Ive been having the best luck on F9s or 11 in natural black/silver colors. Takes awhile to sort thru small ones to get a limit of keepers. I also TARGET 0.8-1.0 upstream.

Price lowered to $200. Includes range side bag.

I’ve watched trailer/boats with the pole transom saver. On bumps, they are not rigid,…they flex. (if they didn’t why would a safety bungee around the lower unit be needed?) I cant reconcile this in my mind thinking that you could be doing more harm than good. I do use a wedge to save on the lift hydraulics. As was said before,…the torques associated with running the motor gotta be significantly more stress on the transom. My opinion.

This has happened to me with a fox getting the prize. I believe that you could legally continue to hunt. I didn’t from an ethical standpoint. I had my chance but didn’t shoot well enuf to close the deal. A license is for one bird,…I got one but didn’t get to eat it. Good enuf for me.

Drove by it around 10:30 Monday. Big chunks blew the ramp shut. Some trailers in lot. Maybe returning boats broke it up.I went to the back channel instead.

I remember the spring day where Dean secretly gave my wife a hot jig in the tackle shop while I was getting minnows. She out fished me 2 to 1. She had a ball. Her friends (and mine) heard about it for weeks. Thanks for a special memory Dean.

42. The whole garage becomes a refrigerator! I use 100-150 gallons of propane all winter.

Thanks guys!

Are these still for sale?

They are like a little tank. Ive 1300 miles on mine and it hasn’t left the farm. Took a bobcat bucket full rock to a steep grade and handled it fine. I’ve also hauled three deer and 3 passengers out of the valley. Unfortunately they are heavy at about 1500 lbs. Definitely not an early ice tool. By the time they are ice safe , its not long for vehicles. It can go thru alot of snow with momentum. We will run our setter most of the winter only occasionally needing a snowmobile track. in 5 years I’ve had to replace a fuel pump, wiring harness, and battery. 3 gear cases and a transmission to maintain a project. It has used some oil since day one.

It just sat there doing nothing. I had recently had it on Lake Miv=chigsn coho fishing so the chart wouldnt be on the right location but dont think that should affect how it boots up.

Thanks,…found a battery switch on amonzon to try. Agreed,…alot of draw but that was the report from Superior Ford dealership. 1/2 amp per hour at about 50 amps,…40-50 hours to drain it dowm to 50% ??? Sound right?

I was out Friday 3/19. Slow and small is the key. Nice day. Finished strong after only one keeper fish in first two hours. Let go some very pregnant saugers. Unfortunately, they’ll liklely to be kept by others if they didn’t learn to avoid a jig.

I believe you have every right to be upset. To me, fishing real close after you catch some fish is STEALING hard earned information. Its also very sloppy lazy fishing. While the lake and I suppose the holes as well are public, the information is not public. I’m very clear when inviting a friend to a hot bite, that the information is not to be shared with others with out permission. The person with the information makes the rules on how its shared. I like to fish in a shelter so prying eyes cant see. If you fish an area too much, that too can entice others to fish there as well.

I’d like to see DNR add turkey and deer tags to online sales in these pandemic times. No reason not to. I dont think sport shops enjoy doing it or get any financial benefits.

A friend has a 168SC and is extremely happy with it. Lots of room and ample storage. Stable side to side. Good hole shot and speed. A very good value when compared to its Lund and Alumna craft competition.

The simpler question,…are the augers on a 24v strike master the same as the same sized lite flite? I got a chance to look at the two versions yesterday,…looks like they are. No safety plate and the hookup a bit different. Sorry to have confused everyone. I was thinking of buying a strikemaster for the fish house since it goes slow but have the chance to use it early ice for walleyes where a 6 inch hole is a bit small. yeah, you can feather the trigger but its easy to hit it and throw ice all over.

We skin and debone the deer as soon as we can,…no later than the next morning. I hunt on my own land so that’s easier than when traveling. I use as little water as possible to clean the meat. we’ve not had any problems even with rutting bucks.

