Thanks for the heads up. I just checked my Model Seven and it’s not affected by the recall.

High end gear is also about the pleasure of using it. I could probably shoot just as many pheasants and grouse with a beat up 870, but I sure prefer using a fine side by side or over and under. Nothing wrong with a little pride of ownership.

Geesh, don’t forget Jesse The Body Ventura!

I just received a memo. There will not be spring or summer this year.

I do my best panfish jigging with cheap no-name solid glass rods from years ago. I can just control them better and hold them steadier. Just add a spring bobber. On these I attach the cheap inline rattle reels. I have a 5″ lazer hand auger, and a couple 5 gallon buckets. I spend some serious money on casting outfits, but for ice fishing I like to go cheap and seem to do as well as everyone else.

That Harvin guy looked good!

Biggest crappie I’ve ever caught (17″) was on a 4-5″ shiner on a tip up on Third Lake about 40 years ago.

Pack made the most out of a tough injury riddled year. Yet, they still won the NFC North and gave it a good shot in the playoff game yesterday.

Proud to be a Packer fan!

Good for Fleet Farm. Reason #37 why it’s my favorite store.

Nice shot!

Thanks for the suggestions received. I have merino wool on my bucket list.

Crabgrass is holding Wisconsin together.

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Take it from someone who knows….. That’s too many trips with a 3 month old baby at home. Your wife has just carried that child for 9 months given birth and your planning 4 fishing trips with friends…… been there ..done that.. bad idea. One trip is plenty,stay home with your new family.

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Bayfield is a nice area and you can go out to the island.

I’ve finally been out throwing swimjigs and doing very well with Daiwa T3 MX 6.3:1 and my trusty Shimano Conquest 200. Both are plenty fast enough and the bass have been cooperating.

Funny, I’ve had this figured out for years, but these long winters just give you too much time to ponder.

Steve, I have an ancient Rem. 11 in 16 gauge. It’s a 1933 vintage and one of my deadliest pheasant guns. It’s been to SD, and has taken a pile of MN, IA, and WI birds. The were manufactured in the US under the Browning patent for 49-50 years.

Whew! you guys are making me feel a lot better! I was just beating myself up for my fishing spending this year. Maybe I can pork in that new shotgun after all…

Found 6 nice yellows yesterday while on a walk (not looking for them) with my wife. I think they’re popping up now.

How long can they wait for Weeks to do something….

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There are a lot of people on this site that bash democrats for just about everything. I think we all need to realize that all politicians, regardless of party, lie about just about everything. I could come up with an incredibly long list of lies the republican party has told in the last few years, and somebody else could make up with a list just as long with democrat lies. I’m of the opinion that we, the people, should not argue about who is right or wrong when it comes to politics because obviously there isn’t a politician in either party worth voting for. They are all crooks

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That was my point. Everyone is so brainwashed and distracted they are missing the real problem. And the senators just keep voting themselves raises, better pensions while we beat each others brain out. Wake up, folks!

Trust me, I have every gear ratio covered more than once. No shortage of casting rods in my boat…

I picked up a couple Lew’s Tournament Pro 7:1’s, but I have other plans for those. I’ll stick with my tried and true 6.3:1 reels for swim jigs. Maybe I’ll even try slower based on some of the comments in this discussion.

“They” are the ones who fool the right and left into bickering while “they” rob us all blind. It’s not about Republicans vs. Democrats like we have been led to believe.

Got a Daiwa T3 MX on the way from Japan. Had the choice of 8:1, 7:1. or 6.3:1. Going with 6.3:1 and it will live on my favorite swim jig rod, my Daiwa Zillion 7′ MXF. my other SJ rod is a St. Croix LE 7′ MH with a Shimano Conquest 200. Of course I’ve got some other high-end goodies that can sling a swim jig pretty fair if needed.

Good fishin’ mates!

Randy, no problem and I appreciate yours and everyone’s feedback.

I just bought my first 7:1 reels this spring mainly to eat up line when speeding surface baits, flukes, jigs back to the boat after I work the productive few feet next to shore. I tend to use controlled drifts and cast-cast-cast to the pockets off the main channel as I drift by. I’m not a tournament guy, but I like to fish a lot of lure types, etc., even if my techniques aren’t so fine tuned.

Long story short, but I sold the exotic and pricy reel I had on my favorite swim jig rod to some guy (in Australia!) and wondered if the one of 7:1 reels would work out on that stick when I get off the main channel and start really covering water. Swim jigs are low resistance baits, so I know that’s not a problem, but then again I’m dialed in to 6.3:1 type reels for this, and I was wondering if a 7:1 would mess me up and/or if there were other compelling reasons to go 7:1 for swim jigs. I feel I can always learn new things from fellow river rats.

Right now I think I’m going to keep both 7:1 reels on those rods where I just want to speed it back to the boat for the next cast, and stay 6.3:1 on my swim jig rod(s).

I have and like one of the early Croix LTW 6′ 2″ (think it’s rated 1/8 – 1/2 oz) and use 10/2 PP line.

Good stuff guys. Thanks!

Great corn in a little roadside stand between Centerville, WI and Winona, MN.

I hate that left sided lamp knob syndrome. Ours are usually spun around in one direction or another to the point of the lamp falling apart.

I think wives must have some sort of handbook of ways to annoy us.

I had forgotten what a rainy day looks like.

The walleye looks just a few ounces short of the record. (ha ha, just kidding)

Nice fish!