BrianF wrote:

Before you dive in to the expensive world of FFS, just know that some folks, including me, believe that the powerful LS signal seems to turn-off alot of shallow fish when ice fishing – and even a fair amount of deep fish. From my experience, the range at which fish begin to sense and respond negatively to the LS signal is around 40′ from the transducer

I have heard this before and have tried a little to see if it is true, my very limited experience with LS it hasn’t seemed to make much of a difference but who knows really, maybe I could have done much better had I shut it off.

Last time I did a 1/4 it was around $700 I think. It was a few years back now.

In down view I have used it in 8-9′ ice fishing walleye on Red. You can tell if it’s a walleye or just dink perch. You could also tell what line the fish was looking at jig vs deadstick

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

So Amelia and Winnie are friends now

Sounds like Winne is a healer. Cool story Grouse!

buckybadger wrote:

One thing is for certain…whether it’s 1″ or 6″ of snowfall, people will be piling into the ditches across the area despite this not being much of a snowstorm.

I’m about to head back in town from Eau Claire and hope the people around me can keep it under control and keep a decent speed. Looks like I’m driving right into it, not worried about myself as I’m driving an awd with good tires, it’s the others driving around on worn crappy tires not paying attention.

Seriously dude you will not believe how light these things are without that lead battery.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Not a vex guy but I thought they were all flat face models now. Perhaps if they still sell the fl8 that wouldnt be but the rest I thought were.

My FL18 is just the 8 with zoom and or bottom lock, so same face. That being said I love my new 28 super crisp display. Will most likely be the last flasher I buy in my life though as I can’t really see what they can improve on from here.

vinella wrote:

Reed’s has the Vexilar brand 12v 9ah lithium battery and charger on sale right now for $59.99.

This is what I bought, it last a long time, seriously this thing won’t die running a vexilar. The weight savings are huge, I never considered my vexilar heavy until I switched out the battery then picked it up again. Totally worth it.

EPG,dang it’s close to the hotel. Might just have to stop and check it out!

Appreciate the recommendations guys. If I’m right work will have me too busy to even poke around town

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>John Rasmussen wrote:</div>
So work has me spending one night next week in the south end of Eau Claire. Might just stay at the hotel and eat and have some beers, but if I feel adventurous where would you suggest for a good burger or steak. TIA

Guys, he’s not really looking for recommendations.

This is a shameless stealth gloat post. Mr. Highroller gets a prime time, all expenses paid trip to sunny South Eau Claire and he just wants to make sure all of us peons who never get to go glam like him know it.

Just wait until you see all the shots of Jon’s Eau de Wild Weekend hit his Instagram. Cue the party shots. The hot chicks. John rollling up to the VIP entrance shots.

How long do you think he’ll be in town before he utters the infamous words, “Don’t you know who I am?”

Yep as usual Grouse is on to me! Watch my instagram feed for EPIC content!

I have to look now that you guys say it I might have a gift card still for Texas Roadhouse. Hate to go somewhere that I live close enough to just never go out to eat anymore. Thanks for the suggestions so far guys.

Dogfish wrote:

I see lots of Canadians using frozen/salted minnows (probably due to regulation and convenience as opposed to effectiveness?), has anyone given that a shot around town and if so have a recommendation for places to get them?

I know someone who knew the guys at JR tackle in BP and he had them freeze the dead minnows from there tanks and would take them up to Canada. Not sure if any shops would do that for you and also not sure if they salted them or just tossed them in a bag a froze them.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

So yeah I’m that guy walking the dog that’s wearing the North Face doggie puffer jacket with a hood. It’s weird and I totally own it.

It would be super cute if you guys had matching jackets.

Congrats on the new addition. Sounds like an interesting adventure.

The Wrangler Adventure AT and the Duratrac is the only ones I would run on my truck.

That sucks they wore that badly. Goodyear has some stuff in the line I would not recommend also.

I will again stick with my recommendation of the Adventure AT for your needs. If you have never had an AT before they will be a good step into it, and they are very capable of doing what you need. I pull a fish house a lot so I run Duratracs and most recently tried a set of KO2’s.

Dutchboy wrote:

If I was his age with his cash and job i’d be a problem also.

One can only imagine Dutch. Your old and don’t have his cash and look how much of a problem you are.

Ok that is pretty awesome!

mxskeeter wrote:

That is also why they push for more work. I’m always leary of an incentive driven shop. Many, not all, push unnecessary work.

I know this happens at some places. However most people think shops are pushing work on you when most times we are just trying to help the customer keep there vehicle in good shape. Some guys believe in taking care of there vehicle and some don’t. Some think when there being asked to do fluid services, spark plugs and other maintenance they think its being up sold. It is up to you if you chose to ignore that and possibly pay bigger money later ie not doing transmission fluid services, some people think there winning by leaving with just he oil change bill and it comes back to bite them we needing to replace expensive parts. The reason techs a payed on commission is simple human nature, we need the carrot in front of out nose to work harder.

Bearcat89 wrote:

That crack will be heave mountain after this wild wind.

I still haven’t heard where the crack is. No one else is talking about it except Cookie. Anyone know?

Bearcat89 wrote:

Wonder what the 30 mph winds will do to that crack the next 2 days.

That’s the million dollar question!

A former detailer told me about something new that he had a young kid starting up a business was using, could have been that, but I thought it was more for protecting the paint than underbody.

LabDaddy1 wrote:

I’m starting to get the icy itch

You must be if you dug up an 11 year old thread! I’m hitting Red this weekend to scratch my itch.

Stanley you opened pandoras box! These commoners are not supposed to see behind that curtain, every rattle in the dash now is our fault.

fishthumper wrote:

Like others have said, these home shop guys probably don’t have all the overhead that larger shops have. thus why some are probably willing to do the jobs for less.

Overhead for sure, they also don’t have a warranty which to me you would have to save a lot of money to trust a vehicle repair that might lead to an accident to some dude in his garage. I understand the guy you were talking about did not work at a shop but regardless cutting a hole to save time is shady at best.

KPE wrote:

I grew up without one. Call me crazy but I think they’re a huge waste unless you’ve got obnoxiously hard water.

I grew up with one and do not have one in the current home. Did not work when we bought the place and never replaced it.

fishthumper wrote:

Online he found post about cutting a hole in thru the glovebox and accessing the problem that way. Not sure if that was what the home mechanic did or what, but he found a way to complete the job in about 1/3 of the book time and only charged for the time spent.

At any shop I ran that tech would no longer work for me.

Mine stays on the boat outside all winter always has

Any and all legit shops charge based off of book time provided by a legit labor guide. Put it this way would you like to pay extra just because the tech you had working on your car was slower than the one in the next bay? It is the only way to fairly charge for something in our world.