Canuck2fan

Yeah it is all fun and games till you dig up a ring with the finger still in it..... LOL That would be my luck.... ummm no officer I didn't put the body here I swear. Cool hobby though and remember you only have to strike 5 or 6 good finds to pay for your detector

It all sounds good to me.... How can fishing not be a great day?

I think people assume the licences are tied to a parent if you are a resident because for a NON RESIDENT they are..... Here is that part of the regs..... I know more than one person who has misunderstood this part of the regs. Anyone who is not an Ontario or Canadian resident (see definitions, page 5) is considered a non-resident for the purposes of fishing licence regulations. Most non-residents need an Ontario fishing licence to fish in Ontario. Specifically: • Non-residents 18 years of age and over must purchase a fishing licence. (NOTE: Non-residents 65 years of age or older are not exempt from requiring a licence.) • Non-residents under 18 years of age may fish without a licence if accompanied by an adult who has a valid fishing licence. Any fish kept are part of the catch and possession limit of the person who holds the licence. As another option, non-residents under 18 years may purchase a licence to have their own limits. • For non-resident groups of children (at least five people under the age of 18 years) there is a special licence for members of an organized camp. This licence is available from ServiceOntario/ Ministry of Natural Resources offices (see page 96). NOTE: Non-residents camping on Crown lands in northwestern Ontario are subject to conservation licence limits except in the

Yeah some clown near London doesn't get it apparently.... He got nailed for 150+ on the 401 two weeks ago. Got his car back this week and then got stopped last night for doing 160 on yes you guessed it the 401. His picture should be in the dictionary under either stupid, or perhaps above the law LOL.

I wish that were true in my hometown where the little guy cared about getting what he promised. Since he opened I have tried repeatedly to give him my business on all the small stuff. I haven't bought any large ticket items like rods or reels because I have all that already.... I have however made a point of dropping in there and trying to purchase things like clip lights, lighted floats, spawn, spawn netting, and line. Which each of those items I have went in told him what I wanted and been told it will be here in a few days. In all cases for the above items I have had to go back at least 4 times and in some cases such as the clip lights they still haven't shown up over a year later. (So I ordered them from LeBarons along with over a 100 bucks worth of other stuff 3 TIMES now since he promised they would be in next week!!!!) Now I don't like being mislead about when items will be in, but I feel it is important to give the guy a break and keep going back after I calm down to spend a few bucks. Simply because he is the only game around that doesn't require 15 bucks in gas or shipping and two hour round trip.... one day that will come in handy when I am in a real jam for some gear for a trip. Would I send anybody else to go shop there NOPE I could not do that because he is not consistent or in my opinion even truthful when telling you what he can get for you or even when it will show up. If he was he would get more than the 15% to 20% or so of the two to three grand I spend on fishing a year..... Somedays I think I am just enabling his inability to deliver by going back but with no other options around he gets a little slack... If I could get to Lebarons in 15 minutes I wouldn't care what they had in stock or when as I would be going there two to three times a week anyhow LOL.

No but the guy in the back line might just have just been a line. I knew a manager of cara air foodservices and if the customers ever had a problem that could not be traced to a specific individual it would be blamed on "Harold".... Harold was fired 73 times and demoted over 200 times in the 6 years this person managed customer relations.... He said most of his problems were solved once he "created" Harold, because customers wanted someone to be blamed and punished. By telling them that he had severly punished Harold he gave them the scapegoat they sought and then they happily continued buying from cara.... BTW he said the scary thing was NOT once did any buyer ever say that "firing" Harold was wrong or an over reaction LOL.

I agree to a certain extent but I think we all work for a living and realize that in any organization you have the top 10% of employees who are on the ball and then the other 90% who are just there for a paycheck.... Again if you are going to spend the time and gas after putting your faith in a voice over the phone in this day and age then getting a name to go with that voice doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Even if you wanted management to praise someone for doing a good job how can you if you don't know who you talked to?

