Two Rivers is 60 mi from Green Bay.

This is by far the best anchor I have ever used. River or lake it will hold as long as you have sufficient line. I would also suggest a nylon spring lead by the anchor. I have a 40lb one and it holds my 21ft bass boat in heavy current or 8′ waves. With a Jon you would not need anything that heavy, maybe 20lb. Just my 02 and have tried and lost many.
http://www.clackacraft.com/accessories/anchors.htm

If you want to know who is the best guide for that area you should contact Howie’s Tackle Company and ask for Tim. He will suggest a guide that is on fish, not just a guide.

Howie’s Tackle
223 Green Bay Road
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Phone: 920-746-9916 Fax: 920-746-9669
Email: [email protected]

Here are the two places you could go. The hotel caters to fisherman and Howies can provide up to the minute info as well as needed baits.

http://www.howiestackle.com/ ask for Tim
http://www.beachharborresort.com/ ask for Jon

The bass are being caught right now, yes there is a better bite in the fall. I was out saturday and had my best day ever with two over 6 , 5 over 5 and to may fours to count. Where you stay depends on what type of water you are acustomed to as the two areas fish different.

Throw bass gear, you always catch more ski’s with bass baits than anything else. Try a 3/4oz tandum all white spinnerbait and burn baby burn!

The Minocqua chain is great otherwise there is squirrel, buckatobon or if you really want to catch some slab smallies try butternut.

Yes, but they are not dealing in order to sell any like the other brands are. I tried to buy one this week and GMC, Nissan and Ford are more motivated to move trucks. The other thing is, I could not get one dealer to comment on whether or not the 5.7 will hit the EPA ratings. (15-18) Most of the stuff I find on the internet says they are thirsty.

nice laker

Why do you think there was an alarming number of 50″ fish harvested on Green Bay and where do you get your harvested fish numbers from? There was a large number of 50″ fish caught and a number of 55″ fish, where is the threshold published that constitutes an alarming number? Where is the data to back up your claim and how many fish were caught and released during the season vs those caught and kept illegally in the spring?

You know as well as any avid musky fisherman that a 50″ fish is a trophy of a lifetime and some seasoned angler may choose to mount the one caught in their life. That is a personal choice and not one that should be taken away because you feel there is an alarming number of fish caught because you saw a few pictures on the internet. Although it would not be my choice to keep any fish why do you have this elitist attitude and want to prevent someone else from their trophy of a lifetime caught during the open season? Why do you site the Great Lakes size limits enforced by Canada, which is 54″. We have a different climate around Green Bay than what Canada does so why should we manage our fish like they do? There are very few anglers that possess the skills to catch those larger fish on this massive body of water after opening day and these regulations will do nothing to stop the people from illegally harvesting such trophies before the opener. The select few musky anglers that do catch these fish during the open season are extremely respectful and release them all because they know it might be them that catches the next world record.

Again changing this size limit will do nothing to curtail the walleye fisherman from catching this class of fish in the spring before the season is open and certainly will not stop those that are going to break the law just because they caught a 50″ fish. If you are trying to regulate the extremely low number of fish caught during the open season by the worm soakers you will have again missed the mark as a number of them that fish the “bay” and catch fish accidentally will not know or care about the law and if are so inclined to keep a fish of that caliber would do it anyway.

Here are a couple of things that would help all fishermen and in the end be time better spent.

1. Help stop out of state landowners and lake associations from trying to privatize “THEIR LAKES”
2. Ask the WDNR to provide more or improved access to our waterways
3. Ask the WDNR to be more pro-active with invasive species and not throw up there hands and limit anglers rights after years of ignoring the root problem
4. Ask the WDNR to stop land owners from cutting or killing or removing habitat from the waters in front of their homes (weeds, wood or other natural occurrences)
5. Ask the WDNR to crack down on the large number of perch anglers on the bay that take multiple limits each day so the muskies have the forage to grow to more than 54″

IT IS NOT PERSONAL, WE DO NOT NEED MORE REGULATION OR RESTRICTION – WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS!!!

Why do you think there was an alarming number of 50″ fish harvested on Green Bay and where do you get your harvested fish numbers from? There was a large number of 50″ fish caught and a number of 55″ fish, where is the threshold published that constitutes an alarming number? Where is the data to back up your claim and how many fish were caught and released during the season vs those caught and kept illegally in the spring?

