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.

When do they usually pull the docks? I would think that they would have some routine based on a date. I doubt that they change the scheduling of this based on weather conditions warmer/colder. From memory I do not think that they pull them before November first but I am not sure.

I pulled in a couple of heavy weight smallmouths yesterday using a jig and small sucker minnow in 26 – 27 feet of water.

The winter harvest #’s cuts in to the 2025 open water harvest. If we have good ice conditions then Mille Lacs lake will see some heavy ice fishing pressure.

My selfish thoughts – I prefer little to no truck travel on the lake which lowers fishing pressure. I will hope for ice conditions on Mille Lacs like last year. Send the heavy retractable wheel fish house armada further up north.

For the WX1910, it went through a complete redesign in approx. 2020. About the only thing that was not changed was the model #.

isu22andy wrote:

I’m biased because I’ve never been in one but I hate the idea of the rear bump outs of a ranger 600 series .

I have fished in them and I hate the bump outs.

Since the OP mentioned used boats, the WX1910 had a complete hull redesign at one point in time to be aware of. You can look up specs but there was a large jump in price with the current design.

If you are looking for approx. 18′ boat I would consider the Yarcraft 186. If you like the interior layout this a great hull.

big_g wrote:

So I am curious.. how many miles do you think a 22 year old ATV should have on it ? Also, after 4000 miles, is the electric thumb shift really an issue ?

Last week I took out my 2012 Suzuki King Quad 500 and put on approx. 30 miles. That pushed the odometer just over 300 miles. Not 22 years old but…

Live in south metro. This area is not friendly for trails like up north. I also have a 2008 Suzuki King Quad with out looking that has less than 500 miles on it. This one I have used mainly for snow plowing.

I have been planning on selling the King Quad 500 since I purchased a SxS but just have not gotten around to it. Now 2 years later…. It has power steering, never seen hard work like plowing and never has been in mud. For me, anything less than $5000 does not seem worth selling.

No automation? I am sure this will drag out unless the union drops this requirement.

Biden/Harris – this does not look good for them if it lasts for the next 4 weeks and it does not look good for them if they step in. Heck, the Bidden/Harris administration gave 36 billions dollars to the Teamsters pension in 2022 and the Teamsters are not endorsing Kamala in 2024.

buckybadger wrote:

Hard pass.

This unit doesn’t do anything for me that something half the price can’t do.

That’s not a rip on Vexilar either. I love the durability, affordability, and simplicity. If they want to continue to exist they will have to lean into those 3 strengths because they are not at the cusp of anything new whatsoever. Pumping out “new” more expensive units with the same relative technology seems like a lackluster move

X2

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Great price but…

I looked at the Strikemaster site and currently they are only reflecting 2 models of electric. This seems odd to me. Has anyone possibly heard of a new model on the horizon?

Not to rain on your parade but how is the transom? Lund boats in this year range seem to be notorious for transom rot issues.