I am not fishing right now because I am all tuckered out from fishing all afternoon..... I went into work at 5AM got done at 7:30 AM no OPP around LOL Did the grocery shopping on the way home. Watched F1 qualifying. Laughed when my dad stopped by to help my neighbour fix his car just after 9AM cause they couldn't come fishing. Stopped by the big dam in town to get minnows it was hard slogging to get two dozen. After the attractant worked I finally caught some beauties though. However I got a parking ticket because it took so long. I got back to the car just as he was leaving the ticket and it was just 25 minutes till you didn't have to pay as well, but people were lining up for spots so I can't really complain. He said that is too bad too that I wasn't just a bit quicker the meter had just turned when he got done the car beside me sooooooo he had no choice (yeah right).... For the eight bucks for the ticket I could have bought the minnows and been fishing earlier geessshhh. So I got 3 pike and now they are off the list for this year which is good. I forgot my hair rigs so I didn't even attempt going after carp, but I did catch a couple dozen catfish. Who seemed to enjoy the minnows more than the pike. I even caught 3 catfish on a silver spoon and that is caught like in the mouth and everything. I did accidently also snag 2 catfish too, they are attacking anything that comes near their small fry with a vengence.

Joey- Yeah the guy screwed up.... However don't take offense but YOU didn't even know the person's name so you don't even know WHO to be mad at. Blaming LeBaron's as a whole in a case like this doesn't seem fair to me.... I get the same type of thing all the time. I drive delivery for a bakery. People call the office and the office promises them the world but they never tell me what was promised. So I get all the abuse when I get to the customer and the office never followed up on what they promised... I had one clown in the office who would say yes to any request just to avoid a hassle. I educated my customers to ALWAYS, AlWAYS get the name of who answers the phone. So a couple of times I actually called the office got the clown on the phone and listened while the customer YELLED AT HIM not me for a change. Funny thing is after the 4th time of him taking the blame for his own mistakes he quit LOL.... Today consumers should ALWAYS get a name if you are going to invest gas and time to go get something, that way you go to the management and maybe get something for your trouble.... if you were lied to over the phone.

Lets remember here folks that London is the same town where an 11 yr old was stealing cars at the rate of one a week for weeks on end. When the police would pick him up and then take him home, his parents would BEG them to do something to the kid. Since he was only 11 and therefore could NOT be dealt with under the law the police would have to release him to the parents. At the same time they would tell the parents you can't do what needs to be done either because from the time this kid could talk in school it was hammered into him, what the rules are and if anybody touches you, you call the Children's Aid on them.... OH and by the way the kid would say to the cops as they were getting in their car See ya next week fellas.... Funny thing though the kid was too young to be charged with anything because he was "unaware" of what he was doing under the law knew enough to make sure he didn't steal any cars after he turned twelve!!!!! When he would have to face some consequences. That to me shows that all along the little tyke knew what he was doing was wrong? I think a lot parents get into trouble with kids that want to do what they want to do these days because too much time is spent in school explaining to them what their "rights" are. Nobody ever tells them what some of their responsibilities are.... Oh another note about rights what is really scary is if you happen to have a child in a class with one of those cretins. You and your child DO NOT have the right to know that some psycho is sitting right behind them.... That is so wrong and unfair IMHO yet we can't get our elected officials to change things to reflect that the "innocent" kids of today deserve protection too, but somehow they don't rate.

Pine needles make an excellent stopper for me.... and are cheap and plentiful too. I made a baiting needle for about .50 cents using a piece of dowel and an old large sewing needle that I cut out part of the eye on. She ain't pretty but it does allow me to catch my one carp I go after each year in record time when I want to get one.... Although last year I got a 20+lber while I was floating a worm through an area that was holding perch and pike.... Kids were catching them all day on worms too, but apparently that ended the next night when a couple of carp experts went back to try their luck they did slay them on pineapple flavoured boilies though. I still can't figure out what all the fuss is about with carp though. One or two a year is enough just say I got one for yearly list.