You know as well as any avid musky fisherman that a 50″ fish is a trophy of a lifetime and some seasoned angler may choose to mount the one caught in their life. That is a personal choice and not one that should be taken away because you feel there is an alarming number of fish caught because you saw a few pictures on the internet. Although it would not be my choice to keep any fish why do you have this elitist attitude and want to prevent someone else from their trophy of a lifetime caught during the open season? Why do you site the Great Lakes size limits enforced by Canada, which is 54″. We have a different climate around Green Bay than what Canada does so why should we manage our fish like they do? There are very few anglers that possess the skills to catch those larger fish on this massive body of water after opening day and these regulations will do nothing to stop the people from illegally harvesting such trophies before the opener. The select few musky anglers that do catch these fish during the open season are extremely respectful and release them all because they know it might be them that catches the next world record.

Again changing this size limit will do nothing to curtail the walleye fisherman from catching this class of fish in the spring before the season is open and certainly will not stop those that are going to break the law just because they caught a 50″ fish. If you are trying to regulate the extremely low number of fish caught during the open season by the worm soakers you will have again missed the mark as a number of them that fish the “bay” and catch fish accidentally will not know or care about the law and if are so inclined to keep a fish of that caliber would do it anyway.

Here are a couple of things that would help all fishermen and in the end be time better spent.

1. Help stop out of state landowners and lake associations from trying to privatize “THEIR LAKES”

2. Ask the WDNR to provide more or improved access to our waterways

3. Ask the WDNR to be more pro-active with invasive species and not throw up there hands and limit anglers rights after years of ignoring the root problem

4. Ask the WDNR to stop land owners from cutting or killing or removing habitat from the waters in front of their homes (weeds, wood or other natural occurrences)

5. Ask the WDNR to crack down on the large number of perch anglers on the bay that take multiple limits each day so the muskies have the forage to grow to more than 54″

IT IS NOT PERSONAL, WE DO NOT NEED MORE REGULATION OR RESTRICTION – WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS!!!

LowranceNET questions UPDATE

I have a new 112c and a new 27c and have run into a few Q’s as I am installing them. Here are the items causing confusion, if anyone can answer any of these for certain please let me know.

1. When installing a network do I need to purchase a network power cable with T-connector to power the net or can I just power the NEMA 2000 power cable attached to either one of my units power cables?

(As Jon said you can power the network from one and only one of the units NEMA power cables.)

2. Looking on the Lowrance website and using LoranceNet designer it shows two 120 Ohm resisters on either end of the network. Do I need to purchase them as well because my new units came with 60 Ohm resisters?

(If connecting two units you will need to purchase two 120 Ohm resisters.)

3. Do I need to purchase a new temp sensor or can I use the one the is part of the PD-WBL cable that used to connect to my X17. This cable also has a 3 pin blue connector that connects to the puck transducer epoxy into my boat on one end and a blue 5-pin connector on the other end. Will this data be available on both units as well?

(This cable will work an provide a temp on the second unit.)

4. I want to utilize two different GPS antenna signals. One on the bow unit and one on the console, if I hook both into the network how can I ensure the bow unit receives the signal from the antenna on the bow and the unit on the console receives the signal from the antenna located behind the drivers seat?

(You can hook up two antennas, but you must select which one you want to use. So if you want a signal from the front of the boat attend there is a simple selection in the bus configuration that need to be selected. Bothe antennas can be named so one knows which one you are receiving a signal from.)

Thanks Jon,

I will need to figure something out for the two antenna signals. Maybe I just wont network them as it will not work for me in that configuration. I must have a fix directly over my bow for fishing directly over deep structure and one the rear of the boat in close proximity to the transducer when I am locating new places. With the error already in GPS units and a 16-17 ft difference between the two locations I want to find or locate there is even more room for error. I am also not installing either of the new transducers as I will not be able to use the built in temp. I have one glassed into the bottom of my bass boat. Will likely be on hold with Lowrance tomorrow about the transducer question, I hope I do not need to replace transducer I currently have glassed in. There should be a adapter or something to make the two year old one work.

I use Sufix Mono on a number of my rods 6,10,12 and 20 it has been great. I do use a line conditioner on it and pre-strech it just as I have on other lines in the past because it relaxes the memory inherent to all mono a bit.

