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Provided you don't exceed your daily bag limit I don't know that it's specifically illegal, at least in a technical sense. I expect a CO would have to consider it on the same basis as culling fish from a live well, which goes on all the time. Some home-made live wells I've seen used at tournaments are pretty dodgy. Culling seems to be a grey area. Legally speaking, the regs do clearly state that once you "retain" a fish, it counts against your daily bag limit. But this obviously isn't enforced at bass tournaments, for example, and I don't know what the reasoning is there. But regardless of the legal situation, the stringer is definitely going to do a lot more harm to any fish that are released. The hole in the jaw is one thing ... but the added stress of being retained that way, being potentially kept in surface water thats warmer / less oxygenated / different ph than the water at the depth where the fish was hooked, being exposed to much higher levels of sunlight for extended periods, etc etc could easily result in stress-related delayed mortality. The fish might swim away just fine, but then keel over and croak a few hours later.

Coq-au-Vin, made from chicken (or better yet, grouse or pheasant) and served with a nice Burgundy. This one is from France's Cote de Beaune region ... and far too nice to cook with, so I use a cheap bottle of Ontario Pinot Noir to actually stew the bird in. Quick and easy to make, delicious beyond words, and actually healthy for you!

One more vote for O'Keefe's. Buy it at Home Depot. Stuff works.

I've generally been keeping my nose out of this thread. 86 pages long and I think this is my third or fourth post. Back on September 8, I predicted the Leafs would play great in the fall, tank in January and be playing golf by April. I was right about their solid performance early in the season, and so far it looks like they're tanking right on schedule. I still maintain they once again finish the season by watching the playoffs on TV ... I guess we'll know by April 1. Predicting this team's fortunes is so easy that even a child could do it. Firing Carlyle will accomplish nothing. Getting new players will do nothing. The Loafs have been firing coaches and signing new players pretty much continuously since 1967. And how many cups have they won in that time? Precisely. The problem, sorry to say, is Leaf Nation. As long as Leaf fans continue to blindly support a perpetual loser and keep flooding the owners with money by buying jerseys and hats and stupid car flags and t-shirts and all sorts of other blue-and-white crap, ownership has zero incentive to change a formula that is already bringing in more money than they can possibly count. Blind loyalty by fans has been the basic problem for the past 45 years. Nothing will ever change until people stop buying all that stuff, stop giving them money, and send a real message that this just isn't good enough. Otherwise, there will be no parade up Yonge Street. Today is January 18 and I will boldly predict ... in the 2015/2016 season, Leafs will be on a tear by November, tanking uncontrollably by February and playing golf by April. Sorry to those who really like the team, but you can take it to the bank.

Now? Most of the inbreds who hang around the Bronte and Credit have been slitting everything for years.

You might want to bring some small planer boards. Larger walleye often suspend just under the surface off fast-breaking points, especially early and late in the day. Once you find them, spinner rigs with a worm work pretty well. Overall its a pretty typical lake for its area. Bass probably get fished harder than all other species combined.

Same thing on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. It makes you wonder just how many times some of those salmon are caught over the course of a season. And that's with using single barbless flies.

I had a Pocket Fisherman. Seemed like a great idea at the time. But now I look at it and think ... man, what was I thinking? http://youtu.be/NCSgxA_W_yU Love the guy with the salmon and downriggers. Totally Bull, of course ... I would pay good money to see that done.

As you said Mike, all manufacturers have their pros and cons ... people who love them and people who hate them. At the end of the day, it's a vehicle ... which means it will only depreciate and lose value. Unless you can think of a legitimate reason to do otherwise, spend the least you can get away with, and save your cash for things that will actually hold their value or appreciate.

Hard to go wrong with a nice merlot. Californian merlots from 2007 or 2010 are drinking very well right now, but I still prefer merlot-cab blends from Bordeau. A nice 2007 Château Mouton Rothschild would be absolutely delightful, if you have two grand to spend on a bottle of grape juice. If , like me, you don't ... then a nice Philippe de Rothschild Merlot VdP ($12) also works just fine ... or splurge on a nice 2010 or 2012 Château des Charmes cab-merlot ($30) from Niagara :-)

I feel badly for this guy's family ... really do .... but it was only a matter of time till a story like this appeared in the paper. It's cold today, but it was above freezing for most of last week and through most of the weekend. How thick did he really think the ice was? I'm amazed that people will happily risk their life for a couple of perch and some weiner-sized walleyes. You know, fish you generally wouldn't even bother with in open water. I guess I will just never get ice fishing.

