I’ll take a look at what I actually have tonight, snap a photo and send it to you.

I have some I no longer use.
How much are you paying for them?

saugeye-steve wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Joel Ballweg wrote:</div>
Maybe you should take your $1200 lund to Mille Lacs on a breezy day and propose the same contest. (or Green Bay, or any other large body of water)

By the end of the day, maybe then you will know why so many guides and pro’s run $60,000 rigs.

My $1200.00 Lund is a Deep-V and I am a veteran of Mille Lacs and her winds.
You sir have got a contest.
Let me know

That wasn’t a proposal. I have no interest in getting in a pissing contest with somebody I’ve never met on a body of water I’ve never fished. Was trying to make a point about expensive boats but as usual, it was a waste of time.
Have a great day!

Brian Klawitter wrote:

I’ve always used Pete’s line when asked…

It’s appreciated yet not expected-

X2

saugeye-steve wrote:

I will propose a contest- You: $60,000 skeeter with 8 way side-scan locators.
Me: $1200.00 lund with $20.00 locator

8 hr. contest on the St.Croix around Hudson.
Biggest 5 fish <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye limit
Winner gets the other guys boat.
Let me know.

Maybe you should take your $1200 lund to Mille Lacs on a breezy day and propose the same contest. (or Green Bay, or any other large body of water)

By the end of the day, maybe then you will know why so many guides and pro’s run $60,000 rigs.

Read all post with interest but didn’t see a single post on Tundra’s.
Whats the word with them? I know the 5.7 doesn’t get that great of gas mileage but it can pass on the highway with ease while pulling good size fiberglass rigs.
Brother has a tundra with a diesel engine and he loves it. He’s only owned it for about 1-1/2yrs though so no history there yet.

My Foot Pedal is no longer for sale.
Sold in less than 2hrs on ebay.

I have one that I’ve been keeping as a backup.
I carry a different foot pedal in my boat at all times just in case the remote
quits working. This one just sits in my garage and never gets used anymore.

$50 & you pay shipping.

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tegg wrote:

Do you recall if the Wi DNR is bound by the recommendations of the Conservation Congress questions? My impressions were the DNR used that information as an “advisement” or recommendation only. Whether or not a change in policy is made is up to the discretion of the Wi DNR.

Not sure if I have that correct.

That is correct. The DNR is not bound by any recommendations made by the Conservation Congress. Including anything that you vote for in the upcoming spring hearings/meetings.

I have one which I no longer use. It has the u-joint like in the link below. The u-joint can be locked out so that it works like a fixed handle. Never noticed excessive flex when I used it. There is an adjustment lever on my motor which allows a person to adjust how hard the motor turns. I will usually loosen this a bit when using the extension arm.
I would be willing to sell mine since it really doesn’t get used anymore. Brand new condition. Make me a reasonable offer if interested.

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JoeMX1825 wrote:

I have a few year old Terrova with the older spotlock, it keeps the boat within about 10 feet of the spot. I’ll wait another few years for Minnkota to add more features to the motors (completely wireless please!) before I upgrade my trolling-motor to gain an additional 5 feet of accuracy.

My Skeeter MX-2025 has this older Terrova on it. Works quite well. Unfortunately, my little boat has the new model and it doesn’t work so well at all.

______________ wrote:

Joel – what size bow electric do you have on your 17′?

24v, 80lb thrust Terrova.
More than enough power & battery to last two full days of trolling with the electric on the river. Which is exactly what I wanted. Not thrilled with the lack of spot locking abilities though.

I want to see someone do this same comparison video with both motors mounted on a 16′ jon boat. I personally believe its much easier for a bow mounted electric motor to hold a big fiberglass boat on position than it is to hold a small aluminum boat on position without overshooting being a major problem.
I own both a 20′ Skeeter and a 17′ jon boat and have plenty of experience running trolling motors on both. My Skeeter sits on spot very, very well and I believe the added weight aids that tremendously is wind. My little boat on the other hand, its actually easier to hold on spot by turning the motor power down and using auto pilot than it is to use the spot lock.

One question/concern I have is Do you need a big boat?

That’s the beauty of Green Bay in the spring. Regardless of the wind, there’s always a river nearby that’s generally full of walleyes. Big boat may be nice, but its certainly not required. And if your planning of fishing the smaller rivers like Oconto or Peshtigo, your better off with a small boat.

Nothing against Iowa, but the Badgers literally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last night. Tailspin is an understatement with this team.

Wasn’t trying to take a shot at you Damon. Just found it interesting since I had recently read about this topic & then saw your post.
I have seen other articles claiming all earthworms are invasive. Especially in Minnesota. It surprised me to learn that some people believe all earthworms are invasive. I’ve used them for bait many, many times in my youth.

Are Earthworms an invasive species?

