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If you are behind on your mortgage ,you can the cleaning lady , the lawn guy ,the pool guy , sell the boat, eat cheap or eventually you will lose the house and everything else . Like your stocking programs, etc . It seems to me the most educated and highly employed are the ones that fail to see the situation . Is that because their nice paychecks and retirements and benefits are there every payday without fail and don't realize that if things keep going the way they are , maybe they won't ? Do they know , especially Gov employees where all the money comes from ? Seems to me they don't . There are no guarantees or assurances in life . The older is I get the more I see that .

Again , 36 trillion in debt . It's everyone's fault like I have stated more than once . All the politicians were complicit in this , except 2 . Ron and Rand Paul who were sounding the alarm on this for years , and here we are . Moonshine spoons were US made . Now they are made in China . They stamp the blank , paint it , tape it , package it , box it , put it in a truck and put it in a shipping container , put it in a freighter , ship it across the ocean to a US port , unload the container , put it in a truck , take it to a distribution center , then ship it to you or a store . With no or little tarrif. When we made them here and shipped them to China or other countries there were high tarrif to pay . And it's cheaper cro do that than pay American workers to do it . Something is wrong with that . Yeah ,do less with more , my bad . My wife like to correct my grammar when she's losing the argument . But the point is still the same .

All this means nothing . The country is 36 trillion in debt. 6.5 million per minute in interest alone.Its everybody's fault and it's nobody's fault but thats the situation we are in . We all overspent . Plain and simple . We've all seen the debt clock spinning out of control . Politicians stole from SS or retirement funds, which are underfunded or cooked the books to look good and keep us happy . And we went along . Deep cuts need to be made . We all know this , sacrifice need to be made. Gov need to lean up and become efficient. Priorities need to be set . Some things , while important to some are really not high priorities. Some say , you can't cut this or you can't cut that . Well , yes you can and should. Do less with more or hire people who can and fire those who can't. I really don't think some of you guys understand where money comes from . We can't keep going to taxpayers for more . And we need to stop borrowing from China , etc to pay our bills . Before they own us . A lot of that Clinton stuff was projected not actual. He also lowered the lending standards on mortgages and we had the housing bubble because of it . Took years to dig out from that . He also signed NAFTA , and that giant sucking sound was heard which is trying to be fixed now , with a lot of push back from some .

Any word on Ollcott West ?

I have been saying for years politics affects your fishing and what ame are seeing now is a case in point. Not saying that all this research , etc is not worthwhile ( although 15 scientists from 6 agencies came to the scientific conclusion that no lamprey abaitment lead to more Lamprey makes me suspect ) But when does the point come when you just can't afford some of this anymore ? And for what it's worth , I feel the adults are finally in the room . And they are saying sorry kids , we can't afford all of this stuff we gav been giving you and buying on credit cards or we will lose our home .

After 40 + years of financial mismanagement by the federal Gov we are now 36 trillion + in debt as a nation . We are borrowing money to pay our debts . So this is what happens . This administration has taken a balanced budget type of approach to solve the problem . Hey , I love and use the LO fishery probably more than most . But I accept the fact cuts from all angles need to be made . Enough of the last minute CRs to borrow more money to fund our demise .

I talked to Vince a few days ago about docks for a friend . He told me he was going to put some in on a limited basis as the marina will not be operational full scale while construction will continue on . I think he said he was going to put 28 docks in on South end .

I think what happens , especially in shallow water , is the boat spooks the fish to each side of the boat to get out of the way . Your divers ( and boards ) are in the right spot so as to put the lure right in their face . Prop wash they see the turbulence and curious fish check it out

A few years back a study was done . They put trackers on kings and monitered them . They found that kings move up and down the water column throughout the day . Weather it's to rest or have sanctuary who knows . I was at the show and talked to the Magnum Metalz guy . He said half the kings he gets are below 150 ft in Lake Michigan

Looking to get a dock for LOC derby . Can anyone point me in the right direction ?

Generally , best weather and winds are first thing in the morning Around noon a lot of days wind direction turns NE .