dave524

If they are doing a headshake with a large heavy plug or spoon and their head is out of the water I think it is better to let the line go slack. I believe the rule long ago was to bow to the fish on a jump, think it is easier to throw the lure out of the water as there is less resistance air vs water. edit:the weight of the lure is used more to their advantage out of the water on a headshake.

you want rednecks and Asian Carp? check this out http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/monster-fish#tab-Videos/08361_00

I deliberated on the 16 vs. 18 footer years ago. I had the boat narrowed down to a Sylvan Rodmaster but the price jump held me back, then I found a dealer that had a last years demo model V4 Johnson tilt and trim that he would let go with warranty for the same price as a new 3 banger 70hp, so I powered the 18' with that instead of a 16' with a 70hp. Everytime I went out on the water, Salmon on Ontario or Erie Eyes I was glad I had the 18, ran it for 20 years, I'm sure if I had the 16' I would have upgraded at some point. I see on the link that Spincast posted a Starcraft 19 Fishmaster with a 2007 115hp Etec, the price didn't look too bad, unforunately it is sold. IMHO that would be a sweet rig for what you want, think you be very happy with a rig in that class. I launched solo most of the time and no problems with that size of rig.

The speed seems to be right in the ballpark for a regular Sympatico High Speed account. I'm a bit of a torrent junkie and am hanging on to an old uncapped Sympatico account and those are the speeds that I get. The best support for Sympatico I found comes from a forum called DSLReports.com, there are two forums in there , " Bell Canada " and "Bell Canada Direct", with Bell's approval a few Bell tech's handle inquiries and problems, find it much better than phoning overseas. There are also forums for Bell Expressvu and most routers, the place has been a Godsend to me when I've encountered problems. The problem here might not be the modem or the phone line, I've encountered this slow loading at times and 404 errors and most of the time it has to with crappie DNS addresses assigned by Bell. For about a year now I've been using DNS adresses assigned by an outfit " OpenDNS " with none of the frequent problems that I had before. Might want to give it a try.

Potential new world record catfish , and the bait http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222562&cl=20984565&ch=222562&src=canadanews

One of my favourite techniques for trolling from a canoe was a flyrod with a hi density full sinking line and a streamer, the paddling motion would give a pulsating action to a maribou streamer that was very effective on SMB and the occasional walleye. Ok, this would not give the depth you require but I'm thinking a lead core trolling outfit ( like recently on sale at CTC ) would acomplish the same effect at greater depths from a canoe. Another thing I would try would be to place a larger, light gauge williams wabbler type spoon about 18" ahead of the fly with the hook removed and the fly snelled off the back , it has been an effective combo on specs, should work on lakers at well.

Go at night and cast surface lures like jitterbugs , hula poppers, frogs , mice and such parallel to the shoreline would be my best bet. Fished a quarry with LMB and that was the ticket for the bigger fish. Just remember to set the hook at the feeling of the strike or the line jump rather than the splash you hear when you get a strike or you miss alot of fish.

Excellent point about the rear axle ratios, Craig. Years ago I had twofootitis and subscribed to a mag called " Trailer Boats " in addition to good boat test reports they would also test a tow vehicle or two. The fellow doing the tests always talked a lot and at great detail about the rear axle ratio along with the engine . Good looking and sounding tow vehicles can being severely hampered by " highway rear ends " . Reading posts on the board about towing, I've always thought about those articles as yours is the first I've seen this critical component of towability mentioned.

Wise words from some one with a a life's worth of experience, curiously most of the younger generation are also figuring this out quite a bit later in life than in our day, if at all sometimes.

Sounds like it beats the traditional Dover fare of a foot long and a " Golden Glow " at the Arbour. Thanks

If you want to go V6, my last 2 vehicles, full size 88 Chev PU and 97 GMC Astro both have had the 4.3L. Vortec engine in them. I tow an 18 Aluminum with a V4, probably pushing 2200 lbs. with gear and a 4X8 landscape trailer with a 3500 lb axle and a yard of top soil or whatever in it. Both have preformed admirally with out any engine or drive train problems. I'd be inclined to consider a S10 style of GM small pickup with that engine , pretty sure they were available in 2000 if you are going that old.

Must be getting old, remember $4.95 for a 24 in Ontario including 2 cents deposit per bottle, of course the drinking age then was 21 here, but we lived close to the N.Y. border and the age there was only 18

They like to lounge on the cool ground in the shade, never much of a problem, few nibbles on the beet tops now and then.

One thing to watch if you use the connection a lot is bandwidth caps. A plan may seem like a good deal but may have a cap of only 20gig a month and hefty fees per gig if you go over. Check this out b4 going into a plan , maybe track your monthly usage for a while b4 switching.

Food Basics has those vacuum packed pork loins on for $1.77/lb this week, 6 pounder for $11, slice some for supper right off the grill and then make pulled pork for sandwiches in the slowcoker with the rest.

Keep chives in a clay pot and don't let them go to seed. They can get invasive if you put them in the ground and let them self sow.

Think you got ceramic confused with carbide, popular in the 60's for tip tops but too heavy for a whole rod, especially a spinner with the larger diameters. They were a dark grey carbide ring welded to a stainless or chrome metal frame, things were brutal in weight as I replaced a 8 foot saltwater spinner that I used for channel cats with them in the early 70's, rod went from stiff to a noodle with the extra weight.

the olive oil just seems to help keep the rub mixture on the bird if you pat it dry after rinsing and helps the skin get crunchy, who doesn't love crunchy chicken skin

Hey , that's how I've done my chicken the past couple of years, in gourmet circles it's called "spatchcocked ", usually brush with olive oil first and then a rub mixture. Maybe get one of those smoker boxes and try it next , thanks for the tip.

Thankyou Rick and JDM, I had no experience with inflateables and didn't know about the bladder. I assume camo floatercoats are still not legal PFD's even though the construction is identical because of the colour. Seriously entertaining one of the inflateables even though my boating days are over, not as steady wading any more and the reduced pension would cramp the wife's style if I went down

Years ago I bought a floater coat, good idea as I fished Lake Ontario solo a lot in colder water. At the time I also duck hunted so I thought the camo version a good colour but there was a warning that the camo version was not approved as a life saving device, enquiring further it seems that to be approved it had to be of a highly visible colour like orange or yellow, made a lot of sense from a search and rescue standpoint and I got the orange. Today I see a lot of vests, especially the inflateables in navy blue, green and black. My question, has the colour issue been relaxed or eliminated ? or are you still required to have proper hi viz vests in addition to the less restrictive, stylish coloured coordinated vests ? Also, vests were designed with size and weight stipulations, 4 adult vests don't cut it if there are 4 on board and 2 of them are small children.

Good one, reminds me of an supposed quote, might be urban legend but like to believe it is true. Back in 1966, Charles DeGaulle announced that France was withdrawing from NATO and that the U.S. had to close all bases in France and remove all military personal from French soil. Lyndon Johnson was president and Dean Rusk was secretary of state, the supposed response from Rusk was " Does that include the 60,000 American servicemen buried on French soil ?" classic edit: BTW DeGaulle did not reply

just a guess seeing you are from KW, you maybe fishing the upper Grand were the water is lower and clearer than normal now, stealth may be an issue now. You see it more often trout fishing but a bold visible approach to the shore, noisy wading and casting maybe putting the decent fish as they say "down". Watch how you approach the bank, kneel to make casts from shore to present a lower profile, pick lures or baits that enter the water with less commotion or downsize them a bit. just a thought

Border town, those that didn't fill up stateside probably are now with the increase in price

Actually, I was quite impressed, I expected a larger number of non target species to to caught and wasted.