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I have a Mossberg 500 and would highly recommend it. You can get the combo (smooth and rifled barrel) for about $400. My buddy has a Browning BPS and loves it. I've shot it as well and would highly recommend it. You can get this shotgun for around $400 as well. I wouldn't recommend getting any 870's. My other buddy has one and it jams frequently. Hope this helps!

I take it that diet pepsi thats beside the grill was photo shopped in just in case the ministry came on here right?

Right on. Nice fish. I've tried the Pingatees for salmon with no luck. Might have to try'em for steel

I got stopped 4 or 5 times this year. Once by the MNR and the rest by the OPP. MNR has always been very pleasant to deal with. Never had a problem with them. I've had the odd OPP officer power tripping/having a bad day or something, once or twice. Had one tell me he was going to give me a ticket for not having my lights on... and the sun was still up. Ended up just giving me a warning

Haha forgot to add that Roy... that last post is "just my 2 cents"

Sorry Roy, i didn't mean any disrespect or to poke fun of the struggles that Port Hope has. I didn't mean to imply that my fishing success for trout and salmon is more important than the towns prosperity or safety. I don't keep and eat all my fish (MAYBE/if one or two a year from Lake O or any of its tributaries). I live in Port Hope and have for 14 years. I see the struggles and hear the concerns first hand that the town has. I read the back and forth articles in Northumberland Today (and when it was Port Hope Evening Guide) between FARE and others. I am very confident they (AECL with the help of the CNSC) can remove the contaminated soil safely and relocate it in its new home. Which happens to be the old bailey's automotive site. Here's the problem i have with this particular article. They did a municipal wide clean up of all the contaminated fill from Eldorado (any material that was "X" amount of counts above background radiation... radiation is everywhere) back in the early 80's. If moving this low level radioactive waste is going to kill/severely harm us when we move it NOW, why weren't there major fatalities or major spikes in cancer from towns people and/or workers back in the 80's when they relocated/moved it? People are, understandably (i certainly am), afraid of the unknown. Radiation is definitely one of them. Just to put things in perspective and how much EVERYONE deals with low and high level radiation on a daily basis here are a couple fun facts. Alot of painted glazed plates are over 100 counts above background (because of the glaze, paint, or combination) which means they are technically low level radioactive waste. For all the guys that quit smoking, GREAT! Here's another good reason to stay off the cigarettes . If you were smoking over a pack a day you were getting over 1300 millirem per year of radiation. To put that in perspective, OPG employees doing radioactive work are only allowed 1000 millirem per year. The contamination of the soil and lakes from ALL industry is bad. It happens all along the great lakes and thousands of lakes and rivers around the country. People are afraid of Port Hope because (like Roy said) of bad publicity... and this article along with many others (including the bias episode of W5) is definitely bad publicity. I want this clean up to be done and negative stigma around port hope to be done with it. BUT i want it done safely and effectively. Sorry for the rant, but i thought i should explain myself.

Gotta love fear mongering. But hey, if ridiculous articles like this keep people away from fishing the ganny... gonna make salmon and rainbow fishin that much more enjoyable and easier for me.

We will be taxed until the government gets the perfect/near perfect equilibrium for making max profit. Its like gas prices. If the price of gas is "too high" people stop driving, find other ways of getting around or just cut out certain trips all together etc. If the price of gas is "too low" they're missing out on profits. But if its "just right", people are still doing all the things they want but pay maximum price. As for the price on plastic bags... thats bull. I don't recall a price drop in any groceries since paying for plastic bags. Or a program put in place to help the environment with the monies made with the implementation of this price on plastic bags. The reusable shopping bags is a great idea. I'm glad people do it. Keep up the good work! But to make people pay for plastic bags all of a sudden and put it under the facade of "going green" is ridiculous. This is the kind of crap that spawns the tire tax and oil filter tax. Give'em an inch and they'll take a foot

Good on you for helpin the boys out. Hopefully they learned a valuable lesson.

I see it all the time at the ganny. Pick up a net full of timmy hoès cups all the time. And thats not even considering the line and lure packages.

