All this team does is win but still 4 games out. AL central is strong AF this year.
They kinda gagged when they split against Cleveland at home, especially when they had them on the ropes and couldn’t put them away. Might show that Cleveland is a better team or wants it more. They do have better pitching than the Twins, and that usually wins in the end..
“What other lures do people like?”
I’ve done well using hair jigs. However I really like chasing them with a fly rod. Gurglers, small poppers, Murdich Minnows, and Clousers.
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My dad was a hair jig and Clouser guy, good times 
Thanks, Livescope Light is all I can afford.
Big fan of shallow running jerk baits and spy baits when you see the feeding packs of white bass.
What other lures do people like?
Friend of mine just got back from Grand Marais and fished lake trout from shore with spoons. Various spots near town, kept moving around. Nothing huge, but fun..
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I their a fishable population in Pepin? Can you just look for circling gulls while you are fishing for something else?
Yes, follow the gulls especially in the Fall as the water cools… Kind of a “Livescope Light” version lol.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FryDog62 wrote:</div>
Grab an ultra light rod or BFS and have an absolute blast!What is a BFS? And those are some nice white bass. One in the second pic is a freak- built like a tank!
The fish in the second pic weighed 4.1 pounds and just 7 ounces shy of the Minn state record. BFS is a baitcaster equivalent of an ultralight spinning outfit.
IMO, white bass are the Rodney Dangerfield of bass in Minnesota, and I don’t know why. Pound for pound they fight more than any other species (yes, even more than my beloved smallmouth) especially in cold water. There must be some saltwater DNA in them that make them such tough fighters.
And they are technically a panfish and can be excellent table fare, where I wouldn’t eat any other bass. When cleaning, just remove any dark meat, not hard to do, excellent meat. Pan fried in Ritz cracker crumbs and butter is my favorite.
I used to chase them in 2-3 different lakes when I lived in Minnesota, and there is always the river or the Dakotas. Caught some up to 19 inches, 4 pounds. Grab an ultra light rod or BFS and have an absolute blast!
Man, I miss fishing for them!!
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From the Twins web site:
“Buxton, Correa and Royce Lewis, three of Minnesota’s most important hitters, have only been in the starting lineup together 17 times this season.”
That puts it in a little perspective –
Let’s not forget that they had a chance to resign Sonny Gray for cash! No loss of prospects or young talent. Ownership decision indefensible ☹️
I think they might have ponied up for Sonny, but at the end of the day he disliked Rocco too much to come back. The Twins would definitely be in a far stronger position with him this year.
Did you guys see the reports of what other teams wanted for half-season rental pitchers? Sounds like the Twins would have had to give up Brooks Lee, Walker Jenkins or others…
Sure they’re cheap, the TV deal is bad but price of talent was too steep..
I read the original post and felt sick – for you and your dad, but also because it brings up bad memories.
Don’t know if your dad has Lyme, but know that even if tested – less than half of the people with it don’t test positive the first time, or even sometimes with subsequent testing. The CDC testing is terribly antiquated.
I went on the wild goose chase of seeing 25+ doctors/specialists to try to get answers when not just one, but two of my family members got sick with similar symptoms as your dad. MRI’s, blood work, CT scans, lumbar punctures, etc, etc, etc. Both tested negative for Lyme 3-4 times over 6 months before they finally got a positive test result. By then, the disease went systemic, doxycycline no longer works, and it’s been a living hell of multiple symptoms that’ll ruin your life ever since.
My 25 year old son got it one year, my wife the next (Interestingly they have the same blood type). My son had found a tick after walking in the woods, my wife never saw one. I’ll spare you their separate journeys but is very extensive. But I will add that my wife fainted while doing 50 mph while going on an entrance ramp onto Hwy 100 and is lucky someone was in the car to take the wheel before she smashed into the cement median.
Let’s hope your dad has something else that is better treatable. First thing I recommend is to get on Ivermectin. Doesn’t work for everyone, but many it does. In our case, yes for my wife, no for my son. But it’s cheap and no side effects. Second, see Dr. Kyle Warren in Edina who specializes in these types of infectious disease things. Mainstream doctors that don’t have a positive test result in front of them for Lyme will invariably diagnose it as “in your head” and take anti-depressants. It’s obviously not and it’s called gaslighting. Dr. Warren can help develop a treatment plan.
I hope this narrows down 5 years of learning the hard way into one post.
Good luck, hope your dad turns the corner soon
Double Pitzen aka Shaw Grigsby knot. Problem solved.
I agree, a very strong knot… although I would recommend a variation of this knot known as the Swindle knot. The Grigsby knot is good, but you end up with 3 tag ends all facing forward – which end up as a catch-all for grass, moss, etc. The Swindle knot you end up with 2 tags facing backwards and one forward so you don’t pick up the gunk as much. Gerald has a humorous video on the subject, that aside its a little harder to follow but you can see how he goes back though the loop at the end the other direction than Shaw.
Yeah I keep wondering what Correa must be thinking. Does anyone know if he has opt outs in his contract? I would guess there are.
Even if he does have an opt out clause, with all of his lower leg issues (ankle, and now both heels) and turning 30 – He’d have a hard time getting another contract anywhere near his current..
You’ve got a surplus of at least 5 players that have or can play 2nd base and couldn’t trade any 1-2 of them for a decent arm? Not buying it…
Julien
Farmer
Martin
Castro
Lee
Agreed, I wouldn’t trade Lee or Castro but the others should’ve attracted sufficient interest for at least a strong, lower level prospect. If not, how are you going to manage and find playing time for that many developing middle/utility infield players?
