"Joe" wrote in message
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Yes Spring is here. Isnt it great?

Im ready to roll the clocks back.

Where in Canada do you live Mooron?

Good Grief Joe.... I thought I made that clear on many occasions....
currently in Nova Scotia, Halifax ... near Peggy's Cove. In a seaside
community called Bayside... on Shad Bay.
Prior to that I was in the Northwest Territories for over 20 years.
NovaScotia is the province I grew up in though. Google the areas to
enlighten yourself to some of the most beautiful spots in Canada!

I've hitch-hiked through Texas with a cute blonde girl years ago.. despite
all the warnings to not do that. We had a wonderful time there... everybody
we met looked after us and the hospitality was excellent. Only one attempted
mugging in Houston... but the poor sod didn't think he could pull the gun
out from his belt faster than I could unsheathe the machete from my
girlfriend's knapsack. It was a stalemate.... so I offered to buy him a
coffee.. but he saw a cop crossing the street and took off.

When we were in San Diego prior to Texas we wandered into a portion of town
where I guess we shouldn't have been in ... we didn't realize it. When
confronted by a group of Hispanics and blacks, they asked us if we had
noticed anything different about the area.. We both said yes.. you folks are
way more friendly! They pointed out the colour of the people... we said we
were from Canada and hadn't noticed that. They all laughed and we talked..
told them we were looking for a movie theatre. They escorted us to the movie
theatre and when we left after the show... they had a guy come down to
escort us out of the area. Nice Folks!

CM

Ok, Shad bay named in 1746 because of the high population of shad(cat
food). Shads good bait, you have any real fishing in the area?

Joe

Cod, Haddock, Mackerel, Tuna, Swordfish, Pollock, Hake, Halibut, Flounder,
Shark, Wolf Eel, Striped Bass, Shad, Herring, Angler, Sea Bass, Salmon,
Trout, Perch, Sunfish, Scullpin, Eel, Oarfish, Squid... plus the
cetaceans... not to mention Snow Crab, Lobster, Scallops, Clams, Oysters,
Mussels and Dulce.

They fish for anything here... since the Japs, Portuguese and Russians have
been allowed to rape the fishing banks carte blanche.

I also like the Northwest Territories ... for 40lb Lake Trout, 50lb Arctic
Char, Grayling, Walleye, Northern Pike, Whitefish, Inconnu, Salmon and
Turbot.

I know what tropical waters contain Joe... I fish and spear fished a lot in
those areas as well.

CM


"Joe" wrote in message
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Ok, Shad bay named in 1746 because of the high population of shad(cat
food). Shads good bait, you have any real fishing in the area?

Joe

Why do yall allow others to rape your reefs?

Sounds like good fishing,

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message

Why do yall allow others to rape your reefs?

Our government sold access to the fishing grounds under our control in
exchange for those countries purchasing wheat and beef from the prarie
provinces. Then when the prarie provinces found oil and the fish stocks had
declined.... they told the east coast provinces to go "freeze in the
dark". The remaining fishing areas were quickly overfished to the point they
had to place the cod under protection. It destroyed the lives of many people
here who had been telling the government to stop and had curtailed their own
fishing.

Sounds like good fishing,

Fishin' is fishin... I do it to catch fish... not for the pleasure. No catch
and release, if you don't want to eat them ... leave them the **** alone.
I'm totally opposed to commercial fishing by large corporations... same
thing goes with farming.

CM

Same here. I like to eat fish, its good for you. And since I live on a
boat it makes since to collect my own fresh seafood, than to pay some
Vietnam refuge to do it for me. Sailboat are the best platform for
offshore trolling .

I agree that commerical fishing needs to be taken out. Commerical
farming is the answer. One of the best links ever posted on ASA was by
Capt. Neal. It was called baseline IIRC. I seen just in the last 20 yrs
a steep decline in large fish. Yall need to see if you have oil off
your coast and put in some drilling rigs, they are great for the
underwater sealife.

If anyone recall Capt. Neals excellent link please re-post it.

Joe

We've got oil and natural gas off the coast.... some major rigs... but way
out to sea on the banks... not close to shore. Major seas as well as
icebergs make it an expensive and dangerous situation.

CM