I love how in Nothumberland TODAY it reads "Catch limits will safeguard panfish resource: biologist" extra emphasis on BIOLOGIST. Not "Some persons OPINION that there should be no limits because I think there are lots of fish in Rice Lake and this is the way its always been"

My brother and buddy both have the 10'6 model and both really like it. Mind you they are using it to cast hardware. dunno what its like for drifting. I havent handled the 10' that you have but i'd agree with the previous posters and say it might be a little heavy, unless your casting spoons off the pier. But hey man, its your world, if it feels right to you and you like it... power to ya. As for a reel, Shimano seharra is a clutch one to go with. incredibly smooth drag, well built and just an all round great reel.

I use Trilene XT (preferably in clear) for throwin hardware (kiwik fish/flatfish, spinners, spoons etc). Great knot strength, super abrasion resistant just an all round great line. Haven't tried the super braids for steelheadin yet. Probably should give it a shot haha

True, they are North American made but keep in mind... The vehicles are ASSEMBLED in Canada and the United States. Still DESIGNED by Toyota. Wouldn't matter where they are assembled, they'd still have the same problem if they were assembled in Japan.

Rock n roll, country, metal/80's hair music all have a place in my cd player when headin to the lake. For all you boys that have the ol' lady raggin on ya for goin out fishin you gotta have "Brad Pailsey - I'm gonna miss her" playin!

Ever wonder why there is blood on the pool cues at the ol' watering hole?

The real genius is to incorporate girls with fishing. Not always having them fish with you. But taking a few very distracted casts while they're sun bathing in a bikini in the boat. It hasn't happened often enough, but when it does it is SWEET haha

As said before its illegal to do what they did. They have to honour the better/cheaper advertised price regardless if they haven't got around to changing it or even missed ONE tag on the item itself. Happened all the time when i worked in retail. Kinda like when you go to the gas station and the sign says 95 cents but the pump says 89 cents. You'll always the cheaper price (and you've think you hit the jackpot!). As for crappy service at BPS. Kinda to be expected. Would you go into Walmart and expect a part time student to know specific details about everything? Local shops generally will have the best customer service and knowledge... they have to, its how they compete. And i don't mind payin the extra $$$ but if they don't have what i want its off to BPS or somewhere else that does. As for the beer, Carling is the best bang for your buck hands down.

I'd rather have a V8 workin than a V6 workin too hard. Wish my truck was an 8. Beauty truck man

Yeah tried a couple spots on gores and tried the gap in harwood. The gap is actually open water but the ice near it is 6+ inches. But be careful none the less round there if ya go.

Let me know how you boys do out there. Was out today and not even a single bite. Haven't tried Bo-diddly yet though. Good Luck!

This is not quite as spectacular as some of the previous posts but i think its pretty funny. Was out rainbow fishin and was chattin with a guy who said he had brought in an 8-9lber but it broke'em off right at the bank. He went on to tell me how much he likes floatin those pinks worms and always uses a red hook and what not. about 10 mins later i hooked and landed a nice 5-6lb rainbow at best. Sure enough there was a nice pink worm with a red hook right there in its yap. Kinda skeptical of any fish stories he told after that

As long as the hunters/trappers use the pelts i'm all for it. But i do gotta laugh a little when hunters say that without them the population for (enter animals name here) will explode if they don't hunt them. Cause lets face it, if you left'em alone nature will eventually reach an equilibrium. Just like it has for thousands of years. But that being said, people DO and WILL ALWAYS hunt (which i am all for by the way). so by all means use it for population control. Its another variable to the equation that has to be considered. Another thing to consider, they were here way before us. We're pushin them, naturally they're gonna push back when they're against the wall. Put yourself on a raft in the middle of the ocean for 3 days with nothing but Fluffy the cat with ya... he'll start lookin mighty apetizing Happy hunting lads and ladies

Absolute garbage. Tried it for the first time this year for rainbows. took it off and respooled with XT a couple days later. I've felt less ripped off at small town strip clubs

It'll be interesting to see the long term results. Hopefully the fishery doesn't go down the tubes and be left sayin "back when i was a lad we'd catch bass, musky and walleye in rice lake. We'd have to walk to the ol' fishin' hole in 4 feet of snow up hill both ways".