Headhunter

Well, I was sitting here, tuning up my banjo, yellin " don't talk that way to yer sister.... she's yer Mother" to the kids when I decided to read this thread again. Now, I've got my Hamilton dinner jacket on and I'm ready ta start blowin feathers off them thar feathered beasties! If wantin to hit every cormorant with a nice even pattern of lead makes me a red neck... I'll take the t-shirt, hat and sweat pants please! HH

Well, your old stuff could work, but since we really don't know what you have, it's impossible for us to answer. Enlighten us with what you think might work. I'm sure many of us are more than willing to help. Viscount is correct, half spool on a 209. (That's 5 colours BTW) You should also tell us what your gonna be using core for, so we can help that way as well. HH

Great report and thanks for taking the time. I've had carp pull many rods into the drink. Most memorable was fishing the pier at Goderich with a group of noobies and leaving my rod unattended while doing so. I looked over and it was gone. Through on a "Michigan Wobbler" and got my rod back toot sweet and with Mr. Carp still attached. That being said, it doesn't seem to me, based on my experience too difficult a task to retrieve. HH

Funny how threads like this one have a way of opening a can of worms! Gonna sit back, grab some popcorn, maybe a cold one and watch this thread crumble in obscurity! Boy am I ever mellowing in my old age! HH PS... I'll limit the number of breathes I take to ensure that I'm not harming the planet... now if I only had a pair of rocket boots, I wouldn't leave a foot print anywhere... Doh... forgot about carbon!

Nice Pickereyes! Thanks for the report... I met Greg Horoky through a buddy of mine and fish Simcoe with Greg. Heck of a nice guy and boy does he know his stuff! HH

Congrats Doc! If they haven't come home yet, get yerself out fishin... NOW! It'll be a while before you see a lake or a river, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO! Joking aside, there is nothing better than what you just did. Now go ahead and teach him proper catch and release!!! LOL HH

Not much fishing opportunities in the Pnery. The exception being the river where it enters the lake. Panny's mostly. Alternative would be to drive to Kettle Point and fish off shore at the point. Most folks who go to the Pinery, typically are there to over-indulge in consumables, stagger, get up and stagger again! Watch out for the Yogi's there, they have little or no sense of humour and will have no problems packing your site for you and dropping everything off at the side of the highway... please don't ask how I know that! HH

Wow! Thanks to all who replied to this thread... I'm still laughing! Capt. Bruce... has so far anyway, made my belly hurt! LMAO! HH

Well, the master of disater turned 70 years old yesterday. I wonder how he celebrated? HH

If it was me, I'd be looking into a square back. Paddling is somehting I like to watch other people do... so consider a square back and you can easily mount an electric or small gas motor on the back. HH

Nice job guys! Funny, but that first Sauger looks to be smiling... not allowed you know! HH

Stoty, your bailout money is sitting on a trailer on your driveway. HH

It may be capable of spawning, but given it's obvious weight issues, I would bet it has a hard time attracting a mate! HH

Dang, they make some fine sausage though, don't they! And I've heard great things about their funiture as well! As much as I beleive in equal treatment for all, I don't think pursuing these folks has anybody's interest. I say leave 'em alone. HH

It really depends on what type of fish I am cooking! HH

Not at all happy about this. My biggest question is why did they decide that GM warranted bail out over other industries devestated by the ecomomic slow down. 800,000 people in the forrestry industry are out of work. How many oil workers... I would have let them slide. I agree with an earlier poster in that Magna has a plan for CANADIAN growth and our money should have been ear marked for them, but, lobby groups have way more power than individuals. I had high hopes for Harper when he took power, but at this point, he appears to be no different than any other politician covering their HH Man, we must be in trouble as a country... I find myself agreeing with Stoty! That's it, dogs and cats living togther in harmony... ARMAGEDDON I tell you... ARMAGEDDON!

Beauty BBR! Got ta love a short walk to get fish. Keep up the good work, keep posting and dude, go make yerself a sandwich! Yer fading away! HH

Your drive will be in the area of an hour, to Hartley Bay. 1/2 hour to the Hartley bay turn off and another roughly 1/2 hour to the launch. HH PS... you might consider using the search function on this site... quite a few members here have posted about the French.

