Not sure what the price is on the Bunkhouse Boat? I’m sure it’s not cheap but might be a fun retirement thing or something.
He had $140k on that bunkhouse boat. Seems like a lot, but I’d rather have that than the flagship Skeeter or Vexus at around the same price.
This comes up every year as “being on the table” however it’s pretty obvious that it’s never seriously on the table. As Gim said, this closed season is not designed to protect the bass. It’s for the walleye.
Anyone who gets involved at the legislative, management, or enforcement level will eventually come to the discovery that it’s ALL about the walleye here in MN. EVERYTHING…
Some of those on the “steering committee” will even say that straight to your face.
I grabbed a few highlights of the show. Some fun new stuff and boats prices just keep going up!
No closed seasons for anything.
Harvest season and no harvest season.
Done
I’m not saying a simple increase in fee with change in regulation is not a good idea but I’m also saying that it will NOT create any extra work.
Again…how is it any different? It’s the same check. Stamp or no stamp.
For what it’s worth, my opinion is that the Abu 6500 is significantly undersized for Rainy River Sturgeon. Will it work? Sure it will. Is it ideal for stopping hard running fish or steering them in the current? Not so much. Bump up to a 7000 or something with a higher drag rating. I prefer at least 30lbs of drag rating. I personally use the Piscifun Alijoz 400 with a M or MH MadKatz rod.
My leaders are always just the same 80lb PowerPro or Suffix that I use as mainline. Using Dacron or something heavier can help in protecting them when they roll in the line and also handling the line when unhooking.
For hooks, I’ve tried a lot and really prefer the 9/0 Trokar APC. Many years doing this, and I haven’t found anything better.
And for reference, SEVERAL states offer an extra line stamp. It must not be too big of an issue in those places as they have continued on with those programs. Iowa for example.
As previously stated, how could a CO enforce the “walleye stamp” method?
Just raise the license cost $10 bucks then everyone/anyone could fish multiple lines.
“Hi, I’m CO John Doe, I’m doing some checks today, I see you have extra lines out today, did you purchase a walleye stamp?”
Some will say it will cause extra enforcement. I call BS on that. How does having an extra line out any different than having a single line out? You can’t just assume that everyone has a valid license for that single line, the same that you can’t assume everyone has a stamp for an extra line.
That’s the beauty of it, you don’t have to buy the stamp, or even if you do for the summer you can still stick to 2 lines in the winter.
Heck you don’t even have to go fishing if you don’t want to. 
In my opinion, this is the shuttle you want. Here’s a video I did on it. I think Jason did a great job overall with the design.
I think the full door access is one of the greatest improvements in portable shelters so far!
My problem is that I always fish were there is a little current I want to be facing downstream. When the wind and the current flow is the same, it does make it much colder. One thing I’ve found that helps is that I run my foam pads right out the door and thrown in an extra 2 for entryway (pads outside). Then you can zip the door right down to the pad.
I’ve noticed when reversing to clear out the slush, that I often end up getting quite a bit of water up under the power head. I make sure to spin it a bit to clear the shaft, but when it’s really cold I’ll also prop the head up on something to allow the water to drain. I suspect you had some ice binding it up.
I will also say that I’ve had old 2 strokes gearcase grease/oil gel up when it’s that’s cold.
Just an FYI:
You need the Fuel Keg filler valve to fill the Fuel Keg tanks
You need the Flame King filler valve to fill the Flame King Tanks
Nothing is compatible with each other and everything is proprietary.
Also double check any and all tanks have the plastic sleeve and o ring in the tank valve/top.
Thanks for the video I was planning to go Friday but plans changed. I heard it was packed every day.
In some ways I preferred it to the St Paul show. It’s all on one level, less $ to park and enter and food trucks too.
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.
Things to keep in mind of what you will need:
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…
Based on METSTRADE information.
Only $5k!
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″.
Here’s a giant we caught a few days ago.
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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?
Another thing to keep in mind, this will also include a new steering committee with a forced race majority.
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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.
I guess none of you guys have had a RAM with the 4 corner air ride. Zero squat with even the heaviest of loads.
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.
I’ve been there and done that but it was somewhat disappointing for me because it wasn’t a challenge to catch huge channel cats. It was too easy.
Imagine being disappointed in catching too many big fish. LOL
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…