Sorry,…I want to know if the 24v auger can be spun fast like a strike flite and still be efficient on the battery. Or if its designed to go slow,…less speed more bite vs less bite and more speed.

I’ve used them both. Drill is significantly faster than 24v even in the slower gear. I don’t think there is any reason to not go full speed with any except to not spray chips when starting. Strikemaster 24V is quicker than an Ion however. Gas comparable to the drill.

I should be fishing later this week with a friend with 8″ strike flite and another with a 24V. I should be able to visually compare the augers. I’ll let everyone know.

Even on low speed, the drill spins the auger way faster than the 24v version does. So,…I was wondering if the design of the screws are different. I would guess they are not different unless the speed affects performance.

Somehow, I always have to clean my windshield when a motorcycle tail gates me. Funny how that happens just about all the time. The expression and the (silent to me) words in the mirror are priceless when my over active washer pumps gets then. They drop back until they can pass. They don’t even know its intentional. However, I got the same guy two mornings in a row commuting. He was one pissed off tough looking guy. As dumb as he looked,…I think he knew but its hard to argue with a 3500 dually when you are on bike.

You can always tie in a short length of clear mono or flouro carbon.

Best wishes on your adventure. I had a captains license in the 80s. No better job when the weather is good, the boat is running well and the fish bit. Unfortunately, all three didn’t happen enuf. I may have also been a victim of my own success. As this business blossomed, time in the summer with my family waned. My daughter grew up on me without me being around something that I regret. I post this to encourage you to keep your business small and not let it consume you. Pick clients that want to have fun and not consumed by how many fish they’ll catch. Sooner or later you’ll fail on catching fish and those clients will leave. Chartering will make you a better fisherman for sure. You’ll have memories and stories to cherish and recount the rest of your life.

5″ of clear strong ice on a lake near Fredrick Wis. on Thursday. Fishing good. Tried my local lake Byllesby tonight after seeing 10 outfits in the parking lot. Walked out aways and drilled a hole. 3″ which moved when hopped on. Not enuf for this old fart. Its a reservoir so its entirely possible there is less somewhere else. ie I cant believe I found the thinnest ice first hole. Be careful

That hill is jinxed! I nearly had a head on going to ice fish in Wisconsin many years ago. Good light and good roads. The other driver slowly came across into my lane. I was scrambling to stop and find some room blowing the horn. finally, the other driver came to and swerved just missing me. As others said, emotions went from seeing your life pass in front of you to anger to feeling blessed to be alive. Ugh. I also had my minivan stall on that hill pulling a snowmobile. Took hours to get back going. I hate that place.

Awesome tool! Congrats. A couple of young men steered me around a basin hole for crappies late winter. They had me on the fish all afternoon. They could find them but couldn’t catch em. I could and helped them with my gear. I gave them the fish,…fair trade in my mind. Haven’t bought one though. I could imagine being the one steering friends around and not catching them my self!!

Weight and costs are the only drawbacks in my opinion. would never go uninsulated again.

Nice buck especially on public land. I agree with the blood needed to fill the cavity theory on a “ground to ground” shot. I had one “clot up” after laying for awhile and then ran off when approached. when I found him, fat had plugged the hole. A bear hunter friend told me to use a two blade broad head and index the blade to be oriented up and down. Two reasons,…one longer slit harder to plug and most vessels run horizontally. Having mentioned these tips, I wasn’t all that happy with the last blood trail after a serious of good ones. I guess some luck is involved in exactly what gets cut on the way thru. Always some anxious moments after the shot.

I’ve had great luck pulling big deep billed husky jerks. 5 colors of suffix lead core get them down to 30-32 feet. Blue, chartreuse, or purple. Lots of big fish. Usually get enuf eaters but its more of a big fish setup. 2-2.5 mph. Pay attention to wind,…sometimes there is a clear distinction between up and down wind even though speed on the surface is held the same. Tip action is good so you know right away if hitting bottom or if a little is on. a big northen will bite you off once in a while but not usually. Didn’t get to go last summer due too the virus. Hopefully next summer. Good luck.