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Exactly.. Facts first, then the finger pointing. Regardless of who did it, that's a cowardly act. Makes me sick.

You gotta stop drinking before you watch TV, lol.

That was an electrical fire, nothing to do with the two IED's going off at the marathon. I also think people need to stop assuming this was an attack from the East, or are people forgetting about Oklahoma?

I'd love to hear the explanation on how that hit was 'illegal'...

Global warming for sure Dan, lol.

From what I've been seeing, most of the big graphs go on ram mounts.. Lots and lots of them out there as well. Something like this would probably work. http://www.universalmania.com/_e/RAM_Mounts/product/36565/RAM_Mount_Marine_Electronics_Mount_Gimbal_Bracket_Under_15lbs_RAM_D_111U_C.htm

They are surprised that gill nets take more then anglers? I thought that was normal.

Yeah, the 898C and the 998C use the same physical casing.. The framing does make the 898c 'look' small, although I've gotta compare then side by side... Either one is a killer unit no doubt about it.

Should have had a come-along instead of trying to pull it down with brute strength. Could have avoided being underneath it when it fell, lol. At least the sledge had a nice long handle on it!

Any phone that has a GPS enabled when taking pics will usually embed the GPS data in the picture. A good way of getting around this is uploading the pic to Photobucket first (It strips all EXIF data), then posting it on the site.

Just make sure the EXIF data doesn't contain GPS co-ordinates, or you'll be pointing everyone right to your fav fishing holes..

Great job Wayne!

Wayne, like you said no rebate on the 898c model unfortunately... It's come down to two units... The 898c HD SI or the 998c HD SI, now I just gotta figure out if the extra screen size is worth it or not, lol.

If Kadri had another 4inches and 30lbs on him, he'd be really dangerous, lol.

You already paid the tax at checkout, so I wouldn't expect any extra charges at your door when it shows up.

So you basically saved $100 on the unit after removing the tax. Not a bad deal at all. I need some more BPS giftcards!

It's perfect!

If I do buy in the US, I won't be getting it shipped to Canada. It will be shipped to NY and I'll bring it over myself. I'll definitely get dinged with duty/tax if I shipped a $1300 sonar here. Then there's no point, I should just buy it here. All my savings would go down the drain.. I just dropped quite a bit of money at Radioworld, maybe they'll swing me a deal on the Humminbird... I guess the only thing they could say is no

I've bought a few high ticket items in the US, no real big surprises when getting to the border. For some stuff it's not worth it (Minn Kotas for example) but unfortunately the prices down there for sonar units is quite a bit lower then what you'll find up here. I'll see what a Canadian retailer can swing for me, if they can't then I'll just grab it in the US..

$1500 + tax.. That's the first place I checked because I bought my trolling motor from them... The killer here is the extra 13% on top... I'm not expecting a retailer here to lose $$$ on the deal. I'll give a Jos a ring as well, thanks fellas. Like I said, I'd much rather buy it on this side of the border.

Hey guys, looking at upgrading the electronics on the boat. Specifically looking at the Humminbird 898c HD SI to go along with the I-Pilot Link equipped Terrova I just picked up.. From what I've seen, I'll be dropping close to $400 more to purchase the same unit up here as I will in the US. I'm all for supporting Canadian vendors, but not to the tune of an extra $400 out of my pocket. I've been looking around for the past few weeks and it looks like I can get the unit I'm after for just under $1300 US. If anyone can give me some suggestions on some Canadian retailers I should check out, I'd really appreciate it.

I'm wondering which bridge the OP was fishing under, lol.

FYI, you cannot renew online unless your licence expired last year (ie 2012) Only thing I could do is purchase a small game/deer tag (fyi my card expires in '13)

Just make sure you're prepared with worms... If it's cold, you'll have to force feed them.