Headhunter

Hey Bernie, Like just about everything else, everyone is going to have an opinion, be it right or wrong. May I suggest that you have a look here http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=106 and perhaps sign up and ask any questions you want? Nice group of people here to, and very knowledgeable. PS... you can pick up a 32in TUBE TV for a couple of hundred bucks right now, and we both know it will outlast any of the new stuff! IF you could hold off buying for a bit, some new and really cool technology is coming out soon, that may well leave LCD and Plasma in the dust. HH

Well, I for one will also miss the yearly catalogue as it is at the top of the rack in the "powder room". It has also worked quite effectively as a means of ignoring the insanity that surrounds me! IE; "Honey can you help with the kids?" "Can't honey, I'm doing "due dilligence" with the Crappy Tire book, lookin for something" I'm gonna have to get BPS and Cabela's on the phone and get them to send me all their catalogues, or the power room is gonna be a more tragic place to spend time! HH

Now that's a pretty cool place... I did not know I could use a Howitzer shell container for an ash tray! Thanks for the link! HH

Your gonna need a pretty big stroller to take that puppy out for a walk! HH

Ok... you don't need a line counter... but all the reels mentioned are line counters?! For the price, you can't beat the Diawa Sealine... I'll keep my opinions on the Okuma to myself. HH

Mike, will you be looking at line counter reels for trolling or your basic trolling reel? HH

Poodles make very nice Pike bait! HH

You could buy the package, try and get the motor running well and run the snot out of it... or you could keep the boat, fix it up and give the motor to Big Cliff, to help someone else out! Pay it forward? HH

Good luck Bill, if you do decide to get out for some fun. Sorry I can't help with conditions, but I'll be sure to not empty a few bales of hay into the Credit this weekend as I now know that you will be fishin it! The eastern tribs just might find a lot of straw floatin down stream... just to get a few here going! LOL! In actuality, I have a friend who has done this before! He got absolutely sick of the horse manure that goes on on these tribs, so he opened up a few bales of hay up stream and let it all float down! Sat on shore and watched these "sportsman" loose their minds trying to drift for fish just trying to spawn... something about shooting fish in a barrel I believe! Sorry for the highjack Bill... good luck and take tons o pics! HH

Nice report Wayne! Too bad the door didn't hit you in your good ear, it would help to balance you out a bit! LOL HH

I, unfortunately learned most of these life lessons through the school of hard knocks... wish my guidance counsellor had these posted up on his wall!LOL I know we have a very mixed bag of folks here, ranging from young to very "experienced". I'm sure most can relate! Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. HH

Well, for many years I have been recommending Maui Jim glasses to anyone who will listen! That being said, they are definately out of your price range! After reading numerous posts regarding sunglasses over the years, you'll definately get several opinions, here's mine! I forgot my glasses at home last fall for the Quinte GTG. After reading many posts about sunglasses, I had DanC's comments in the back of my mind, so off I trotted to CTC and picked up a pair of Rapala Sunglasses for under $20.00. Are they the best glasses I have ever worn or owned... nope! Do they work... yup! I can stand on Cooks Bay all day in the glaring snow and not have eye fatigue at the end of the day. Yes they are polorized, but remember that polarization is only a film attatched to the lense and in-proper cleaning will wipe that film off! I still love my Maui Jims... but for $20.00 you just can't go wrong! HH

Never post questions about the air speed velocity of an un-laden swallow... African or European? Doh! HH

Thanks for enlightening me! I had no idea that "Spotted Carp" were readily available off planet! I wonder if you could use the "Canada arm" to cast! HH

Don't forget to discuss the merits of White buckets vs other coloured buckets!LOL HH

We walked out from the "Pump House" and started fishin in about 25 feet, moved deeper as the day went on and ended up in about 30 ft. HH

Ok... so I'll need to hold lots of nails! LOL HH

I'll hold the nails for yah Gerritt! HH

Actually Joey, it was a lot of fun! I just can't seem to get enough of Perchin! Truth be told, we found it to be a bit of a slow day out there. Our usual numbers are much higher than that and the 5 inch fest we encountered was becoming an area of frustration. Still tons o ice on the bay and by the looks of the long range forecast, many weeks to go! HH

Great job Bernie! Don't worry about the Warden... just tell her to take in the view and she'll forget all about the fan! HH

Good report Kemper! Don't let one little person stop you from posting... I just hope that all those folks lookin for some fish don't read my Cooks Bay report... awe, never mind... I didn't take any pics so they won't know which part of the bay to fish to find my "hot spot"! Nater, if you don't like it, don't look, don't log in and post your opinions.. we all know them... enough already! HH

Got out on Saturday with FishnSLed and my buddy Tom for some Perch action. Walking out from Keswick, we were stunned by the lack of fellow Perch hunters as we made our way out onto the ice. We were, what looked like, the only guys fishing that area for at least a little while, but it never got busy all day. Tom quickly drilled 15 holes and we stared jiggin. Me with a blue and silver Jiggin Rap and Tom with a Fire Tiger Rap and FnS with a jiggin spoon. Well folks, it was a 5 inch perch fest! Tons of little ones and barely a scant few, maybe ten "keepers" with one monster, caught by me. Not that we are competitive or anything, but when the size just isn't there, it's a numbers game for bragging rights! Tally for a full days perchin; Tom - 97 Headhunter 75 FnS 35! Tons 'o ice out there on Saturday and I can't help but believe that it was making more over the weekend. We did walk out, but felt a little silly walkin as there was plenty of ice for my truck! 22 inches is what we figured. Shore melt was non-existant and the wind chill was -19 on Saturday morning. All in all a great sunny day and lots of laughs, especially at FnS's expense... it's a technique Will... you'll get it! HH

Thanks for that Bernie... needed a laugh today! HH

More for me and less for you! HH

Satellite Radio! Wow, good job! A little more chrome and your good to pop it onto the back of a truck and cruise Yonge Street! HH