Guys like us use trucks as intended (actually leaving the blacktop while hauling our stuff)and don’t care for the fancy cool gizmos and “creature features” adding cost to these vehicles. We are a small percent of what the majority market wants in a vehicle.
I have run both an Aberdeen hook or a 1/16 ounce jib head. I have net seen one favored over the other.
It’s defiantly eye opening hearing the other side of the story!
Closest landmark to where we hunt is the Viking on 22 and 5. What do you want to know? I can say lots of deer in the area. Not a lot has changed on the 30+ years I have been hunting there.
Just got word from a coworker that the river muddied up and fishing tanked. Shot my morning plans in the a$$.
Did the Fork’s let lose?
Here are a few that kept our attention:
Ted Lasso
Shrinking
Chernobyl
Your Honor
Inside Man
Mayor of Kingstown
You
On FB there is a group called Tullibee Takedown MN. Maybe check that out for info.
Just noticed Reeds season end has started; SM 40v 8″ on sale for $479. Not a smoking hot price but normally around $550.
I’m another happy owner of a SM 40V going on 3rd season. If you were to go this route, try and find an ice show special kind of thing where you can get a second battery free or discounted. These run around $100 a pop.
I can’t add anything more than what has already been said…
My son bought his first big boy rifle and after looking over the other guns decided on Tikka T3x in .270. After working the bolts on several different makes, he felt the Tikka ran the smoothest and locked up tight which was the deciding factor. He was fortunate and harvested 2 bucks with it this fall.
lol it is normal. but its crazy that it is normal. I haven’t gone to red in a few years because I don’t care much for the crowds and it seems like its gotten progressively worse the last 5 years or so.
Exactly!!
Too bad the good old days (4 years ago and more) are gone when you could call any place Tuesday before Thanksgiving and rent a house on shore Thursday night for $20-$25 per head and included power at no additional cost.
Not only are we seeing them like that we are also noticing them waaayy up north as well near Tenstrike.
Yeah, it’s probably just a bad transducer that was sent to you.
Yes, but not always…
I had the same issue and Humminbird sent me a new ducer. That didn’t fix the problem so they had me send the head in and was back to me in 5 business days and its been flawless since.
We like Rainy River Resort. Guy and Jackie are fantastic hosts! As a matter of fact we will be there next week. It’s a smaller resort so it’s a bit quieter. Has the basic burger and pizza bar food and pull tabs. The resort is on it’s own bay with a sandbar separating it from the main river channel so you will not get the boat wakes pushing your tied-off boat around at the dock like some of the other resorts mentioned. the cabins are dated but very clean. We are usually there at MEA. Some years there is good fishing on the south shore and in the river and other years like last year we’d make the 25 mile run to the islands to find better fish.
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10 of us will be up starting on 4/14.Are you just fisihing sturgeon…the walleye season closes on the 14th?
Yep!
10 of us will be up starting on 4/14.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Francis K wrote:</div>
We are in the market for a 20-22 foot pontoon. When at the boat show, what brands should we take a look at?From what we have seen so far the Sylvan’s seem to be of good value when looking at the Mirage series.
Sylvans are very nice pontoon for the $. In laws have one. Just make sure it’s 8.5 feet wide and not 8’. They sell a lot of 8’ wide ones also. Not sure if you have a Montego Bay dealer near you but I think they are better built and don’t cost as much as the Sylvans. Benningtons are nice but I personally think you are paying $15,000 more just because it says Bennington. Not worth it in my eyes.
How much of a difference does 8′-8.5′ really make? Does it add to performance or square footage?
Congratulations!!
I love that area and want to visit it again. Years ago we would hunt antelope south of Malta all the way down to the Missouri Breaks.
I miss the days of solitude when icefishing, especially at primetime. Now all I can hear are generators running and what seems like constant commotion.
I think you need to consider your style of fishing when making the choice of remote versus tiller.
If you are typically fishing larger bodies of water making long trolling runs such as on GB, LOW or Mille Lacs you may consider a remote kicker. In these situations you are typically setting the speed and going with periodically making S-turns. Not a lot of adjustments are being made.
If you find yourself following and sticking tight to contours you may want to consider a tiller as it is way more efficient for making course and speed adjustments.
For me I have a tiller as I feel I could never effectively follow close to riprap shorelines in the river, a weed line or a rock reef with a remote. With one hand I can adjust the speed and direction of the boat while using my other hand to hold the rod and fight fish. I do not think I could do that effectively sitting at the helm holding a rod, steering and adjusting speed. When I am on big water trolling I lock the tiller handle 15-20 degrees to starboard (motor is on port side) adjust speed with Trollmaster and steer with the big motor.
Just some food for thought.
Here is one!
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Others have talked about the Fork’s and letting lose.
My experience has been that fishing before the Fork’s let lose is a numbers game of nice sized fish up to 22″ with larger ones mixed in. After the Fork’s let lose, there seems to be more 25″+ fish in the system.
Might want to check out Scheels….
I picked up a pair of 20’s last week for $50 each. Free shipping.
Putting a stitch across the hole is a basterd at best. So many layers to run the needle through. I ended up punching a hole through with a drill bit and installed a pop-rivet. Now the pole rests in the pocket against the rivet. I think this is your cheapest and least time consuming fix.
Have you looked at the Striker line? They have women’s that I’ve been looking at for my FW.
Not sure where you are located but Marcum is in New Hope MN. I’ve been there a couple times over the last 15 year and very quick turn around.
This question makes no sense, you can always just open the battery case and replace the cells, just like a drill battery case…
Hmmmm…
This is new to me. I guess I’ll need to google/Youtube this
We had a lot of them at the deer shack along the Itasca/St Louis counties line. Each morning while drinking coffee on the deck we’d count 4-6 of them at any given time.
Buggers dig big holes as well.
Any deals on the strikemaster 40v?
Best I’ve found today is $554.99 with 2 batteries. Marine General
No heart shots for me. It tastes too good. I like a double lung shot with good pass through. Lots of blood to track the short distance the deer goes, usually under 75 yards. I shoot nosler partitions loaded to max velocity out of my 6.5 Swede Tikka.
I love those Partitions out of my 30-06. Hit this one a little low but was still a double lung pass through and ran about 70 yards.
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