Hanging it – if you decide to go this route then a small portable fan to blow some of the heat down would be recommended. Even if you do not hang the heater a fan still has its benefits.

acarroline wrote:

Likely not a great idea….but has anyone hung a buddy heater from the front top poles of a flip shack? Shack would need to have side doors, but this would help weight the front down, get the hater off the floor, etc. Hmm…

Years ago I made S hooks and hung my buddy heater from the top front horizontal pole of my flip over. It seemed to make the disparity of temp greater from bottom to top. After a couple of outings I just went back to putting the heater back on the ice.

Maybe a fan pushing the warm air down would have helped….

My apologies Don for my confusion. I thought that you were responding to the subject of the OP about boycotting Smithfield driven by their recent child labor law problems.

eyeguy507 wrote:

Real fights on tonight instead of the WWE crap last night on Netflix. Best card in months if you know you know. Imma be pulling for Chandler and Jones but would love to be proved wrong.

You are insulting WWE by comparing them to the Tyson/Paul fight.

Don Meier wrote:

Prime example of a already rich American conglomerate selling out to the highest bidder The WH group purchased the company for 4.72 billion ? I thought that is what most conservative minded people want ? The ability to be free of government regulation ? Good luck with a boycott they are one of the largest processors in the world , if not thee largest . The rich will only get richer .

I think that you are confused if you think that conservative people are against child labor laws.

Get a close look at that cut on Serrano and that may help you forget your Tyson visual.

I guess a crappy picture is better than no picture which I experienced for a while. It will probably go out again when the Tyson/Paul fight starts….

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Sounds like server buffering will get the TKO…

Yep, worst streaming experience I have encountered.

Dan wrote:

What amazes me nowadays is how very, very few people can say both were bad. Both were BS and shouldn’t have happened.

Yes, I agree. Both were bad and should not have happened but I will say again that one was child’s play compared to the other.

Jan 6th? That was child’s play compared to the George Floyd riots in Minnesota.

Unfortunately my current RABC expires in early 2025. I require the RABC for current plans in late May…. I guess, always have a plan b, c and d…

60 recently planted trees were ripped out by the Mississippi river in the St. Paul area.

Sounds like someone with hostility issues like the OP’s perp. Maybe additional anger from a encounter with police.

I will trade you a 4 fish walleye limit for 2 lines open water statewide…..

Lottery proceeds – With the wording that they used on the ballot I am not sure how any one would vote no to this. I would like to know how many actually marked no versus leaving blank.

Sales tax – I received a quote for a boat from a dealer in Bloomington recently. I normally do not look at sales tax amounts but on a larger purchase, holy crap. Sales tax was over 9%.

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>OG Net_Man wrote:</div>
Time to go light weight? Canvas by the Stich? Not a fancy ice house but it will surely expand your opportunities.

Nope, just keep running with the portable. Save myself 12k for a canvas trailer

If you think that 2 boats are better than one then I can guarantee you that you should have more than one type of ice shelter.

Time to go light weight? Canvas by the Stich? Not a fancy ice house but it will surely expand your opportunities.

Jake D wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
The old farmer isn’t to happy that what he gave the church for free they just sold for a profit,

A church is a business. How do people not realize this

It was landlocked. What was the church expected to do with it?

After a good cleaning I would imagine Gorilla tape would be a working option for the area that the OP is describing.

Yep, tracks can cause blizzard like conditions. What are you using for enclosure on your box?

A cover/case of some sort for the auger head works wonders to keep the elements off. I happen to have had a old dog bed that had a zippered covering on it. It turned out that this zippered covering fit my ice auger head like it was made for it.

Not even fiery but some got their panties in a bunch

Well, there are 2 things that I think that we all can agree on. It has become pretty chaotic in the world scene in the last 3 years and Trump was not in office during this.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

This team looks disiterested! Where’s this sack-happy defense? Stafford could read a book in the pocket.

Exactly, put some damn pressure on Stafford….

Out of curiosity – when trolling around sunset and later, what is your favorite lure and color to troll with?

Mine were Storm Thundersticks in Rainbow trout, the old style. They outproduced any other lure in our boat when them ran to our desire. It seemed like only 1 out of 4 would have that great wobble which really made a significant difference. If it did not have this desired wobble out of the package we could not able to tune them….

Now it just easier to put on a Shad Rap size 5 or 7 which always run good. Favorite color varies depending on moon light or not but it seems that you can hardly go wrong with Fire Tiger.

Your thoughts?

TH wrote:

With this warm weather, the deer ticks are terrible. They are having a banner year.

Ick, I hate ticks. I am not a tick expert but I thought that they were pretty non-existent come October. I avoid woods during tick season.

Loomis13 wrote:

Slow again for us today. Tonight is a different story. Fishing was about as good as it gets until 9. Hasn’t been as fast and furious since then but still good.

Fishing was about as good as it gets until 9? What depth and method were you using during this time frame?

I was fishing with my wife on Tuesday and needed to pull off the lake just prior to sunset. Leaving early was a bit painful with clear skies and moon…..

Some times I can’t help myself and insert my thoughts. Some times I type out a complete response and delete it with out ever submitting it…..

My wife hates Mille Lacs. If you want to hear some one complain about the regs on Mille Lacs then you need to sit in a boat with her for a couple of hours… Which has nothing to do with my previous comment.

My original comment was concerning ice conditions last year on Mille Lacs (that was brought up by gimruis) and I stated that my selfish desire would be to repeat it this year. I think that we can agree that last years ice conditions were due to mother nature.

I have been running portables for ice fishing as well as open water fishing this lake for 40 years and I am quite aware of the changes over the years and it’s impacts. I surely am capable of offering a broader opinion if I desired.

If you would not have used the meme I would not have felt the need to respond….

I have no ill will to the businesses around Mille Lacs and not to sound too harsh but – When one starts a business focused on a lake with changing conditions due to mother nature unfortunately it is a risk that they signed up for. I surely could ramble on about the lake being a public resource but I will leave that for another day.

In general, across the state I preferred ice fishing previous to the significant increase of participation that we have seen in the last 20 years.

I seen a boat out yesterday with 3 guys in the middle of the afternoon bobber fishing in one spot pulling in a lot of fish. Did I say a lot?

A lot of the fish were small with the occasional net on larger fish that looked like walleye. I did not want to infringe on them so I did not get close enough to see exactly what was going on. They looked to be in approx. 27 – 28′ of water.

Bobber fishing is my least desire and I did not have any bobber gear in the boat or proper bait for this. It was one of those occasions where they were spanking them so bad that I had to move out of site so I would not feel as bad that I was not catching much.

I seen a boat out yesterday with 3 guys in the middle of the afternoon bobber fishing in one spot pulling in a lot of fish. Did I say a lot?

A lot of the fish were small with the occasional net on larger fish that looked like walleye. I did not want to infringe on them so I did not get close enough to see exactly what was going on. They looked to be in approx. 27 – 28′ of water.

It was one of those occasions where they were spanking them so bad that I had to move out of site so I would not feel as bad that I was not catching much.