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B-man wrote:

What did one snowman say to the other?

Do you smell carrots??

nope covid, cant smell

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it is still available, i will send you a txt

b-curtis wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>joe-winter wrote:</div>
I assume the only reason folks choose rollers is for questionable/shallow boat launches.

Does a drotto make sense for bunks though? doesnt’t the boat sit on bunks well enough to latch it without a drotto?

Yes the Drotto still makes sense if you are loading and unloading by yourself a lot.

b-curtis wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>joe-winter wrote:</div>
I assume the only reason folks choose rollers is for questionable/shallow boat launches.

Does a drotto make sense for bunks though? doesnt’t the boat sit on bunks well enough to latch it without a drotto?

Yes the Drotto still makes sense if you are loading and unloading by yourself a lot.

joe-winter wrote:

I assume the only reason folks choose rollers is for questionable/shallow boat launches.

Does a drotto make sense for bunks though? doesnt’t the boat sit on bunks well enough to latch it without a drotto?

Drotto with bunks makes loading and unloading a breeze. the old lady and i can get the boat on and off the trailer easy without getting out of the pickup / off the boat at the landing. nice to have dry feet and clean shoes when getting in the pickup to drive home

Thank you, I’ll have the dealership check it out

Dutchboy wrote:

Thats a pilots chair, not a Captains chair. Captains chairs are much bulkier.
There was a guy over on Walleye Central that had a pair for sale last week.

thank you, I updated posting

Love my Otter XT Pro Resort, just wish Otters had the easy pole slide locks that the Clams do.

Tom Reid’s or Eagle Street Grille..

For fancy food I recommend The Strip Club Meat and Fish, it is on the corner of 6th St E and Maria Ave. http://www.domeats.com/

Saint Dinette in the Saint Paul Hotel is always excellent. http://saintdinette.com/

Good Weather and Good Fishing! (http://tourism.devilslakend.com/devils-lake-fishing/fishing-report-hotspots/)

This past weekend brought us some much needed good weather on Devils Lake, the warm sunny afternoons were not only good for perch fishing but also snow melt. Access and travel on the lake has been getting better every day. Many people are still using snowmobiles and tracked vehicles to move around. I have fished the last 3 weekend with my 4 wheeler that has just tires and haven’t had any issues on getting around.

Now for the fishing, the perch have been hungry now that we have had some stable weather. The depths that the perch have been coming from are variable as some are fishing the deep basins in 35+ feet of water. I personally found my perch in the last 2 weeks up in the shallow mud flats, I found inside turns on my Navionics fishing chart and started drilling holes there. I found most of my perch on these inside turn areas holding up in 14-16 feet of water. The bite has been a little more on the finicky side. I would recommend using an ultralight rod with a sensitive tip or spring bobber to feel this delicate bite. Rattling spoons (the smaller the size, the better) have been working the best. We have been tipping these with minnow heads and also plastic minnow heads. This last week we needed to rattle just a bit to cause a commotion on bottom and then dead stick your lure 6 inches of bottom until you could get the fish up off the bottom and once the fish came off bottom you would slowly rise that lure above them to cause the reaction bite. The bite wasn’t very aggressive and was just more like just having dead weight on your rod (this is where ultralight rods and spring bobbers come into play). Don’t get discouraged if you aren’t consistently marking fish as we were finding these perch coming in waves of 2-3 fish every 10 to 15 minutes. The color of lure varied by day so make sure to have a variety along with you. Another tip to utilize is to drill a second hole in your house for a dead stick with a full minnow on it, it doesn’t hurt to increase your odds buy throwing that extra line in.

The walleye bite has been picking up as well in the early morning and late afternoon. You will find a few walleye mixed in when perch fishing the basins but focus on more of the structure based (rocks, trees, sunken roads, old shorelines, etc.) areas to find these fish. Lure choices have been rattling spoons as well, make sure to have some glow/uv spoons with as it helps when you are fishing these walleyes in the lowlight conditions.

Good luck to everyone fishing this upcoming week, don’t forget to share your catch on our Visit Devils Lake, North Dakota Facebook Page and also use #devilslakend to tag your photos.

Vexilar!!

I had a LX9 for 2 years, liked it but I had the same screen freezing issue every now and then.. all you would have to do is unplug the battery and restart the unit and it would work again.

I now use the FLX-28 and love it! The only part I miss about my LX9 is the open water graph function (I never really used the camera, it seems like more work to set up than its worth).

The main thing I like the most about Vexilar units is the simplicity, it always works as it should and had much less potential breakdown opportunities.

Tonka wrote:

When I had my Lx7, I was very disappointed so I switched to the Vexilar Flx28, good luck on the fix.

I ‘upgraded’ from the LX9 to the FLX-28 as well, had the camera go out and the transducer but MARCUM replaced after a week or so.. love the Vexilar and decision to change, my fishing buddies have been telling me ‘its about time you got a real flasher’ HAHA!

Try using a Lindy Frostee or an 1/8oz jig; seems to work well for walleyes and perch in ND. I put a small swivel about 12 inches above the jig with a fluorocarbon 8 or 10# leader.

Anything with glow or UV seems to work better than regular paint.

sent you a PM

They have the same service with fishing gear, I broke a $145 walleye series rod and walked into the store with it and they handed me a $165 rod to replace it as they didn’t carry the original rod model I purchased.

Depends on the time of year you go; early ice check shallow (6-25ft) structure (rocks, submerged roads, old shorelines) and trees for walleyes, mid/late ice deep basins (35-45ft) produce the yellow perch gold with mixed bonus walleyes.

Northerns can be caught in the trees all winter, its always fun bringing up a 35+ inch pike on a ice rod.

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looking to keep the price around or under $25k

31 mph with 3 people loaded for fishing on calm water and about 33 mph with just myself driving.

Located in Grand Forks ND

$6,800

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Grand Forks, ND