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Fast Eddies in Tok Alaska. Toad River Lodge in Toad River BC Almost forgot one of my favorite burger joints. Apache Burger at Dundas and Kipling. When I'm back in Ontario I go out of my way to chow down there.

Pretty irrevelent really when you consider the area is closed to angling during the salmon run time line.

They can contain paralytic shell fish toxin due to their diet.

I like how they point out that the steelhead are introduced but they also forget to point out the fact that browns are also an introduced species.

Over on FFN he did Bill.

On the reply to post screen click on the iconat the end of the row the smilie face is on. The one with three squares on top of each other.

A lot harder than one that isn't secure at all Bill. That's also why in order to get on our wireless network here at the college you need to have a valid computer account and log onto our radius server before you can do anything. And to answer your question yes I do have my tinfoil hat on!!! With out it major league baseball can read my mind!!!!

I beg to differ. Unless the user has not pasword protected their computer it is pretty simple to get into even with file sharing turned off. Even if they have password protected it but not password protected the administrator account (or any other administrative account) it's a simple hack to get into it. I would guess that since the landlord hasn't turned on encryption on their router they probably haven't changed the admin password on the router either. This can allow a hacker to get into all of the router settings and even prevent you from accessing the internet if they want to. Do not do any sensitive work over the internet until it is encrypted. Because it's not encrypted all data travelling over the network between your computer and the router is plainly readable with another computer on the network loaded with any one of a number of tools to grab and inspect the packets on the network. How do I know this you ask? Network security is what I do for a living. Any more questions just send me a pm.

Talked to Phil and got some on the way. I'll be sure to post how it does in arctic conditions. 90% of my ice fishing is done in -20 or colder temps so if it works well here it will work well anywhere.

Thanks for the 411.

Has anyone tried the Duracast line from Tuff Line? Trying to find a braid that works well in the conditions I have to deal with. The best one I have found was some blue coloured ice braid I got CTC a couple of years back.

Exactly!!!! It costs me about $65 to do an oil change on my truck. If I take it in to the "oil change" guys its $140!!!! For $75 I can buy a crap load of hand cleaner!!!!!

Yeah, I saw a bunch of that back when I was in the auto repair business too. It's sad to see people ignoring such basic maintenance on their vehicles.

The same thing happens when you don't change the oil in a Skoda, Yugo, Fiat, Ferrari, Ford, GM, Dodge......... Well you get the idea.

Depends on where the transducer is mounted. It mat need to be moved.

Definately go with the Smart Tabs to get rid of your porpoising issue.

Yep, through the threaded rod to keep it from sliding off the rod. You could always just thread on a nylock nut but this will make installation and removal a 2 second chore and you won't need to break out the wrench.

It can be done fairly easily with a 1" hole saw, slow rpms on the drill and some oil for lubrication.

You can do it on the cheap with no welding fishNwire. Grab yourself 2 pieces of 1/4"X2" flat bar. On one end drill a 1" hole to fit over your 1" threaded rod. Mark and drill a hole for a large pin like the ones used for securing the ski bars on the old sled trailers or the pins used to hold your draw bar into your tariler hitch. I would put a big washer between the 2" bar stock and retaining pin. On the other end drill 2 holes in each bar to line up with the mounting holes on a trailer coupler that will fit your hitch. Bolt it up with 4 bolts and Bob's yer uncle!!! You got a solid hitch with now welding and very little fab time and $$$$ into it. Try and keep the 2" bars as short as you can to keep their strength. If you have to you can always bend a piece to make a brace at the mid point to stiffen it up. Just bolt it in place with a couple of bolts on each side.

I did run long releases (24"-36"), still didn't like their retrieval system though. Almost forgot that another thing I really liked about the Big Jons were the pivoting rod holders. It made it much easier to pull the rod out of the holder when a big king was peeling line.

I worked on a bunch of different charter boats on Lake Ontario over a 15 year period. During this time I had the chance to run Cannon, Walker and Big Jon riggers. The ones I liked best were the Big Jon Captains Pak riggers. The biggest advantage I found with the Big Jon riggers is the ability to lift the rigger arm to swing the ball into you when re-rigging. The Cannons I didn't like their ball retrieval system at all and the Walkers didn't have one at all, but had short arms so it was not that big of an issue. I run a pair of manual cannons on my boat, but if ever decide to go electric it would be a pair of Big Jons.

Yep ,you remember correctly. It's one of my favorite shows and is extremely informative. Another good Western one is Sport Fishing BC with Mark Pendlington.

Yep, Craig just an observation. To tell you the truth, I really wish they would start re-running The Red Fisher show. Call me old but it was a far better show than 99% of the stuff you see on the tube these days.

Done. Seems more like a survey about Ontario fishing shows rather than Canadian ones though.

When I did my boat I just used a large scraper to get rid of the lumps.