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Dirty, but the fish gets clean. Standing ovation for the on-topic double header, and a good laugh!

Looks like I've stuck my foot in it. I apologize! The caps lecture is a reflex with me. Adminning tech Listservs, I get the same problems over and over again. Caps-typer feeding frenzies are one of them. If a caps-typer joins any of the lists, I can set my watch by how long that group will take to declare it an and rip its head off. If I don't jump in to explain what's happening to the newbie, and help them smooth it over in lower case, they don't survive long in the group. Anyway, kafuffle + the "victim" is a caps-typer = auto-pilot try to help. Again, I'm sorry. I'm sure CC is a great guy underneath it all, but I don't think I'll ever read all-caps with triple exclamation points without wanting to hide under my desk. Could we please wander back closer to on-topic now? No sarcasm, I'm honestly trying to figure out this washing slime off thing. Would hate to harm a fish because I didn't know something basic.

If my hands get covered in mud and leaves, sticking them underwater and moving them gently gets it off. I don't see much difference between that motion and fish swimming. Could someone please explain to me how gently moving a fish through water to knock the salad off is different than what'll happen when it swims away? I'm confused. Please bear in mind that TYPING ALL IN CAPS MEANS THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS. If you actually intended the post as a hostile screaming diatribe, no problem. If it's normal conversation, caps should be reserved for special emphasis, or differentiation. It's a lot easier to be sympathetic to someone who isn't shouting at you. I could really use a hands-up, submissive-or-at-least-non-threatening smiley right about now.

Daily Planet (Discovery Channel) had a short film clip of the new oddball anglerfish this morning. Blue eyes that face forward, and fins shaped like legs. These 2 links have different pictures: National Geographic and ScienceDaily.com. While I was at ScienceDaily, I noticed over on the right hand side that they were mentioning bluegills. Turns out they're part of a toxin monitoring system being used in New York, San Francisco and Washington.

Trash talk on a birthday cake...I'd say that deserves a shopping spree in a minimum of 2 tackle shops. Happy birthday, bly!!

I actually was reading the bills when you posted this. Here are the links for anyone else who's interested: Bill C-373 (the "bad" one) in a side-by-side bilingual version. Bill S-213 (the "good" one) is easier to read. Criminal Code sections 444 through 447, the current version (what C-373 and S-213 want to replace).

After 12 "performance" Goodyears in a row quickly going out of round, the company told their store to install 4 of their swankiest new passenger tires as a "fix." So unbelievably squishy, I nearly lost the car taking an on-ramp at much less than the posted speed. That was enough of their brilliance...time to switch. Got a recommendation for a new tire shop, who set me up with summer rubber that made me extremely happy. Yokohama AVS ES100s - really stiff, great in corners, nice dry grip, and excellent plowing through standing water at speed. They do tend to pick up the odd chunk of gravel on the way to the marina, but I don't mind keeping an eye on that. They make my car a real pleasure to drive, and I'm thrilled.

Kept an eye out while I was grocery shopping, and I didn't find any of their mixes. Not sure which version you mean by "original recipe." If it's still in production, it'll be on this product page and you can see which stores carry it by using their product locator form. Seems Walmart handles all of their batter mixes, but other stores only carry some of them. Good luck!

Good dog!! Not many out there that will herd bass. Have a safe trip back!

I've seen SD card problems cause those symptoms. In your shoes, here's the path I'd take: 1) remove card, check for obvious dirt/damage on contacts, reinsert (if contacts look good) 2) if problem persists, reformat card 3) if still no go, test with a known good card 4) if you're still toast, it's time for a new cam...with underwater enclosure Good luck!!

So THAT's how it works. Thanks!

http://ofnstore.com I'm not sure if there's an automated way to watermark photos using the site software. I'd just type on them using whatever image software you have installed before uploading them.

