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Um .... Flat Raps have been around for at least 15 years.

Qualifications are in the info posted - read it.

The OFAH is hiring three people to help with its Atlantic salmon population assessments this fall. For the full info package click here. Text copied and pasted here for your info: Atlantic Salmon Adult Assessment Technicians (3 positions) The O.F.A.H., as a lead partner in the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Program, is hiring 3 technicians to assess returning adults in the fall of 2010. * 1 position - Cobourg Brook Crew (based in Peterborough, Ontario) * 2 positions - Credit River Crew (based in Mississauga, Ontario) Job Overview: Working with the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program’s Research and Assessment Team, the successful candidates for these positions will be part of a three person field crew tasked with regularly assessing one of the program’s target tributaries for returning adult Atlantic salmon. Sampling methods will include seine netting, weir and fishway operation, and angling. Responsibilities: * Daily sampling for returning adult Atlantic salmon using approved protocols * Processing Atlantic salmon for length, weight, sex, age structures, and genetic material * Bulk processing of other captured species * Working with approved anglers operating under Scientific Collector’s Permits to capture Atlantic salmon * Transporting Atlantic salmon into spawning habitat upstream of barriers * Promoting the program to any members of the public encountered * Conducting data entry * Other duties as assigned Required Skills and Experience: * Experience with fish sampling and biological processing methods, including seine netting and weir/fishway operation * Fish identification skills, with emphasis on salmon and trout of the Great Lakes * Working with and speaking to the public * Data-collection and record-keeping skills * Map reading from a variety of sources * Ability to work within a team/partnership * Ability to travel and work outside office hours * Ability to work in bad weather * Driver’s Licence and clean driving record * First Aid/CPR certification * Electrofishing certification preferred but not required Minimum Education Level: * College diploma in a relevant field These positions are 12 week contracts, beginning September 7th, 2010. Please submit a cover letter and resume describing your qualifications in regard to the required skills and experience by August 26th at 5 p.m. to [email protected] or Attention Chris Robinson at the O.F.A.H. Conservation Centre P.O. Box 2800, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 8L5. Only candidates chosen for an interview will be contacted. Interviews will be held August 30th and 31st 2010, in Peterborough, Ontario. The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is an equal opportunity employer.

That's the approach I would go. Apart from the increased comfort and safety of a 14 footer over a 12, you may have a tough time finding any dealer who will let you make payments on a small outboard the way you described. There's very little markup on those - most dealers will want you to just put it on a credit card or pay cash. Keeping track of some guy's payments is more of an inconvenience than it's worth on a smaller purchase like that.

Cheaper to go to Scotland.

About a week ago, in some places

Thanks for that, I really enjoyed it. Wonderful pictures, especially the first two. Wife and I are visiting Germany in September, and I'm looking forward to trying my luck. And, trying the beer, of course!

Green heron. There are a few at Bronte too.

A friend of mine has a cottage in the Kawarthas. Each Saturday morning during the summer, anywhere from four to 10 boats will come along and fish his dock. Same deal on Sunday. You can be standing right there with a coffee in your hand and guys will still not even think twice about bouncing tube jigs and Senkos right off your feet. It's even worse when there's a tournament. With respect to Bill M's comment about not casting around swimming kids and all, it's unfortunate that not all anglers feel the same way. I always thought it was just the cottagers who were dickheads, until I experienced it from the other end of the dock. Now, I completely understand why they get so bent out of shape. I find it interesting to read through this thread. Docks are a non-issue for me, because I very seldom fish them anymore. Why? EVERYONE fishes docks, and I think for a lot of guys, it's probably the only pattern they know. Personally, I find I catch a lot more fish by focusing on other areas that no one else bothers with.

Every policy is different, but if you have a deductible, then you have to pay it - simple as that. The other person being from out of province has nothing to do with it. When you take out an insurance policy you can negotiate the deductible. You can take a higher deductible against a lower overall premium. Or have no deductible, and probably pay a bit higher premium. It depends how many claims you expect you might have.

D'oh!!

Sandy Cove Marine Recyclers in Honey Harbour recycles fibreglass boats. Not sure what happens to the glass once it goes through the shredder .... I think it becomes park benches or playground equipment.

Can't say I blame the buy for being ticked off. If some jackass hooked the upholstery in my boat, I would be steamed too. There are clueless idiots in every group, fishermen included.

I'm a magazine publisher. I was a full-time outdoor writer for about 25 years, then eventually came to my senses, went back to school, and now work in strategy/business development for one of Canada's largest media companies. It's a fun gig.