Nice vids, Mike. And good to see some Bitburger made the trip to the Sutton! I hope the bugs didn't get too much of it. As much as I love big brookies, what I really enjoy are fish that jump. So for a big trip, I'd personally lean to the Pacific coast for rainbows, steelhead and coho, or northern Quebec for Ouananiche and/or sea-run Atlantics. Neither are cheap trips, but life is far too short. You go while you can.

I agree she should serve her time graciously. And I will concede that stopping on a highway was very much a rookie mistake. But at the end of the day, the guy on the bike must bear some responsibility too. He has to be in control of his vehicle, and clearly, that was not the case. Otherwise, he would not have hit her vehicle. Sorry Chris, you and I may need to agree to disagree on this one. I do believe both parties share responsibility for this accident.

I think it's completely inappropriate. If traffic had been stopped because of an accident, the guy on the bike would still have hit and would have still killed his daughter. The accident is the result of the motorcyclist not being in control of his vehicle, simple as that.

Chicago is one of my favourite cities in the world. Go eat some real deep dish pizza, then spend the night listening to live blues at Buddy Guy's Legends. It's unbeatable.

Nothing changed when they bought Mako, and that was what, 10 or 12 years ago? So why would anything change for Ranger and Stratos?

Go fish salt water - you get spooled all the time.

Back in the early summer I bougth this Briggs & Stratton snowblower from Sears brand new for $850, delivered to my door with full warranty. Regular price was almost $1,900. You always get the best deals when you buy stuff at the end of the season when they're clearing it out. It's great - power drive (6 speeds forward, 2 speeds in reverse), power steering, rocker switches to change the direction and height of the chute (throws snow up to 35 feet!!), lights, heated grips, electric start, the works. They were 2013/14 models that were left over and Sears was clearing them out. I've come to avoid Kijiji and eBay because to Fisherman's point, when you buy something that way you never really know how it was maintained or used / misused. You could get a good deal, or you could get a real headache. But if you shop for off-season bargains, you get the same kind of savings with no problems whatsoever. Looking at new lawn mowers as I type this :-)

Don't confuse "patent" with "copyright." They are totally different things that serve completely different purposes. If you're serious about this, then spend a couple hundred bucks and go talk to a good patent lawyer. They will advise you if it's really worth going all the way submitting a full patent application, which is a long and expensive process. Think "thousands," not "hundreds." Understand one thing though - even if your invention is protected to the eyeballs, should someone rip you off it's still up to you to go after them, and that is always an expensive proposition. It's even worse if the knock-off is being manufactured overseas. At the end of the day, unless your invention truly becomes a household item (like a zipper or Velcro) it's probably not worth worrying about a patent. The reality is, if someone rips off your idea there's a very good chance you'll spend far more in legal fees than you actually get back in the way of a settlement. Of course you can sue them for costs too, but that's another lawsuit, and yes, more fees.

If you're going to travel to Florida, why on earth would you spend your time fishing for buckets when there is such incredible saltwater fishing there? Search some other threads on this board, there's absolutely amazing saltwater fishing that you'll remember for the rest of your life.You can catch bass here. Try something different, and make the most of your time away.

I used to do 70 - 80 nights a year in various hotels while traveling for work. Always check the bill, and don't be afraid to question anything that isn't exactly right.

I would be lost without my iPad mini. Fits in a coat pocket, and does everything really, really well. Amazing device.

I'd suggest you call Scepter Marine in Scarborough, Ontario. They make a ton of stuff beyond what you see on their website, including OEM tanks for many boat manufacturers. Phone is (416) 883-0777 and email for customer service is [email protected]. They won't sell directly to you, but if it is an oddball item that's not part of the normal inventory they can arrange for you to order it from a nearby dealer. Can't hurt to ask. Scepter makes the best tanks going, by far.

Big Cliff - there's your answer ... ccmt put it as clearly and as sensibly as it comes. Since we're not producing enough future tax payers of our own, someone has to drive the economy. We need people to work and earn a living, pay taxes, and keep the machine running. With our birthrates not able to keep up, these bodies have to come from somewhere. Yes, a few immigrants will turn out to be undesirable idiots. But can't we say exactly the same thing for people who are born here? The reality is that the vast majority of immigrants - just like the vast majority of people born here - go on to have successful lives, and positively contribute to our economy and our society. Remember, most of these people choose to live here because they recognize what an amazing country Canada really is. What saddens me is the number of people who are born here who fail to appreciate that.