He who keeps, does so because they enjoy the taste of fish. And when done legally, based on MNR numbers, should not be led to feel wrong or immoral. Morality is an individual decision. HH

I agree with Bunk... I don't see any really viable reason why we have a closed season for bass. Small mouth being an invasive species not with standing, I think there are more than enough bass in this province to allow year round fishing. IMHO... let the flaming begin! HH

Love that shot of Splenda! Too flippin cute! Glad to have yah back, great to see you still have that sense of humour and lookin forward to more reports... now someone go out and buy that boy a sandwich! Your lookin like a stick man BBR! HH

Our GG was born in Haiti... I get a feeling that you would be hard pressed putting her off on any culinary delight! HH

I think Rex Murphy said it best in last nights news cast. Video is not available yet, but here's the transcript. Way ta go GG! Seal of Disapproval Rex Murphy Point of View May 28, 2009 So the Governor General goes to Rankin Inlet, goes on a seal hunt, participates in an Inuit feast, and - from some quarters - gets ripped for her "stupidity" and her "immorality." Those words are insolent and ignorant: only someone imperiously smug could describe Michaëlle Jean's participation in the feast - and the explicit and implicit respect for the people that her participation signaled - as either stupid or immoral. It's fast becoming undebatable that the smartest, best thing Paul Martin did as Prime Minister was his appointment of Michaëlle Jean as Governor General. She can swoosh into an NAC gala with the best of the 'fashionistas,' chat with President Obama in prefect ease, and sit comfortably on the ground in a track suit, wielding a ulu, and sample the uncooked heart of that night's dish of fresh seal. It's "disgusting," cried some - including the P3TA brigade, who enroll such luminaries as Pamela Anderson among their house philosophers, and who have made such "tasteful" comparisons as animal farming to the Holocaust. They actually ran a "Holocaust on your Plate" campaign. Disgusting is a word P3TA and Pamela have lost the right to use. Actually the Governor General was a model of deep courtesy in her actions and visit. How much we talk the talk of "diversity," "respect for traditions," and regard for aboriginal peoples. Yet here we have the head of state of Canada - not just flitting by, but staying over, participating, mixing in depth with the people of the far north. The response? We have all sorts of superior people calling her "too bizarre," citing her actions as "bloodlust," "Neanderthal," "offensive" and insulting her as stupid and immoral. Stand back a little from those descriptions, and it is impossible not to see that - effectively - that's what they're calling the Inuit. It was their feast, their practices, their customs - and Michaëlle Jean was their guest. I guess, then, the claim to recognize diversity, to respect the traditions of "others" doesn't extend, for the Governor General's mainly animal rights critics, to the Inuit. That "diversity" is a "diversity" too far. She helped to skin a seal. She ate a portion of raw seal heart. Ooh, disgusting. Well, it isn't to those who have been doing so for generations. It isn't for those who find a living in hunting seals. It isn't for those living in some of the remotest, harshest places on the planet, and who are patronized every second day for their "wonderful culture" - except when someone from the outside actually comes to visit and participates in that wonderful culture. The people of the North - or the east coast - are not telling the European Union what to eat, or caterwauling about "rack of lamb" on the menus of the rest of the world. No, it is always some superior sensitive souls down south - aided by Hollywood dimbells - who seek to impose their progressive view of the world on those far less comfortable and far less well off. The Governor General should be given one of her own medals for this. In an age when you can't get a politician to say a clear thing to save his life - or do something, for once, without ambiguity - her participation, and endorsement, this week of an ancient, diverse culture, is a act of exceptional and clear bravery. She knew the whirlwind she'd kick up, and she didn't step back from it. She actually liked the people she was visiting; more, she respected them and showed her respect by action. Good for her. For The National, I'm Rex Murphy.

I've fished with Terry and been in a vehicle on a highway with Terry... yah, trust me he can't tell! LMAO! And after spending 4 days in a hut this winter with Terry, I can guarrantee that he listening for tips! STILL LMAO!!!! In life there is always two or three sides to a story. I am far less than pleased at the side of the story being told here, but will resrve any further judgement, until the other two sides are made public. HH

Good luck man! Remember this is only a 20-30 minute procedure. You will notice as soon as you wake up, the pain will be gone! Liberating is a word I use! HH