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We all volunteer our taxes to pay for these services. However, our tax monies are being mismanaged/abused by these "elected officials" to the point that they can't even pay the bills to keep the lights on. I'm fine with a province-wide fishing license which means that I've paid for the right to fish within Ontario borders. I'll follow the rules set out by the province and fish anywhere within the province. Natural resources are the purview of the province of Ontario and municipalities do not have jurisdiction to enforce these "rules" on fishermen licensed to fish within the province. I too will take my tourism dollars elsewhere.

I've got one too. Posting this reply with it. Ping me if you want to test.

We were out on the West pier at Port Hope on Friday night and the Salmon were hitting pretty regularly. There were a good 20-30 people along the pier. "FISH ON... COMING UP" We were chucking spoons and while we didn't have any luck, there were a lot of landed fish. Good luck out there!

Thanks for the great suggestions! Definitely going to try a couple of piers with Cleo's. I'll pop the grocery and buy some baked goods and say hello to your aunt for you! Moose

My wife and I are heading to P.E.I this month and wondering if there are any places people would recommend for a bit of shore/river fishing? We've been to the island on numerous occasions, but only done the tourist charters for Mackerel/the odd Cod. This time we're looking to branch out and wondering if any one has experience out there. Names of day/halfday charters that you'd recommend would also be of great help! We usually just pick one when we get there. Hoping one of you has had a great time on a boat and would like to recommend the captain?! General tips welcome as well... newbie east coast fishing should be a good time! Can't wait! Moose

Here's something to think about... would you rather spend two hours in your closed garage with an electric car running or a gas car running? I thought so! People that cry about economics and how we're all being manipulated, and "the environmental lobby is all big business" need to take a look around! Everything is big business and about making money! "Those damned environmentalists! They are just trying to manipulate us! They are just in it to make money! Those sweet oil companies are really into making fuel because they care about us! They really want to give it away! It's really the government taxes on fuel that are so high!... Oh...wait... I guess they are all into making money!" Heard of solar? How about wind power? Sure, they all have some negatives, but relative to fossil fuels, they are minimal!

How often do you haul 2 kids, 2 dogs, a trailer or whatever else? 2%-5% of the time, maybe?! Keep a log of the time you drive solo/with one passenger, towing nothing (to work, to the mall, to the ball game, etc...) and you'll be amazed! You do have the money to put a second car in your driveway... you're just burning it in your Suburban's tank every month. I'd love to know what you spend in gas every month on that Suburban?! The gas money you'd save in driving a small car for the remaining 90% of your travels would probably get close to paying for the small car's monthly payments! You could keep your Suburban and buy a Civic, Elantra or other cheap small car! Here's a fuel comparison of an Avalanche vs a Civic with old and new MPG measurements for city/highway/overall driving. Also includes Consumer Reports real world driving tests. EPA tests on a dyno with no wind/hills/cornering. CR measures in the field, driving the cars. 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche (available 4wd) ** Your Suburban is at least 1500 lbs heavier than this Avalanche according to Chevy!** Engine: 5.3L V8 Transmission: Automatic Old EPA City: 14 Old EPA Hwy: 18 Old EPA overall: 16 New EPA City: 13 New EPA Hwy: 17 New EPA overall: 14 CR City: 9 CR Hwy: 20 CR Overall: 13 2006 Honda Civic **Seats four comfortably... I own one and I'm 6'3" tall and weigh around 250lbs and it's still comfortable. Engine: 1.8L 4-cyl. Transmission: Automatic Old EPA City: 30 Old EPA Hwy: 40 Old EPA overall: 34 New EPA city: 26 New EPA Hwy: 36 New EPA overall: 30 CR City: 18 CR Hwy: 43 CR Overall: 28 So according to the EPA and CR, the Civic would at minimum cut your monthly fuel costs in half! It's not even a hybrid/electric car. Interesting fact: Statistics Canada pegs the number of Canadians that have ever/will ever take their SUVs off paved roads at under 13% of SUV owners! And, of those 13% of off-road going SUV owners, they are only going off of paved roads 2-4% of the time. And others have the same rights to criticize them for driving them! The free market and gas prices will kill the "glamour SUV". Check the news on Hummer these days! GM has stopped all work on the next generation H3, cancelled the H2 redesign, scrapped the H4 entirely, and they have hired Citibank to facilitate the sale of the brand. http://blogs.fourwheeler.com/6255364/whats-new/next-gen-h3-cancelled-h4-shelved/index.html ://http://blogs.fourwheeler.com/625536...ved/index.html U.S. auto sales dropped 8.5 percent in the first five months of 2008, led by the slump in demand for large pickups. Toyota's U.S. truck sales fell 7.3 percent in the same period! I wouldn't want to by working in a truck plant these days!

The Lindy glove is great... Like Cranks Bait said, it's a bit stiff but seems to be getting a bit more flexible as I use it more. I bought the left and will grab the right hand this season. It's definitely a tough glove. I've tried to push a couple of different hooks through to test it out and you really need to work them around repeatedly before the there's any penetration. No, my hand was not inside... If you can fillet without needing to switch hands, this glove is great and well worth the price if you're a bit sloppy with a fillet knife.

I didn't think these guys could eat fish this size let alone this species of fish! New meaning to the word chug!

I was doing some reading on float fishing for trout and came across this nice intro how-to. Thought I'd share. http://www.floatfishingfanatics.com/?p=4

I didn't get out for any fishing but I did get over to Cabelas. Didn't buy much but I did walk around with my jaw open. So much stuff! Will have to go back! Super store!

Excellent report! I'm inspired to head out the next chance I get. Beautiful looking fish!

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I rented from them a while back and had no problems. It was a choppy day and we only saw two other boats on the Bog but all was good. I did leave my name and number to hold a boat. Maybe they figured it would be a quiet day. Would be nice if they could dredge their marina a bit so you don't get stuck in the mud but otherwise they were great. Nice new boats too!

Congratulations! Very exciting news!