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I saw a guide who I believe is a Muskies Canada executive show a new life saving technique for saving bleeders (of all species not just Muskie) When a fish is bleeding from the mouth or gills he pours carbonated water or soda down it's throat. It stops the bleeding, which he demonstrated on a fish he caught on the show. I'm betting carbonated water is better than soda but if that's all you've got then better soda than nothing since bleeding, particularly from the gills, is a 100% killer. I agree that you can't force guys to learn proper handling and if you want to get a punch in the face go down to the Whirlpool and criticize a local on handling Rainbow, Lakers Browns etc . It's shocking how they treat them but don't speak out or you will get in a punchup in a dangerous place. The club might have great intentions but they need membership and revenue to do what good things they do. If you look at clubs like St Catharines Fish and Game, or Credit Anglers or Trout Canada they all feature good and bad. SCF&G promote a catch and keep big fish trout tourney but also do some stocking, Credit Anglers does stream rehab, some stocking and educating but in my experience is made up of guys who stream fish with eggs a LOT of eggs. Metro East Anglers do the best stocking work in Ontario but they also promote catch and keep derbies . Conservation areas offer some great fishing on local impoundments , impoundments that measure out in acres yet they sell bait and some even have big fish derbies.... on bodies of water where boats with live wells are banned. It all revolves around $$ which for all these entities, is scarce. In addition there is, universally, a stubborn reliance on personal belief versus actual evidence based science. Where have we heard that before?

I just saw this. A few years ago I watched a show on eels. They do migrate from the ocean into lakes and streams particularly in the Maritimes and northern states. There's a very lucrative industry in catching the small ones, keeping them alive and shipping them to Japan for aquaculture that grows them to maturity. Very similar to how tuna are caught small, penned and grown to maturity in the Med. The dollar numbers for the guys who caught them in streams and the guys who shipped them to Japan were 6 figures. VERY lucrative. Not sure if this is still going on but with that kind of $$ it might get fished out quickly. Speak of quirky ways to make money fishing it's possible to make a 6 figure income on the Columbia river catching Pikie Minnows and turning them in for a bounty. All you need is an Ugly Stick and a container of worms. Lots of hours too. Finally if you review Christmas dinner for British kings and queens you will always see some Lamprey pie as well as roast Swan on the menu

Fall into the Niagara in the Glen with water levels and corresponding speed of flow at this time and that PFD will save squat. A floater suit might save you but again I doubt it. The truth is don't take children to the Niagara Glen or even Whirlpool in the winter. And in warm months stay away form the waters edge and wear proper hiking shoes. I have seen people hiking around the Niagara with plastic thong shoes to whom I point out that if they break a leg the rescue mission, which will incorporate a helicopter, will be VERY pricey. I'm told it's about $5K. I even saw a bible group from the USA down in the Glen were there were20+ tweeners (12-14 yrs old) in a group where the young boys were showing off to the young girls by jumping from rock to rock passing over the fast flowing water. When I voiced my anguish to the supervising adults they told me if a kid fell in it would be God's will Really it was scary the ignorance of adults tasked with supervising someone else's children on a field trip yet not recognizing that level of peril or abdicating their responsibility to "God's will" Personally when I go down there I wear size 13 ice running shoes which have imbedded tungsten cleats The cleats give better grip on bare rock, ice and to a limited extent algae covered rock. You still have to be really careful though and like cleated wading boots for some reason the cleat aspect of the shoes tires me out faster than felt or rubber bottoms

In fising that is for sure the case. Even stalwarts like shimano offer deep discounts through preferred retailers when they're changing over to new models. it would not surprise me that they also use remaining old "new" stock in their own supply chain to lower the price of store shelf inventory in the retailers. This way they blow the old stock out with tail end wholesale inventory at their manufacturing cost lowering the wholesale cost to preferred retailers so they sell off the old gear but still profit from the transaction. It's a win win situation that I used myself when I worked for Planters Peanuts. We would drive around using a carload of inventory that allowed us to credit retailers for in store sales, damaged goods and priority shelf space and Instead of actual money from credit notes we distributed dry roast peanuts at our cost price. The whole effort made my 1978 Plymouth Fury drag it's tail down the road however.

