18 block walk to work, 3 block walk to the bar after work, then 18 blocks home. I’m getting sick and tired of going 3 blocks out of my way to get to the bar, time to find something closer.

If you’re getting short strikes try one or two sizes lighter in the jig head to allow the fish to suck it in. Smaller diameter line will help smaller jigs sink deeper.

Sounds like cavitation (Air bubbles in the prop). Just back off on the throttle for a second or two and then try again.

Definitely Scott Miller in Prescott. He can carve a fish out of wood and make it look real. His prices are great as well. (715) 262-5315

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Sorry to have posted. Its just me but I kick aside the slush and or snow on all my holes. Maybe I just like a clean work surface. No skimmer used .

Don’t we all just love a clean hole?

Jesus can walk on water, Chuck Norris can swim on land.

Little boys pee their name in the snow, Chuck Norris pees his name in concrete.

I see used ones all the time and pawn shops and marine shops(I found mine for $200 and this is its 5th season). I have a 24 volt 80# thrust. I always have 4 batteries with so I can troll upstream all day long. on fresh batteries 40% will pull me upstream .8mph in normal conditions.

I’ve had a pontoon for 6 seasons now and fish tournaments in it on pool 4 and Mille Lacs. DO NOT move your helm to the front. Pontoons don’t plane out they just push water, with the weight of the helm up front you won’t be able to go any faster than 5mph with out taking on water. Also you won’t be able to mount a trolling motor up front with the helm in the way. If I had to choose a custom spot for the helm on a 20′ pontoon it would be dead center, or centered on the back 1/3 of the boat. This would allow for easy access to the water on all sides to make netting fish easier.

As for the handling, they handle great on the river, especially when going up stream. I usually run my minnkota up front and use my big motor to act as a rudder and steer. On a good day I could run an obstacle course but it can get tricky in the wind when trying to present baits at slow speeds.

You shouldn’t need a kicker motor(I’ve never seen one on a pontoon). My electric can pull me .1-4mph and my 50hp 2 stroke goes about 3mph without wind or current, and about 1.8mph backtrolling without wind or current. If you want to troll 2mph upstream like you said your big motor will be all you need.

Just go for a cruise in the basin where the bottom doesn’t change more than a foot for miles. Set your slip bobbers right off the bottom, drive around until you mark fish, then slam her in reverse and pitch off the back of the boat. If you use a bigger float with a heavy sinker, your bait will get down fast and if the fish you marked are active your bobber will go down instantly. You can go at faster paces than trolling covering more water and only stopping when you see fish. I haven’t mastered this yet but have caught fish doing it. Its really cool seeing your bobber stand up then go down within seconds.

Even if you are on fish all the time, doesn’t mean your clients will be on fish all the time. I’m not a guide but have taken many people fishing. They don’t all have the same skill level and can’t catch fish the same way you do. I’ve seen people in my boat hold their rods upside down, use a spinning combo like a fly rod, and cast all over the place. If the presentation that has you on fish is too complicated, your clients will be fishless and complaining to you on why they aren’t getting anything.

We also parked on top of a small flat that was holding fish and pitched jigging raps. Everything caught was around 13″. All of our bigger fish were caught before 10 a.m.

Just comment on it every day and it will stay on the top.

I was up for 3 days this last weekend. We couldn’t get anything longer than 13″ on crawlers. We ended up rigging jumbo leeches on a 14′ floro snell, with a 1 1/2oz bottom bouncer and either gold or red hooks in size 1,2, or 4. I fished small tournaments on Saturday and Sunday and won both of them, I think my advantage was that I was using longer snells than the competition (We all fished the same flat, so I watched what other people were doing).

I would recommend sitting in your boat with the rod you plan on using for pulling harnesses and pretend you have a fish on. Extend your rod as high and far as you can and measure the distance from the tip of your rod to where the fish will be. Start with that as the longest snell you can use to successfully land a fish and make a few different smaller sizes (They are easier to use, but in clear water you might be better off going longer)

Check out progressive. They give you an agreed value on your boat and everything in it. The premium isn’t bad. The only thing I don’t know about is how good the coverage is, I hope I never have to find out.

Just open your live well, give them a peak, answer their questions and you will be on the water by the time your straps are off the boat. They are only doing this to protect our resources.

Fill it with water and soak a leech!!!!

I went up last weekend and got a 16 incher within 2 minutes on a tdd11. I kept the boat in gear, cracked a beer and watched the arches on the graph. I started texting all of my fishing buddies thinking of how great this is going to be and went the next 9 hours with only a rock bass. I fished the flats the rest of the weekend. The bigger fish all bit within the first couple hours, after 11 or so it was a dink fest.

Since the new site started, not many people visit the groups anymore.

IDO G2G!!! 100 boats fishing off his dock would be good.

If its just me in the boat: 2 long line trolling rods, 2 lead core, 2 3-way, 2 jig dragging rods, 2 rigged for planner boards, 1 for pitching cranks, 1 for pitching blades, 1 for pitching plastics, 2 for live bait rigs, 2 for bobber fishing when I’m feeling lazy, and another rod rigged up with flys. Thats for just walleyes, if you add bass you need a spinnerbait rod, top water, senko, 4 pitching rods for cranks (5′ diver, 10′ diver, 15′ diver, and a 20′ diver). For Northerns add a few rods for quick strike rigs. If there are 2 or 3 people in the boat double or triple everything. My answer is at least 54 for your question on the rod holder count. Good thing I have a pontoon with room for all of this.

Check out the bass action on windigo. Lots of 18# largemouth with some nice brownies mixed in.

Nice pics, his face says it all. I hope I can make it up there in June.

I went Tuesday and tried long lines, boards, lead, and 3 ways. Nothing on boards, numbers on 3ways (nothing bigger than 13″), Lead and long line were the ticket. I boated a 24, 25 and had two more in that weight class come unbuttoned at the boat

I flash them back with my 1000000 candle power spotlight to let them know I see them and the light will move on.

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I use my side imaging much more than down imaging. A lot of units have them both but if you can only have one I would go with the side imaging.

Good thing they didn’t shoot at bigfoot.

I’ve gone to pool 4 every chance I had. This makes me want to try Alma.

That looks bigger than 280 pounds.

Scott Miller in Prescott Wisconsin did an excellent job on a smallmouth and a brown trout for me. His prices are also better than most of his competition.