Marmot rain gear is top notch, same with arctyrx.
I also own a Sims suit i really like as well.

I asked the kid if he wants to bow or gun hunt for them, he said the bow was the only option. Sure glad he falls in line with dad. Guns are for fun, the bow is for hunting. X bows are for old people, injured guys , or guys who ( i won’t finish that sentence.)

Congratulations buddy. Enjoy the retirement. I have no idea what ido favorite bank is but Congratulations any ways.

fishthumper wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
Working in maple Grove today and the turkeys are thick over here. They seem to hang around the business district pretty tight. Safest turkeys around I’d say.

those critters are starting to be a problem in metro areas for sure. i know of people who have been chased by them when walking or on bikes.

Growing up in linwood they used to peck our basement screens out of the windows. And they used to chase us at the bus stop and at our bmx track. We’d have to pelt them with rocks to get them to leave.

Working in maple Grove today and the turkeys are thick over here. They seem to hang around the business district pretty tight. Safest turkeys around I’d say.

Walleyeguy34 wrote:

Coming up on thursday. Looks like the area is set to get 6-10” of snow. Do you guys think the ramps will be cleared off by Thursday morning?

The county works hard to keep the ramps clear. If not, the people fishing work together as well. We’ve done a chain of trucks more then once to get boats in and trucks out. Bring a tow strap. Bring a shovel and start clearing if your the first.

Next weeks weather looks fantastic. We are headed up Monday, we were going to go up this week to but the kid has trap league stuff he can’t miss and I have a coaches meeting for baseball I have to be at.
See you guys soon.

I’m not a helix guy, I like my lowrance units. If I really need the follow the contour, I’ll use it through one boat network and link to my phone. But I’m not much of a fan of the follow the contour, I’ll do that manually.

grubson wrote:

Woops, let me know if you need a chevy to come pull you out!!

I did in fact have matt come pull me out with the old burb

Solidified my point.
There is a distinct difference between fishing and catching.
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What is it ?

Sounds like those were all the cheaper line of the 2b rods, not that actual Elliott rods ?
Are they all manufactured here or is the cheaper line over seas ? Only asking because of have no idea. I did play with a 2b rod and it didn’t feel any where near as nice as the Elliott but that was just in store. So I could be wrong.

Yep…my atrocious experiences with 2B/Elliott is why I have absolutely no intention of ever being a customer again and will share my opinion on that every time I can. On the other hand, the personal experiences I’ve had with JT, TUCR, St. Croix, and Limit Creek have made me a customer for life and I share that opinion as often.

I hope it works out for you BC and you enjoy the rods.
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What was the warranty issue ?

bigstorm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Matt Moen wrote:</div>
JTX ML is my go to for plastics as well.

I have 2 of them, great rods for sure. That said, I jave never heard anything bad about Elliot tods wither, just havent hand my hands on one yet

Playing with them in the garage, they feel fantastic. I’m excited to throw some jigs with them. The syn grip i haven’t had before I love a Tennessee cork handle but the syn grip feels good in the hand as I pretend to jig in my garage while it’s snowing like no other at the moment

Whats your go to early cold water bass tactics ?

Full draw wrote:

I have been kicking around an Elliot 7’3 ML or a JTX Mag ML.
Let me know what you think of them.

When we meet up on the rainy I’ll let you use the 7’3 for a outing. Then you can see if it’s for you or not. I just got home and slapped the cabon x iis on them and they both feel great.

Craig Sery wrote:

I have 3 of them and absolutely love them, very light and well balanced. I have the 7, 7-3, and 7-6 all ML

I looked at the 7 6, but I couldn’t justify 3 of them. Figured I’d use the remaining balance of the gift card to be fuel in my truck back and forth to the rainy.

Matt Moen wrote:

Other than Boley using them I’ve heard good things. I don’t know why but I can’t stand that guy.

I don’t watch his videos. I guess i don’t really watch many fishing videos. Unless I’m looking for specifics, I find fishing videos to be terribly boring

Mike W wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>grizzly wrote:</div>
if any of you guys are the ones out there fishing already how about a report on the bite and size of jigs needed. Thanks

Will try to do a report tomorrow evening. Made it to the farm tonight north of Mille lacs. Hoping to hit Birchdale by 10 tomorrow. More than excited about this.

Looking forward to a report Mike.

Full draw wrote:

One fall I took a 3 month lay off since they wouldn’t let me take 3 months time off unpaid.
I drew a Utah deer tag, Co deer tag and Co elk tag. Plus I had a Ne antelope tag and 2 Ne deer tags.
It was an awesome fall.
Not all lay offs are bad.

Oh absolutely, but dang that sounds like a great fall

10 or so years ago I was hiking along the st croix, between franconia and Taylor’s falls. The river appears to be mostly iced up but it was pretty warm out.
About a hour in to our walk we could hear a crazy rumble and what sounded like big branches breaking. We rounded the river bend and the ice was getting pushed by broken ice and building a crazy ice shelf which was breaking and pushing huge timber down on the banks. It was wild and just unbelievable the amount of force the breaking ice had. In areas it pushed the soil way back and took all the brush and trees with it. We were happy to be up on the hill side a little bit.
I imagine the dam was opened and the flowing water caused this, but it was just the coolest sound of mother nature’s destruction.

deertracker wrote:

Just got my Deftones tickets for August.

Engine #9 is a absolute banger. Suicide silence did a cover that is bad to the bone as well.

I don’t like lay offs. I want my time off when I ask for it off. But I can ask for a couple weeks lay off instead of vacation and then be eligible for unemployment. That i like. But not a actual lay off.

I did the same with crappie bass and walleye. The only one you could pick out was the crappie and that was only because they were thinner.

We keep 12 and 13 inch bass in the winter. I can guarantee once they are cut battered and fried, almost no one will tell they are not the precious walleye. They taste identical. Warm water we don’t because they get a little mushy.

Mike W wrote:

You pick the right job. And they are always hiring for utility work.

Charlie has been trying to hire me on for years. Yesterday he told me if I take his offer, rainy will be considered a paid saftey meeting week. If I hadn’t been with this company for 15 years and 0 lay offs I’d take him on it.

Go look at tackle warehouse, they have some glide baits for over a grand. Just boggles my mind. Maybe one day I’ll have crazy dumb money but until then, that’s Ludacris

BigWerm wrote:

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND LISTEN!!!!!! -Ron Burgandy. The county is at Birchdale right now opening up the access.

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I was just talking to Charlie before lunch lol.
His best is diamonds don’t run. It’s our theme song as concrete cutters.
And his old rap song, overtime life. But that one’s alot harder to find

Jake D wrote:

If anyone is planning to hunt in the NE part of the state, shoot me a DM. Living in Watertown, I can certainly help point a couple guys in the right direction and do some scouting during the summer

That’s awesome and a great gesture.

Oh come on – he probably let the dogs loose in the barn the cats climbed up the poles and it was over. You act like he had them in an octagon till death. Aint no different than a coon hound running through the woods treeing a coon to get shot between the eyes. Wait till you figure out what coyotes due to fawns or wolves to elk.
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That was my thought process.

Reef W wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
And chargeable if you kill them. This is straight from the pine county dnr.

See my edit, screenshots won’t post. Charged with what is my question, it has to be tied to a law you’ve broken. Craig’s case might answer that, or maybe not if the cat supposedly had an owner.

Not sure. And I probably won’t be finding out. I’m not much of a cat killer. That’s probably a good follow up question to the dnr.