We night fish all the time and the only thing I can add is for you to try bottom fishing the lake near the mouth. Just remember all the drop backs have to go past you into the lake the same as all the fish who go up have to go past you too. Wading in the water is fine too but, it is a blast to sit on the beach or pier in a chair....(depending on which river) I know some people will call it lining but we just blow up a worm or use a roe bag with floaters in it. Use a clip on light stick on the rod and wait for that signature tap-tap-tap.... Be real careful taking those clip on lights off more than one buddy has taken one off when it is below zero only to find their two piece is now a custom 3 piece rod.... Sometimes we fish all night other times we fish from dusk till 2Am or so then grab a cat nap in the car, with the cell phone alarm set. Wake up about 4:30AM to get the best spot and fish till 9AM or so. It is amazing how cold you can get though when she's howling about 30 to 40KM winds and it is only 3 to 5 degrees out even if you in the car trying to sleep. Also fish the piers on erie all night using a clip on light for perch two or three nights during the summer too. Amazing the number of drunks who stumble out to see what you are doing too especially since they are no bars in these towns LOL. When I am drift fishing at night I use the Lindy Nite Brite and I have caught tons of fish both rainbow and salmon in the fall with that set up. This spring though the water was always so pristine it didn't work, although as soon as I could see well enough to turn the light off I would get hits right away some mornings using that float.

Awesome news!!! Good to see a positive experience in getting quicker treatment.

I don't generally agree with spoon feeding newbs either. However one man's ultimate fish is another man's garbage fish and so on. With that in mind if anyone likes fishing for basketball sized carp that are stupid easy to catch, then I have the spot for you. I know they are easy to catch because every year I go to catch just one and in a half hour you can land 10 or 15, if you wait till after a rain. This honey hole is about 1 to 2KM long. Where is this carping paradise you ask? I am going to tell you it is anywhere along the Avon river below the John St damn in Stratford. Free parking available at the TJ Dolan area if there aren't a couple of hundred people visiting relatives at the hospital. You just walk along the river find a spot and fish all day and night if you like. Also feel free to take your limit home with you PlEASE. And if I had the GPS co-ordinates I would POST them. Seriously, if you have a couple of hundred quid tied up in carp equipment you will be wondering why you didn't just go to Walmart and buy the spiderman rod for 9.99 because kids catch hundreds of these carp on that type of equipment all day long all summer long..... Thanks to the OP for making it OK to finally give up my secret carp hole..... I have been dying to share this info for a long time now.

Sorry for your loss. One of the hardest things you will ever do for someone is to follow their last wishes. Having been an executor a couple of times now. I know what it is like to have differences at a time like this. I might not have read your post right but it doesn't seem to indicate who the executor of his estate is or if there is one? If he and your mother were married and there was no will stating otherwise she would most likely be recognized as having the responsibility for paying for the funeral and arranging it.... If she has the power under the law then all she has to do is wield it, and there isn't anything they can do. Also unfortunately the reverse is true too if his brother is the executor he gets to dictate what will happen.... However a meeting with everyone at the funeral home to plan things with the funeral director there sometimes can ease tensions because lots of times family members who are petty and small in private won't act that way in front of an outsider. So you get a compromise and if they complain afterward you calmly hold up your hand and say that they agreed at the meeting and now is not the time to be changing things.... Sounds like a tough situation I hope it works out.

When I was kid we went to one in Hamilton just before going up north one summer. I splurged and bought a couple of lures that were .49¢ I was like 10 or so and my allowance was only .50¢ a week paid by weekly so I do mean I splurged LOL. Anyhow we were out fishing up north about 2 weeks later my dad and my uncle laughed because when I used the first "super" lure I had bought which was like a river runt but in a green and black frog pattern. The thing sank because water would seep in where the back treble hook was placed.... So I asked my uncle to borrow his lighter which got a look from my dad I can tell you I think he thought I was going to light a smoke or something.... Anyhow I took out the treble hook heated the plastic with the lighter and just before it melted the hole shut I screwed the eye hook with the treble back in.... It was sealed tight now and it worked without sinking but it moved kind of funny because of the angle I had worked the eyehook back in on. I think because it moved like a wounded frog across the water I caught 3 or 4 bass on that lure in about an hour while my dad and uncle didn't even get a bite.... It was a quiet ride home in the boat that night LOL. Since that day though that lure hasn't even gotten a sniff from a fish but it is still in my tackle box and gets used ocassionally just for that one memory.... when I caught supper and my dad and uncle were speechless on the way back to the cottage.

