Marc Thorpe

I tend go with Lew an Graham on this For longevity and durability,Calcuta CTE 400 is the summit of all reels. As for speed Curado 300 is quick and so far has stood up to the rigors. The PME 300 from BPS are quality priced reels with good durability also I have used most brands in exception of a few,some have good pricing for the cost of the quality ,others have quality in durability for the cost. Like most product,Question you must ask yourself is it quality pricing or quality durability you seek?

Wow,can you imagine the filets!!!!!! Looks like a Fish Crisp roast

Wow you guys have fishing Friends I cant get past Part Time, occasional, Long Distance pretend Friends so someone can have a fishing friend

very nice Beauty fish

Its only an addiction if your trying to quit

I OBJECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some of those were made by JOEY Either we put the counter back or he has to sell his Chevy and get one of these and drive it for life Now who's the Girly Boy

let me get this,So you can keep 50 perch and 300 panfish and eat em too when the last time someone watch someone eating 50 perch let alone 300 panfish? I'd be more concern of the ice holding up for those that can eat 300 pan fish! I think a 50 perch and 50 panfish limit is suffice we are living in the era of convenience,why are we so wasteful 300 panfish per person limit is not Biologically sound nor healthy for any fishery If I may suggest,the service you offer your clients will surpass any possession limits set forth by any regulation established there is much more to fishing than catching and harvesting

Dont tell me you have a gig at the same place as Dave what ever you do Roy dont join those two J will be in shock to see you on stage

Well evidently you are not the best fisherman on the planet!!!!! Dude ,Hanging out at the door is the best spot on the planet Their always biting I guess you still have things to learn What scare you the most is I know your appearing there hahahahahaha TJ with his new Gig,he will be all tied up Gogo dancer in a gogo bar for women!

Well Ron,I have just the right thing for you http://www.281.ca/ I think you and Mercer would be a Hit Good luck

I hope he gets his Immigration Quebec papers done up If not he might get "Deported" Really looking forward to his "French" seminar afterward he will be dancing at club 281 http://www.281.ca/ should be quite the show for MTL women

