Wow you guys are not kidding on the bite.
We got on the water around 1:30 today and fished till 7 tonight. The 2 of us boated 16 walleyes.
Everything came on minnows for us today. With the 2 biggest going 25 and 25.5”.
Going to leave the minnows on shore tomorrow and fish the Canadian side.
The importers who bring the goods into the US pay the tariff, and yes they will 100% pass that cost on to cosumers
That isn’t 100% accurate. They could choose to eat the cost or a portion of the cost. Depends if their inflated price will price them out or not.
Tim Pool was just talking about this last night. He owns a skateboard mfg company that makes their product here in the US and he is expecting his sales to skyrocket with these tariffs on any Chinese made skateboards.
The same can be said for any fishing equipment that is made here in the US vs over there.
So I guess from what I’m understanding from what a few have said, the threat of tariffs has caused other countries to offer concessions in other areas. Sounds great.
But once this “art of the deal” takes place…what about all the good things the tariffs were supposed to bring? Trump campaigned on tariffs creating more American jobs. If we threaten with, and then back off on the tariffs….what about the jobs.
We were told we’d be getting so much money from tariffs it might just eliminate income taxes. If we back off on the tariffs….guess that income tax reduction never happens.
At a town hall a lady asked Trump how he would solve the housing crisis. He confidently replied that he would be raising so much money through tariffs it would solve the housing crisis. Again….if we back off on tariffs….
Tariffs have been paused for 90 days. This is to negotiate new trade deals. Let’s see what comes out of these trade deals.
As for China. All those tariffs are still in affect with an escalation to 125%.
There have been a number of businesses like Apple, Hundai and Roles Toyce have commitments to building here in the US.
The Hundai deal is for $20 billion and it actually goes back to 2019 when Trump was in office during his first term. Then Covid hit and he didn’t win reelection so it was mothballed until this term.
I remember talk of a huge steel plant and factory to be built in Louisiana for Hundai back then.
Where are the people that want to work in a fishing lure factory? We are short of people to work in this country already. Do we really think that a bunch of factories are going to open in this country?
Berkley must find people to make fishing line. It’s all engineered and manufactured in spirit lake Iowa.
AI can’t answer where their other products are made.
Interesting. Guess I’ve never heard the actual definition of burglary. The fact that you don’t have to steal anything is mind-burgling.
Full draw- you’re saying he physicallygrabbed him? I didn’t catch that in the vid.
I didn’t see it either but all we have is the view from what I assume is the victims chesty.
The lady police officer in Beast’s video above stated he grabbed the victims shirt.
Depending on the state that can be taken as an attempted assault.
The definition of burglary is to enter a building illegally to commit a crime.
When he grabbed the other guy in the boat that could be considered an attempted assault however.
I fail to see any wrong doing by the 22 year old guy though.
I hope it goes out the day before opener.
But with this weeks forecast and as big_g said some wind it will go quicker than that.
The Dutchman did a video this morning from Timbermill. The only ice left is on the shoreline and he is guessing it will a couple days till the access is opened up for boats.
I am hearing the county opened up Vidas this morning.
I seen a video from the Dutchman saying there are open holes in front of his place.
With next weeks forecast there should be a lot of open water by the weekend.
That Carter captain serves what ever is coming his way.
Youre telling me all this time i could have been charging both my batteries with 10amp chargers instead of doing one at a time
I don’t want to be that guy but yeah you could have. lol
I have an 80ah 24v lithium and its great. I did go with the charger made for it. Im not sure where guys are charging to be able to pull 20amps?? All my garage circuits are only 15amp
24 volts 20 amps = 120 volt 4 amps
Bucky if you go the single 24volt route and buy a LiTime I would just get a LiTime charger.
The charger will come with an Anderson connector so you would never have to undo the M8 bolts. Just plug in connectors and charge.
Also a lithium battery can be charged quicker than lead acid. I would go 20 amp charger if you go with a 24 volt battery.
I didn’t buy batteries with Blue Tooth but I did by batteries with built in heating. I installed a digital volt gauge to be able to tell rough percentage of charge.
I would want 100 ah. Even if you don’t drain them you could be looking at less times you would have to charge them.
“You’re a Daisy if you do.”
Watching Tombstone right now.
RIP Doc
Nice fish Mike.
Are any of the fish sliding up on the flats or are they all sticking to the channel depressions?
I seen a video from Vidas taken this morning.
There is open water now.
