I have the aqua-vu version which looks exactly the same as the sho down. looking at the sho downs in the store there does not seem to be any difference (besides new software). I have used mine a very much and it is still working very good. I also had a problem with the crappy ducer arm but fixed it pretty easy. The wiring harness took a crap on mine also but i know this is a problem that they have fixed with the sho downs. Good luck

I think I know what im going to have to try next winter. But finding the carp I think is going to be the problem

forget it im a big dummy

You caught them here in the midwest?

i really do thank everyone for all your help. we will be looking into all of these reels i will let you know what we do. Thanks again

I have never caught one nice catch

I work in Taylors Falls/St. Croix falls and there is nobody fishing the river around here. Maybe ubove the dam or south of interstate park. The current is to fast right now to fish in TF. I fished the king plant a couple days ago and there was very little action. I only seen about 5 crappies caught between about 40 anglers in an hour and a half.

good luck catching them through the ice i have had many failed missions on even small 1 acre pools that were just loaded with them. I dont know why I couldnt get em they must be smarter than me. I dono

good luck in the morning. the last time I went down there was almost a month ago and the water comming out of the dam looked really fast. I havent been down there since but I can only think that the water coming out of there is faster than the main channel and I dont know what effect the water being higher now would play. I think you would almost have to have a cannon ball as a weight to keep you bait in place. Do you think fish would be in a current going that fast?

thanks again everyone I love the rod. I had no idea what to look for before thanks alot.

thats funny you asked this. I was planning on going out to black dog tonight after work at 700 I brought all my gear “so i thought” but I left my poles at the house. ajg’pqwjrhg[[ohl’kwrhglkrwhnkwlrenhwoerklfbkl a’w;ljgpio opjhg

Nice fish shaley. that was already this year. there is no ice on that lake

First of all thank you everyone for your help on the rod.

I bought a St.Croix premier 7’6, fast action, heavy power. the rod says heavy power on it but does not feel all that heavy duty. This rod is about 1/4 the diameter smaller then the guide series muskie rods and not as stiff.

Is this rod to light?

my friend also get a %edge off other rods but i cant remember what ones. The reel I have is a Abu Gracia Record with the power crank with 90lbs power pro. I had a guide series rod last year that I broke the handle on and returned. the rod work perfect for me up ultil it broke and only cost 20$(probly why it broke). I am new to muskie fishing and cat fishing but went relegiosly last year. for muskies I do alot of casting lures mostly topwaters, I think because im still new. that rod was 6 ft and I could cast a mile with it. It sounds like you guys prefer longer rods like 7ft-8ft?

Thank you everyone for your posts. I have a reel already im going home right now from work and will post what kind it is. I have a friend that works at a sporting good store and can get me 50% off of st.croix, Glommis rods so im leaning towards one of those.

thanks Farmboy I know nothing about netting. Brian I read your post and just called the DNR and they said it is illegal to snag anything even shad. I frogot to ask about throwing rocks at them.

I know a spot on the st.croix where there is always shad I know it is illegal to snag fish but how do I catch them maybe on the fly fod or a small ice fly and uralarva under a bobber. or just stick with snagging. P.S. I dont have a throw net.

sorry for talking about cuting up mn’s state fish pug

avatar boy do I feel like a dummy. hey do you guys ever use sheephead for cut bait?

now I have a weight chart next I need a fish. thanks your like a fishin mathmagition

i have also heard stories about under the bridges in st.paul but also in lake phalen and several other lakes but there always from friends that dont know anything about fish

what the heck is an Avatar

mplspug I didnt see ya down at the cat gathering

your getting me excited thinking about it, I got goose bumps and shivers down my spine my trigger release finger is twitching. I can see it now, me shooting so many carp, the conoe is over flowing with them I go over the weight limit and have to swim back to shore while pulling the carp barge with my teeth. O it so beutiful

O about the carp as bait. I called the DNR last year and asked why you cannot use them as bait or if you could use them as cut bait. After talking to about 5 or 6 people in this one phone call I was told that carp have viruses that do not hurt them, but if somthing else eats them it will kill em.

Thanks for all the feed back on the boilies, I read an article in one of my magizines last year and if i remember right you mix all the ingredients into eggs than boil it into little balls, so it is soft like a hard boiled egg (if that makes any sence at all). You can buy them on the internet, but I cant find anywhere where you can buy less than like 15 pounds

I will but it wont be for at least another month. It looks pretty promissing but i have been mistaken many times before. It sure doesnt get much fishing pressure or at least i never seen anyone out there

has anybody used boilies for carp before? and are they worth what they are crack up to be

I caught 6 in like 6 hours it was pretty slow and they were not as big as last night. all on corn. has anybody else been out?

I used two different hooks last night a bait holder and octopus very simaler to a circle hook.

I started off using a stawberry power biat that i never catch fish on. than switched to corn and would catch one about every ten minutes even when it got dark. heck im gonna go right now ill post how i do

i called that link and they said it was ok.