Food for thought or stir the pot?

mbenson wrote:

I am always rooting for the coaches and I am always amazed by public perception regarding their abilities when so much more goes into the program than just the wins and losses. I know nobody is shocked that Greg Gard was under fire for losing two games in a row… my God, when little nagging injuries cut in to performance of key players, its always the coaches fault first. My .02 cents…

Mark

I hadn’t seen much of this before last night but they’re coming out of the wood work to hammer on Gard this morning.
As for the Badgers, that was the worst performance of the year. If they continue like this, the Gophers will roll us in our own gym.

I follow the Badgers & Big Ten basketball pretty closely. Don’t remember seeing much of anything in the way of Coach Gard being under fire for losing two games in a row.
Several key players were under-performing. Some no doubt due to injuries and others just did not seem to be putting forth the effort needed to win a few of those games. Nigel Hayes came out and said as much.
Around here though, no one was attacking Greg Gard. Most of us strongly believe he’s doing a fine job.

Congrats to the gophers on a big win against Maryland!

Been wearing the auto inflate life jackets for a couple of years now. Very comfortable to wear all day but a word of warning as well.
I can tell you from first hand experience, that if you leave it in the car or truck on a hot summer day, it has an excellent chance of self inflating. Mine did.

Nice fish Nate!
Looks like you all had a blast catching some big, beautiful walleyes!

Congratulations BK!

You had a very nice & successful run which I’m sure you could have continued for many years to come. You’ve earned the respect of many along the way. Mostly for doing things the right way and treating others with respect.
We started our guiding businesses at roughly the same time and I sometimes took the time to review your website and/or look closely at how you were doing things.
I very much liked the way you ran your guide business. Professional in every way in my opinion.

Best wishes to you in retirement!

Joel “Boog” Ballweg

crappie55369 wrote:

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All the guys who flocked to Cabelas to save $20 a year will now head to their local ma & pa shops.

I would be happy to see that happen. Wish there were more Ma & Pa shops around though

I realize Cabela’s is a big one but I really wonder if much will change from this sale.
Now a days, there are just a ton of different places to shop on-line and the younger generation is much more likely to buy on-line than big box store fronts. Just to list a few, Amazon, Mills Fleet Farm, Fish USA, Fish 307, Blood Run Tackle, Tackle Direct, Overstock.com, Gander Mountain, Outdoor Pro Shop………there are a lot more than what I’ve list here.

I’ve owned multiple boats over my life time. First two boat were alumacrafts.
A 16′ Lunker LTD was my first then a 16.5′ Magnum 165 which I don’t believe they make anymore.
My 3rd boat was a lund Pro V 1800 SE which I guided out of for 10 yrs.

I took all three boats to fish on Lake Michigan.
I currently own a Skeeter and a Crestliner Jon boat. Love them both.

In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing about a lund that is worth the extra money you will have to pay to own one. The first alumacraft I owned was nothing more than a starter boat. As a whole, alumacraft can easily match anything lund has and if I was to buy another aluminum boat, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy an alumacraft instead of a lund.

I’ve never owned a comparable crestliner so I really can’t say how they match up overall. Especially current models. But the crestliners I road in the one year I fished on the FLW tour, (as a coangler) did not match up to a Lund in performance and ride on big water or for storage inside the boat. That was back in 2003 so things may have changed.

gizmoguy – A fiberglass rod may help prevent the speed with which Advanced Lead Core breaks down but it eliminates all the advantages for why we buy graphite rods.
Which is sensitivity. And for walleye fishing, that sensitivity is critically important. It tells us when our lure is vibrating, when the lure has picked up a weed, when the lure is bumping the bottom or picked up a small fish.
Lead core has a deadening affect on the transmission of vibration up the line to the rod. Adding fiberglass to that equation will make feeling anything on the business end almost impossible. Especially when fishing in deeper water where more line out is required to get down to the bottom.

Fiberglass is great for salmon fishing or pulling planer boards, but for the purpose of how I like to use lead core for walleye fishing, its a big time negative.

I’m with sktrwx2100 on this one. Especially if your loading a full 100yd spool of lead core to be used primarily for walleye trolling on inland lakes and rivers.

If your salmon fishing, you may very well be able to get a much longer shelf life from you Advanced lead core line. The main reason why is because most people let out all the lead core on a reel when chasing salmon. Most salmon guys have a 2 color, 3 colore, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and full core setup ready to go. What that means to those who don’t know, is if you have a 7 color rod, it only has 7 colors of lead core on it and your targeting a very specific depth with that rod. With all these partial lead core rod setups, we always let out all the lead, then clip a board onto either the backing or a splice of heavy mono in-between the lead core & the backing. With these setups, I rarely need to change out my lead core. With all the line in the water, there’s very little wear from the rod tip and almost zero line twist. All my salmon rods have top notch Sampo or Spro swivels in the line somewhere. Many times, there are two swivels in a setup such as this. Especially when running flasher/flys.

