Fishnwire

Having to register your guns is no more being "pushed around" than having to register your truck. Admittedly, I often don't know "what I'm talking about" though, so I'll listen with an open mind to you explain to me how the above statement is wrong.

I read about them in a magazine. They're supposed to be pretty good. I didn't know about this before I saw the product, but apparently lots of guys just use the head of the minnow, squeezed off with your thumb so guts hang down and it bleeds. (Did you guys know that...it was new to me) Apparently dangling guts is the key...just like the gulp has.

I'd prefer to see him have to live with what he did.

That's what leaped out at me when I read the post too. Completely unnecessary to include that.

Broken link.

Why do you say that?

I don't get all bent out of shape because I have to register my car, Jeep, quad, snow-machine, ice-hut, boat, etc with the government...I could never figure out why some gun owners think having to register a deadly weapon in the same way is such a big deal. Maybe doing so will increase safety, maybe it won't...but why not err on the side of caution? I understand it is an expense and inconvenience, but for the privileged of being able to own an inherently dangerous item, I don't think it is too much to ask. I can't help but wonder if all the gun owner advocacy groups like the NRA would have advised its members to just register their rifles in a timely fashion when the registry began, instead of telling them to drag their feet and appose it at every turn, how much better the whole process would have gone and how much money would have been saved.

Would there be any point in my bringing my quad?

I've never been a big polomar knot guy...I know its a good one to know but I've never bothered to remember it. I really should I guess. I used to use a clinch knot or improved clinch when I fished mono but found they slipped with braid. Once I started using the Trilene I've had no problems with slippage. You need to put at least 5 or 6 twists in it, and fed the tag end through the loops in the right direction relative to your twists, but other than that I haven't had any problems. Choice of knot aside, I'm surprised more guys don't seem to use swivels to attatch the leader to mainline. I'm going to try going swivel-less in favour of uni to uni and see what I'm missing.

My dad and brother went last year. I couldn't make it but they booked another trip for January and I'm going to go this time. They liked it enough to want to go back, and my brother rarely likes going to the same place twice. They actually had poor fishing that weekend, but we're told by everyone that the weekend previous guys had done well. I think a bad front moved in and the fish were off at that time. It's encouraging to hear that there are fish there.

I helped my father-in-law do it in his attic last year. The machine was loaned free of charge, like another poster said, from the store he bought the insulation from. It went really well and we we're done in no time. One tip is that the hose that is supplied is very flexable, so we taped a four foot rigid plastic pipe to the end to be able to more easily control and direct the flow of the product and get it in all the corners. The old man is nutty about insulation and knows what he's doing...I haven't looked into the stuff very closely myself but he has and I trust his opinion.

I almost always use a #14 swivel and tie both the braid and the fluoro to it using a Trilene knot. http://videofishingknots.com/trilene-knot.html I find that the Trilene knot always hold the braid well, a lot of other knots I've tried with braid tend to slip. The swivel is good for reducing line twist but don't cheap out when you buy them. The only real problem is if the length of your leader is longer than a couple of feet the swivel wrecks your eyes as it passes through them.

On a good sized (5 inch or better) plug I wouldn't expect a steel leader to affect the action too much. Some people will even tell you that the snap on the leader allows the bait to move more naturally then affixing the line directly to the bait with a standard clinch knot or whatever. I really like the confidence a steel leader brings when I'm after decent sized pike too. Hook size will make a difference, but won't necessarily completely kill the action of your baits. I often go one size up from the factory hooks when they need to be replaced and haven't had any major problems. I've even read in magazines that a lot of pros do that automatically with every crank bait they get. If it was me I would leave both sets of trebles because they're there to hook fish, not inflatables.

Like I mentioned before. I looked into entering the profession myself and I know two guys who got the schooling and attempted to do so themselves. There is (or at least was at that time) a lot of competetion and few openings. Next time you see a CO go tell him your son wants to be one and ask him what his chances are and if he should count on that carrer path. As I clearly mentioned, that refers to any licenced electrician, whether they belong to a union or not. I mentioned the word "licence" in the paragraph you quote from, I never said "union", so I'm not sure why you went there. Pick up a phone book and call local licenced residential electricians and ask them their rate. You'll find that it doesn't vary too much. It's about the market value of their skills. They're "entitled" to that rate not because they do or don't belong to a union, but because that's what they're worth. I did underline "If this is an entry level position". The word you need to focus on is "if" It means "in the event of" or "supposing that". It could very well not be such a position, I'm not saying I'm sure it is...but IF it is...that's how I feel. If you want to argue that entry level positions should receive such compensation, then we have something to talk about. Otherwise, you're beating an extremely dead horse or trying to pick a fight where there isn't one. Not that it matters at this point, but I have read the qualifications and I have a feeling a graduate of a recognized post-secondary Fish and Wildlife management program who had completed a relatively short co-op placement with the ministry or simular agency as part of his course of study might very well qualify, and he or she would still be considered entry level.

