JerseyDog

I find the SeeDoos where I am to be less of a problem. Since there is a lot of water and places to go, they tend to just cruise by as opposed to doing circles in a closed area. Also maybe the tourists prefer to go to Wasaga, since the locals also tend not to be as rowdy. My biggest problem is the 26-36' sport cruisers that the operators treat like speed boats, but with a 10' deep hull throw massive wakes, even at plane. The large cruisers at least have enough sense and respect for others to go slow through the channels.

WOW! That was a radical fix for a crappy alternator. Congrats. One more for the General!

I got a gar once on a worm and hook. This was before the internet and since they don't really get mentioned in the regs I was pretty shocked to see this freaky prehistoric thing come up to the boat. Anyway, I got him to the boatside and he decided he'd had enough and just took off which honestly was fine by me. Since then I have actually been in small, shallow bays (on GBAY) with huge schools of them swimming around me and I can never get them to take any lures. Which again is probably OK, although its hard not to cast to fish that are swarming around you - whether you want to catch them or not.

I fell it love with the original Gulp when they first came out. Always seems to outfish plastics for me and they are bio-d so they dont pollute. I can't wait to try this new stuff.

Agreed with above - in more open water I never slow down, it throws more of a wake than a boat on plane. In fact, when I am fishing, I kinda wish others wouldn't slow down either. But I do pass as wide as possible to give the wake as much time to settle as possible (and the fisherman time to brace himself). Agree with Lew though, there are a lotta idiots out there, especially on the Long Weekends when you get the tourists. No worries, September will sadly be here soon enough and the tourists will be long gone.

No worries, I'm 35 and I've probably had enough for the both of us.

In Order: Cold & Free Free Cold Whatever is in the fridge

I'm always looking for the perfect fish for dinner and I never can seem to catch it. And when I do, I usually like it so much, I toss 'em back anyway. I mostly just keep the bad bleeders and I guess the Pickerel (if I could ever actually catch one).

I thought the CTC on Danforth at Main had carp stuff. Maybe not, but I thought I saw it there.

I'm anti-the-current-war and I think the troops should be hurried back to their familes. I'll be happy the day ever soldier, Canadian, British, US and the rest of them come back home where they belong. But I support our troops and think its total idiocy for the socialists in Toronto to even consider removing those decals. Sometimes you gotta pick sides, and I will always side with Canada (and the US), no matter what my personal politics.

Yah, so, I once caught a corpse with a seagull and water snake and an anchor and a '57 Chevy attached while I had a bear riding in my boat and 100 of my buddies swimming beside me. Forget to add, while my boat was hanging from the bottom of a helicopter with two hands tied behind my back and my eyes taped shut - in Antartica using dental floss and a pencil as a fishing rod.

Some Budweiser. Well, OK, thats for me. But then maybe I'll work the lily pads with my plastic frogs & rats or if I get too much Bud in me, I might just try some worms for that 18" that's been hangng out all spring under my dock.

I thought the finale was brilliant. The series was always about gangsters being just like us. Same problems, same anxieties, etc. The series ended like ie began - just another day in the life. And that last scene also helped to illustrate just how paranoid Tony's life must be. Everyone is a threat. Everyone, always. And parking the car - well thats the kind of stuff we all deal with. It's real life. Not a gangster movie. Pure genius.

"In conclusion, I’m quite pleased with the customer service from my boat dealer. " Quite pleased? You should be over the moon! They are obviously running a class operation there. Damn, I think I'm going to stop by on the way up north and leave a little bread behind. Vote with my dollars for those that take the customer seriously. Good American style service - best in the world!

Has anyone ever done this, know of someone who has done this and/or if its even possible? Apparently there might be a package that can be bought from Merc. Or maybe its an urban myth. Anyone?

I don't want to ALWAYS wear a life jacket. Sure, I might fall out of my stationary boat, in a waveless back bay, into 80 degree water, bonk my head and drown - but let's be honest, I'm more likely to get wiped out driving up North on the Hwy. 400 doing a modest 120km/h, properly belted in and surrounded by $35k worth of steel & sheet metal and loaded to the gills with the best safety equipment money can buy. Sadly life is risky and sometimes I just wanna sit in my boat and cast some lures without the bother of a bulky, uncomfortable and unnecessary life jacket. PS. When the water is cold, the weather is rough, or I'm running on wide open water, I have my floater on - I'm not stupid.

I'll take it! My old Chevy will drink anything.

OK - well if its a 2004 - same story for the dealer. Boats should float at bare minimum. If you bought a car and the undercarriage fell off the day you drove it off the lot and destroyed the car and half your gear, would you want a new car?

If you really want pickeral, why not pick a different lake. I know Georgian Bay between Midland and the North Channel has lots of them. If you pass Tobermory, you've gone too far.

I would settle for nothing less than a new boat, motor, etc. And tell the manufacturer they are lucky you don't sue them for your gear that was damaged, your time, costs, etc. This was the FIRST DAY on the water and the boat will never be the same and its THEIR fault. Its a boat and its supposed to float and thier poor quality control should not be your problem for the next 10 years.

Congrats. But now is the time to be most vigilant. As the physical addiction wears off, you feel great and in control and then you start thinking - "Hey - maybe just one" or "Well I'm not hooked, I can handle it" or "I'm really stressed and this will relax me" or any other of a millions excuses that will pop up from time to time. And then it starts all over again. Maybe re-read the "Never Take Another Puff" info about nicotine addiction and the lies it tells. With more failures than succesess, I know from exerience just how easy it is to slide back into it.

I always wear my floater when the water is too cold to swim. Almost never wear it once the water warms up (unless the conditions are super dangerous). Probably should though, its just like a seat belt for boats.

Sorry - typo - I meant "double headed". And I am not to sure how those would count towards your limit.

I think you gotta give the new guy a chance! If you wanna catch pickeral (walleye) here is some GPS coordinates where there are massive schools of them: Lat. 40 27 Long. 79 57 If you want to catch Pike, try: Lat. 42 55 Long. 78 50 Both of these spots have been great since the steel mills moved out. Come prepared to lcatch your limit, double headers are the rule, not the exception. Good luck.

Go barbless and you can flip the hooks out in seconds. Once you relealize you can still land fish w/o barbs and you can release them lightening quick no matter how badly they are hooked and you'll never want to go back. I did it and I LOVE it.