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Ok a lot of what's been said makes a lot of sense. Now what is stoping one of those 55 pounders from been caught just minutes after a meal lets say a couple of 5 pound whitfish or whatever swims in its waters. There have been fish under 55 inches and over 50 lbs caught and released. Secondly let's say the norm for maximum girth is normally 1/2 the lenght but what about those rare fish like the Williamson fish which had a much bigger girth. What if that fish lived another 5 years and reached 56-57 inches in lenght? Even a normal fish reaching the 60x30 mark would exceed the 65 lb mark. We know the maximum growth rate for muskie is 54 in most places with maximum giths of 27 and just over 50 lbs, nothing is proven that there isn't a few freaks out there that will grow at least an extra 10% in lenght and girth or 59.5 x 29.7 or 65 lbs. Also different areas offer different built fish, the Thousand Island fish like the Buffalo harbour fish seam to be georging in November and their girth is mostly in a small area and not through their lenght like the other big river fish or the GBay fish. The McNair fish was released and may still be swimming out there, maybe it will be 60 x 3? the next time it hits a net and just maybe it will make it to a scale this time around. Do I believe there are 70 pound fish out there, maybe maybe not but there sure are fish over 65 pounds out there, which is the true world record.

You just need a friend in the business of selling new boats, maybe you can walk away with $9k cash out of it.

Did you forget who called the last one and that was after he passed a law againts it??? It would be worth 300 million if we could clean house and get a majority. Our system is broken minority governments just don't get anything done.

I believe the problem lies with a change in coast guard standards or a misinterpretation of those standards. In other words the boats were built to float full of water but need to float full of water with all the motor and equipment installed. And there are some models exempt of this recall, I know the Super Hawk aka Mirage aka Serenity are not affected. I was also told not only Cresliner has to deal with this problem.

Very nice fish, if I was her I would quit fishing. Unreal how much jealousy there is in fishing which is supossed to be a relaxing passtime. MA

The optimax are the best out there and not that noisy. We can talk when crusing at over 40 MPH or at over 4000 RPM's.

I think that's exactly was I was saying in my original post. A life jacket may be a PFD but most PFD's are not life jackets, big difference. So you can't mistake a PFD for a life jacket. I'm willing to bet less then 1 % here have actual life jackets. MA

Here in Canada a PFD is not a life jacket. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=015198&tid=024

I see a lot of references to life jackets when talking about PDF"s. I want to make sure you all know there is a big difference between a life jacket and a PDF. Like the life jacket will keep your head out of the water if you were to pass out and hit the drink. On the other hand life jackets are unconfortable and I can't see anyone wearing one all day long. All commercial vessels from cruise ships to guide boats are mandated to use life jackets and not PDF's.

Someone I know took out a guy from work 2 summers ago. The CO showed up and the guy didn't have a license so he took the rod he was using and even though he was explained that the idiot didn't own any equipment he asked the boat owner wich tackle box he could take. These were musky tackle boxes so he lost his shirt that day. Oh ya the visitor got the fine but it was no where near the loss the boat owner suffered.

You can also get a 24 V charger and charge them both at the same time.

I don't know where you guys get your information but it is NOT legal to take pictures of OOS fish. The regulations clearly state " Fish accidentally caught during the closed season must be immediately released back to the water" and holding the fish out of water for a picture does not fit into immediately. Sometimes I wish I was a CO and nail all the ignorant poachers. The MNR set seasons because fish should not be handled at that time of year period. Sounds like you guys would publicly state that grabbing a squeeze doesn't hurt anybody it's not a rape. And they call us all sportsman.

I guess you don't see these morons out there with improper trailler towing crap to the dump but leaving half of it on the 401? I see so many traillers on the road that should not be there every single day. It's not only boats as most are safe as they are purchased as packages. You may find the odd 14 footer on a home made trailler but thats not the norm.

You'll find everything you need here. http://www.ontariofishcharters.ca/

I would go the custom home route, hire a good GC and let him know that you're brother in law has been in construction for 25 years and will be keeping an eye on things for you. Show up as often as you can and unanounced to make sure things are going according to plans. As well make sure you have a contract listing everything as it will come handy if he forgets. It may cost you a bit more that way but will be well worth it, very few track builders do a good job they just do enough to pass inspections.

Must be nice to be able to afford such a trip, most of us can only dream of a trip to Kesagami or to Great Slave or Great Bear lakes. But some of us will never get there unless a miracle happens. Such great big pike out there it's unreal. MA

For the fun of it how many points do you have?

