Thanks for the suggestions guys. I’ll check them out and let you know what I end up doing.

Any body else with recommendations, I would still like to hear.

A quick google search took me to the MN Bound website.

Thai Coconut Walleye Soup

Cooking time 45 minutes
Serves 8 hungry fishermen

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 med. onion, julienne (about 3/4 cup)
1 Tablespoon fresh minced ginger
1 carrot (peeled and cut 1/8” thick slices)
1 red pepper ( seeds removed and cut into ¼” pieces)
2 1/2 teaspoons red curry paste*, or 2 teaspoons curry powder
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup light coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus 1/4 teaspoon, plus more for seasoning
4 (6-ounce) pieces walleye fillet, skin removed
1 cup firmly packed greens such as spinach, kale or chard
2 scallions, green part only, thinly sliced (cilantro makes a great garnish too)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (reserve peel for lime zest)

Directions:
In a large Dutch oven cast iron pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the onions, ginger, carrots and red pepper – cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Next add the chicken broth, coconut milk, curry paste, lime zest & 1/2 teaspoon salt, stir and simmer approx. 5 minutes to develop aroma and flavor.

Season the walleye with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Arrange the fish in the pan and add greens, cover with lid. Return to medium heat and cook until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 7 minutes.

Remove lid and flake fish. Place lid back on let rest in a warm spot of fire to allow soup to gently simmer until ready to serve. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

Ladle into bowls and garnish with sliced green onions and squeeze fresh lime over top.

Another option that people might not be aware of is Blind Squirrel gun shop just west of Somerset, WI off Highway 64. They just opened this last spring. They are more of a tactical shop and have suppressors and specialize in NFA. It is a small building and they don’t keep many firearms on hand, but they can order anything and have good prices. Kelly, the owner is a really nice guy, and I have enjoyed my experiences there. He will walk you through the process of completing NFA paperwork and help you do it right in his shop – even if you aren’t buying something from him. He did this for me on a gun I am making into an SBR (which I only transfered through him for $10). He does charge the exorbitant fee of a six pack of beer for that service.

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Lunch is at 9 and 3, dinner is at noon, and supper is when the milking is done.

This was how it was when I grew up as well. Although we usually only got lunch in the afternoon if we were bailing hay. If we were shelling corn all day, we got lunch in the morning and the afternoon.

Merican Eagle, I am not well versed in 922r. I’m learning as I go on this one. In the reading that I did, I never saw it mentioned that rifles and shotguns are already compliant. That is new to me, thanks for the info. They would be easier to SBR if you didn’t want to change many parts out. I do want to customize mine, so it works for me.

Without taking 922r into consideration, all you would need to do to the pistol to make it sbr is add a stock. That is easier than changing the barrel and forend.

Both the pistol and carbine version need to be made 922r compliant to be SBR’d. You can’t have any more than 10 qualifying foreign made parts. The pistol comes with 16 of these parts. The carbine would actually come with at least one more foreign made part (the stock).

You can replace both the grip and the forend. There are multiple USA made versions of both. Other readily available parts to change to USA made are: trigger, sear, hammer, disconnector, muzzle device, stock, and magazines count as 3 parts (body, follower, and floorplate).

I am planning on replacing the trigger group, muzzle device and grip. I could do less, and just use my USA magazines, but I don’t want to rely on that. I may change out the forend also.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert so don’t take any of this as gospel if you want to make an SBR – do your own research.

Like you, I too do not own any guns. If I did, I would have purchased a scorpion Evo 3 S1 pistol a few weeks ago.

Who am I kidding? I’m in the process of submitting paperwork to SBR it right now, so they will know I have it along with my fingerprints, pictures, stool sample and everything else. It is a very fun gun. I do plan on making some modifications though, as do most people who buy them. The trigger is heavy and somewhat gritty. You can get new springs to decrease the trigger pull to 4-5# for less than $10 (factory is around 8-9#). The ambidextrous safety is a very poor design. It is fine for your thumb side, but in the fire position it eats into your trigger finger. It’s bad enough it gave me a blister after about 100 rounds. Tons of options out there. I am going to put a mini ak style selector on the trigger finger side. The rails on the fore end grip are sharp and sort of uncomfortable, so you might want some rail covers.

I do have to be 922r compliant to make it an sbr, so I have to replace some other parts as well.

It is awkward as a pistol, but as a carbine or sbr, it will be a ton of fun.

James Holst wrote:

Lots more to come guys! I’m a bit of a analytics nut and overall TV viewership of fishing shows goes way down during the summer.

