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Don’t attempt to take a leak over the side of the boat!
Get a plastic wiffel bat and cut the ends off. It gives you about a 3 foot “extension” so you don’t have to lean over or near the gunnel of the boat.
Gives a WHOLE NEW MEANING to the question;
Do I need an extenstion ?
Get a FERRET 
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I guess my next boat will be an Almuacraft.
Between the hijinx Brunswick is pulling with Lund/Crestliner/Mercury and the opinion I’ve always had about the way Lumpacrap builds boats, My choice for the “premier aluminum fishing boat” would now be LAKE ASSAULT
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The first presidential candidate to name Robin Williams as his choice for Secretary of State will get my vote in 2008!
Also getting my vote in 2008 would be: the first gubernatorial candidate to name Jon Jordan or Gary Wellman as his choice for MN DNR Commisioner
The first presidential candidate to name Robin Williams as his choice for Secretary of State will get my vote in 2008!
All are equal, but some are more equal than others.
This quote was a Propoganda statement from the corrupt leaders in a George Orwell novel published 60 years ago.
Orwell was satirizing Joseph Stalin and the government of the USSR.
The fact that we now experience the exact same propoganda from our own government is quite disturbing, though not necessarily too surprising.
ya, but that’s different
I agree that it was a worthwhile cause and a job well done.
BUT don’t fool yourself on the percentages. WE ,U.S. taxpayers and MN taxpayers, paid for 100% of it.
All the funds needed for this stocking effort ultimately came from the same source; no matter what hands it flowed through (state, federal, tribal, martian, etc).
If ya wanna know who paid for it, go look in a mirror.
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I agree Jack. It feels like tomato soup instead of water.
EJ
Yep, and it’ll stick to your rig like velcro.
If you’re on dry land in MN, you can have 6 walleyes in your possession
BUT
As I understand the regs, only 2 of those 6 can be walleyes that were taken from URL.
Please expound.
I’m sure all of us would enjoy a laugh if you provide some of the details of what you saw.
Great seats; we can watch the Cub’s games from here.
From The Patriot
“Why should I agree to trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?”
And from BraveHeart
“Freeeeduuuuuuummmmm”
We will continue to be taxed and taxed and taxed forever.
UNTIL
We finally stand up and say “enough, we won’t put up with another tax being piled on”
233 years ago there was a group in the vicinity of Boston Harbor who finally stood up and delivered just such a message.
Ya know what we now refer to them as? (Here’s a hint)
The ironic connection between that group and the stadium debate is this; The NFL team nearest the vicinity of Boston Harbor is actually named after that 233 year old group of guys.
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You won’t notice it. And if you don’t notice it, does it really matter?
Well I work in downtown Mpls, and beleive me; every time I buy lunch, it’s noticeable how much more sales tax there is than if I buy the same meal near my home (Maplewood/NStPaul/Oakadale).
This is all due to additional general sales taxes and additional restaurant/hotel specific sales taxes that were enacted to build the metrodome, target center, convention center. Any one of these by themself probably wouldn’t be noticeable. But when we never say NO, the cumulative affect becomes quite noticeable.
That inability or unwillingness to say NO to any indiviual proposal/project, creating an overbearing cumulative effect, is basically a problem with spending at most government levels.
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How would you be paying extra? You wouldn’t notice dime one missing from your pocket if this passes.
So which is it;
I won’t be paying more
or
I just won’t notice that I’m paying more
Pretty sure Camp Fish is not around anymore.
For a similarly focused camp (lots of fishing, some Christian emphasis)
try
http://www.gemfishing.org
I heard this the place to get GPS coordintes for the river.
I’ve seen that KHO segment three times now …
And I didn’t recognize that spot
SO
Can someone please post the EXACT location 
Several years ago, I had a run-in up on Mille with a guide.
No words were exchanged when/where said incident occurred, but way too many people “saw” it happen. Then both sides OVER-REACTED the next day (myself included). Some because they legitimately disagreed with what I did, some because they legitimately disagreed with what he did, others merely because they were my friends sticking up for me, and others merely because they were his friends sticking up for him. To make matters worse some of the over-reaction spilled over into several threads on several websites and went on for several weeks.
More than one side to the story? yep
Over-reaction from both sides? you betcha
Similarites to this situation? hmmm
P.S.
I cited this example only to illustrate what I have learned about over-reaction from a personal experience in a similar situation, NOT to rehash what happened in the past.
PLEASE don’t ask/guess/hint who I had a run in with. Only those who saw it happen, know. Thankfully, none of us named names then, and I won’t now since that’s not the point of this post at all (it’s a name too many would recognize and it wouldn’t do anybody any good, especially him or me).
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“Do we really want the education system in our country to be based on that failed model?” You have to ask the society that we live in, they are the ones that demand the education system we have now, and will have in the future.
