No where did I ever comment on how easy it was to catch one..They are no where near rare as bigfoot when a friend boated 6 is all I said.Dont get too bent outa shape over it,no way anyone knows how many are there maybe only those 6
Lol,muskie rare as bigfoot?My buddy and couple if his friends had 6 muskies in their boat on muskie opener this year.I cant say I have ever fished them and can imagine they are not real easy to figure out but there has to be more than a few around to put 6 in the boat.
When I do watch news its The National Desk
The young kid that inspected my boat last week agreed the inspection program to keep invasives out of the lakes is a complete joke when the state and county pour truckloads of salt on the road 10feet from the boat launch.Zeebs no good for lakes- spend billions fighting them to no avail,excessive amounts of salt-no problem keep the trucks full and going around the clock all winter long….
Have a feeling there will be some not so friendly confrontations when authorities arrive to take someones guns.
Sounds like the perfect time to fish if ya ask me.Some of the best river fishing I had this early spring was on days when a nasty cold front blew in.
Was helping my snowplow guy with some lawncare last week.Went to trim some ornamental grass and a hen mallard came flying out and about took my head off,scared the h!@# outa me.
Found Simms CX raingear on sale last spring at Scheels 250$ for jacket same for bibs, believe it is a step up from the Challenger.So far so good.Had Guidewear bibs before and no complaints,stayed waterproof after year round use for over 5years with a couple washes and treatments in between.I think wearing them year round takes its toll,specially in winter/early spring brushing up against dirty vehicles,boats ect.From my understanding the cleaner the gear is kept the better the waterproofing works.I will be wearing the old gear in winter/early spring as being waterproof is not such a big deal,mainly just needed to keep the wind at bay.
Have one hanging on the wall from Big Sandy I caught allmost 30years ago now,was 4 1/4lbs if I remember correctly.Wouldnt have one that size mounted these days but I was a young kid and had adults kinda pushing me to hang it on the wall,didnt hurt that I didnt have to pay for it either.At the time I was told they were rare to see out of there.
Saw guys fishing from lawnchairs on 22 last year around opener.
Sounds like yet another government waste of time and money.Have never had an issue buying a license.If you have an I.D. and 26$ any Holiday gas staion in the state will sell you one,many other places will to.
West of metro water was 39° when we got to fishing at 10a.m. yesterday 42° when we left at 4p.m.6-8fow in the weeds about 4ft down,no action any shallower for us at all.Bites were pretty light with some waiting in between but 2 of us each got our 10 crappies and threw a bunch back,2 pike and one bucketmouth released,3 snipped off lines.
I saw on the news the other day that they opened one or both of the upper two locks in Mpls and are letting the river flow thru.Water sure was ripping thru that lock.
Had a buddy that used to live in Itasca Co. and heated his home all winter with scavenged logs.Not sure what the permit costed him but I know he could never go fishing because he was busy every weekend for the whole summer to retreive and cut up all the logs he would need for winter.He may have saved a few bucks but he never had much fun.
You can maintain crappy plywood once the garbage carpet is gone.My last boat i bedlined and painted floor.Other than it could get a bit hot it was pretty easy to spray it down and it would dry in no time.Even after a drive home in pouring rain I could put it in the garage and it would be 100% dry the next day.Do that with a carpet boat and wait days for it to dry,if ever.The carpet just accelerates the rotting of wood decks-none to very little drainage along the edges coupled with carpet that stays wet most of the time (especially along edges and corners) and that wood wont last long.Junk way to do it but apparantly no consumers really care as they keep spending big money on boats with wood.Friend works at a Lund dealer and think he said you can get a Lund Alaskan with a composite floor now.
Only 1 over 30″ever in my boat and that was quite a few years ago.Plenty of fish in the 26″-29″ size range around lately to be caught,so have to figure there are some over 30″around as well.
I dont fish lake trout but the ones I have caught have all come from 10-20feet of water on the tops and edges of humps when targeting walleyes.
Talking about eagles,didnt multiple eagles just die from eating out of the local garbage dump?Oh well at least loons will be safe now.
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6.99$ for 2 3/8oz tungsten roundball jigheads from Northland Tackle.May as well drive down to the river toss a couple 20$ bills in and then head home,be cheaper then fishing with them.I won’t comment on the bill but will say that there are cheaper, non-lead alternatives other than tungsten. If the use of lead in jigs and weights is banned, I suspect it’ll be replaced with Bismuth-Tin alloy. Bismuth-Tin alloy is only about 75% as dense as lead but I don’t think that’ll matter much in open water fishing. There’s currently a listing on Ebay for 50, 1/4 oz. unpainted, bismuth-tin alloy jigs for $28.49 ($0.57 each). A 58% Bismuth – 42% Tin alloy melts at 281 F vs. 621 F for lead. I’ve never tried to pour Bismuth-Tin alloy jigs but I suspect it will be possible. From what I read, Bismuth-Tin expands slightly as it cools so I don’t know how that would affect typical Do-It jig molds.
So it’s true that non-lead alternative fishing tackle will be more expensive than lead, it won’t be at tungsten prices.
Ok great,years from now when all my lead is lost and has killed thousands of loons I will look into stocking up on this alternative.As for now the stuff is not available on store shelves and I dont buy tackle online or pour/paint jigs myself.
6.99$ for 2 3/8oz tungsten roundball jigheads from Northland Tackle.May as well drive down to the river toss a couple 20$ bills in and then head home,be cheaper then fishing with them.
Picked up Simms CX bibs and jacket last spring on sale.Kept me dry in some pretty nasty rain events,and with a good base layer and a layer of fleece underneath kept me plenty warm/dry in the boat well into November.
When they stop pouring salt over the guardrails I will gladly listen to Mr Fischer and his woke green save a few loons b.s. Until then nothing more than a typical democrat hypocrit.
The fees will be put to good use,lol..Like the aquatic invasives that have been wiped out by all the fees we have been paying?Am I to believe that paying ten more dollars should help finish the eradication of them? Pay more to use the lakes and rivers while the state,city,and county governments pour salt into the ditches,creeks,and storm drains that feed them…Must be what they mean when they say adapt to climate change.
Just dont run the pump until it thaws out.Not saying it hasnt happened to someone but I have never seen nor heard of a livewell pump bursting/cracking/breaking from being frozen.The pumps in the rear of the boat are self draining and wide open for the most part.I cant see enough pressure building inside of one when the water freezes to break anything.
I can say I have heard gunshots more than a few times while fishing near downtown after dark.
I try my best to fish by no one in the winter,and will go out of my way to do so.Often this leaves me with a peacefull spot and fish I have found.That is until the live sonar guy comes along and drills around me and sits there to see if I am on fish and catching anything.Have seen guys go house to house to house doing this.I reel up my lines when this happens and if there are any fish hopefully they leave.These people spent 2,000+grand on electronics but have to chase down the lonesome fishhouses on the ice to find fish,pathetic.
Any color that works better than others?. I usually go through everythingvI’ve got. Never caught any on a plain hook and minnow. Brightly colored Demon jigs and minnows have worked s few times.
I have only winter fished out from Frontenac 1 time quite a few years ago.I caught a few saugers on a red jigging spoon and a couple on a bobber and plain hook,also caught some mooneyes on the bobber set-up.Anyone know how much snow fell from this past storm?Thanks
A handfull of smoke bombs along with some throwing stars,would have been a great stocking stuffer.