Custom mail storage folders in OE6: Tools --> Options --> Maintenance --> Store Folder For the address book...it's less fun. Whatever you do, avoid the new open source "Eudora" - it's a total mess. The last version of the real Eudora is still graceful, and should be for some time. Sympatico's becoming a problem since they started farming out to Microsoft. Spending way too much time with clients picking up messes after Sympatico kabooms lately. It's a good time to think about getting out. Gmail hasn't required invitations for some time now. I've had it since early on in the beta test, and use it for things I need access to from my cell phone, testing email when I'm on location, etc. It's great as webmail goes, but it has 2 issues that may or may not apply to you: 1) Both Gmail and Yahoo have problems with line wraps. If you belong to any listservs, and see a reply that looks like a big ball of dog's breakfast (instead of nicely laid out with blank lines and indents), it's likely a reply from a Gmail or Yahoo address. 2) Gmail rejects attachments it doesn't approve of, and it will snoop inside your zip/rar files to see if you've tried hiding something naughty in there. Let's take exe files for example. Say you want to send a buddy the install file for a small freeware program, file name zippypics.EXE. Nothing unusual, but Gmail will bounce it because it's a program. Running zippypics.EXE through winzip to create archive file zippypics.ZIP isn't eough - Gmail snoops inside the zip and gives the same bounce. Putting zippypics.ZIP inside an empty directory, then using WinRAR to rar the directory itself (including all files inside) to create directoryname.RAR will get it past the censors.

If you're used to nice northern lakes with rocks and clear water, Chemong is going to look like a slightly damp salad. You may not find this particularly fun. Lake has perch, crappie, bass, walleye, muskie & carp. LeXXington isn't kidding about weedless tackle. Not really a "kids" lake, I don't think. Shallow, so you've gotta get some distance out from shore to get away from the (really tall) weeds. Once you get away from the weeds, you've gotta worry about the :asshat:s in 3 huge Scarabs that think they're racing at Indy, and a few bass boats who get inspired by them. They're not there all the time, but when they are, it's sure not a Disney environment. There's a nice sandbar over in Pigeon Lake, but that's not exactlly next door, and you're in a little aluminum jobby. You'd have to cross the west end of Buckhorn to get there, and that stretch gets pretty rough. On a calm day, the sunsets on west Buckhorn are absolutely spectacular. If this rental property doesn't have its own beach, there are 2 conservation areas, off the top of my head. Selwyn Conservation Area is towards the top end, on the east side. Ennismore Waterfront Park is about halfway up the west side. Depending on where you're planning to rent, these may or may not be convenient.

Way to go, Joey!! Looking forward to the report, once you've had a chance to use them.

There's a copycat recipe being posted around. Couldn't tell you how accurate it is, but if you're feeling adventurous it might be worth a shot.

I went the online route last year, through http://www.theanglersoperatorcard.ca. Forget what I paid back then, and can't remember for sure whether or not they specified which 1 question I missed - it wasn't a big deal. They're still doing the online test thing, far as I can see. The temporary "print it when you pass" card was of course paper, but they do send you 2 nice plastic cards in the mail. These cards don't have the nifty silhouette shown in the site pics (darn) but the background blue graphic is about the same. Better looking than the turkeys on my outdoors card, and the print is standing up well so far. I think we should make everyone pass the test before they can rent a houseboat. Ownership of a friggate-sized Scarab on any lake less than 50 miles long should require yearly re-testing. Last year, Jeff and I got a 20 minute floor show when some of those houseboat rental idiots decided to tie up to a marker buoy, came in too hard, and wound up parked on top of it. Yes, literally on TOP of it. Not once, but twice! What I wouldn't have given to have a better mic on my digicam that day...you should've heard the buoy knocking around that boat's floor!

