Dara

They just gotta learn to live with it

We had a PST auditor in the office last week and he told me that HST will not affect gasoline prices. As far as the oil spill goes, Obama said that BP will pay....but who will they pay...the government maybe, but certainly not the people affected by the mess

The sad part is you couldn't even leave it at the nearest store or bait shop and expect the owner to get it back. Maybe post a note somewhere in the area

It costs more than that now.

I just figure they want to party and I crank the tunes up. But seriously...the MNR is a lot more than just fishing. Wait...I would make north of the french river a different zone and require a $500.00 non-resident license to fish there.

Thats pretty funny. Having to cut a weekend fishing trip short because of traffic. I just can't understand it. I can see where Rice to Hamilton on a Monday after a long weekend would put me more stressed than before I got away though. If I have to wait through 2 reds to get through an intersection I go nuts. And all the different routes. We come back from the north on hwy 17 north and from the east on hwy 17 east, from the south on I75...thats the ONLY choices. Glad I live where I live. Hmmm...I'm going to fish Nip in North Bay that weekend with my daughter...I wonder if I should come home Sunday to beat the traffic.

They need a photographer...those are some seriously blurry pictures

Well, it was in a tackle thingy, and there was some hooks, and some lures, and some sinkers too.....izat close enough?

It may be ok, but I don't like the way its advertised. It comes with a 6 wt forward line, but it doesn't say its a 6 wt rod. I didn't see a length, or number of pieces. It says made of steel that resists corosion...whats that. Talk to some guys in a fly club. See if you can take a course and learn a bit before spending $150 plus tax on something you hope will be what you want

MNR, that is controlled by the same government that decided to take a payoff and cancel the spring bear hunt, which is basically the root of this whole problem. We went from 3 or 4 bears around in a year to something around 50. The police won't take bear calls any more.

You're not listening. I said they roam the school yards. You know, the same places as where the bear in london was shot. And you know what....it was right to shoot it. It should also be right to shoot them here. And don't give me this stuff about being prepared to deal with bears. if you call about a bear sighting you are told to stay inside till it goes away. We have all of 2 traps. Bears aren't supposed to be in cities. And city people with no bear problem shouldn't write the laws on how city people with bears handle them. But they do, and thats what gets us northerners upset. So we rag on you when you deal with the problem the way that we want to but you won't let us...cause we have to learn to live with the bears that you don't want shot

The argument here is not about northern vs southern bear behaviour. Or how used to bears the people are. The deal is that we live in our own city. i am in a city of 80,000 people. We have schools and children too. What we have is "bear wise" shoved down our throats. The bears walk around our school yards constantly. We have to keep the children inside. Our garbage gets ripped apart and we get told to keep it in the house. We are not allowed to shoot the bears. We are told to live with them. Then one single bear shows up in your town and the cops run out and shoot it. they take the easy way out that we would go to jail for, and pose for pictures like heroes. Come up here and deal with avoiding bears every day. Have one of your best friends spend 6 months in a hospital bed after being ripped apart by one of them while taking her kids out for a walk in the vacant lot behind the house.

Hey, you all do realize that this cop got his spring bear.

I know people that have been attacked by black bears. Its not something you want to experience. The government really needs to decide what comes first. people or bears. I guess they will leave that decision to when some kid is killed needlesly. So far we have been pretty lucky, but its only a matter of time.

I was using them this weekend with great success. We were cutting small ones into 3 pieces and the trout didn't care. I wouldn't worry about if they are cleaned or not. PS I hear they make good bear bait too

EXactly. It was never a common occurence here 10 years ago either. We were told to adapt to it. It is becoming a daily occurence in the south. You must adapt, you can't just be killing all the bears. And I am not being sarcastic. If you want sarcastic, wait till you get a few more bears down there and all of a sudden there is a spring hunt again.

The bear was near 3 schools. Possibly they should educate them about bears in the school while they wait for the animal control officer to show up. Or would the kids rather watch the cop shoot it?

My daughter was walking to school with some friends and had to turn back because of a bear. Why can't they just keep the kids in school till the bear leaves the area. No need to kill a poor bear just because the kids want to play in the school yard. You will just have to learn to live together. Stay out of the bears way. A tip for you, bears smell bad. It can be a good warning that they are around. Your children should be taught this at an early age if you want them to get to an old one. PS Have your local MNR and police get some bear traps. Sounds like you are gonna need em

I see them just about every day going to work. I work on an Indian Reserve though. It may be different in your neck of the woods

A bear could never survive in downtown Toronto. Too many people are armed and would shoot it on sight. As far as the London bear goes, I see no need to have shot it. They could have just watched it and it would have wandered away sooner or later. just don't feed it. Thats how they tell us to do it here.

Very few whitefish. I knew a few other guys and they got a total of 3. And only a couple of lakers. If you didn't have the right bait, you weren't getting them. Water was 42 or 45 degrees. I think I will head back next saturday again.

You coulda said Hi. It was slow for me at first too...once I zereoed in on what they wanted I picked up 6 in short order. Nice bunch you got.

Thats pretty cool

I'm wondering about the 2 outdoor toilets...his n hers?