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I realize the concern is more about the kinds of people that it may attract.

 

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

Looks like a good time Mike.

 

 

 

 

 

I was going to say the same thing as FishLogic, looks just like the 45lb Yellowfin Grouper my Uncle had mounted. Not toxic to the best of my knowledge.

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.

Didn't Milo already post this?

Over on FFN he did Bill.

Can't figure out how to embed a video here from youtube. need help

 

thanx

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.

Dave, do you have your tinfoil hat on?

 

Even with WEP, WPA, WPA2, breaking into a wifi network is anything but hard.

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!!!!

Having a unsecure network can and cannot be bad.... it can open you up for certain types of attacks etc... but as far as them seeing what you are typing.... unlikely unless they have injected your pc with a keyboard logger.... that said, someone else could also be using the landlords internet service... log into the router and see how many devices are connected to it... http://192.168.0.1 is the usual IP to log into the router... and the typical login and pass is admin/password

 

the only thing the average person can see is the logs from the router... websites you have visited etc.. most routers log this information.

 

Good luck

 

G

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.

No prob Dave

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.

Yup, it's the best I have used so far. The ice line and the normal box look and feel like the same stuff. I have asked around and been told it is the same stuff too...

I have one reel with #10 duracast and it doesn't ice up much if at all. I have another 2 reels with #6 nonofil and they do ice up a bit. I have found out that you need to put something on the spool to keep the line from slipping if using a metal spool. it shrinks when cold so having tape or something for the line to grip to helps.

So far, I'm happy with both lines but i think if I needed to respool a reel right now it would be with the duracast. I got a real good deal on it from Phil last week too! (etackle.ca)

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.

People could save a lot of $$$ if they just did it themselves..

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!!!!!

In the early 80's took off a valve cover put it on the bench,Turned back around and the slug build up made it look

like I never took the cover off.Oils have come along way since then.

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.

Wouldn't they interfere with a transom mounted transducer?

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.

 

When you say..."Mark and drill a hole for a large pin like the ones used for securing the ski bars on the old sled trailers"...you mean drill the hole in the threaded rod, right?

 

 

 

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.

Only problem I see is for the average guy drilling a 1" hole through 1/4" stock...that a big hole in a piece of iron....hope he has a good drill press and some nice bits....

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

I guess it is the law. There's no law that says I can't tug it a hundred feet at a time using my winch though. The rigid tow bar was going to happen sooner or later...I guess it'll be sooner, that's all.

 

Thanks for nothing, clear-thinking OFNers...now I've got another little project to spend time and money on.

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 have retrievers on mine Dave... but if you run 3 to 4 foot release leads (which equals not draggin shakers anymore) you can just hoop them with rod line and bring them to the boat without ever bringing the ball on board ever again.

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.

Ontario shows yes. The shows reflect the type of fishing done in the area. I used to really like Sporting Fishing on the Fly when I lived in Alberta. I think that was the name of the show. They often had Brian Chan on explaining rainbow biology. Great stuff. Really miss that fishing. Enjoy Adventures North for the dreaming.

 

Check out this vintage Lee Wulff vid amazing outdoorsman Wings for an Angler

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.

Fair observation. These were the ones identified for me .... not my own personal picks.

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.

HMMMMMMM, seems like we have been driving on the ice up here for a couple of months now.