews lodge. Lost everything in a garage fire. He had made lists on his computer and taken pictures. Handed it off to his insurance company and no questions about replacement.

buy another beagle, Malcolm pups are starting to open their eyes Honestly pay yourself first $165 can give one a bit of piece of mind and relaxation in this hectic world. Whatever it takes to put a smile on your face - be it a case of Stella or new lures but don't forget to try and put a smile on someones elses too! Makes the day better.

The power packs do add a lot to the $. Check out the non portable version and make sure there not gouging you for a battery holder. Lebaorns sells equivalent Eagle model Fishmark 320 for $190.94 and portable version is$254.94 I've only ever owned Lowrance so no first hand experience with Hummingbird. I like my Eagle and Lowrance models and service center is in Mississauga. It's very easy to rig up a portable pack using a small plastic tote.

Sounds Like Joe only shops at Walmart

I'll probably be the only one to say it but for me Lake Temagami For those of you who want a "stay tuned" report I'm hoping Big Sand Lake in Manitoba is all it is supposed to be. Watch for Summer report

TMH Were did you stay. You're fishing right behind Ket-chun-eny Lodge - close or right on the big shelf we used to put the huts on when my nephew Rick owned it. Never got to many walleye there but if you look right above the nose of your truck we fish directly out from the end of the lodge aboput 100 yards from shore. 40-50ft of water and the walleye come in on that point some nights pretty thick

Hey Evster, I work for Fujifilm and have been in the marketing/technical side of the photo printing buseiness for 20 years. Hopefully my response doesn't come of as a commercial but this is a warm and fuzzy topic for me. I thought about putting this in a PM but maybe others can benefit for high quality digital prints Day in day out printing is fine at grocery, department, drug stores as they are using digital lab equipment and printing on photogrpahic paper. Regardless of other company claims about ink jet or instant print quality, you just can't reproduce the same image quality on a print without using photographic paper like Fujifilm Crystal Archive or Kodak Edge, Endura papers. Ink Jet will produce great prints and in some cases you have to see a photo print side by side to see the difference. The other issue is that most places in the mass retail outlets set there pritners up an automatic, no colour or density corrections. Heck no one takes a perfect shot all the time. Not sure of any pro labs around you - maybe try Essential imaging. If you take the files into a Blacks and indicate you want it colour corrected and adjusted for best quality. If you want the absolute highest quality prints its best to find a pro lab that you can upload to and they'll ship you the prints. PM me if thats an interest

Wow at Walmart? I might buy a few just for the stands - nice and compact. Get some line on it and tie on a spreader. Check the balance before going out. You want to keep the wire soemwhere around mid point. With the weight of the spreader you might have to move the wire forward quite a bit. One trick is to back weight the end of the tip up with a washer or 2 and a bit of tape. If you have any glow in the dark paint try it on the tips. Makes it even more visible in a dark hut.

right from the regs Angling Angling means fishing with a line to which one to four hooks are attached and that is held in the hand or closely attended. I'd say that would be classed as closely attended and motorized reels for handicapped are allowed without any permit requirements

I used to fish a bunch of river mouths out east in a similar fashion and personnally never liked the real long light noodle rod. I found them a bit too light when chucking a 1/2 egg sinker set up. Some of the guys using them had to start running backwards on the hooksets to pick up line fast enough to get a good set. Look for anything in 6-12lb range that is more than 8 1/2 ft long. Mine was (was means I broke it closing my truck years ago) 10 1/5 ft 6-10lb with very fast action. The more back bone in the rod makes it easier to set the hook when making really long casts or lots of line out. We used to wear waders and walk out to chest deep, fire off a long cast and then walk back to shore and set the rod up in a tripod and wait for a bite. You needed a reel that held 300 yds plus of 6lb and fast line pick up There a bunch of rods to choose from now, Shimano, Zebco, St Croix

MOst are custom made tripod, wood dowels and abs pipe. The key to not having your rod whip around in the wind can be linked to 2 different things. The rod holder should also have a rest at least half way up the rod. you'll also find that a good drop line/weight system will help anchor your line when casting out. Google Surf Rod Holders or Surf fishing and see some of the salt water rigs. Thats where the design originated