As good as I think the Sufix mono is, the braid is absolutely the best braid I have ever used bar none and I have used them all for bass and musky. If any walleye or bass guys use braid on spinning gear and are tired of wind knots, line cutting into spool or loosing its color after a few outings Sufix braid is the answer.

Are you targeting anything specific?

There are a number of ways to belong to the nation. There is a number of clubs around the state that are looking for members to join. If you do not want to join a club you can start one and have it fit your and your buddies schedule. There are clubs that use results from opens or other events that they fish to determine club standings. Other clubs have 4 hour week night tournaments or weekend getaways. Any combination can be used to get results for a six tournament schedule.

As an example, the club I belong to holds one day long event early in the year before tournaments start, than we hold four on weeknights during the summer and finish the year in October with two one day events on the best smallie river or lake we can find. All of this is planned around the many open or other tournaments our members fish. Sometimes we prefish as a club for a upcoming event while holding a tournament.

Your going to go fishing anyway so get some buddies together join or start a club and take your shot at the Bassmaster Classic. There is NO other way to get there without spending thousands to do it. You only need to finish in the top twelve and your two tournaments away from fishing the Classic!!!

Bring your fishing boat mid-late September to Sturgeon Bay and you can catch one after another on light tackle during the middle of the day in a protected area. In the AM and PM you can chase trophy bass, walleye, pike and ski’s if you choose. If that isnt enough you can catch your limit of perch for the heck of it.

The Sebile possessed series does contain a oil with metal flakes suspended in it. The theory behind this is for two reasons. The oil will remain in motion or move ever so slightly when at rest giving the illusion that the body is fluid and the flake is to represent scales coming off a wounded baitfish to entice a strike. I was first introduced to these lures last summer and started using them at the end of July on Lake Michigan and was extremely surprised to find out I could hammer smallies suspended over 18 – 28 fow in the mourning and they still worked in the afternoon during high sky’s. In the afternoon they would call the fish up from the depths. I continued to use them into the late fall with great sucess around Door County. I was truly amazed at the results and can not wait until spring to use them.

Fifteen bucks for a lure does kinda suck and it seems like a pattern that is not going away soon. I am not proud to admit I have succumb to some even pricier twenty five dollar Japanese lures because they work especially in tough conditions. And when I throw them it makes my you know what pucker for fear of loosing it. There are many great reasonably priced traditional lure manufactures out there and almost all of them will catch fish and yes there are times when a three dollar lure or simple plastic will out catch any of these lures. Most of the standard lures need to be tweaked to run properly or weighted to suspend as advertized, when you buy a hand painted lure in the fifteen dollar range they more closely resemble batfish, run true, suspend properly and have a unique action that triggers fish to bite. When you are in a tournament and someone is weaving in and out between tournament boats hammering fish and you and the other 5 – 10 boats around are not catching fish it can be quite humbling. I have seen it happen more than I care too where everyone is throwing the standard fare and you can follow neuromas boats and load it many times over while others stare in amazement. With this in mind one might become a little less hesitant to spend the extra money especially if it happens to you! Some of these lures just catch fish more consistently or when others don’t. However it kink of make a guy a bit jumpy when you are on a body of water with allot of snot rockets. Just my 02.

The top one is a twitching glider bait that works just under the surface 3″ -6″ and also comes in a sinking style. The bottom one is like a trap and I guarantee they both kill the smallies.

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A fishfinder/GPS is just like putting a motor on a boat. One should put the biggest motor on the boat that it can handle if you can afford it and you should look at fishfinder/GPS in the same light. I say this as a person that lives by my electronics. I fish deep water many times miles from shore. If you don’t depend on your electronics as much, there are many good units available for 400 -600 bucks. Either way you will need to spend the time to learn how to interpret what any fishfinder is telling you. I would suggest using or borrowing a underwater camera while doing this. Learn to trust and to interpret is key to both the least and the most expensive units for without this they are all just depthfinders. I personally love Lowrance and would not use anything else. IMHO

In my opinion, this is not something Minnesota bass fishermen should take lightly!! The next thing you know they will be proposing similar rules to the ones proposed in Wisconsin. BAN ON ALL LIVE RELEASE TOURNAMENTS IN JULY AND AUGUST. You can start to fight this by having a looooooong talk with Vern Wagner from the Minnesota BASS Federation and than get in bed with the DNR. At the same time you may want to start to develop good economic numbers generated by tournaments and find friends in local chambers and business supporters.