Corner outfield spots have a surplus as well…
Someone botched it up – –
Gabe’s, Halftime Rec, Lions Pub, Leo’s Lounge- Vermillion. SD.
Club Eden in Eden, SD still a favorite. It’s Cafe Eden in the morning for breakfast, then they slide out the slot machines and dim the lights at night and it becomes “Club Eden.” Best wing night in the region. Population 97 and they are all there ~
Fred, I think you and I ran in common circles – I went to JM and then played baseball at RCC. The ballroom out on 14 I think was Knights of Columbus on the South Side… and yeah what was the name of the one on the North side?? Spilled a few there for sure. Mike DeWitt I barely knew but remember he was a lifeguard, good dude. My sister Becky FryDog was in the RCC choir, I was 2 years younger. Deb Cemensky is still a good friend today (our sons were neighbors, then room mates after college). Small world ~
I was rooting around in a closet yesterday and found a package of 20 of these guys. With humidity hanging right around 90% yesterday I figured the shop would be cooler so I washed a couple of the blanks with alcohol, the proceeded to play with the airbrush.
These are about the third to the smallest crankbait type of blanks I work with and while they can be challenging they are fun to mess with. Recently I’ve been trying my hand at detail painting more than just color schemes so I sort of mixed some detail and bright together to create these.
The bodies are 1.25″ and with the bills they are just a shade over 1.8″. On light mono [4lb or less] they’ll get down about 5 feet. With 4 pound Clam Frost braid they’ll go a wee bit deeper. Retrieve speed can be a factor…. too fast and they’ll want to roll. While I do cast these, my best luck comes from putting a 1/8 drop shot weight four feet ahead of the bait and very slowly troll or drift them thru pods of suspended crappies.
Like Frydog…. I find that bass and the toothy devils like them as much as the crappies do if fished close to cover. I won’t go into what a dogfish will do to one of these.
Are those crankbaits the size of the earrings you made for my wife a few years back??
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Wow, beautiful patterns.. Are there favorite hooks you use that stay sharp?
The 13 year old and I made it out this morning, seemed to be everything I threw they wanted. He stuck with the neko and caught a 20, and 21 back to back. Followed by a 9 for 9 on casts. Bite was pretty fire for the first couple hours this morning
Very cool, that’ll keep him coming back.. good job dad!
Went to a lake this morning known for high numbers but smaller fish. Decided to go all BFS as inspiration for my buddy JW (who is a frequent lurker here and one foot down the BFS rabbit hole with me) and use only micro cranks. Caught about 40 fish between 12-15 inches but it was a blast…
Here is today’s line up – all 1.5-2 inches long. Winners were the jerk bait and the Damiki Disco crank.
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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
How do you keep a treble hooked lure from getting hung up in the weeds? If you’re having difficulty with a ned, certainly a crankbait with trebles isn’t gonna be any better.Maybe I’m confused here as to where you intend to toss these.
He’s saying it’s a PIA because you have to fish slow with it. The crank is a finesse presentation that covers water faster.
I think I’d be donating most of those micro cranks to pike on the lakes I fish.
Pike are an issue for sure, but I haven’t lost any more than a regular sized crankbait… maybe slightly less. Funny, fishing a freshwater canal down here that drains out to the Gulf, but 4 miles inland, I did catch a 20 lb tarpon on a MacBeth 39!
How do you keep a treble hooked lure from getting hung up in the weeds? If you’re having difficulty with a ned, certainly a crankbait with trebles isn’t gonna be any better.
Maybe I’m confused here as to where you intend to toss these.
Casting to the weed edge – not into it. Same I do with a ned for the most part ~
Dr. Pierre Kory is as close to an expert on these things that you can find and worth reading up on as it relates to Ivermectin.
People forget that Ivermectin won the Nobel Prize as a breakthrough medicine. And virtually no side effects and inexpensive. It was well-respected before all the political drama made it polarizing.
Does it work for everyone, I don’t think so, but maybe for most or at least many. It took away my wife’s long term Covid symptoms and her remaining (extensive) Lyme Disease symptoms of 4 years. My son, who has had systemic Lyme for 5 years took it. Did it help, maybe but not much. Was it worth trying and basically risk free, absolutely. I’d recommend it to anyone struggling with Covid, Lyme or other parasitic illnesses. You have nothing to lose, except maybe some ego if your media outlet told you it was evil..
… You mean “DeBait” post.. lol
I got covid the first time around never got my smell back I do mean nothing. Been years now.
Two of my family members too, although one went on Ivermectin and said he got 80% of it back. It’s not a cure-all for everyone, but could help.
I had a couple family members that took Paxlovid and it may or may not have helped… but for two of them all the covid symptoms came back about 10 days later. One went on to Ivermectin and wiped it right out. My wife had lingering covid symptoms last January and also went on Ivermectin and was almost 100% recovery within 2 days. It also wiped out her lingering Lyme Disease symptoms of nearly 4 years.
Too bad Ivermectin got politicized, and I don’t think it works for everyone, but for those it does, it’s pretty remarkable.
Varland got lit up for 11 or 12 runs and 5 homeruns today. 2+ innings.
And Paddock to the IL… can’t have enough quality arms – emphasis on Quality.
Any trades this team considers should be for top tier arms only, especially if they have to give up young talent.
Notice how beat up the tails were on some of these fish. Also these fish had been feeding heavy. They were really fat and great fighters
Looks like a great day John!
With the injury history and inconsistency, they will get nothing in return for Kirillof. Might as well stash him in AAA as a back up option when others get hurt, he’s not going anywhere.
