Steve

If you using braid, simply look at the box below the number of line out box your looking at on the luhr jenson guide that comes with your dipsy. Braid will dive the same as the 20lbs mono box, but the one deeper. (i hope this makes sense). if your guide says it will dive 35' with 110' of line out (with ring) (this is an example, not fact) of mono, and it will dive 40' with 130' of line out (with ring), simply look at the second box (dive 40' with 130'), but only putting 110' of line out. Letting line out, and hitting bottom somewhat works....but lets say you have 80' of line out, that means behind the boat....so if your bait hits, sure, you know the depth "below" you, which is what your finder is reading, but "not" the depth where the dipsy is....it does give you an idea though. Back to what i originally mentioned, if you have a gander at the trolling guide, you'll see the box below what your looking at is pretty darn close to a match with braid....

if you truely need an MRI, like i have needed after my last three seizures, i've had them within 24 hours.

I picked up this rod about four years ago....it has served me so well, i bought the exact model as a second two weeks ago. 6'10", medium-heavy, extra fast, Shimano Compre. Costs about $100. my father uses the st criox avid 7' medium heavy, and loves it as well...but it costs $250.

I didn't see it up, but it sounds like a GREAT IDEA!!!! http://www.thespec.com/News/article/208394 Mac researchers on the hunt for Santa of Hamilton harbour June 15, 2007 It’s a strange thing to do in mid-June. But a group of McMaster researchers desperately wants to find Santa Claus. That’s right, Saint Nick. And believe it or not, it’s all in the name of science. It started six weeks ago when the researchers discovered a disturbing development in Hamilton Harbour. Cormorants were starting to take over nesting areas of the bay. They were pushing out native herring gulls and making an awful mess of the shoreline. The scientists needed to somehow drive the bad birds away and encourage the good ones to stay. That’s where Santa comes in. You see for $99 at Canadian Tire, you can buy a life-sized mechanical Santa lawn ornament that sings and dances when its motion detector goes off. Cormorants are apparently bothered by this. And herring gulls aren’t. At least that’s what the scientists hypothesized. So one day in May they outfitted Santa in a raincoat (so he wouldn’t get covered by a white Christmas of guano) and a construction helmet (so the birds couldn’t peck his head off) and put him in the middle of a small man-made island off the Beach Strip near the Canada Centre for Inland Waters. They used a car battery for power. When birds swooped by he’d start singing Jingle Bells. The cormorants would take off. But the gulls were undeterred. They laid eggs and raised families. The scientists were ecstatic. “We went from seven nesting herring gulls to 51,” says McMaster biologist shorebird expert Jim Quinn. But then one day last week the unthinkable happened – Santa Claus disappeared. Someone must have slipped over to the island and kidnapped him. Quinn thinks it might be a confused naturalist who thinks Santa was bad for the birds – not appreciating the nuance of his good bird/bad bird mission. Quinn also acknowledges it could have been pranksters looking for an out-of-season conversation piece. But if you see one slightly weathered Santa Claus in a guano-covered raincoat, give Quinn a call at 905-525-9140 (23194). He’d love to hear from you. His jolly bird experiment isn’t over yet.

sounds like someone made their way to nanticoke...how were the crowds? did the mnr make a stop-by?

geez, i'm going for salmon, and i'm not even leaving till now (5:20am) you carperz are crazy!

further to the hammy, if you can get to fisherman's pier for 5:45 - 6:00am 'ish, i'll take ya out salmon fishing....no costs to you.

the powerdrive has its purpose. folks who use it for trolling, often for walleye, need the powerdrive. the cable on the cable driven motors are really short.....if you have a tiller, its not reaching nearly the back of the boat. i have the new V2 cable drive motor....picked it up last year. had the old PD for four years before that. used both plenty of times.... if your a strictly shallow water, weed fisherman, i can't see why you'd want a Power Drive...but if you want to use your trolling motor for other applications, which there are many, the powerdrive shines brightly over the cable driven model.

my biggest salmon and biggest muskie are exactly 1 lbs apart. the muskie fight, although fun, didn't compare in the slightest to the fight of the salmon.... it is different though. salmon basically spool ya, wrap ya on another line, or simply break ya. muskie will thrash, shake, and wrap ya around anything in sight..... both are fun. but given the choice, i'd take the salmon......you really see the difference in smaller fish....compare a 10lbs salmon with a 10lbs muskie....with equal tackle.....no comparison.

she is at the hospital now, with our boss.....hopefully we hear something soon! we'll be looking into reasonings for the 911 busy signals.....i wonder if there is a centralized 911 office, or if different cities have call centres....i am in mississauga.

