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As we approach the season, don't forget your trailer registration. Can be done at your local DMV (and you county gets to keep a small portion of it) or do it online at: http://www.nysdmv.com. Tom B. (LongLine) PS yes in NYS, it's pro-rated

That's a great post. I don't stand in the water whippping my fly but I'm envious. Thanx for sharing. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day FG Tom B. (LongLine)

Go ORANGE! Tom B. (LongLine)

Rod holders off the side, off the corners, off the back, off the top - anyplace where you can comfortably get to them quickly, safely and without interfering with other gear. (and without dropping them overboard) Actually most planner board rod holder are the most forward located holders of all that are on the boat. Tom B. (LongLine)

NY definitely needs to start thinking about a plan to keep them out of all our waters. DEC supplied the rotenone for the posioning of the sanitary canal & used it on that lake downstate that had snakeshead in it. As Tim suggested, the Welland and the Niagara would be good ambush areas. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'Day. Tom B. (LongLine)

Great pix. Nice fish too. Tom B. (LongLine)

I use a hand crank LED flashlight called the "illuminator". It has a strong UV component. I find it best to charge up either the front or rear of the lure, rather than the whole thing. Tom B. (LongLine)

oops missed it. Have a good "day after". Tom B. (LongLine)

Dennis - Welcome to the board. I'd suggest you do some reading in the next couple weeks in the other threads; get an idea of techniques that keep reappearing as those are ones that work well. Be careful on what you buy as it's awful easy to go "overboard." Tom B. (LongLine)

Bill S6453 to change from 2 lines to 3 is now in the Evironmental Conservation committee: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi Tom B. (LongLine)

Justin - And a lot less stretch than mono. It's what I've converted to. (P-Line) Tom B. (LongLine)

And the others •Tuesday, March 9, 2010: 7 - 10 p.m.at the Oswego County BOCES, 179 County Route 64, Mexico, 13114 (Oswego County). For information, contact Dan Bishop in the DEC Cortland office at 607-753-3095. •Wednesday, March 10, 2010: 7 - 10 p.m. at the Imaging Sciences Auditorium, in Chester F. Carlson Building (76) on the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus, Rochester, 14623 (Monroe County). The meeting is co-hosted by RIT and the Monroe County Fishery Advisory Board. For information, contact Web Pearsall in the DEC Avon office at 585-226-5339. •Tuesday, March 16, 2010: 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, 4487 Lake Avenue, Lockport, 14094 (Niagara County). The meeting is co- hosted by the Niagara County Cooperative Extension. For information, contact Paul McKeown in the DEC Allegany sub-office at 716-372-0645 or Mike Wilkinson in the DEC Buffalo office at 716-851-7010. Tom B. (LongLine)

Squirt a little oil in each cylinder. Let her set a little, then turn it over by hand. Inspect all rubber hoses real good. Tom B. (LongLine)

Wasn't meant as a public endorsement. But I'd much rather have a member of the Senate's Environment & Public Works committee (& a democrat to boot) come out in favor of closing the locks than not. This is an "atta boy...err...atta girl" in my book. How many "oh $hits" she gets will determine if I vote for her or not. Tom B. (LongLine)

Well, our junior senator has signed up: http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/arch ... not-stand/ Tom B. (LongLine)

You want to know why the state is “broke?†Look at this: in Fiscal 2009-2010, for example) The Thruway Authority spent 38.5 BILLION of which 1.4 Billion was on capital construction (road repair) They spent 282 Million on “supplies & materialsâ€; They spent 30.7 Million on employee travel (mileage, meals, lodging – for crips sake, they drive the thruway for free) http://wwe1.osc.state.ny.us/transparenc ... endCat.cfm Pick an agency from the pulldown list then hit search & you’ll see what the comptroller says each state agency has spent in fiscal 2009-2010. http://wwe1.osc.state.ny.us/transparenc ... psMain.cfm Tom B. (LongLine)

In order to increase tourism, this S. Korean city blocked the flow on a river, stocked a bunch of fish & has a big ice fishing tourney every January. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/p ... html/1.stm http://www.dogonews.com/2010/01/22/sout ... g-festival http://www.fishingreminder.com/articles ... korea.html Some news sources say over a million attended. The city even drilled holes. Look at the kids out there. Winter LOC anyone? How about Pro/AM – Fairhaven one weekend, Sodus the next, I-Bay the next? Biggest 3 Perch? Tom B. (LongLine)

210 will make for TREMENDOUSLY more blowback. That's why I took it off last year. Tom B. (LongLine)

Which they keep borrowing to spend on things with no pay back.Don't forget schedule M. Tom B. (LongLine)

No HB, The state is not broke! They have plenty of money to pay politicians and their fat staffs for doing absolutely nothing, plenty of money to give them cars, free lunches & travel/living subsidies; plenty of money to keep paying NYC cops & firemen exhorbitantly, expecially allowing them to retire after 20 yrs on full pensions that are 75% of active earnings; they have plenty of money to spend on totally ridiculous feasibility studies; they have plenty of money to give to some development corp so it can expand a big mall in Syracuse; they have plenty of money to give another corp a lot of help cleaning up a site on the river so they can build condos & make more money; They have plenty of money to throw into wind turbine companies which will take the money overseas. Note, not one of these payments has been delayed even one day! Yes HB, the state has plenty of money to waste! As the rest of my post says - they spend it on stuff that has no pay-back. And those things which do have a payback, they either raise fees so fewer people will use them or shut them down. Tom B. (LongLine)

Very sad. The state is not broke. It just keeps spending on things that have no payback. They raise fees on everything, eliminate the "little guy jobs" and then want to close down things that bring money into the state. Tom B. (LongLine)

In order to get out of the 30's depression, the gov't put people to work on massive public projects & paid them for their efforts rather than just give money away. I personally think the current gov't needs to look at these. How many people would be hired building massive proper sewage treatment facilities for Chicago? How many people/truck drivers could be put back to work? Can't do it by rail-electric trains/trolleys? Alll they haul is garbage is garbage & coal anyways. Narrow canal, small boats & barges anyways. Tom B. (LongLine)