Here in Carlton the ground was covered with pea size hail. The thunder was non-stop for about 10 minutes. Now its just windy and cold.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>10klakes wrote:</div>
Coincidentally, speaking of being worried about stupid bills, I just found this one:

HF1540. “Thoroughbred Racehorse Residency Program”. Purpose- stimulate Minnesota’s equine industry and support stable hands….
Racehorse owners will receive $750 everyday one of their horse’s race; if said horse is boarded at a MN racetrack for 120 or more days a year..
Note this is per horse- they could get $3,000 in one day if they own and enter 4 horse’s. It would be funded by tax payer dollars coming from the general fund.

Bill authors:
Ben Bakeberg (R)
Brad Tabke (D)

Send in DOGE. What a crock.

I feel the same way and it better not pass. Total crock of manure!!!

I have had it for a long time. Might have started when working security at a Ted Nugent concert. Working right in front of the stage. Also went to a lot of concerts in my youth. Could have been all of my hunting for Pheasants late in the season and using 3″ mags. Rings loud unless I can get my brain to stop thinking about it then it seems to lower the volume. If it works for B-man I will find a way to scrap up the cash but pissed that insurance doesn’t cover at least some of the cost.

That is messed up that insurance will not cover !!

Let us know how the device works !! Need to calm mine down a notch or two !

I have seen the ice out once and it was amazing. Hearing the Robins singing yesterday brought me back to my youth. Love hearing them sing.

Western suburbs of Minneapolis inside the ring.

From ESPN: Another big quarterback domino of 2025 NFL free agency has fallen. Quarterback Russell Wilson signed a one-year deal worth up to $21 million with the New York Giants on Tuesday night. The deal includes $10.5 million guaranteed.

Here’s another dumb scenario. A feral cat is killing song birds and its OK but if you did it, you would be charged a federal crime. They can’t have it both ways.

My guess is that they thought with the storm passing over there would be some nice waves and more then likely drove a distance to get to Duluth. Got to play the hand your dealt.

Let us know how the Bluetooth works as far as the features. On my Ionic the best feature is the amp draw and how long it will run at that rate of draw. It was interesting to see how much my livescope was drawing and how much it helped turning down the brightness.

So far this storm really has not amounted to much. I would guess a little rain and a 1/4″ of crusty snow. I really hope this is all we get.

You get to see what is going on your license before it is sent in. Just double check that it all looks good before approving.

Riverrat wrote:

If you have an Enhanced license they do not print the DNR indicators on them.

The DNR and License Division share there data base with each other.

If they scan your license they are there. I just renewed mine and I asked to have my lifetime fishing license added and she said it was already there. I guess its in the QR code. When you renew it will have License Indicators: Firearm Safety Certificate, Fishing License, Living Will/Health Care Directive, Senior and in my case Organ Donor = Y and Veteran =Y

I put them out May 1st knowing they will be here between the 10th and the 15th.

So far everything has been to the east of me. Looked at the history and we got .2 of rain and nothing but fog since I got up.

I have to believe that with the wind coming off lake superior I am going to get diddly squat out of this storm. Was hoping to maybe hear some thunder but now we will be lucky to get some rain. I don’t think it even hit 45 today. I checked and we hit 51 at 13:30.

fishthumper wrote:

A buddy was out on Wed. on a lake about 50 miles N or St. Cloud. GThere were still full sixed trucks driving out.

I have made that mistake before at this time of the year. Drove out and drilled a bunch of holes. Seemed like a good 20″ of ice. About 10:00 decide to drill a few more and there was 8-10″ of good ice and the rest was honeycomb. Packed it up and left as quick as I could.

I was out the past two days and have done great on panfish. Yesterday was my last day. The ice was honeycomb top to bottom and about 18-20″ thick. The rain will make it black very soon. Time to get the boat ready !!

The best results that I have got from Sno Seal is to apply a couple of coats and use a hair dryer to melt it in. That way the wax will get into the threads and seams.

Full draw wrote:

I run a 24 volt trolling motor battery and a stand alone battery for my graphs.
The 2 trolling motor batteries are just in front of my consoles and the graph battery is in the back next to my starting battery. So I will be dropping weight on both ends of the boat.

Boat will ride like your missing a person with that much weight loss.

75lbs and 300AH of battery or my guess is 36 volts and 100AH. Very Nice !!

My brother and I did our last wheel house overnighter. Caught some decent panfish. The ice will be good for walking for a few more days but did not like the 38 degree water temp. Won’t be long and it will start to honeycomb from the bottom.

I like small boxes. Good thing to put the fish guts in before it get to the garbage can.

It was the rod holder that snapped. Dipsy’s are a method to get deep without weighted line or downriggers. They are also good at getting your line away from the boat.

accarroline with your type of trolling you should never have a problem.

Good to know Jimmy !!

The only good thing is it will extend the ice fishing season another week or 2.

I feel it is made for trolling a shad rap with little resistance. My buddy had them in his boat and we were trolling dipsy divers and I put on a magnum and it snapped but I was able to grab the rod before it went into Lake superior. If you put tracks on your gunnel make sure to add backing for additional strength. I like the plastic decking.

They use really stupid stats from Florida for there reason. Teenager’s shooting other teenager’s in the ages of 15-19. You can’t make this stuff up

I love my Ion Alpha and am going on year 3. I want to try sharpening the blades but they are still so sharp there is no need. My sharpener is professional grade and with it can get a knife blade razor sharp and polished like a mirror if I want. It just involves more work using glass and .3 micron Lapping Micro finishing Film.