What a teammate, that Faber is. Sticking up for 23 and 46 at the same time.

lindyrig79 wrote:

3 fights in the 1st period. My kinda hockey game!!

Crazy start.

Dutchboy, this is from US Coast Guard website. https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=054-09&category=captains-license-info#:~:text=Licenses%20are%20required%20in%20order,require%20them%20for%20boat%20deliveries.

Licenses are required in order to legally carry passengers for hire. This includes charters for fishing, sightseeing, diving, transportation, teaching or any use which is considered a “passenger for hire” situation. Many companies require them for boat deliveries.

Dutchboy wrote:

To my knowledge the state doesn’t require guides to be licensed.

The state doesn’t, but the federal government does. Anybody receiving compensation to fish on navigable waters is required to have a US Coast Guard Captain’s license.

I was ice fishing walleyes with a friend yesterday and I had FFS and he didn’t. We set up on a flat and he was 50-75 yards away. I marked 30 fish in about 4 hours and got 2 to bite. He used a Vex and saw plenty of fish, but couldn’t get any to bite. Considering we both fished this area during first ice and did well, I’m attributing the negative mood of the fish to the time of year more than I am FFS.

There are ice scoops that have engraved inches on them. Good for measuring ice, and fish.

fishthumper wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>AK Guy wrote:</div>
I checked his website and he gets $800 a day flat rate, 2 day minimum. That’s a lot of trips to pay for a $100k machine. Clearly has outside income and or sponsorship/guide pricing.

Running some #’s. 100,000 loan at 6% for 10 years is a payment of 1110.00 if he books 2 days at 800.00 a day thats 1600.00. That covers the loan and puts 490.00 exta into his pocket. My guess is he’s not only booking 2 days a month. Not that hard to make it work for him.

I like your enthusiasm, but I’ll take a hard pass.

I personally would not want to be on the hook for a $1100 month loan ($13,320 a year), coupled with expenses like insurance, advertising, bait, fishing gear, fuel, and maintenance.

Ice seasons are short, especially in South Dakota and last year had to be awful to be in the ice fishing business with high overhead. This year we’re all having decent ice conditions, but who knows what future winters will bring.

I’m not saying you can’t make money with a Snobear, but margins have to be razor thin.

Jump pack on my ATV battery has saved my arse more than once.

suzuki wrote:

Those to blame for not being prepared are blaming it on climate change.
There is NOTHING that we can do to change the climate.
IF floods or fires are the result of a changing climate, prepare for floods and fires.

Amen.

Wow. It could have been much worse. Thankful indeed.

Dutchboy wrote:

But for a guide just driving out dropping it down has to be easier than dragging houses around, not to mention just hitting a button to raise it and go.

100k is alot of money but theres lots of big buck boats around also.

I checked his website and he gets $800 a day flat rate, 2 day minimum. That’s a lot of trips to pay for a $100k machine. Clearly has outside income and or sponsorship/guide pricing.

Too many moving parts in that rig for me. A lot of maintenance beyond my abilities. Simpler is better in my world.

Sweet reference to Gaetan. I remember he was interviewed not long after coming to the North Stars. He was asked how he likes his new nickname, the Duke. He said he liked it much better than the old one, the Douche.

I don’t think there are lake trout stocked in the Crosby pits. They do have brown, brook, and rainbow trout.

Brittman wrote:

Grubs/larva are easily transported and legal.

Growing up in ND … we used <em class=”ido-tag-em”>perch eyes as a primary bait once we started catching them.

Minnows were never easy to find and many ND fisherman used dead / preserved baits because of this. Not sure everyone is aware, but ND is very conservative on live bait (such as minnows) use across the state. Go to the NDG&F site for all the rules.

All legal live aquatic bait used by anglers, including legal baitfish, must have been purchased or trapped in North Dakota. No live aquatic bait may be imported into the state by anglers. This includes live baitfish, live amphibians and leeches.

