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If you have surge brakes on your trailer make sure the brake fluid is topped up. If there's air in the lines you'll get that clunking as the coupler retracts and extends.

I'm stumped.

Trading one crime for another is senseless. I know with my luck which one of us we end up behind bars. They'd be fishing and I'd be bartering cigarettes.

Unless they have them on a stringer I'm afraid you're probably not going to get much attention. It seems the MNR doesn't want to chase people in hopes that they can lay a charge with no physical evidence.

I wish it was the 9 on sale. That's a great deal though.

Would you call the IT department to fix a pothole? I can't get my out of office fixed.

It's hard to believe how some people stay in business. I'd pull that motor out of there regardless. Do you really think they'll do a good job now?

I don't like the Habs...it's a Leaf thing. BUT, I have to say they surprised me big time. They seemed to gain momentum at the exact right time of year and looked like a different team in April vs. the regular season. Good on Tokarski for stepping into the biggest spotlight of the playoffs and playing at a starting goalie's level from his first game. He gave them every chance to go to the final. Great run for a good team. Ok, I'm back to not liking them again.

It appears many people cannot read or comprehend...except one.

That's my face when my other stuff gets bumped too.

Great pictures! That Oriole is looking at the orange like it finally found themselves a sweetheart.

Good eye! Hats off for taking a second look and noticing it wasn't a mourning dove.

When you buy a bassboat you have to sign an agreement to only ever fish for bass while in it. That way they don't have to change the name.

Some interesting views Steve. I can't say as I agree with the blanket statement that bass anglers fishing during the spawn makes them lazy. That would indicate spring and fall trout anglers are also lazy which is also not true. It would also mean an entire nation of diehard bass anglers south if us are also lazy. If I've misread your intention, I apologize. I just don't think it's that cut and dried. I fish for bass every year during the spawn and I can assure you, I work hard at my sport. My intent wasn't to champion the cause to change the open season policies but to try to reason out why they are the way they are. Maybe you are right that if fishing for spawning bass is detrimental to the species it must also be true for all others as well and there should be no open seasons. But as devils advocate I wanted to point out that if it's not harmful for trout, salmon, perch, crappie, etc. in Ontario AND it's not harmful for bass in the US, why are we divided on policy and spending money on enforcing laws which are potentially redundant? Or maybe not?

This makes me wonder if the cost of patrolling CO's looking for people bass fishing is worth it. Stateside in NY they have the early season whereas it's artificial baits only as well as catch and release only. On Erie and Niagara they have the one fish limit if over 20" season as well. Why is it the vast majority of the US has some sort of early season(or no closed season) which eliminates most of the shady bass fishing when here it is completely taboo? It's been like that there for decades with no real ill effects(?) and they're bass crazy down there! Their lake get pressured BIG time. Last weekend on the US side of Erie there are spots loaded with smallies that will produce 20-30 fish per angler/per day. It sure hasn't hurt the population. Why should a lake or river have seasons so vastly different from one side to another? Personally, I'd rather see money spent on the cleaning up waterways, combating invasive species or stocking as opposed to hiding in the bushes with binoculars trying to catch someone catching a fish he most likely won't harvest anyway. I think we're a little brainwashed into believing it's sacrilegious to target spawning bass for catch and release when there is a multitude of other species being legally targeted during their spawning cycles...and many of those go home on stringers and in buckets. Watching a beautiful rainbow trout get caught, milked for her eggs and released(or killed for table fare) while discussing the atrocities of catching a bass before the end of June seems more than a little screwed up to me. For years I always thought is had to do with the shorter summers(growing season) in Canada vs. the US. But with the no closed season in the north and the newly introduced longer season in zones 17,18 and 20 that negates that logic. So the further south you go, the shorter the season. Hmmmm. So if the late season is truly in place to protect the species during spawning, why is the same not true for all species? In 2012 the MNR stocked over 1.2 million rainbows, browns and Chinook plus 18,000 coho. At what cost? Is this required due to fishing pressure during the spawn, after the spawn, or both? In lakes that have smallmouth and lakers, the smallmouth have had a adverse affect on the lake trout's health. No problem, the MNR stocked over 3.6 million lakers in 2012. Strangely enough, we are working hard to protect the bass population as if it were somehow in trouble. I could not find evidence that 1 single bass was stocked in 2012. And our magnificent musky? Only 1053 stocked in 2012! I honestly don't care if they ever change the season, really I don't. I just think things seem to be a little out of whack as to where the money goes and why. Since I am not a biologist or a politician, I could be wrong. I'd just like to see some sound logic to substantiate it. Got on a bit of a roll there!!

When that bird relieves itself, it has 14 new enemies. It kind of reminds me of my boss.

You've missed my point Bill. It's not about knowing better it's about making a conscience decision to break the law. Having the money to buy that boat doesn't make them any more accountable as it does make them better fisherman. On the Niagara River, the MNR and OPP weave around and past bassboats to target tinnies and runabouts. There's a reason they do that too.

I'm sure you have. But truthfully, people who break those laws vary from shore fisherman to the boat you saw. Stereotyping is never accurate. I'm sure we've all seen just as many people fishing out of tinnys doing things they shouldn't.

This won't help you for getting actual live leeches but consider Berkley leeches if you don't find what you want. They work.

Why not do both? You could easily mount that rack you posted on a piece of plywood and use Velcro strapping through a couple holes to mount it in your boat. Add a cut out along the side for a handle and make transporting the rods to the trailer even easier.

Well after hitting a couple spots around TO they decided to head north. They ended up fishing a spot along the Holland River and spent the day enjoying the sunshine. I had a pic they sent me but just can't get it in the post. It freezes my screen each time I hit the little image icon to paste the link.

Thanks a lot Knuguy and DOS. The boys are gone with a list of spots. I hope those 1 piece rods stay that way.

That's kinda neat. I've always thought about buying a tent trailer but I'm not going anywhere without my boat! Maybe that's his angle?

Those pesky Habs!! Good on them for not giving up.

Anything guys?