Tony, you're dead on. Spreaders do tend to pull out when fighting a Whitefish by hand. Their soft mouths don't stand up to well when hand lining The guys that taught me to fish tip ups use a really neat rig for whitefish Take 2 long light elastic bands joined together and use like a dipsey snubber just above the spreader. You attached then as a shock absorber so they stretch out when whities head shake. Your main line still is directly attached to the spreader. Tie in a swivel and then onto that the elastic about a foot up from the spreader not to spook fish. Stretch the elastic away from the spreader to get maximun strech. Tie in another swivel and attacth other end of elastic to that. Then tie rig direct to main line I'll try and rig one up tonight and post. It really works well and cuts down on lost fish. Another thing that adds to lost fish is the hooks on store bought spreaders. I replace all mine with small (10-12) steelhead hooks. The black nickel Raven ones work great. I also do my own spreaders on solid light wire. You'd be amazed how a whitefish can take a bait off a hook that is attached to mono without moving the stick.

Grew up ice fishing this way for most fish and with all new fancy rigs, the old standard tip up stick and spreader seems to be getting a back seat. Best fished inside a hut or on a really calm day with no wind Most guys make their own sticks. This pattern is one of the first I ever tried making. I've tried other designs but come back to this one (got my first one from Hales fish huts). It's light and strong and very nicely balanced. Cut from red or white oak 5/16" thick for strength. Cedar or pine will work but on decent fish you'll end up busting a few sticks each year. I prime and paint mine fl. red or orange to make them super visible inside a dark hut. This one in the picture is almost 20 years old. On the finished stick slice a small line notch in the nose with an Xacto knife The most important thing in design is the distance between the line winding. Should be 12" so as you lower line down you can count to see depth. A small peice of coat hanger is placed on the shaft and held with elastic bands (I use girl hair bands as they do not rot). There should be some play as the wire is adjusted back and forth to get the proper balance point. Tie on 6-10lb and wrap enough line to fish the bottom. 1 complete wind = 2 ft. Count the windings. I usually wind 75 times or 150 ft. The winding is important so the line comes from under the bottom and then goes on top to the tip with wire shaft on the top side Tie on a spreader to the line. The tip up basically gets placed in the holder as suchm Most hut operators will provide these if you rent a hut. Unwind line and lower baited spreader to the bottom. The idea is to get enough line out to place spreader just on the bottom and have the tip up placed back in the holder level and balanced. Wrap line around the wire shaft to get to the exact depth Now adjust the wire shaft back and forth so the tip up balances level In this shot the spreader is 1/4" above the table top. If any fish swims by and disturbs the water, the tip up will move. If the tip up nose rises most likely a whitefish has sucked up your minnow. I prefer salted minnows on the spreader and if trout or perch are around I'll add in a seperate hook about 2 ft up from the tip up with a live minnow. On a well balanced tip up you should be able to lightly press down on the back end of the tip up stick and raise the nose. When you let go the tip up nose drops down again slowly dips below level and then balances off again. Hope some found this helpful

Dollarama sells a small LED key chain light that is super bright. I used it all last winter and through this summer on GITD lures. Still on the same battery and it really works good. It's blue and about the size of a quarter on a key chain ring. You squeeze the side and the light comes on (insert OFC joke here). Just bought a second one and stuck it in my ice fishing box in case battery dies in last years model.

I own a finn bore now but have owned a swede and a Jiffy. tried a Nils last year They all cut fine when the blades are sharp and as mentioned before shimmed right. The different handles get me - never liked my Jiffy handles. Most comfortable for cutting the thick ice was the nils but they were not around when I bought my last one. The Jiffy does cut a mean fence post hole. That's why I had to buy a new one.