We just had a medical emergency here at work, where a lady became very ill, and 911 needed to be called. We called three times and got busy signals.....is this normal? if so, man, are we in a bad state for emergencies! Finally, almost 15 minutes after starting calling, we got through.....the ambulance was here in less time than it took to get through to 911! (which is a great thing of course) We are waiting to hear how she is....but, what if it was my family member (or yours) dying.....how would you feel about 3 busy signals in a row?!!!!!

Great response Kirk. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter!

this is going to be an interesting conclusion. 2 to 1 OFNers say they want the pictures to be Restricted. But its obvious the owners dont want that.....its much tougher to bring in advertising dollars with that format. So, how do the owners present their decision? If they wanted to do 'by their members', they'd follow the 2:1 decision..... However.....something tells me differently.

Here's a very basic question that hasn't been asked (as far as i've read). IF you boat was sunk by waves, why would it have been the 'only' boat? Wouldn't other boats have been sunk as well? I'm pretty sure if the waves are big enough to sink a boat of that size, it would have taken down some other boats that are smaller.....

From the time my Yukon (2003) was driven off the lot, until this morning into work, it takes an average gas consumption. As of today, it is at 16.8L per 100K. Hopefully that gives you an idea....it averages and factors in towing, city driving, and highway driving (non towing).... Use it as an approx estimate.

thankfully not all smelters do it....if they did, the bottom would be lined with batteries... the video i posted only contains a portion of another video the author took, that focused on teh batteries.....there are more than one or two on the bottom..... i'm trying to see if i can get access to his original video, which showed 10+ batteries on bottom, but since he relayed it to the MNR, he hasn't had it up on his site.....

http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w224/la...nal4707rrrr.flv Please see this video....it shows batteries on the bottom....by the smelters. Motorhead, i'm not lying....and not trying to start anything.....

there is VIDEO of it....i'll go and find it.....

If you do head down there, could you be so kind as to mention to the smelters not to be such disguisting pigs and stop leaving their BATTERIES from their lights ON THE BOTTOM of the lake? Its really gross, and a major environmental concern. Thanks.

Lowe boats are built rock solid. I'd spend the extra money for the Lowe.

something to consider re replica mounts... in order to have your replica mount done, the artist needs to have a mould made with the same specs of the fish your looking to mount..... most folks on here mount Quinte Walleye.....sure, why not? they are easy to catch a 'trophy'. however, many folks think, you should be releasing them, why not get a replica mount? Well, i thought the same thing.....and my three biggest walleye, i've called advanced taxidermy. Not one could be done.....they dont have mounts for fish that are short (28",29") by girths such as (20",21",22"). The fish with those girths are easily over 13lbs.....Advanced doesn't have any Walleye with those measurements.... Sometimes SKIN is the only way. (in those cases, i let the fish go)

Hey Ron, the site looks great!!! Nice chatting with ya at the fishing show.... Grow the beard back yet?

I agree Gerritt. 100%.

"Poudash near Bancroft " no kiddin'. you ever fish that lake? i fished there three years in a row when i was a kid, staying at the camp sites at the narrows. we caught some monster bass, as well as a monster pickeral one year..... have the pickeral caught on there? or are they still ultra rare?

those chain weights that someone mentioned to you work great. you use them to connect your mainline to your lead.....often braid to flouro, with the chain weight in the middle.... i like to run 7' leads from the weight to the lure. your other option, the better option, would be to spool up a larger reel with five colour leadcore..... but really, you have lots of options.