They really do have some expensive stuff I used to get some truly exceptional deals on rods at the store in Mississauga. That must have been the store with unpublicized sales. Now that store is closed and the store in Burlington looks like it should be closed but just has no inventory

Sometimes Ganons in Oshawa has a good sale for Black Friday

I watch a TV show called Great Lakes Now on PBS and they did a show this week on water levels on the Great Lakes. The expert on the show claimed that because the Great Lakes are relatively new there is a constant expansion of the shoreline, ie. the lake surface gets bigger as deep areas fill in and the water displaces, rising at the shoreline. This results in a loss of shoreline of about 1 foot per year. This progress is difficult to track due to rising and falling water levels. It can only be seen in long term time frames of 25 to 30 years but it ultimately means that shoreline buildings and structures are generally at risk because building codes have not taken this phenomenon into consideration. Even efforts of armoring the shoreline with stone break walls or metal "armour" walls ultimately fail all the while eliminating beaches. If these claims are true I wish they had told the goobers at the MNR before they started gentrifying the shore line at Dalousie....Bronte,,,Oakville Creek, Grimsby, Jordan, Humber River,Rouge River.. Don River etc. I guess it's only money and these days money does not seem that important especially if you are in a position to consider money in terms of "funding"

Bill's got it. Planner boards in close for Bows by Bronte or 16 Mile. Surprisingly I did best with Chinooks in close at Bronte this year with plastic Shad Rap RS lures. Better than my usual Japanese lures and I was also using light line. This time of year bows like small baits in my experience. Light line as well, like 6lb maybe 8lb. if you are using expensive lures. The water will be cold so it will also be very clear and bows have really good eyesight. Browns even more so.

Essentially you cannot fish from the shoreline or point, you must be in the lake. This used to be possible, you just waded out into the lake or stood on the exposed lake bottom, exposed because of low water levels. It was possible in the old days to wade upwards of 75-80 yards out into the lake but no longer. The higher levels in the great lakes has covered the lake bottom with water and every time I go to Thornbury now there is serious wave action that would make standing in the lake beyond the point of the parking area almost impossible. I have not seen the spot with a strong south wind but it might be possible to stand in the lake close to shore in such a wind. I have not seen those conditions so I can't say for sure. I should also point out that I was told this by locals that fish the parking lot point with their bait pinned to the bottom. I did NOT get this info from a Ministry official but it makes sense from what I know of the law for extended seasons for trout in general. In the past the interpretation had been that the line used to determine what was legal at Thornbury was a tree NEAR the end of the point that left a small section of the point available to a small group of anglers to squeeze in to fish without having to wade. It's similar to the rules on the "Geen that allows winter fishing downstream from the old bridge abutments The interpretation is likely an arbitrary decision of the enforcement officers for the area. They probably got sick of seeing locals fishing in the morning and taking fish home and then returning in the afternoon and taking fish home then as well. A check of homes in Thornbury would likely turn up lots of overstocked freezers

Atlantics (big ones), Steelies, Chinook, Pinks, Pinooks, Walleye, Smallies and mmm.... whitefish. All just a stroll from downtown. The place to be if you have a 'toon or a Mirage drive Yak Only place I've seen where Steelies favor crayfish but I have not been there in years. I'd hate to pick up and go to find that ,like almost everywhere else, it's gone to seed.

Lew I like 55 to 57 Chev Bel Airs... with an Art Morrison chassis, a stump pulling crate motor, Trimic 6 speed , painted in 2 tone livery by someone good. I would drive it for a week and then trade it for a Bimmer, Audi, or Mercedes.I might even go for a Lexus. But that's just me.

I talked to a dealer friend of mine and let him know about this scam and he said that a friend of his with a Chrysler product has this warranty. H e was not aware of the issues but we both agreed that it probably would be best to use the warranty and forget about the refund for his friend. My dealer friend says that most problems with warranty's are that they pro rate what they are prepared to pay for repairs so that frequently there are out of pocket expenses even when the warranty does pay something for a repair. Another issue is the transfer of the warranty to a purchaser when the warranty is still technically in effect There are frequently registrations required and registrations usually require registration fees as well as penalties for failure to register, like the warranty is void if not registered. My friend ended up on the losing end of a warranty because there was an exclusion in the warranty transfer wording that excluded transfer to a car dealer from the private seller. It was a problem since the car in question was a Jaguar, a car that usually needs warranty work, expensive warranty work. At the end of the day my friend uses a company called Global and he says he has not experienced problems with them. He often puts a Gobal warranty on his high dollar Euro cars in his lot inventory just in case there are expensive issues. Lubrico was another warranty company that he felt was legit., a word I would not use for WXRP or for that matter, Chrysler/FCA.

If you could get a reporter to look at this it might also be helpful. Local "shopper papers" sometimes have a crime beat section or specialist. TV is even better. Direct them to this thread, it might show the extent of the problem. To bad the Chrysler network didn't burn a reporter at some point.

I can still feel the wobble, lol. New spinning reels make those old spinners feel like a 1958 Chev Impala vs a new 5 series BMW. There really is no good comparison including durability. The last I saw Daiwa was still getting $100 USD retail for a Whisker. What a travesty.

