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honestly sounds like you're doing everything you can and in fact more than most do to keep the fish healthy. not sure i have anything that would help you any further. BUT i have to say i love the avatar!! although i prefer the pseudonym "Rusty Shackleford" ...

tony L is pretty much spot on.... and from prior experience, DONT return it! It will kill the wife's desire to buy one next time! most importantly, just go fishing and have fun, sounds like you have the wife's blessing if she's buying you gear!

if you have a business that requires a highly skilled worker, you invest years of training and industry knowledge with that person. For them to up and leave one day and open up shop to be a competitor with your trade secrets doesn't seem underhanded? Perhaps not to some, just my opinion that it is. Having seen this happen to my dad twice in 29 years of Custom Cabinetry I know the emotional toll it takes on a business owner. Should you ever be in a position to own your own business I am sure you would grasp my concept. As far as the non compete goes. That is generally between and employer and employee (not partners). It does not provide compensation in any means to an employee upon resignation nor termination. It simply protects the employer from having their marketing, trade secrets, client lists, etc. exploited when the employee leaves. A severance is something completely independent from a non compete clause. Let me just frame it in fishing terms so that I can try to pull this back to the forums.... Say you start out co-angling in a team format with a guy that really takes you in and shows you the ropes. Shows you his lures, techniques, spots, etc. You fish together for a number of years, successfully. Now one day something happens and this co-angler now hooks up with a new boater. Said co-angler begins to show the boater all your spots, techniques, gears, etc. and that team is now successful. Seem underhanded now?

couldn't agree more man.... same applies to managers, teachers, coaches, etc. if you say someone is untrainable, it is you that is stubborn.... and man if someone is paying you $400-$500 per day to fish you should have a much better attitude than this "guide" is displaying....

my heart would have sank in and i would have opened it slowly and scared like a dirty diaper!

i'm looking up flight costs to Barre, VT right now.... nice fish!

very cool dude!

seriously could not even begin to list them all.... but should you get tangled with anything in the yak, that knife will help get you freed is and VERY accessible. Can be used to cut wood for fire (bang a rock on the back side and you can chop a small tree). Can be used to dress all sorts of wounds (although my knife does not have a point so it is limited in this area, i always have a pocket knife as well). Can be used for all sorts of ways to eat or fix some food. can aid in repairs to the kayak. i could really go on and on and on.... you'll think of them as you find yourself in a situation where you need a knife!!! oh should you be in the river, dragging a chain or anchor and it get stuck, turn sideways and you start taking in water..... CUT THE LINE quickly with the knife.... did this one time in a canoe, sketchy situation and the quick access to the knife was pretty key in us not sinking this canoe! you can find all the justification in the world for the minimal investment you will make in a decent knife

ok, if you say so.... that's business practice is a bit underhanded much like the Facebook poster.... your first employer's mistake was not teaching you too much (that's a foolish statement in itself) but rather not having you sign a non-compete agreement anyways, how do i get in touch with this guide?? i have tons of money to throw at him so that i can go first thing tomorrow morning.....

nice score. that's why i like DSG sometimes, you can rack up with some deals.

sweet stash

i have a small frabil net and it gets the job done. have had it for about 4 years i believe and it's as stout as the day i bought it.

Welcome man. And even though you are from NY, Go Heels!

not to derail this much further than it has, but that's perhaps the least intelligent thing a business owner or executive would ever come up with..... I have roughly 400 people that tree up to me through my organization. You can bet that everytime i go to hire one i'm only hoping they are smarter than i am. That's how you eradicate competition is finding, growing and fostering the best talent you can find. This particular guide will have no worries about hiring anyone, but should be looking for a job himself. Although, like someone said already, you have to applaud the guy for just coming right out and telling you how ignorant he was up front. Better now than booking with him and finding out for yourself on the water!!

Welcome man, and Go Heels!

Had about an hour to burn while the wife and her friend went shopping Friday night. I ran over to the apartment ponds about 5 minutes away from the house to scratch the itch. I start chatting with this young kid who moved here from VA and he's basically saying he didn't think there were any fish in the pond. About this time I bump my spinnerbait into some sticks all jammed up near the drain pipe and when the bait came over the last stick, BAM. Off to the left goes the line, one hero hookset later he's on! Got him over to the bank and the kid was far more excited than I was! He snapped me a quick pic and then looked perplexed as ever as I gently slid the fish back in the water. I explained to him that it was better for me to come back and catch him again than to cook him up. Hopefully that sank in with him, but either way nice fish just before dark, made my night.

Don't have a kit really, but the first aid is shown here: Gerber river knife, attached to PFD easily accessible 550 paracord around the handle have the world's loudest whistle inside the PFD And then the PFD All of those i would really consider my SHTF gear

my thoughts were exactly the same, in the same order.....

Sounds shady all around

i really laughed out loud that was good

yeah i wouldn't expect anything back. but like flyfisher said any gesture he made toward a discount or a half off next time or whatever would certainly guarantee my business again should i be looking.

mine could care less too.... i would get some weird looks at this snooty a** town home i used to rent... but yeah it didn't bother me much. now i have all the room i need out back and it's great!

not sure i understand the post at all? if you're saying they restrict eveything BUT fishing, but then ask if i have this problem where i reside i'm confused! If they restricted all the water around to fishing only, there would be NO problems.... so i'm just not sure what you're asking? Secondly, are you referring to federal type of lands or like private homeowner areas?

that's sick!

thanks speed, can you reel it quick and almost wake it?