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Our heartfelt condolences to the family, and who all who have been touched by Chris. I for one will continue keeping Believe in my signature...in his honour.... Cliff and Carole

SWEET wall!!! Thanks for the pics...simply amazing workmanship...and specimens as well!

RIP John....

WOW!! That's some great handy work there! Looks amazing...be proud to show that off too. Great Walleye by the way....haha.

There are other boards??? I barely have time to keep up with this one.

Oil is bought by speculators on the world markets. All current indications are pointing that the price for oil will remain low for a while. Until the world economy is out of recession, demand will remain lower around the world. In the past, when OPEC says they are going to restrict supply, the price always is driven up by those same speculators. When the US states it's oil and gas reserves, if they go down then the price of oil also rises. For the past few months, OPEC has tried to stabilize the price of oil by announcing cutback on production, but they've had no effect...it keeps dropping. Same with US reserves...nothing seems to be stopping this slide right now. Gas prices will always be variable, but I think you are safe for the holidays....it may go up a little, but nothing like what we saw this past summer.

LOL...must have been a slow news day. My brother out in Red Deer knows it's a slow news day when the local news' top story is something that happened in Toronto!

Stan....can't make out the brand from the online picture....but the description does say it's approved by Transport Canada. The new sale started today....so this may not be on sale anymore...

Well, Fishnsled came over this morning...I helped him install a car stereo, and he helped me winterize the boat. With those chores completed, and snow flurries in the air, it seemed like the right time to decorate our Christmas tree. Our little one did most of the ornament hanging, but she wanted to be sure to put some fish/fishing ones up. Here are some pictures from this afternoon. Let's see your fish/fishing related decorations!! Happy holidays everyone!

Demand is down, but that's not the only factor. Speculators drove the price of a barrel of oil up for the past year or so, causing the raw materials for making gas more expensive. A barrel of crude has dropped from around $148 down to $41, so it doesn't cost as much to buy that raw material. Since the world is in recession, the outlook for the demand isn't looking great, so speculators are shying away from investing, thus the price is low. The retail price is reflective of those two reasons, but also the value of the Canadian dollar in relation to the US dollar. You may think that since gas was at it's peak over $1.30 per liter...the cost of oil has dropped around 70%, that gas should also drop by 70% as well. Since the price of oil is purchased on the world market in US$, when our dollar drops it still 'costs' more for us. Also, there are fixed costs in production that don't move no matter what the price of oil is at, or what the value of our dollar is. I'm not an expert...this is just how I believe it works...if anyone else can clarify anything I've written, it would be appreciated.

They need to break even so I'm figuring they took the $200 from Johnny's policy and put it on yours. Guess they figured what were the chances you'd both be on the same public messageboard.

Scugog hates me, but I hear about ppl doing well with Walleye there. Simcoe for perch for sure!

Happy Birthday!! Hope you had a great day! So...what are you picking up for yourself???

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I was using 14lb mono...not sure what FnS was using...

Thanks...seems Toronto to Oshawa along the 401 may get lucky...places close to the shores of Lake O is supposed to get mostly rain/wet snow. Still going to make the drive slick and slow in the morning, but better than that freezing stuff and snow.

Hey Shawn...MTP was nowhere near BOQ as far as I could tell...LOL. So the number was 220ft back?? We went as long as 175ft back...guess we should have let more line out. Oh well...one for the memory banks!!

Like I needed another reason to fish the tribs....lol. Great news...I have yet to catch a coho!

Thanks Shawn...FnS and I talked about you while we were out there and how you seem to be in tune with that area. I kept asking myself, what would Shawn do out there...and even though I tried everything I could remember from our trip and tips you've given others on the board, there was nothing working. So, what would Shawn do??? Catch fish...that's what....lol.

I get skunked a lot...I just don't always report on them...LOL.

Ok...so yesterday wasn't procrastination....today was..LOL.

Yep...marked bait balls with lots of bigger fish.... Also, every 2 minutes or so, we'd see larger returns on the fish finder in the 15 to 25 foot mark.... That's what I thought of too...an invasion force...was going to turn around and troll back but decided not to try to 'break thru the lines'....LOL

I'd agree with that statement! Those are great looking fish...bet they tasted great!

LOL Terry...we were talking about all the great reports that had been coming out over the past few weeks...it's why we even bothered heading there!!! Didn't really matter...had a great time anyways... Translation "It was an honour just being nominated...." LOL.