Take him to the Ice Show in St Paul. Walk around with him until he finds the rod he really wants. Drag him away from the booth. Say you’re going to the bathroom, and then go back and order the exact rod.

Precision Noodle: 3mm Widow Maker jig with Eurolarva
Bullwhip: 4-5mm Widow Maker jig with Freedom Baits plastic
Fusion: Smallest Lindy Rattln Flyer Spoon or Perch Talker with the treble hook loaded with larva
Precision: Nearly always a red Rattln Flyer Spoon and minnow head
Power Precision: All over the board from spoon to minnow bait
Commander: I really like the Live Target Golden Shinner
Vulcan: A big spoon like a Pelican spoon, or a Lindy Glow Streak
Deadstick: #6 red hook and minnow.

I am really excited to try the Northland Tungsten spoons this year. Good luck all!
Dan

We’d love for you to check us out at Tuned Up Custom Rods. And from our line-up, I’d recommend the Power Precision for the power of rod you’re asking for.
Dan

Interesting, the Pilot was the only Honda I do like driving. She had an Odessy and an Accord and I didn’t care for them.

My wife has a 2018 Honda Pilot that we have really been happy with. I was pushing for an Explorer because I think they look more truch like. But I really appreciate the way the Pilot drives and the interior. It has the tow package and is rated for 5K. I have pulled my Competitor 185 with it without issue. It’s not as good as towing with my F150, but it is more than enough for an SUV.

isu22andy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan Baker wrote:</div>
3 phones down the ice hole. 2 in almost the exact same spot a year apart. my brother lost a Glock 26 down an ice hole too.

My pain is healing . Ouch . Did he use a magnet to try to get it back ?

We tried. It was in the muck on Mille Lacs. He even tried scuba diving for it in the summer. The muck totally swallowed it.

3 phones down the ice hole. 2 in almost the exact same spot a year apart. my brother lost a Glock 26 down an ice hole too.

Those fish are crazy, and getting the hooks out is crazy hard.

Rodwork wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan Baker wrote:</div>
I’m definitely biased, but I love my Tuned Up Custom Rods and the new T1 is stellar.

TUCR makes some nice rods but have you ever recommended something other than a Tuned Up Custom Rod? I understand you work for TUCR and I get the push. I am sorry but I have a hard time taking the word of someone who thinks the best thing available for everything are the products they are sell.

Well when it comes to rods, I only use Tuned Up, so I don’t have any other recommendations to add. And since the OP direclty mentioned them, I figured I’d chime in. Also, that’s why I always preface my comments by saying that I am biased.

I’m definitly biased, but I love my Tuned Up Custom Rods and the new T1 is stellar.

Like the Supreme Court decision about the definition of pornography, it’s hard to define, but I know one when I see one.

If you have covers for your screens, make sure the screens are tilted up so no water can pool inside the covers. That can find its way into the electronics over time. My buddy had a Helix 8 go bad this way.

Ahh gotcha

Where is the $400 coming from? BTW, I use the Diawa 750 for my ul reels.

I have the TUCR APEX Elite UL and the Apex UL. The Apex is much more moderate action. It is more whippy. I use it as my bobber rod for panfishing. The Elite is more of a traditional backbone, but with a very light tip. It is much more sensitive and works great for casting small jigs or vertical jigging.

I do it frequently. It works well, better actually in a little wind. Never wear your remote though, mine will hit buttons accidently when it bumps against me. I carry the remote.
For what it’s worth, people at the dock look at you like your a sorcerer.

You’ll be an hour and half from the Northwest Angle. You can always find some calm waters there and a ton of walleye.

Any chance it could be the kill switch?

I’d also add, to look up Blackwater Cats on Instagram or facebook for an idea of the caliber of fishing.

Blackwater Cats Outfitters (Donovan Pearse) is the real deal. I’ve gone with him the past 5 years and had incredible fishing. You stay at the Canalta Inn in Selkirk which is a really nice, comfortable hotel as well.

Agree with Formula Prop in MG. Todd and Jodie are great and they know there stuff.

Any chance the rips are coming from fish trying to eat the minnows through the bags? I always thought he bait tammers were more for livewells and the plastic minnow buckets for in the lakes.

Based on how many pike bite my bass chatterbaits, I bet it would work great. But they’re pretty spendy to throw for pike without using a wire leader.

I had a bent propshaft repaired at Formula Propeller in MG. I’m not sure how far into the internals they go, but they did a great job on mine.

I really like my Tenfin net.

Full show in Indiana. Whether you think it’s worth the drive or not, I’d do it again a hundred times to see what I just witnessed. It’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

I’m heading to Indiana to watch it. Went to Missouri for the last one. It was awesome enough that the whole family instead we go again. It truly is amazing, and hard to explain.

Milliken sure is starting to look like the real deal.

10klakes wrote:

Formula Propeller and Marine. Maple Grove / Corcoran area

Agreed! Formula is where I go. They also do really nice boat rigging.

I would want to know the exact reasons for the proposed ban. If it is because too many people are catching and keeping their limit of fish, than that is more of an issue with the size of the limits than with the way the limits are caught. If the concern is hooking mortality, than I would suggest, limiting the ability to target fish at whatever is deemed to be the depths for unacceptable mortality. All FFS and 360 does is makes people more efficent ant getting to the already existing rules and regulations. It is a brand new argument to say that people are now just too good at catching fish, vs that people are breaking the regs. It’s a bizzare new argument.