John Bacon

Yes, it would be kind of awkward to pull the boat into the ramp backwards... especially if you are going to tow it with the ATV that is in the boat. However, I think it would be difficult to have both the gate and the trailer tongue at the front of the boat. By the way, it is available with a cover and removable floor plugs so that it can serve as an ice fishing hut too. It is kind of heavy to tow out onto the lake in camparison to a portable ice hut though.

All he needs is your honest cooperation to commit fraud. Who could argue with logic like that? I say go for it, I am sure it will work out okay. what could possible go wrong?

I saw this at the Fishing Show. Did anybody else check it out. I would be a neat toy. http://www.admiraldrive.com/float_overview.html

... to Charlotte Church that is. How many people here miss her?

That would depend on a number of factors; one being whether you were correct about it being spring fed If the lake is near farms, the fish may contain organic contaminents from pesticides, these tend to build up in the fatty tissue. In this case, removing the skin along with is a wise precausion; although I wouldn't be too concerned about small fish. If the lake is in more of a wilderness setting, then mercury would be more of a concern. Mercury contamination is actually a bigger problem in remote northern lakes than in areas such as the Kawarthas. Unfortunately, mercury is contained in the flesh of the fish so removing the skin and belly fat isn't going to help much.

I also have a 55hp oil injected Suzuki ... it seems to be a popular choice on this board. It is a 1993, and still runs very well. It did have to spend over $50 dollars to replace the cap for the oil tank; so there is a concern about the cost of parts. Luckily, I haven't had to replace many parts on it. I can't help you on the price of a used motor. But I do think they have a good product.

So what do you get in the kit? Isn't it only the impellor that needs to be replaced on a regular basis?

If I understand correctly, you attached the tarp to the first pole and then began to drills holes for the other four poles. Wouldn't it make more sense to put all five poles up before attaching the tarp? That way when you do attached the tarp, the force is spread across five poles instead of one or two. Thanks for doing all the hard work and keeping us informed of your progress. You will save the rest of us a lot of grief by showing us how to set it up properly before we head out.

Good idea about reporting to the store manager. They probably have servalance cameras. Best to do it as soon as possible; they may re-use the tapes.

Will it be before or after the bass opener? If it is before the opener, then pike fishing will be your best bet. Do you know what part of the lake that you will be staying on? I have found the Blue Berry Island area to be good for early season pike. I ahve had a lot of success with Five-o-Diamonds early in the year.

I strongly disagree with your statement that every free download takes money from the the artist. People who are heavy downloaders of music would not purchase all of those CD's if they could not download them; they would simply own fewer CD's. The same logic apply's to movies and software. Many of these downloads, probably the vast majority, do not represent lost sales, they represent sales that would never have occured anyways. This is one of many factors that makes downloading completely different than breaking into someones home and stealing there personal belongings. A comparison that has been make on this thread. Also, artists do recieve a royalty on blank CD's. So they have in effect been paid for downloads. They can't have it both ways; charge us a royalty and then say that we cannot download their music. This royalty is paid regardless of what the CD's are used for. I recently purchased a new computer, I burned several CD's to transfer files (mostly pictures that I took from my digital camera) to my new computer; musicians received a royalty on those CD's.

Do you actually know what a deferred tax is? My guess is that you do not. The government has a set of rules on how income taxes are calculated. The CICA handbook has a set of rules on how income is calculated for accounting purposes. These rules usually result in a different profit figures for accounting purposes than for tax purposes. Some of the differences are permanent, some are timing differences (i.e. and expense may be recorded in one for tax purposes, and a different year for accounting purposes). A deferred tax is the result of a timing difference that causes the current year's taxable profit to be lower than the current year's accounting profit. The bottom line is, these companies have already paid the tax required by law based on the rules set forth by the government. You cannot create a set of rules on how to calculated your company's tax payable and then tell them to pay additional taxes over and above this amount. I apologize if I appear to be hi-jacking this thread; the constant call for companies to pay their deferred taxes is a per peeve of mine.

The Long Point Company on Lake Erie definitely does own some of the water around the point. People do get charged for fishing those waters. So there are some cased where people can own the water. Generally speaking though; any navigatable water is public. But, the marina could be one of the few exceptions though.

Certain species of crayfish (those that hybridize with Rusties) were recently banned. Rusties themselves were already banned. There are still several species of crayfish that can legally be used as bait.

I think that there are pike in the lake; but I am not 100% certain. It is close to Baptiste & Elephant lakes which have pike, SM & LM bass, muskie, & walleye... Baptiste also has some lake trout. There are also quite a few trout lakes in the area such as Diamond lake which is stocked with lake trout.

Join a fishing club that operates a booth. Metro East Anglers will be operating a booth; members can get in free in exchange for working at the booth for a few hours.

If a blank DVD costs 20 cents (I recently bought 100 for $20) and a blank VHS tape costs $2.50; why does a movie on DVD cost more than a movie on VHS?

Why is evaporated milk still a liquid? Why does Superman let bullets bounce off is chest but duck when the "bad guy" throughs the empty gun at him?

I use a deep cycle battery as my cranking battery; and I don't have any problem keeping it charged with a 55hp Suzuki. I also run two fishfinders, bilge, lights, and livewell off of this battery. A deep cycle may not make a very good cranking battery for a larger motor. I run a seperate battery for my bow mount, it is only a twelve volt. You do not need an on board charger. An external charger will work too, an on board charger is just a little more convenient. You should make a habit of recharging yuor batteries as soon as possible after using them.

Actually no, they wouldn't show that as a 1 million dollare loss. With proper accounting, the 6 million dollar investment will be amortized over the life of the asset while the 5 million dollars in sales will be counted as revenue in the year. Like all publically treaded companies, North American auto makers must have their financial results independandly audited every single year. Those independantly audited financial results show that Ford and GM are in big trouble. You have a very good point. There often is a very large disconnect between upper management's performance and their compensation. This is also a contributing factor to the problems facing North American auto makers.

My understanding was that the changes to the regulations for the 2007 season were not yet approved. Is the change in the bass opener part of the "pending changes"; or was that seperate change?

Actually a reciept for minnows was a good idea even before the VHS problem. You are not allowed to possess more than 40 self caught minnows. If you have more than 40 minnows, then yuo better have a reciept regardless of where they came from. It's even more important to have a reciept to prove that you purchased the minnows in the right location. Not the wrong location as suggested earlier ... the is a reason for the rules.

I am left handed; I cast with two hands and reel with my right. I count my cast as left handed because my left hand holds rod where a one handed caster would hold it. I golf right because my dad taught me to golf and insisted that that was the proper way to golf ... even though swinging left handed felt more natural. I shoot left in hockey but prefer to play right wing. All this talk reminds my of a line from Duddy Kravits ... Try your left hand, it will feel like it's somebody else.

I live in the Scarborough/Rouge area; less than a mile from the Pickering border. I have never lived down town so I cannot really compare the area to the core; but most of the people in my neighborhood are quite freindly. I don't have any trouble getting someone to watch the house or water the plants while we are away.

Before pacific salmon were introduced to Lake Ontario there wasn't much of a fishery at all. I would rather have a fishery based on introduced species than no fishery at all. Native species can can disease too.