Salmon fishing in rivers is a good news/bad news deal. The good news is they can be a lot of fun to catch. The bad news is that nothing attracts hordes of inbred idiots like a salmon run. So they quickly become just about impossible to catch legitimately as a result of all the morons wading in up to their chins and snagging the bejeezus out of them. Actually, snagging is the least of it - it's fairly common to see jerks chasing them up and down the rapids with landing nets, night and day. Popular rivers like the Credit, Humber and Bronte can be absolute war zones on warm autumn weekends, so little wonder the fish get just a wee bit spooky. If you can find undisturbed fish (and it's a big if) then they can be caught legitimately on regular steelhead tackle. Truth is, in most rivers they can't really go too far, so if you're patient, they're fairly easy to land on a medium to heavy steelhead rod and mono from maybe 6 to 10 pound test. Fluorocarbon is even better. Forget braid - it looks like rope in the water, and this is one kind of fishing where you want to be as subtle and low-visibility as you can. Your St. Croix should be fine providing you don't try to horse the fish. Regular float fishing techniques with roe or small dark-coloured flies will work just fine on fresh salmon. In larger, deeper rivers, you're probably better off to use a heavier spinning outfit and cast small crankbaits like Flatfish, Kwikfish, Hot Shots etc. Cast across the pool and slowly retrieve so it swings across in the current. You might want to add a split shot or two, maybe a foot in front of the lure, to help get it down in the current. For what it's worth, this works really well in the frogwater down by the lake, and in harbour areas too. In fact it's probably the most reliable way to catch salmon legitimately from land. I've completely given up stream fishing for them in favour of this approach. The best harbour and stream fishing is for freshly-arrived fish. They deteriorate quickly in shallow creeks like Bronte or the Humber, especially if the weather is a bit warm. Once they reach spawning condition, it's basically game over - they're focused on having fun with other salmon, so leave them be. A good rule of thumb is, if you can see the fish, then they can see you too. Move on and try somewhere else. Chinook usually show up in the lower end of bigger rivers by the end of August, usually following a good cold rain. Coho are normally a bit later, normally October or November. Coho seem to respond to lures more consistently than chinook, but that's just my opinion. Best advice I can offer is to get as far away from other people as possible. Some of these guys who show up for the salmon run are real Neanderthals. Honestly ... it's a wonder some of them can even walk upright.

Give this man a cigar. Overall, the number of people fishing is declining. License sales have been dropping off steadily for at least 20 - 25 years. Beyond that, even though Canada's population has grown steadily since the 1970s, the size of the fishing industry has shrunk considerably. How else do you explain that? Out on the water, I think we're seeing more and more people crowding into fewer and fewer spots. I agree with Ironstone74 - a big part of that is due to irresponsible internet posts. Guys go online and post pictures of their day on the water - nothing wrong with that in itself, but when the locations are obviously recognizable, it can't help but put more pressure on a spot. I've seen it too many times - someone posts a picture and the next day you can't even find a place to park there. It might look like there are more people fishing than ever, but it's just an illusion.

Pete, $100 is a very good deal for that outfit, and $80 is even better. Ryan didn't mention a price, and I confess I just expected he was looking at spending more than that. It will definitely sell, and someone will be happy with it. If Ryan (or whomever winds up buying it) ultimately gets bitten with the muskie bug in a big way, he won't be happy with just one rod anyway - we all know how this works! Next thing you know, you have a garage full of them. Cheers

Ryan, The outfit you described will probably work just fine in the Kawarthas. But I have to agree with Lew and Roy where longevity is concerned. Providing you're not paying too much for the Abu/Fenwick setup, it will at least get you started. You mention you've never fished for muskie. If you decide you like it, I suspect you will want to upgrade the rod and reel before too long. When that time comes, you might want to consider a St. Croix, Shimano or G. Loomis rod (all make several models appropriate to the Kawarthas) and a more substantial reel like a Calcutta 400. It's like anything else - you get what you pay for. Quality gear costs more to begin with, but it lasts forever.

Appropriate tackle depends on where/how you're fishing for muskie. The ideal rod for hucking bucktails in the Kawarthas would be just about useless for trolling big body baits on Lake St. Clair, for example. If you can think about how you will be fishing, and in what kinds of water, that would make it easier to determine the most appropriate outfit.

It was only the fourth time on the water for the father and son when they found themselves stranded 1.5 miles off the Whitby coast at about 2:30 p.m. on July 27. “The boat started vibrating quite heavily so we anchored up to go have a look and we noticed there was lots of water coming in from the back of the engine,” said Mr. Reynolds, who moved to Ajax from England a month ago and just purchased the boat last week. 1.5 miles off Whitby ..... how long is this guy's anchor rope?

Here's another thought - a 30 minute time slot on Versus TV costs $175,000 US. The cost of actually producing the show are over and above that, of course. I have all the respect in the world for the Lindners .... great fishermen and classy guys in every sense of the word .... but I suspect MAYBE they just prefer the look, feel and performance of a Quantum sponsorship contract. TV is business - personal likes and dislikes have absolutely nothing to do with it.

Loyalty? Pffft. You can't eat loyalty. Al might not have a mortgage any more, but he definitely has huge costs associated with producing his show and buying air time to get it on the air. It costs an enormous amount of money, even if you air it on a crappy network. So you go with whatever sponsor will pay the bills, or you don't have a show. That's pretty much the bottom line. TV fishing shows are a business. That's precisely why I can't watch any of them. Well, that and the fact 95 percent of them really, really suck.

Top professionals always choose to use whatever the sponsor tells them to use. Simple as that. It's all about paying the mortgage.

If you have a Mac, Garageband works great.

Last summer I'm bringing in a nice smallmouth and about 10 feet from the boat it gives one of those last-ditch headshakes. Hook pops loose, rod recoils and a half-ounce tandem spinnerbait drills me right in the shin. Good God, did that ever hurt. I dropped to the deck like I got harpooned. It left a baseball-sized bruise that was there for weeks.