First thing she should do is talk to the neighbours about it. If that doesn't work. Go over to your friends place after your local noise bylaw kicks in and go out in the yard if the dog barks call the cops (with a noise complaint).... Eventually the neighbours will be fined for a noise complaint. Sucks, but it is cheaper than going the civil court route and it stops the dog from being hurt. If your neighbour is afraid of the dog that is probably egging it on to bark worse. I do sympathize as I have the same problem with a neighbour behind me, I really feel bad for the people who are up all night after she wakes them up when I leave for work at 1:30AM.... Then again I am not the dog's owner who lets her out at that hour either. On a positive note since that dog moved in NOBODY breaks into the cars in our parking lot anymore which used to be a weekly occurance, because she goes stark raving mad instead of just barking if you aren't a friendly neighbor and she can jump that 4ft fence when she gets excited... LOL.

Sorry Joey.... and I picked Flin Flon to avoid such a problem on here.... The joke is usually about Sudbury but we have a lot of people on here from there so I didn't want to hurt anyones feelings.... Just goes to show it is a small world after all

Last year the last time I went out on a Huron trib was June 9th and I got fish..... I expect they will be similar this year. Many fish were still coming in to spawn last Sunday.

it is simple..... If you don't have a machine (which you don't need) First only do this on a tile floor even one egg on a carpet and broken will stink for months. Take a tv tray cover with wax paper. Lay out the pieces of netting I buy the precut ones. Take a plastic spoon and put the eggs on the netting. Rainbow eggs about 10 to 15... Then place on your floaters use lots. (for drifting no floaters) Gather the edges of the netting form a ball then use spider wire thread about 5 wraps, then snap it off. Cut of the excess netting All done. Another tip is to have a few paper towels beside you already torn off the roll and a plastic bag to put all the refuse in so you can take it out to the trash in one pile... The first time you do it is a little daunting but soon you will tying the right sizes and colours at the rate of about 100 per hour.

So just telecommute. If you can't do that to beat the traffic just go in at 1 AM Monday work right through till Tuesday about 10 or 11 PM. and that is assuming 3 or 4 1 hour lunch breaks!!!! You would have your 40 in for the week so then you could then go fishing..... win win I say.

That makes sense but then some charters are so busy they can't do maintenance on one motor let alone two LOL. Been on three charters over the years and on all three at some point they had motor "issues". I wasn't exactly thrilled when the captains all said gee I been meaning to fix that but been too busy. HUH? sorry no tip for you today... Thankfully in all three cases my dad who is a mechanic was able to tell them how to get going again.

I disagree that in general civility has gone by the wayside.... I HAD to shop in 5 different stores yesterday for I have the joy of attending 5 different birthday parties today.... In every store I was asked how I was, if I found everything I wanted and told thank you or have a nice day. By the same token though when I approached the cashier and I was asked how I was today. I said I am OK and how about you? Sometimes you have to be polite to be treated politely.... After I was thanked I said thank you and told them to have a nice day. Niceities are a two way street. Treat service people how you would like to be treated and most of them reciprocate and when then don't in my case I can usually show them not being polite is not good for their peace of mind either. I know more ways to ruin a rude cashier's day than they could even dream of to ruin mine.... LOL

C'mon douG tell us the rest of the story.... it goes like this. The manager goes you are a smart fella. How about you take a promotion? We have an opening for an assistant manager in Flin Flon Manitoba. Flin Flon you snort I can't go there there is nothing but ho's and hockey players there.... The manager goes beet red and says I will have you know my wife comes from Flin Flon... Without missing a beat you reply.... REALLY and what position did she play left or right wing?

That seems fair to me to not charge anybody if there is any doubt in a collision with no injuries. Their insurance will likely cause them more pain than a charge could anyway. As an aside I pity any officer who has to rely on eye witnesses for anything though. I work at two different jobs and I can count on the fingers of one hand the times that when something bad has happened that any two people tell the same story but you know they were THERE and the was no way they could have missed what happened..... it is all about spin.