Your daughter and family are in my prayers

Thanks for the report Nick just a little thin for a fat boy like me

I just got my muzzy deer last weekend so I know how you feel.I got a bow tag and 4 days left not looking good

I got alot of ifs on this whole season.Iwonder how many first season hunters were going to go to southern or eastern Ia in there original plans and decided not to travel in the bad weather and now will stay close to home and possibly harvest does in area,s that are not so populated.Ijust hope this is the last of surprizes for this year and years to come.I know that alot of calls were made to voice concerns on there decision.But I also worry about the number of calls to state reps thanking them for killing more deer.

You are correct Steve the phone lines have been ringing off the wall at the DNR and state reps.I hope this is a eye opener that we must be invovled.Alot of lobbying for a good deer is a dead deer.I understand that deer numbers need to be controlled but also we need to meet the needs of the deer hunters.This is just plain scary how they imposed this out of the blue

You also might want to check your gas cap and make sure its venting.I have had this happen to me and it sure sounds like the vent screw needs to be loosened

I did not use anything on bottom of sled and it seemed to pull easily.Another thing I tried yesterday that worked well was I used it to pick up my decoys.I floated it around with me and stacked my decoys in it and bagged them when I was done I thought it worked great and saved a bunch of time

I have not been in awhile but as of last week walleyes were still going on cranks .Shad raps and stickbaits were the best the yellows have slowed on the cranks but still willing to hit bait

Brent this is one of the best run tournys I have ever fished I hope you can keep it going as is

That sure looks like a nice trophy to take from the river rats and take back to Iowa

I hope a couple of us Iowa boys can take take that trophy hope from the river rats

Welcome to IDA

Now thats a nice mess of yellows and fun on light tackle.THANKS FOR THE REPORT

Nice fish Bill looks like it might be good ice fishing

I have stayed at Parkway and it was decent but if I could book a room they have a unit that sets by itself thats real nice and plug ins are just outside

I believe I was 41 and declined also

I use a piece of meat under the chin of a yellow if I think it will not live in livewell I will put it in the boat cooler to keep it for cleaning.I do know some have figured out the crappie as a angler was cleaning a nice mess of 10in plus fish at cleaning station

Good to see you back on the water Bill.What a beautiful weekend

I agree with Big Dog10 they can ruin a lake.A few years back Clear Lake was overpopulated with them and it took a few years to get it back in balance.I think the fishing pressure is keeping there numbers in check for now.I have always posted to not feel guilty about keeping as many as you want.Hopefully the pressure will keep the lake balanced and still provide some decent sized fish

HJ8 is 3 1/8 in HJ 10 is 4 in in the shallow husky jerks

Most often in the husky jerks I run the 3in shallow husky jerk and 4 in deep husky jerk.I might add Baldwin4 that the shallow Husky jerks have worked good at Clear lake Ia early in the year

I would say that the lures you mentioned are probaly what 70% of what most of us use on most bodys of water.I have a good selection of colors and sizes of those baits and a selection of stick baits both deep and shallow.Being a tourny angler I got a large selection of other cranks but 90% of the time they just go for a boat ride.If I cannot get them on a Rapala product then most likely I ran out of daylight

I don,t like it they should have left it at one.Alot more hunters will target the divers which will result in more bluebills and cans being harvested.I hope this was not a polictical favor.Like extending the season down south a couple years back even though the wildlife service advised agaist it

I don,t like it they should have left it at one.Alot more hunters will target the divers which will result in more bluebills and cans being harvested.I hope this was not a polictical favor.Like extending the season down south a couple years back even though the wildlife service advised agaist it

Congradulations Mom and Dad

A big Thank You.This is one of the most fun tournys I fish all year

It could be just a anxiety deal.My lab when I have been gone a week he pee,s as soon as he me.He might be just excited about getting to go play.If you say he did not start this until you started working him I would consider this.Now when he is let out he probaly thinking he is going for a swim and I do believe a lab will get that excited to me there just like a 5 yr old kid.But you got to love them.Good luck

It could be just a anxiety deal.My lab when I have been gone a week he pee,s as soon as he me.He might be just excited about getting to go play.If you say he did not start this until you started working him I would consider this.Now when he is let out he probaly thinking he is going for a swim and I do believe a lab will get that excited to me there just like a 5 yr old kid.But you got to love them.Good luck

GPS for sure but back when I used to use the hand held GPS I would match my speed to the paddle to give me a idea on how fast I was going