It won’t be long and that ramp should be open.
Next week’s forecast looks pretty good so far. Wednesday through Friday are in the 50’s.
A week from tomorrow we will be heading that way. Hope to be on the water by noon on Thursday.
I tried to get my coworker to take Wednesday off but no dice.
This guy isn’t suppose to park there.
This is from Day county SD today.
Been snowing since 8 AM here in Granite Falls. Nothing is sticking though.
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There was no eveidence that smoking was detrimental to your health until there was. There was no eveidence that seat belts saved lives until there was. Is there anything that common sense tells us that people don’t need a study done to believe?
My common sense tells me there are a lot of other factors that affect our fisheries more than forward facing sonar does.
“I disagree with this sentiment, it’s impacting our fisheries and other anglers enjoyment of the sport. Would you start to care when/if your catch rates start going down?”
How is it impacting our fisheries? Has there been a study proving out that it is?
How is it impacting other anglers enjoyment? I don’t own FFS but I can say, anyone that is using it they are not affecting my enjoyment at all. Why should I care what someone else is doing?
There is a lot of technology out there that can be associated with higher angler success, gps, you tube, imagery, cell phones, wheel houses, portables and the list goes on. Yet FFS is the one that certain anglers want to draw the line in the sand on.
Is your boat a fiberglass boat?
I have the same set up on mine.
The high speed transducer is epoxied onto the hull and will shoot through the hull for running at higher speeds. I say higher because around 40 mine will quit reading.
They should have the high speed and your SI/DI transducers connected together with a Y cable.
If I remember right I have mine set 2 the Mega MSI on the unit.
As for settings I usually run my sensitivity between 2 and 4 and contrast around 6.
Everyone’s eyes are a little different the lakes bottom will determine what to set it as well.
You just need to play with color pallet and dentist/contrast till things look good to your eyes.
I don’t have FFS but I did watch a video on YouTube where the guys had lines tapped on the floor to match the cone that the transducer would put off. At 75’ it was something like 15’ wide cone. If the fish is on one side of the cone and you cast on the other side of the cone you could be off by a long ways but be able to see the fish and your lure on your screen.
You know now that I think of it you could make some serious money selling waypoints. I know guys outwest will sell waypoints for Cams that have big bulls on them. You could do the same with livescope for muskies fairly easily. Go scan some basins get a solid group of waypoints and sell them for x amount per person.
That’s part of the reason more and more western states are banning cams on public land. 2 of the states (Az and Utah) with the biggest bulls have already banned or severely restricted the use of cameras.
As for FFS I agree with Bucky 100%.
I know guys complain about it’s boring watching guys stair at a screen.
Well it’s just as boring to me watching guys pound the bank. To each their own. But I think it should be up to the tournaments to ban it if that is what they want to do. Not a the state doing it.
Thank you for the report Mike.
Sounds like the county opened up Frontier this morning.
A co worker and I will be heading up a week from Thursday for 4 days. Trying to time the last push before it closes.
Hopefully things don’t get dirty.
I spent 8 hours on Wednesday graphing rock points on Big Stone. I would focus where the main break dips off into the basin. 6 to 8 fow.
I probably have around 30 waypoints and plan on hitting it up this upcoming Saturday.
The plan run and gun to each waypoint till I come in contact with a good size school.
The 3 things I will be using.
Jerk bait, balsa crank bait (Shad rap) and a Neko rig.
Nice fish Mike.
Thank you for the reports guys.
Hopefully we get some warmer temps and the water temp climbs some.
They are calling for 10” of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday in ortinville Mn.
I was just there on Wednesday last week in the boat. Water temp was 40 degrees.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Full draw wrote:</div>
I have been kicking around an Elliot 7’3 ML or a JTX Mag ML.
Let me know what you think of them.When we meet up on the rainy I’ll let you use the 7’3 for a outing. Then you can see if it’s for you or not. I just got home and slapped the cabon x iis on them and they both feel great.
That’s awesome. Thank you
I have been kicking around an Elliot 7’3 ML or a JTX Mag ML.
Let me know what you think of them.
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I have bow hunted in 16 states and I can guarantee every state and community I spent money they were grateful for the revenue.
Is m all for atv’s used on authorized roads and trails. It’s the unauthorized trails or closed roads that the line is drawn at.
Not to mention wildlife management areas are for wildlife management and no motorized vehicles are allowed yet every year I see 4 wheeler tracks everywhere on them.