I would bet it coming shortly so don’t sit on your hands too long.

Respectfully

While it looks like one may be able to question the funding it is a stark difference from the tactics the Wisconsin DNR utilizes. Here in Wisconsin the WDNR would rather cite user conflicts and do everything in their power to limit or restrict access to the public waterways. All while pitting the lake associations against conservation minded organizations. In Wisconsin some lake associations also buy up land adjacent to public access and than turn to city or county government to enact punitive parking regulation that severely limits access thereby more less privatizing the lakes. So maybe it may serve everyone much better if a concerned sportsman group or even a individual could find a way to help the MDNR get it done while maximizing the functionality and encouraging the MDNR to improve or add access to other lakes.

IMHO

At least you were able to find some protected areas. The wind was howeling 20 – 30 that weekend and the area you where at leaves little for protection or the faint at heart. Great fish Jim go and sack-um up again.

WOW!!!

Great stuff, fresh angles and good music. If that is anything like the rest of the video it will be fantastic. I will post some stuff I have when it is done.

I hunted for many years with a recurve and it is very rewarding. It will make you learn to take much greater care in covering or eliminating your scent, playing the wind and so on. You will be a much better hunter period.

Get a subscription to Traditional Bowhunter
Get a bow that you can pull back in cold weather, don’t be a hero with pull weight.
Choose a shooting style and learn the proper mechanics first.
Shoot 1-200 arrows a night from July through the season at least for the first year
Pick a spot when shooting and the rest should come with practice (I preferred to snap shoot) It is all about repeatable mechanics.
Have your arrows fletched with bright colors so you can always see them in flight
You can use AL or carbon arrows but it kind of defeats the purpose. I would suggest since you are starting over to start with wood arrows as well. Pay particular attention to the spine of your arrows, your broad heads and the weight. Speed is not all it’s cracked up to be. I liked a heaver arrow because you always get better penetration and flight. A two blade Zewicky works great and is time proven. There are many manufactures that make quality products.
Start with 8 – 10 yards for a shooting distance. (most of your shots with traditional equipment will be 8 -12 yards for a few years until you are very proficient with the equipment) Don’t bait and you will see more deer, you should try hunting from the ground or lower tree stands. 8 – 10 feet seems to work great and if you do a good job with the wind and scent you will have many deer come with-in a few feet of you.
Since you went to the extra effort to learn and shoot traditional equipment, keep that theme and use the KISS method in all your recurve adventures.

Best of Luck,

Chris

I hunted for many years with a recurve and it is very rewarding. It will make you learn to take much greater care in covering or eliminating your scent, playing the wind and so on. You will be a much better hunter period.

Get a subscription to Traditional Bowhunter
Get a bow that you can pull back in cold weather, don’t be a hero with pull weight.
Choose a shooting style and learn the proper mechanics first.
Shoot 1-200 arrows a night from July through the season at least for the first year
Pick a spot when shooting and the rest should come with practice (I preferred to snap shoot) It is all about repeatable mechanics.
Have your arrows fletched with bright colors so you can always see them in flight
You can use AL or carbon arrows but it kind of defeats the purpose. I would suggest since you are starting over to start with wood arrows as well. Pay particular attention to the spine of your arrows, your broad heads and the weight. Speed is not all it’s cracked up to be. I liked a heaver arrow because you always get better penetration and flight. A two blade Zewicky works great and is time proven. There are many manufactures that make quality products.
Start with 8 – 10 yards for a shooting distance. (most of your shots with traditional equipment will be 8 -12 yards for a few years until you are very proficient with the equipment) Don’t bait and you will see more deer, you should try hunting from the ground or lower tree stands. 8 – 10 feet seems to work great and if you do a good job with the wind and scent you will have many deer come with-in a few feet of you.
Since you went to the extra effort to learn and shoot traditional equipment, keep that theme and use the KISS method in all your recurve adventures.

Best of Luck,

Chris

Ken Brown
Angler Expedetions
(847) 846-2117
[email protected]
http://WWW.anglerexpeditions.com

I would go and when you get back let me know and I will tell you where you can go bass fishing in Wisconsin in late January or early Febuary and catch spawning bass or maybe a striper or two.