In a nutshell people seem to be a lot less interested in sitting in front of their TV in the summer and a lot more invested in actually getting out on the water themselves.

Not a criticism at all, so please don’t take it that way. Just curious. If viewership drops significantly during the summer, and that is due to people actually getting out fishing themselves, then wouldn’t that suggest that more non-ice fisherman are watching the show than ice fisherman? Otherwise they would be out fishing and not watching your show during the winter. If the above is true, I would think you would want to have more open water shows than ice fishing shows to maximize your viewership. I love your show, but do not ice fish. So I really look forward to the open water episodes and rarely watch a full ice episode.

Again, not a criticism. You guys have a great show. I am sure many ice fisherman are grateful you dedicate so many episodes to it.

Thanks

I have bought quite a few lures since I started fishing muskies 10 years ago. The most productive, and the ones I keep coming back to are:

1. Double Cowgirl
2. Double Showgirl
3. Prop topwater – Topraider would be a good first choice, although I had great success last year with a Lake X Fat monkeybutt – but they are expensive.
4. A jerk bait that you can work well and have confidence in. I like the Big Game jerkbaits.

Even though I have probably 70 lures, I use one of the 4 above probably 95% of the time (of course I have multiple colors of each). Those four types will get you some action in most situations.

The other that I hear a lot of good things about, but just don’t have a lot of confidence in myself is the Bulldawg.

That looks amazing! Can’t wait to see them.

I’m a transplant from Iowa, but one of the coolest things I have done since moving to Wisconsin is take a kayak through the sea caves on Lake Superior.

I did end up buying from them. I got a Gen 2 HDS5. I am still having some issues with them though. I ordered a gimbal bracket with the head unit. I received the head unit but not the gimbal bracket. I have emailed them several times with no replies. I had to use bungie cords to hold the unit onto my boat when I went to the Rainy River. It also took them much longer than they said it would to ship the head unit.

Right now, I wouldn’t buy from them again or recommend it. I understand sometimes there are problems, but to not respond at all after they have taken my money for a product they never supplied is unacceptable.

Thanks for the info. I will check him out. I don’t have a tag for this year. I am looking to go in the fall of 2016. I have 9 preference points, so I should be basically guaranteed a tag.

Cougars aren’t a recognized game or protected species in Iowa. They can be shot at any time and possessed.

Dang, beat me.

Gotta go with a Musky. My PB is 51″, so I’m thinking something close to 60″

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I am going on my third year with a Traeger and I love it. It is so easy to use, and everything turns out delicious. I am not stuck on the Traeger brand, but I would definitely go with a pellet grill. Get one with a digital thermostat so you can more precisely control the temperature, and get a wireless digital meat thermometer. It will be almost impossible not to cook/smoke/grill a perfect piece of meat.

Another vote for the Falls Motel. We stay there every year.

Toms are a beautiful bird, but man are they ugly when wet! Congrats on the hunt. Thanks for sharing.

Wow – that’s a dream trip of mine. Too bad I can’t swing the $7,500 right now! Someone’s going to get a heck of a deal.

I have a Johnny Ray mount and like it a lot. It’s not adjustable for position other than rotation, but I don’t need that. It is very easy to remove the unit after fishing.

I am planning to be there on Saturday.

They are correct, you don’t need a passport to get a RABC permit. My dad just got one without a passport. I do have a passport and just got mine as well. I mailed in the form with a check and had my permit in 2 weeks. You can also buy non-resident Canadian fishing licenses online, so you wouldn’t need to go into Canada to get it.

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Long John Silvers. It was my favorite restaurant as a kid, and I still can’t resist. Luckily I don’t live anywhere near one. However, if I see one, I’ll still eat at it even though it is a guaranteed trip to the bathroom in a hurry in an hour or two.

Congrats Dean!

Hi Randy!

Here is a link that shows pictures of the new design. No retractable roof. Part of the roof is supposed to be transparent panels to let natural light in, and the ends are supposed to have big panels that pivot to let in the outside air.

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/photo-gallery/Images-Of-The-New-Vikings-Stadium/ca0a3ace-4a19-4d9a-998c-b5fdf30b73c6#4ed9a3b1-8fbd-45e2-94e7-69748af49a39

Hope the link works. i have never posted one before.

Manning and Brady

Carolina and Seattle

Not that exotic, but I’m headed back to Cedar Lake in Ontario in late July. This will be 5 out of the last 6 years going there. The first episode of Musky Hunter last weekend was there, and after watching that July can’t come soon enough.