When you go to court be sure to take a certified copy of this email conversation. The salesman clearly was lying. By the way did you ever "go and see him" prior to claiming your refund ?I would also make the general manager of the Chrysler dealership aware of this email, since his salesmen are using a fraudulent lie to sell the product. In the end I don't know why OMVIC doesn't get involved especially with the clear fraud of claiming this is a Chrysler product and not a third party product. This is a huge legal issue to be sure.

Those anglers he buzzed were not fishing at night. The guy's a lout no matter what a post on the web might say. There does seem to be some outrageous activity on the lake at night however.

I'm guessing they are not working hard on customer loyalty. I know a Ford dealer in a small town and he tells me that you have to be very careful about how you treat people in town. I guess he's wrong.

Dan I agree you have to protect yourself and this has always been so. Consumer fraud was actually far worse in the past artisanal workforce not withstanding . Stock fraud, product fraud, food fraud, medical fraud was outrageously prevalent in the past. Truthfully consumers of the past were remarkably gullible, much more so than today. It is also true that we have far better resources, but not perfect resources these days than in the past. Perhaps someone who has gone through the process at a dealership can explain to me their thought process when the pitch was that you get a warranty and at the end of the day you can also get ALL of your premium back. To me this has obvious flaws as a presentation, especially at a car dealership. A Chrysler dealership at that. Can you guys that have been through it tell me what the salesperson actually said in response to the obvious question I'm assuming someone asked, which is how is this offer even possible.

I was in Thornbury Thursday last and Tuesday last . There's still lots of fishing, I myself got two nice rainbows, one from shore at the mouth and one from my toon in the lake by the first green can . The whole place is very toney now though. There's dueling bespoke coffee shops on the main drag not Starbucks but fancy wannbees and Porches, Bimmers and Benzes galore. Lots of walking around, taking in the sights by geezers and their mutts. No bait shop at Pennys, but my only real complaint was that the fancy coffee shop I chose had an elaborate plan to get a coffee under social distancing protocol,. Actually getting the coffee in hand was a 2 step process that took forever and in the end the fancy coffee was crappy. One of the locals did have a complaint that after Dec 31 the rules for fishing the mouth of the Beaver have changed and essentially you would have to wade into the lake to legally fish. Water levels at this point would make that a life threatening adventure As always the biggest complaint was that overall the fishing is slow at Thornbury and even slower at Meaford. I did not get any reports about the Saugeen or Notty.

We will know it's all over when Homestead Doughnuts turns into a Starbucks and LuLu Lemon replaces Peter's Bait and Tackle. It's then time to move to Sault St Marie and fish the St Marys.

There have been aborted efforts to stop fishing at the Whirlpool and Glen this year as well. The oldtimers tell me that the west side of Port D will eventually be reconstructed...as covered parking for the East Side condos since they can't put underground parking beneath the condos for some reason We shall see. My bet more territory for dog walking, latte drinking, P3TA Yuppie promenading etc. Get rid of those old dirty fisherman who hurt innocent animals (fish),

Most people in the car industry, especially the used car industry, know that Chrysler or FCA make crappy vehicles and the management use trickery to flog their junk. They are not the only ones, but probably they are the worst in North America. It's been that way for a long time and it's almost like a long term training program within the network of building and selling Crycos that you will build crap, you will employ cheezy sales and marketing tricks and in the end, the public will get burned. With that said Toyota, a fantastic manufacturer, had a very similar issue with International Warranty back in the 90's. Huge swaths of consumers got burned in International's bankruptcy and Toyota and other makers, let the consumer twist in the wind. Bottom line, if it sounds too good to be true it is to good to be true and not just in the car industry. What's most disappointing in all of this to me however, is the response of OMVIC. It's just another reminder that the government in Ontario, Canada, Toronto, St Catherines, etc are basically populated by, run by, dicks. They will screw the public virtually all of the time. Sometimes it's well hidden, sometimes its as obvious as can be. This case is transparently obvious to anyone but the losers at OMVIC, a department of the Ontario government.

Slapping your lure on the water to dislodge weeds will sometimes break them , it will at all times knock them "out of tune".

Dan is right on all counts. In court what's in writing is paramount. Clear delineation of your case is also important. An expert witness is also a huge benefit. Knowing beforehand if the adversary is "collectable" is your first move. This is an old story, be sure XWRP is still a viable operating business before you proceed.

That used to happen to my Bagley B Flat lures when a big steelhead nailed them hard. They kept the lure I would get the lip back. Steelies don't like to be trifled with it seems.