Some guys who were crappie fishing at my buddy's marina a few weeks back had those Showdown units by AquaVu. They were pretty awesome. I've seen these guys around in years past, they've always had some kind of flasher (not sure what kind) but they claim this unit is far and away the best they ever used. They each had one and were going on and on to each other about how great they were. They are a flasher but the display is verticle, not round, and they are LCD. I'm pretty sure they are under $300. I think I'm going to pick one up after X-mas if I have any "fun" money left.

I would use the money in a petty attempt to vindictively crush and destroy the lives of all who have opposed me. Seriously... I would by a kick ass boat which I would need to have air-lifted to the camp because it would be too big for the quad trail. I'd build a Jeep YJ that would look like its straight out of a tree-hugger's nightmare. I'd hire a couple of guys to build me a sauna and do some other work around the camp. I'd give half of whatever is left to my wife, because by then she'll probably want a divorce.

I like to take little jigging spoons, remove the treble, tie on 6-12 inches of fluoro, then tie on a #6 or #8 octupus hook. Sometimes I use a little teardrop jig instead on a plain hook. You see them in the magazines referred to as dropper rigs. On the hook I put a power grub and then a live pinhead shinner. It good for jigging but you can deadstick it too. This board is full of good ideas though. Some I use and some I'm gonna use.

Gene Simmons is all about the bottom line.

I'm sure a lot of guys would like to try doing my job for less pay, but most of them would kill themselves or somebody else before morning coffee break, because they're not licenced industrial electricians, and don't know the first thing about the trade. The ones that are licenced know their value and are not about to accept a job for half of what they normally make, obviously. There are probably some employers who wouldn't mind taking a chance with an unlicenced guy to save a few bucks, but there are laws against doing so. As far sources to back up what I'm saying goes...go ask any holder of a red-seal interprovincial industrial electrician's licence (union or not) to see his T-4. Looking at mine is all the proof I need, but I know lots of guys who work in a variety of environments for a number of companies and they'll all tell you the same story. All that said, I didn't make $33 an hour when I was an apprentice entering the profession with nothing more than trade school and no real-world skills. I don't think anyone who is in the same position is worth that kind of money. Since we have no way of knowing for sure what kind of candidate they are expecting to and will eventually hire, I'm just stating that I think that offer is high if it is in fact an entry-level position. I'm not dumb enough to think that the job entails nothing more that "riding around in boats and sleds"...but I have a feeling it involves more riding around in boats and sled than most of our jobs do. All jobs are work. Anyone who can't think of some place they'd rather be than at work needs to have their head examined for the mind-control chip their boss had implanted. However, I think a lot people would agree, including CO's, that the job as a whole is probably better than most, and those that hold it are particularily thankful that they are not doing something else. The experienced ones deserve ever cent the earn and probably more, but for the last time (I'm pretty sure this makes 7) $65K is a higher figure than necessary to attact qualified, eager applicants if these are entry level positions. That's my opinion and maybe I'm dead wrong, but I haven't read anything on this thread to convince my otherwise.

That's awesome. Lots of work there I'm sure.

I want a set. I hear they've come down in price and up in quality the last couple of years. Do they freeze up if you go through a creek and then it sits outside overnight?

Good, because cops already do make more than teachers, autoworkers and most tradesmen.

If the deer really was in the front yard and there were dogs near by then the poacher took an awful big chance with others' safety by discharging his weapon in that direction. Pet deer, wild deer or no deer...anyone would takes a shot in the direction of my dog or my house will have a bigger problem on their hands than a ticket from the MNR. I think most of us feel the same way.

Since the beginning of this thread, I was wondering how long it would take before someone pointed that out. Now that everyone knows that those high starting salaries were fought for and won by a union, I wonder if so many people will be so eager to defend them.

That's just sad for everyone involved.