Hope you get better responses from other board If you bother to check back here, hope you find this info helpful Springtime is "needle in the haystack" time on Temagami and if you're looking for a big trpohy come back in July. Fish are easier to locate (not easier to catch) in the deeper holes and reefs. I've been vacationing&working serveral weeks a year on the lake for last 25 years and will give you and honest run down. A couple of my springtime spots on the lake are Ferugson Bay, Mouth of Shiningwood bay, north and east shore obabika bay, South Arm in front of cross lake entrance. All these areas will have boat traffic in the spring so be there at first light. Evening fishing never really worked for me for lakers. Better time spent walleye fishing. I suggest hitting the resort owner up as well as each year its a little different the way waters warm up and where the bait fish gather up. That's part of what you're paying them for. What you're looking for are extended 30 - 40ft flats adjacent to deeper water. Sands best but not the only spot. Look for clouds of bait and work that area. Long lining is best and up to middle of June fish can be caught in the top 25 ft of water. A 1 oz snap weight, small gang troll and silver blue flutter spoon or shallow shad rap works good. Run a 3-4ft lead between gang troll and bait. trolling leads should be well back of boat +150 ft. Spoons, minnow baits and even jigs (tubes, twisters) all work Avergae fish in springtime (and most anytime else in the year) is about 2lbs with decent shot every day of a 5-10lb fish. Those picture on the trophy page are the one in a million fish. Not trying to burst you're bubble just being realistic. After all that time on temagami My biggest laker is a modest 12 lbs but I do have a couple of stories about the one that got away. Temagami is famous for those. Good luck!

you're a lucky man to live in North Bay with so much fishing and hunting on your doorstep. get to know the guys at Lefevres downtown (sp?) and Billy Bobs bait. A great investment would be a snowmobile or ATV as there are a ton of back lakes up Hwy 11 towards Temagami with nice speckles and of course a little farther north are the famous aurora trout lakes (check regs - special seasons) most lakes up there have smallmouth which for some reason the locals treat like rock bass. Getting walleye lakes or spots will be like pulling teeth but there up there in good numbers too. You're not too far from Lake Nosbonsing either - muskie Much overlooked and under fished is Trout Lake and Lake Talon out off hwy 17 east.

Dropped by on Saturday and noticed a number of lures/brands that have dropped a lot in $. Now Mepps spinners are almost same $ as Blue Fox. The most expensive spoon on the wall was Lucky Strike (almost) Chatted with an old freind behind the counter and there's a bunch of stuff with lower pricing this year. For the muskie New 10" Storm hard bait this year looks really nice http://www.stormlures.com/products/luresde...type=hard_lures

I still skate with the kids but it's the hockey part I miss very much. I'm 43 and pretty much played some kind of hockey up until 2 years ago. I had 2 discs go in my neck and was told absolutely no more hockey. Was thinking of going and getting my referee certificate but don't think I'd be much good with the parents these days.

Hey Mark Here's blast from the past. Might not remember me but I used to work at LeBarons way back in the late 80s. We used to chat up a storm when you and your buddy dropped by. Good times back then I think this ones from around 1983-4 Rainbow fishing out on Lake Ontario. See the lure, you gave me a hard time about the disco tape. I'll make a point of dropping by at the next fishing show and say hi Paul

I bought one and was not impressed with quality for the $ charged. I took it back to Lebarons after it stopped working second time out. It would turn on but you could see the counter not registering when letting out line. Better off to look for a Daiwa or Okuma

Complete dump and flush twice only 2 worth keeping are Kaberle and Toskala just because the contract they have is bearable. Everyone else trade for something you can build the future with. Next 2 drafts are very deep with prospects Sundin fits in Detroit and if you could get Holstrom and a decent draft pick back do it!!! Talk is he might even come back and re-sign with the Leafs next year and then you get another winger he can play with.

Hi Lew Any of the 8 1/2 FT medium (8-17lb) Steelhead rods with fast action will work as well. For Spring salmon and Walleye using the OF boards I use Bass Pro Shops Tourney Special Rods. They're 8 1/2 ft and 8-17 lb. Paired up with a Daiwa 27H line counter and 12 lb. Set up works as good as anything as far as I'm concerned. The BPS Tourney Special are not made anymore but they do sell those Browning steelhead rods. I'm sure you can find one in your price range - just stay away from anything with a slow action. You want as much backbone in the rod and a fast tip to help handle the board. The OF boards don't put as much strain on a rod as you might think.