No worries,I say take it out on the humans no matter what

Wow Solo ,you are cranky hahahahahahahaha

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – With marauding Asian carp on the Great Lakes' doorstep, the federal government has crafted a $78.5 million battle plan that offers no assurance of thwarting an invasion and doesn't use the most promising weapon available to fight it off. The surest way to prevent the huge, hungry carp from gaining a foothold in the lakes and threatening their $7 billion fishing industry is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, created by engineers in Chicago more than a century ago. The strategy released by the Obama administration this week agrees only to conduct a long-range study of that idea, which could take years. The government also refuses to shut down two navigational locks on Chicago waterways that could provide an easy pathway for the carp into the lakes, although it promises to consider opening them less often. Instead, the plan outlines two dozen other steps, from strengthening an electric barrier designed to block the carp's advance to using nets or poisons to nab fish that make it through. That's an expensive gamble that may not keep enough carp out of the lakes to prevent an infestation. "We're spending close to $80 million just for a short-term deterrent," said Joel Brammeier, president of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, an environmental group. "We need to stop pushing money toward temporary solutions and get everyone on track toward investing in one that works for good — and that means absolute physical separation." To be fair, the solution environmentalists prefer — cutting ties between the lakes and the Mississippi — would mean reconfiguring some 70 miles of canals and rivers. That's a massive undertaking that could not happen quickly and is fervently opposed by barge operators who move millions of tons of commodities through the Chicago locks each year. Bighead and silver carp — both native to Asia — have been migrating toward the lakes since escaping from Deep South fish ponds and sewage treatment plants in the 1970s. The biggest can reach 100 pounds and 4 feet long, consuming up to 40 percent of their body weight daily in plankton, the base of the aquatic food chain. Once established in the lakes, the carp could starve out the prey fish on which popular species such as salmon and whitefish depend. The carp have already infested parts of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, driving away many native fish. Silver carp are known to hurtle from the water at the sound of passing motors and slam into boaters with bone-breaking force. While scientists differ on whether the carp would thrive in the Great Lakes, which are colder, deeper and ecologically different than rivers, many say the risk is too great to take any chances. "None of us know for certain what their impact would be," University of Notre Dame biologist David Lodge told a House subcommittee this week. "There's only one way to find out, and I don't think any of us want that." Pulled in different directions by the fishing and the barge industries, and politicians in Illinois and those from the other Great Lakes states, the Obama administration says the only realistic approach is to confront the carp on multiple fronts instead of taking the bolder step of severing Lake Michigan from the Mississippi basin. "We cannot fight biology with engineering alone," Cameron Davis, the Environmental Protection Agency's spokesman on the issue, told the congressional panel. Yet the federal plan is heavy on technological innovations. Among them: barriers using sound, strobe lights and bubble curtains to repel carp and biological controls to prevent them from reproducing. They're promising measures — but still on the drawing board. Environmentalists and Great Lakes governors outside of Illinois who want to close the Chicago locks claim it's the best short-term option. But it isn't a foolproof solution, as young carp might still be able to slip through the leaky structures. The Chicago waterways also have other access points to Lake Michigan. Army Corps of Engineers officials are putting their faith in a two-tiered electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal about 25 miles from Lake Michigan, to which they will add a third section this year. It emits pulses to scare off the carp or knock them unconscious if they don't turn back. No carp have been found above the barrier, although biologists have detected their DNA in numerous spots past it and even within the lake itself. "While we're all talking," Lodge said, "the fish are swimming." That almost certainly means at least some carp have eluded the device and reached the lake. The government's plan aims to keep their number low enough to prevent them from breeding. The problem is that no one knows how many carp need to make it into the lake to establish a foothold that can't be turned back. "This is a lot of money to pile into stopgap measures," said Phil Moy, a University of Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher. "It may do some good in the short term, but in the long term it's not going to solve the problem of invasive species on both sides of the divide. Ecological separation has to happen for this to be successful."

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And you Thought you were a Habs Fan

Hi Solopaddler, I use em with clients,although for commercial passenger vessels,they are not recognized by Transport Canada standards,TC has a couple of life vest that are approved and must be on board . But the TC inspector does recommend using them/wearing them due to their lack of bulkiness. They are recommend for pleasure crafts but not commercial passenger operators As far as concerns to self inflatable PFD,they work,there is an indicator with 2 other safety measures in case the automatic safety does not work. The neat thing is just like a Life vest,it keeps your head out of the water The purpose of any life vest or PFD is that in case of unconsciousness,your head remains out of the water and in case you are faced down in the water,the vest will turn you over. During our TC training ,we tested various vest and floaters suits The PFD that automatically sets off,worked very very well and accomplished the needed functions during our trials. Any vest that does not have a flotation material around the neck will not keep you head out of the water and makes you very susceptible to drowning you need not worry about falling in cold water and your vest deploying,you will bob like a cork in water

[quote Do we know each other If you mean me, I don't know. Don't recognize the name although I have known a couple of "Mark"s in my time. You in Orillia? Michael No but I am thinking of tying your chain and TJ's chain and see who tugs the most Good intro with some good fun,you kinda open the door for me Please do pick on TJ,he needs it But dont Obey

So I guess by next week you guys will be selling Popsicles when it thaws we can sell you lawn fertilizer

Do we know each other Tj aint no Cesar Milan What ever you do "Dont Obey"

Na just jerked on TJ chain for his self promotion of quality work He is too busy yanking on his chain,if he keeps it up it will either get ripped off or he will quit taking enlarging pills

:spam: :spam: Not bad for a first post You might want to try an introduce your self

her ya go

What ya Gonna do when I cast at You

Personally I like girly trucks