I’m hearing more and more demand for “something other”. Isn’t that the reason why things like voucher initiatives have even been proposed?
So … given:
this; IEP = Individualized Education Plan,
this; Reg Ed = Not on an IEP,
this; I have 27 students in my class,
and this; Of the 27, 18 of them are on IEP’s
I could’ve figued out this: 9 are regular ed. students
So, does this mean that my public education was a sucess?
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Our society would never accept anything less than “Everybody gets the same”.
There was once a society based on nothing less than “Everybody gets the same”, but it wasn’t in North America. (Hint it collapsed in 1989 and the masses in Berlin tore down a wall overnight by hand).
Do we really want the education system in our country to be based on that failed model?
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Example: I have 27 students in my class. Here is the breakdown: 9 regular ed. students,
I’m with ya so far (I think). At least I hope the concept of regular ed students hasn’t changed so drastically since I went to school that I would no longer even be able to identify/recognize it.
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5 ESL,
English as a second language (got it)
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6 EBD(3 level three), 4 LD,
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Of the 27, 18 of them are on IEP’s,
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4 of them have one constant para, and 1 has two constant paras.
Sorry TBO you’re point didn’t get across too well.
Gotta remember, you’re speaking to EBUL audience.
PS that’s: Edu-Babble as an Unknown Language
If you get a chance to come to Minneapolis next week, go to the Northwest Sportshow at the Minneapolis convention center.
The people who run resorts are there and you can get a lot of questions answered in one day. Alexandria area people would be there and could tell you a lot more about Miltona.
Also the house boats rental businesses will have booths there.
Here’s a link to the SportsShow’s website
Mpls Sports Show
here’s a good start
MN DNR lake Miltona info
Status of the Fishery (as of 07/14/2003)
Lake Miltona is a popular, heavily developed recreational lake located about ten miles north of Alexandria in Douglas County. The lake offers diverse habitat and structure; including extensive shallow flats, submerged islands and bars, and depths over 100 feet. Water quality and clarity are considered good. Seechi disk transparency is usually ten feet or greater during summer months. Lake Miltona supports an abundant and diverse aquatic plant community, including large beds of hardstem bulrush. These aquatic plants provide important spawning and cover habitat for many fish species. They also help to maintain water quality and protect the shoreline from wave and boat traffic induced erosion.
Primary fisheries management is directed towards walleye. Gill net catches averaged 10.9 fish/net in 2003. Mean weight of fish captured was 1.6 pounds. The long range goal for walleye gill net catches stated in the Lake Management Plan was increased to 16.0 fish/net in 2001 as part of the Accelerated Walleye Program. This upward revision was precipitated by a low catch rate of 7.1 fish/net recorded in 1999 and a catch rate of 12.1 fish/net recorded in a special assessment completed in 2000. Gill net catches typically exceeded 20 fish/net in surveys completed in the mid 1980s through 1995. Walleye stocking has been intense in response to gill net catch rates that have not met management objectives. Fry have been stocked annually since 1999. Additional fingerlings, yearlings, and adults have also been stocked annually since 1999. These additional contingency stockings have been based on poor fall electrofishing results for age-0 walleye.
Largemouth bass and bluegill are abundant and should provide ample fishing opportunities. Current size structure of both species should appeal to most anglers. Northern pike abundance is low to moderate, however fast growth rates result in a favorable size structure. Mean weight of fish captured was 3.0 pounds. Black crappie and smallmouth bass also contribute to the quality fishery on Lake Miltona. These species are not effectively sampled with standard survey gear, thus numbers of fish captured in survey nets do not reflect actual densities.
Lake Miltona is also a popular spot for muskie anglers. The lake supports a quality muskellunge population. Muskellunge have been stocked on a regular basis since the early 1980s. Muskie stocking became a contentious issue during the late-1990s. Opponents to the stocking program blame muskellunge for the decline in walleye abundance and for the short-term decline in bluegill numbers. A creel survey will be conducted in 2004 to determine fishing pressure, angler preferences, and success rates.
DB
Hilarious want ad 
Fabulous avatar 
At the end of the night she said to him “Governor, you’re quite drunk.”
He responded, “Well you’re rather ugly and by this time tomorrow, I’ll be sober.”
Maybe true in some places, but not everywhere.
I was all over Mille Lacs north end March 17 & 19. The ice was the best I’ve seen all winter. 23 inches of solid ice everywhere.
On the other hand, I haven’t driven on a Metro lake in the last two years.
How old is the floor in your boat?
When this started happening to me, it was because it was time to replace the floor.
Otherwise try a steel plate under the floor and bolts in the seat base through the floor and into threaded holes in the steel plate. I might have one spare steel plate laying around with treaded holes already in it. I’m in North St Paul. Let me know if you’re interested.
