Well played castle-rock-clown well played.

Thats a nice mess of fish. Good work!

The fix that Ottor recomendes works. Ihad to do the same thing. I didnt lose any headroom. But Iam only 5’10. I can stand straight in mine.

I had this same disscusion with Adam from TUCR when I ordered my PN. I fish with 30 in rods. Adam told me that the biggest reason the you see some folks fishing the 36 in rods is because they are tall and need the longer rod to fish standing up. Adam said he is 5’10 and fishing a 32in rod. At that rod length he can stand on the ice and fish comfortable.

I feel comfortable with a 28 – 30in rod. Adam told me if it aint broke dont fix it and lets bulid a 30in PN. I fish in an Ottor Lodge and have plenty of room and I honestly dont think that the extra 6 ins inside will make that big of a diffrence.

As far as making finesse jigging movements, the rod tip of the PN is so sensitive that to me it feels easier to make those fine jig strokes with the longer rod.

So bottom line, and this is just my two cents, if you are comfortable with a 28 to 30in rod, then I would stick with that. Give Adam or John at TUCR a call and they will get you set up with what will work for you and your style of fishing. Hope this helps. Trying to decide what gear to use can be aggrevating. Good luck and tight lines!

Thanks for the report! Hopfully the weather starigtens out soon and the fishing will pick up!

Nice work! Looks like good eating there.

HAHA!! I already have the jigs tied, the strikemaster fuled, LX 3s charged and the Otter packed!!!!

I just bought an Otter Lodge. I ran into a problem with the poles being about an Inch to Long. I called up Otter and after some phone tag, I found out that Otter had had a problem with one of their manufactures making the extension poles a little long. It was only on some select models and anyway, I drew the short stick and mine had this problem.

I had to trim back the 2nd and 3rd pole at the ends where they attach to the sled. Then I slid the encaps back on and marked and redrilled the holes. 5/16ths I think but I would have to look for sure now.

Anyway if you have a problem with everything just being under too much tension to the point of not being able to extend all the poles, that above mentioned steps was what Otter recommended.

Haha. Good call. I am in Fargo ND.