AKRISONER

i love reading about what lakes used to be like prior to us humans ruining everything. These fishing trips are like shooting fish in a barrel. Imagine when the kawarthas and great lakes were like this. Great report.

this blew my mind Live Target hollow body

gorilla glue expands, when applied, it would ensure that it gets a nice water tight seal.

i wanna go from bass to carp though?

I need to start using it more on my pop's boat. Only thing ive ever used it for was to find a sunken tree and sure enough it was loaded with smallies and crappies.

As it currently stands Simon, yes to each their own. The law states you dont have to wear one, so go ahead and dont wear one. If that person drowns because of their own negligence then so be it. Doesnt mean that my stance on wearing them wavers. Seatbelts are also the law, do people still choose to not wear them? Absolutely. Do i feel horrible when i found out that someone gets hurt in a car crash because they werent wearing a seatbelt, its sad yes but preventable. I have a friend who died while joy riding drunk with his best friend...tragic indeed, but if i didnt know him id say "well that was preventable" Honestly, who here has never..had...known someone or witnessed someone whos had a close call/actually had a problem...i bet very few of us.

Finally some people that see my side... If someone I know dies from something easily preventable, its sad but I can guarantee you it would be a hefty reminder to always wear a PFD. Once again, to each his own. If you are on a small lake in the middle of summer and you arent wearing a PFD, then whatever, but if you are on on Lake O by yourself...you might just end up like the body of that salmon fisherman they found a week ago. I can tell you right now, the number of us on here that have had close calls or at least know someone who has either died or been close to dying from falling in the lake is probably huge. My uncle has been in a boat where someone fell off and drowned. My dad has fallen off of the boat and was unable to get himself back in by himself. Lew thats why i think the manual inflatables are a little ridiculous. If you are in a boat crash there is a very good chance you will not be able to pull the rip cord yourself, hence wearing auto inflatables. As Garnet mentioned, my cabellas guidewear auto inflate is so comfortable that i go home and lay down on the couch and then realize I am still wearing it.

to be short, no i dont feel bad when people that I do not know die from doing something stupid.

do you guys feel like its a tragedy when someone drinks and drives and kills themself? or doesnt wear a seatbelt and dies from a fender bender? just pointing out how dumb it is. We all do dumb things but when i hear stories of guys out on the lakes not wearing life jackets and falling in and drowing all the time, it makes me think hmm maybe that $150 spent on a good comfortable PFD would be worth the dough? I guess IMO its not much of a tragedy if it can be very very very easily prevented. My uncle is a retired search and rescue technician, hes told me outright, 100% of the people that he was able to rescue floating in water were wearing a life preserver. Ask an OPP officer if they enjoy pulling bodies off the bottom of lakes and informing your next of kin. cant believe im catching flak for stating common sense.

pointing out your opinion is also your belief as well. if you choose to not wear a PFD that is really your decision, however its not much different than arguing against seat belts. People can do whatever they want, im just pointing out the fact that the regulation is clearly not straight forward enough if people are still getting confused. I honestly could care less if more anglers drowned while not wearing PFD's...more fish for the rest of us i say.

as a rule when it comes to top water its all about patience...im slowly getting better at waiting for that perfect moment, most of the time the fish is on entirely on its own prior to me setting the hook. As a rule i dont set the hook until i feel the hit, see the lure go below the water and feel the fish kicking away.

I think you are generalizing the entire population of us who wear inflatable PFD's I wear mine literally every time im fishing now. Honestly you should try them out, they are by far one of the best investments ive ever made when it comes to fishing gear.

uhhh...see the title of the post. Clearly someone got confused. Yes I will agree that thinking that the pfd seats are sufficient is incorrect, however i dont think theres much question if you just make people wear them all the time like a seat belt. Im not perfect myself I cant say that I wear a pfd 100% of the time, but im pretty darn close, im also 27, a very strong swimmer and never drink while boating. I still wear a PFD 100% of the time when the water is 60 degrees or colder. My point is that its pretty hard to wear a foam seat 100% of the time or any other oddity someone may consider as a PFD. To anyone that is willing to complain that life jackets are uncomfortable or something along those lines, get an inflatable PFD, i literally forget im wearing mine every time i have it on.

hey guys im new here, give me your walleye gps co-ordinates please. Its Ontario, there are fish everywhere figure it out or build a relationship with some people around here.

if theres one thing i promise you is that the kids are going to remember that day for the rest of their lives. I still tell my friends about epic trips I had with my old man when i was in my early teens. Thanks for the awesome report.

Lew, i think there is more danger when legislation contains grey areas than when it simply is a hard line law. Im kind of in the camp that if your boat is under 24 feet long, jacket at all times. At least that way its cut and dry.

ahahaha well put!

coyote decoys work somewhat, they arent fool proof but they have helped at our cottage.

Honestly the biggest difference I have noticed from the new management and coaching squad is that instead of just being on the defensive all of the time, they literally call out the reporters in a positive light. Recently Shanahan got asked a ridiculous question about some "insider info" and he outright said, who told you that? and then he outright told the guy to be better at his job and get some new sources ahahha.

how about this Ryan Orielly crap...my buddy made one of the best points, Ryan O'rielly will get less flack about driving drunk into a building than Phil Kessel ever did because he didnt "look" like people wanted him to physically appear. Brutal.

honestly blame the United States, Ontario has basically banned the use of most fertilizers specifically for this reason. Until we learn that a green lawn 400 days of the year is not of pure necessity this will keep happening.

trade a left handed AHLer for a Right handed NHLer...solid trade any day also no talk about the Sharp trade? what the hell is dallas doing lol, they need defence something fierce, so the obvious move is to go out and pick up a forward who IMO is not as good as made out to be because he plays on the best team in hockey. lol dallas will miss the playoffs again this year.

nothing better then putting the kids on fish. Looks like a great time.

just throwing in my 2 cents even though you bought a rod, for others that are interested, i bought a bass pro UL glass for 24 bucks and actually love it. I paired it with a Shimano sienna FD that I got on sale from crappy can and it literally fishes as well as one of my 150 dollar combos. rods a little whippy but nothing wrong with it when fishing UL, the fighting power is there. caught a few 3 lb smallies on it and it wasnt an issue.

This report simply reminds me why we fish...its about the experiences even when you dont catch anything.