My walleye lead core rods though, have a completely different application and usage. Its common to let out only 2 or 3 colors of lead. The rod tip, (as previously mentioned by others) always has lead core running through it while trolling. Additionally, I like to pump my rod forward, then let it back to induce strikes from following walleyes.
Lures bump bottom a lot in this type of application. Weeds can be picked up, logs and stumps are common in the lake I fish the most and lead core gets run over that on a regular basis. Clients don’t really know how to let lead core line out properly, (even with repeated instructions). Backlashes, kinks, etc………
Say what you want about adding swivels but Advance lead core does not perform well in this situation. I’ve tried repeatedly. After a few trips, I’ll be peeling 1-3 colors of lead off to get to fresh, undamaged line.

For the last few years, I’ve been running Tuf-Line Micro Lead. Its still not as tough as the old lead cores but it does come in the same small diameter as Advanced lead core. You still need to use that high quality swivel but the line is more durable by far than Advanced. The other thing I like about Tuf-Line Micro Lead is that it maintains its high strength even after the lead starts poking out of the spectra fiber braid.

As for the negatives of Tuf-line Micro lead, it does not sink like Advanced lead core. Thats about it. Its stronger and more durable than Advanced, but does not have the durability of the old lead cores like Kerplunk or the old Cabela’s brand. It sinks at the same rate as the old lead cores but it has the small diameter of Advanced lead core which allows you put more line on a smaller reel.

Sounds like a great trip Joe!
Some great looking Kings and Silvers in those pictures.
Sounds like you guys had an awesome time up there.

Joe Scegura wrote:

There’s no place I’ve fished that I’ve liked more than Alaska. I went up this year too and I already can’t wait to go back! waytogo

Been there three times and I couldn’t agree more Joe!
Can’t wait to go back.

Nick Cox wrote:

We had a blast fishing Halibut out of Homer Spit, and we caught these Silvers out of Seward. We caught so many Kings on the Russian and Kenya Rivers

Nick – I’ve fished in both Homer & Seward. Both great places to fish.
Nice bunch of fish! By the way, the scenic boat tour out of Seward was awesome as well.

Diericks Tsiu River Lodge

They do take pretty good care of you at this lodge. Food was awesome. Your choice from at least 5 different pies for desert each night, all of which were awesome.
You can go back at noon for lunch or have a sandwich brought down to the river for you. A cooler is always packed full of snacks, soda’s & water for whenever you get hungry. The guides will unhook pretty much all the fish you catch if you let them and they will take you back out after supper so that you can fish till dark if you so desire. They bite very, very well during the dusk & dawn hours.

Bears, big brown bears at that are not at all uncommon. The guides generally all carry a side arm and anytime I fished away from the group, I was give a can of bear spray for my protection. Never even came close to using it.

Timing: Silvers come in a little earlier than many places due to the river dumping directly into the ocean. September is the best month of the year by far. I personally wouldn’t go any earlier than the last week of August. (we didn’t book in time this year so ended up getting stuck with the time frame of August 20-25) Fish may come in earlier but it varies year by year and they could also come in later. You really want to be there when a lot of fish are coming into the river. Booking early (like a year in advance) is a must or you won’t get the dates you desire.

Other than that, google. I will also answer as many questions as I can.

For reference, if you are wondering just how good was it? The two of us caught over 300 silvers in 5 days. There were times when I would look up and down the river and almost everyone had a fish on.

It was as good as I could have possibly imagine.

If you decide to go, don’t skimp out on the number of days you plan on spending there. Just getting into Yakutak, Alaska can be an issue. Our 737 flew past Yakutak on the way in do to a low cloud ceiling. We had to go to Anchorage and board another flight going back the other way. Fortunately, we were able to land on the way back through. If we hadn’t and had to book another flight the next day, we would have missed our halibut fishing trip out of Yakutak with captain John Gates. That would have been a major bummer and my wife would have been mad at me for not bringing home some halibut.

From Yakutak, we flew in an Otter about 100 miles up the coast to get to Diericks Tsiu river lodge. No problems with that flight and saw some beautiful scenery on the way in.

Our first 1-1/2 days there the weather was awesome. I was even using sunscreen. But, especially in this part of Alaska, nice weather doesn’t last long. 40-50mph winds hit us hard on the 3rd day making it very hard if not almost impossible to fly fish. Spin guys were fine other than dealing with the rain & wet sand being driven into us all day long. The rest of the week there was literally a monsoon with the river rising every day. Fortunately, we were still able to catch fish but the conditions were pretty miserable. Ruined a good camera trying to take pictures in that stuff.

I haven’t looked it up myself, but word was this area is the furthest northern rain forest on this continent and receives over 300 inches of rain per year. Seemed like we got close to half of that just while I was there. The last day they could barely get the atv’s down to the river. The many sand bars we crossed on the way to the river were no longer sand but lakes.

So a wise person would be sure to schedule an extra day or two (if possible) on either side of a trip like this just to be sure you can take full advantage of a once in a life time trip to a destination to this part of Alaska. Otherwise, you to will have to fish through the same bad weather Chuck and I had too. Now that its over with, I’m glad we did!

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