I came across some good deals this weekend, seems like it was more of a buyers market compared to the last few years. In general traffic was down in my opinion and I also think all the other satellite and retail location shows are hurting the main expo scene as a whole. Good for attendees but bad for the vendors.
I stopped and chatted with a bunch of people and captured it on video.
Head Unit
Transducer
Black Box
Power Supply
Mounting system for Transducer (pole, trolling motor)
There are tons of options for each, but to keep things simple a very popular combination of these are:
93SV UHD
LVS32
GLS10
20-50AH lithium battery or wired to main house battery on boat
Lots of pole options…
I’ve had these (6) Fuel Keg Tanks for about a year now. They have held up great and in my opinion, an improvement on the Flame King tanks. I recently did a video explaining what I like and don’t like about them after using for a full year.
Things have really picked up on the Croix, especially in terms of size! October was much better than Sept.
Catching more 50s and a few 60s too and everything lately has been on Shad. The Shad are crazy big this year though (9-11″) and difficult to catch, even with Livescope.
Totals so far this Fall is
276 Sturgeon with 32 over 50″ and 5 over 60″.
Have you tried switching that bank over to the other battery to see if it does the same thing?
p.s. – My NOCO has been a great unit for the last 2 years.
-J.
Well, I switched banks and not only did the problem not follow the battery, it didn’t follow the charger either. Now both show solid green “charge complete”. There must be a slight variance between banks or something…
I honestly haven’t made up my mind up on this one either. A race biased committee doesn’t sit well with me but either does the wording of the question
I mean who would vote against clean water?
On a side note…breaking news…this is how most of our govt works. It’s never one sided and a get everything you want situation, it’s always a compromise. Every single bill has things that makes it bitter sweet.
NOCO CS told me that it switches over to “complete mode” at 14.5V so I wonder what happens if it never gets to 14.5? Does it continue to apply 14.1v continuously?
I’ve been out 5 nights a week and will say that this Sept has been the slowest for me in 15 years. We are still finding fish, but not not the numbers and size I’ve been accustomed to. Average catch rate in the past has been 1-2 sturgeon per hour and this year more like .5-1 per hour.
We have found a few over 55 and did get an awesome 64 on Saturday.
Water tmeps, lack of rainfall, lack of Shad, algae blooms are likely the biggest factors. I was starting to get worried that a good chunk of the big fish had moved down into the Miss, but last night we had giants surfacing all around us so that made me feel better that the fish are still there, but just in a funk right now.
Where is lock port ? Only thing that comes up is Illinois but the dam doesn’t look familiar . Thanks for sharing – you should head down to Venice LA and chase those big blues
Yes, there are many places around the US that are on my list. Just need to find some time to do it. In the intro to the first video, I included many specific details about the how, where’s and when’s if anyone wants to try this trip.
Just a heads up to all of the Pool 2 anglers that we will be having an annual catfish contest out of 494 next Sat 8/24 from 4 to midnight. There will be additional traffic in and out of that ramp all afternoon, evening, and night.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
This is something that we all (as responsible CCW’ers) need to be very careful with. Interjecting ourselves into a situation in public, with strangers, where we have no idea how (or why) something started could wind up very poorly.
Regarding the duty to retreat, that can look very different situationally. If I’m by myself, I’m a lot more mobile and have way more options than if I’m somewhere with my wife and kids.
I guess an example is if you see someone at gunpoint or a gal getting the livin snot beat out of her by some dude. Do you just yell “run”?
Or what about if you interrupt or are indirectly engaged in an armed robbery? This stuff happens every day…
How does this work if you see someone else in trouble? Are you to assume whether they can or cannot retreat? Are you not able to help them with your unit?
They tend to want to stay on the conservative side. Starting with a looser harvest to start the season is risky because then they may have to completely shut it down like they did more than once in the past. And that’s what nobody wants. Even with catch and release, you affect the quota with hooking mortality (which is a completely different topic and a controversial one).
So then what the penalty for going over? If it’s only going over a small mortality rate of catch and release, why isn’t that acceptable? It’s not like the lake is going to get wiped out by a couple months of catch and release.
Easy for people to pontificate that don’t actually live in the city. Same tired arguments about MPLS being a crime ridden shithole but haven’t spent any time here.
The Chief is literally begging for help, even from the Feds. It’s tough to follow this profile and not grasp how rampant and blatant and violent the crime is. (not limited to Minneapolis). https://x.com/CrimeWatchMpls
I also agree that 100% of this is on the council.
If the city admin and law enforcement are in a toxic relationship, and bad policies are ignored, then the whole thing just festers.
MPLS is not unlike any other large progressive city. Absolutely beautiful and safe on the top end and a needle infested gutter on the bottom end. The middle just disappears.
The gate was still sitting there, but moved to one side. I am not 100% sure if some one just moved it over or if it is technically open according to the city of St. Paul. There was not sign up saying that it was closed. 3Rivers is there a website that has this information or are you calling the city to get this info?
I’ve been in contact with the city parks department. I’ve been told they wouldn’t open it until the DNR puts the docks in. They will also normally post an update on their Facebook page (City of South Saint Paul) as to when it opens and closes. I appreciate and understand launching when the gate is moved, I’ve done it many times myself. I just also know they patrol that area often, and trying to avoid any tickets.
Was the gate completely gone from 494, or just moved out of the way? There is a difference to me. According to the City of South Saint Paul it’s not open yet.