I've been one to warren that the unions will ruin it for everyone else. Is it just me but isn't it kind of od that they are willing to take a pay cut to $130 000 a year vs. $145 000. Are you kidding me? I thought Doctors and lawyers were the ones making that kind of $$$ and they went to scholl for many years to earn that kind of money. I read an article that in Ottawa they had bus drivers and mechanics making over $100 000 a year amongs hundreads of city employees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did I go wrong? I grew up been told go to school and get a higher education to get a better job, you will get no where with just a high school degree. Well crap I should of joined a union for sure instead of a higher education. I thought $30/hr was a good paying job and the max that bus drivers and manufacture workers got.

If it was me they couldn't go away fast enough. Damn TSN has that stuff on all the prime times and I can't watch sportsdesk. Just this monday I jumped up in bed with a loud cheer, my wife awoke and asked what was up, I told her it had been over a week since I got to watch my sportsdesk. I watch sportsdesk at 11 pm and 6 am every day except when the stupid curling is around. And the other sports channels are unpredictable and no were near as good as TSN. The morons at TSN actually cut into the end of the Nascar race last week to start the curling!!!!!!!!!!!! Could they not of taped delay it? You can't tell me there's more people watching curling then Nascar, if so we've got a big problem. I actually started to scream Tuesday night when I saw the Brier is about to start so I guess I'll be another week without my sportsdesk.

Do you have a TV in your bedroom? If not make sure you do. My wife likes to watch desperate housewifes every sunday night and I haven't missed an episode since the start. I'm sure sex in the city should have the same effect on your better half. So every Sunday night I'm in bed by 9 sharp, well most nights now as I'm the desperate one.

One other advantage of staying at Disney Hotels you also get extended hours for every day that you are there. When we went our CAA agent recomended getting the meal deal and it was worth it. It was just hard to make reservations and we were 2-3 months ahead of our trip. Also getting the almost all inclusive deal we didn't spend much while out there just got some souvenirs and that's it. You get full meals for lunch and dinner including desserts and you may want to look at buffets as they are all really good. I also enjoyed sleeping in grabbing some breakfast and walking out the door of my resort and hoping on a bus to a park and doing the same to come back at night. I think they got a deal going on right now if you book 4 days you get a couple more free.

I have been working in the new home industry for over 25 years. There is enough inspections mandated by governments to make sure your house is safe. So all structural, electical, mechanical and pluming should be safe. Now the majority of the projects are crap, it's all about the mighty dollar and how fast they can slap them together. There is no concern about quality but lots about quatity. Sure they will build to code but nothing else maters so cosmetics will suffer. Now I've spent the last 20 years working on custom homes and yes they are much better built then the projects but there are still some poor builders out there. I suggest you stay away form the larger builders as they are basicly project builders doing custon homes. A custom home should take at least 6 months to a year to be built properly, anything less will lead to poor workmanship. I am in the finishing aspest of the game and it blows me away with the lact of perfection you see in these expensive homes. People would not buy a 20K car if it was full of dents and scratches or misallingned doors or bent dashboards but they will buy houses from 200k to millions and accept all these defects without exception. I could not be a home builder as I don't think I can find a set of trades that would satisfy my quality demands. And if I did I would be costing the buyer 50 to 100% more then the next guy. BTW I operate a business without advertising or even been listed in any phone book. I cost at least 20% more then the going rate and I have no problems finding work. I guess been a perfectionist has something to do with it. But even with my high standards I find myself doing sub par work these days as I cannot control all the trades before me as I'm not a miracle worker. My one and only house was custom built 15 years ago and my next and last house will be custom built by me as a contractor. And who is Mike Holmes?

I guess you just didn't get what I was saying, because of all the North Americans buying imports we're going to lose the Big 3 and will have no choice but to buy imports. I mean I'd have no problem buying a dodge or even a Ford before buying an import.

Let's just say I've owend dozens of North American cars and trucks and the only lemon I got was a corean car with a bowtie on it. I was so desapointed in the salesman that he's never getting another sale from me. We lost our shirt on that car as it was leased and we had to pay the balance owed to get rid of it after a year in and out of the shop. Now my wife drives a Cobalt while she's paying for a loaded Impala. As well with all the used cars I've owned the worse one was a Toyota tercel that I had 1 year left to pay after the engine blew. So that was my first and last import. Sure some on the imports are now built here but that's because to many over here are buying them. But where do you think the money is going? As for fuel economie you need to check the GM line as it has dozens of fuel efficient vehicles that compare or beat the imports.

If only the majority of North Americans got their heads out of their butts years ago and stop buying the imports we would not be in this kind of trouble. 700 more layoffs coming up in January. It was easy to see that this was coming no mater what the general economie is doing, if you don't support the major industry of your country you're selling out. Now I'm going to get stuck trying to figure out what import I'll be stuck buying when I'll want to replace my 3 GM vehicules. To all you import supporters, thank you very much on my part ( to me it's just a vehicle choice ) but think of all those you've left jobless.