Anglers may not transport water, including that used for bait (e.g., bait buckets, etc.), away from waters of the state designated as infested with Class 1: Prohibited Aquatic Nuisance Species. See the Department’s website for a current list of lakes. All water must be drained from bait buckets as anglers leave the shore or remove their boat from the water. Anglers must properly dispose of unused bait away from the water they were fishing, as dumping bait in the water or on shore is illegal.

In all other waters of the state, legal live baitfish and other legal live aquatic bait may be transported in water but only in containers of 5 gallons or less.

This is great information. My plan was to leave Red Lake and head over to Ashley. Guess I won’t be bringing my live bait with.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

I felt really bad for Jones and I’m sorry but this goaltender interference crap is just bs. How long do the goalies need to get reset after incidental contact? This is the second time recently that the contact has been incidental and initiated by a defenseman with the goalie having plenty of time and ability to still make the save and yet the goal has been waived off.

Didn’t Rossi have multiple “first NHL goal/point” get waived off too? I remember thinking that kid can’t get a break.

Thanks Bearcat, I’ll have to track some down. My solution has been to carry a torch lighter in my coat and use it to melt the ice in my keyhole/doorknob.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I see and hear crows regularly at my house. Whether or not its in historical numbers I guess I havent really paid attention. What I do know however is that I have at least 2 Ravens around here now and I had never had them around here since we bought this place 27 years ago. Of if they were I never heard or saw them. THey are a funny dang bird.

Ravens are very smart too.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Time for the annual “How many goals will Ovi score against the Wild” contest.

I think he gets two from his office on the powerplay…

I’m going with 1 from the office, the other an ENG.

usmarine0352 wrote:

I use thse.

How many spoons can you get in that box?

Bearcat89 wrote:

Sounds like yall watch to much television.

It’s constantly on Sirius radio channels besides the tv commercial. It’s everywhere, for years, and it drives me crazy.

I agree on the Korkers. Love the interchangeable soles and boa laces. I’m of a certain age that bad things can happen if I slip and fall on the ice. The studded soles grip like crazy. The only downside is I have to put them on outside or I’ll wreck my wood deck. Lugs soles work great when there’s snow and those I can put on in the house.

Thanks for the review.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Time to officially put Ryan Hartman’s face on a milk carton…

FanDuel put up a stat that he’s leading the league with shots without a goal. No surprise to Wild fans.

I’ve got a buddy that leaves his house off shore at JR’s on Red. I can’t tell you the current fee but it was a no brainer leaving it there rather than towing it back and forth to Minneapolis. He would have spent more on gas money one way than what JR’s charges for off ice parking.

Who had Faber scoring an OT goal for the win on their bingo card? Wow.

Best bumper sticker in Alaska. EAT MOOSE! 10,000 Wolves Can’t Be Wrong. Second best bumper sticker is in Idaho. Idaho Wolves. Smoke A Pack A Day.

Deuces wrote:

Soylent Green enters the conversation….

Soylent Greenbacks. There, fixed it for you.

Ocean pen raised vs recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are apples to oranges. RAS raised fish are the most pristine fish brought to market. The water is filtered and all waste is removed and repurposed (often to grow lettuce). It’s a more healthy environment than the oceans, lakes and rivers. No mercury, pcb’s, or forever chemicals. I believe they’re the only fish that can be marketed as organic because they know everything that went into producing it. They don’t know what wild fish have been eating so it can’t be labeled as organic. RAS salmon farms are currently in Florida, Maine, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Maryland, and Ohio. It’s definitely the future of fish production for the masses.

That being said, I prefer the old fashioned method of catching fish. I will never buy my fish from a store or a restaurant.

They are terrible. During Covid W/F high graded what businesses would get PPP money. It ran out before many small businesses could get anything. On round two of PPP loans I went to a community bank I wasn’t even a member of and they processed the loan for me immediately. I was so glad to take all my business out of W/F.