Your guy isn't from Barrie, is he? Last summer, an imaginary "shop" there pulled a real number on me (and umpteen others). I never did get the tackle I bought, but I learned some useful things eBay never tells you: 1) When the seller routinely sells 15 cheap things at a time to one buyer, read between the lines. They can skew the feedback to look better by sending the 15pc orders correctly, and screwing people who buy 1 or 2 things - especially if each item is under $50 and the small order customers have 100% positive feedback. 2) Buyers are terrified of a negative wrecking their 100% rating, and will retract negatives if a crooked seller threatens them. Retracting takes the neg off the seller's rating summary, but you can still read the comments if you dig through the feedback pile. 3) If you call Canada Post to track down your "missing" package, they will not tell you whose name or address is on the tracking number you've been given. The # could be for anything, to anyone, from anyone, at any time. It could have nothing to do with you or the seller. Only time I chase tackle on eBay is if I've lost or want spares of something that's discontinued. Just got half a dozen replacements for my favorite discontinued topwater from a great seller in Michigan. For anything that's still available in the regular market, I'm going to write off the couple extra bucks as stress prevention and the admission fee for Angler's Wonderland. What's it cost to ride the roller coasters across from Bass Pro now...$30++ a day?

I'm next! {{{{{{{{{{{mods}}}}}}}}}}} Many thanks! Now c'mon, guys...don't leave it to us girls to do all the hugging around here. It's your turn!

It seems to be associated with Ron Popeil's Ronco Rotisseries. Not sure if it's got trademark or copyright protection. Surprised there haven't been more entries making the submarine double play. "For fish the size of subs, you need a torpedo" kinda stuff. I like Joey's "mission accomplished" slogan. Short enough to fit on packaging, and it creates an image that goes with the name.

Now that's a useful tip. Adding a can of Great Stuff to the shopping list. Thank you! I'd really like to hear more about the new flat-bottom coated nets vs cradles. Space is a big factor for us. We have a bowrider, and by the time you get 2 adults in there with boat bags, multiple big tackle boxes, and a claw anchor on the floor, yadda yadda, you're hoping nothing else bulky needs to come along. We've got one of those Crappy Tire folding Rapala nets, mainly because it knocks down to a 3x18" or so bundle that can hide in the boat's nooks & crannies instead of being hauled to/from the marina every day. It doesn't get much use. The more I learn, the less happy I am about putting a fish near uncoated mesh and sock-shaped nets. A full-size net is really bulky when you're used to a folding toy. Cradles collapse down small enough to hide on the boat, which makes them attractive - if they're actually useful. If they're just going to give me a Rapala nose ring when Jeff catches a fish, maybe we'd better learn to live with a bulky net. Input, anyone?

You're welcome!

It's a good thought, but it doesn't work out in practice. Cameras record video at much smaller image size than they do still images, and there's not enough image detail to print (unless you like tile mosaics). Using my own 10mp cam as an example, a normal snapshot is 3264 x 2448 pixels (dots). Decent prints up to the 16x20" range. Very nice 8x10"s. The highest resolution video my cam handles is 640x480, which is the wallpaper on the computer you owned in 1996. It's slightly more than half the width/height of standard screen resolution today. Grainy prints at 4x6" in an emergency. Smaller cams are more likely to shoot video at 320x240, which is more like a grainy hockey card. If you'd like to try printing these image sizes, here are some sample files: 1) a 320x240 burro from ray3d.com 2) a 640x480 field from Jordan's farm 3) a 3264x2448 gateway from Worldisround

You can always find tripods for cheap at places like FactoryDirect, so who cares if you have to hack one up to make it mount in the boat. Some cams are capable of taking shot after shot after shot in a sequence, with one button press. Might be handy if you're worried about a set 10 second interval. Many cams also come with remote controls. Swatting one with your foot when you're all set up is another option. If you're worried about making sure you're in the picture, some cameras have swing-out view screens. My Canon Powershot A640 is one of them. It knows what position the screen is in, and automatically rotates the display image to compensate. Nice big screen, you'd definitely know if you got the whole fish (and your head) in the shot.

Hey - if something's thrashing around with hooks sticking out of it, I'm gonna let you be the big tough guy! Look on the bright side - whenever I catch a nice fish, you're the one in the brag photo.