This is a great little boat. Not sure why we don’t see more like it around here. There are a couple running around on pool 2.

If this had a jack plate and 80# terrova it would pique my interest.

LabDaddy1 wrote:

Straight braid, 8-10lb. Fish mostly river but even when the water is extremely clear the walleyes and smallies don’t seem to care.

Suffix 832 hi-vis yellow or chartreuse.

This is absolutely not true. For finesse presentations on the river, when the water is clear, a leader makes a huge difference. I’ve seen it matter at least a half dozen times where the guy with the leader out fishes those without.

It doesn’t matter burning cranks but it does when finessing plastics or live bait.

Yes, I am -and I’m not talking about it in the competitive or resenting sense of the North Stars moving to Dallas – I just think it’s cool history. Maybe I’m in the minority? Call me a dork, if you want.
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No, it’s all good. But, you gotta be like 80 to remember that!

ThunderLund78 wrote:

Not a big Basketball guy, but follow the Wolves very casually and obviously pay closer attention in the playoffs. Good to see them play all 4 quarters, yesterday. Love the old MN team vs new MN team as an aspect of the match-up, although I’m not sure if the networks are even mentioning it any of that. Willing to bet most NBA fans under 40 don’t know the Lakers came from MN.

Are you talking about the lakers move from MN to LA? That was 65 years ago…not sure how that’s relevant anymore.

pbrown001 wrote:

Going out today, is Lilydale open?

Yes.

My bad guys. This is IDO. Make sure to to get the 96” shaft. To heck with only 72”. You can never go wrong with too long!

While you’re at it you’ll need to upgrade your truck, too. Don’t try and pull that boat with a half ton. Make sure to get the new ford twin turbo, quad supercharged double extra heavy duty ultra cab. You’ll need to chip it to make sure you have enough power.

OG Net_Man wrote:

60″? Either you fish in relatively calm water or you like to hear that lovely noise of the prop cavitation. If you were fine with a 60″ before you will be fine with a Quest 60″.

A 620 and 621 are desired boats for big water. You can’t say that about a Minn Kota with 60″ shaft.

Been on LOTW plenty of times without a single issues. Barges on the Mississippi throw a pretty good wake, too.

You realize how far below the waterline a 5’ shaft goes, right?

I run a 60” on my Reata. Even in the heaviest waves on LOTW I didn’t need more.

Rapala makes a sun shirt that’s a hoodie with a gaiter built in. Those have been my go to recently.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I did it again.
Having Easter dinner at my place and I went grocery shopping yesterday. Bought a bunch of chocolate stuff for Sunday. Came home and ate most of it. I’ll have to go back and replenish, but not until late Saturday.

Hah! I did the same thing. CVS has buy one get one on Cadbury and Reese’s eggs. I hid them and ate all of them. Had to make a second trip to make sure our daughter had some for the basket.

It’s my MIL’s birthday so instead of a relaxing Easter brunch we get to host a birthday party.

Buzz wrote:

$5,000 personal property, $500 deductable

That’s extraordinarily high. My ranger has same coverage and a replacement value of $50k. I pay $547 annually.

What’s your opinion?

They were talking on espn that the reason Ant has been staying on the perimeter during the season was to save his body for the playoffs. He knows he’s gonna have to get to the basket and play more physical during the playoffs. Gobert and Randle need to clear out and let Ant work.

They need a PG who can score as a second option to Ant. Then they need more length and athleticism at the 4/5. Kinda like OKC has with Holmgren and Hartenstein.

Gobert needs to go and they likely need to trade Randle for some younger talent.

The west is a gauntlet. For the wolves to compete they will need to draft perfectly and get some breaks.

I agree the KD deal is a pipe dream unless you can get him in a favorable one year deal..he seems to want to play with Ant so maybe he’ll make some concessions (doubtful though).

Phoenix has had 3 coaches in 3 years. In Brooklyn, Kyrie lost his mind and never played. How’s that on KD. Bottom line is that KD is one of the most dynamic scorers the league has ever seen.

KD isn’t without blame but name another move the wolves could make to make them
an immediate contender.

CaptainMusky wrote:

How much more gas in the tank for KD though? I would like him on the team, but goodness that guy is old isnt he?

Ant and KD would be electric. Allowing KD to play off the ball and Ant creating his own shots would be tough to guard. KD has a couple good years and wants to contend. The wolves are a good fit.

I think it’s amazing that both the Knicks and Wolves got worse with the trade. How does that happen? Neither likely makes it out of the first round.

Wolves gotta go get KD this offseason!!

I’m not talking for the twolves per se. I’m just saying it’ll be must see TV.

On the list of things that concern me when it comes to our lakes this is about the very bottom. As long as they are following the regs they have every right.

grubson wrote:

It’s amazing to me that you’ve gone that long without being checked. I get checked 3-4 times per year on average.
This past winter I was checked 3 times in 3 different areas of the state.
I’ve never had a negative experience.
I got checked on a lake in January, he showed up right when I happened to be doing very well for <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>crappie and walleye. Guess who was in my holes when I went back a couple days later? Mr CO himself. I can’t blame him, I’d probably do the same thing if I was in his shoes.

I had the opposite a few years ago on the st croix. A Wisconsin sheriff checked me and we were joking about how he only checks Minnesota guys. It was a pretty slow day during the middle of the week and he gave me a few lesser known spots to try and all of them held fish. That was a great experience.

The spawn hadn’t really started on 4 when I was down there last Friday. I haven’t been on 2 for a couple weeks but I think the spawn is just getting going. Seems about a week late this year.

BigWerm wrote:

Rory choking would have been THE story line for the rest of the year, maybe even years (plural). Credit to him to come back with birdie to win it and change the narrative on what would have been an epic collapse. Aberg is really good, but they have been force feeding him as the next big thing for years now, kinda like they did Rory back in the day. And while both are great golfers, I don’t think Tiger or Jack are too concerned either. There’s levels.

Rory is probably the only guy who had a chance to be the conversation with Tiger and Jack until the last 10 years happened. It’s amazing with all his talent he hasn’t won a major for so long.

I don’t think there will be another Tiger in my lifetime.

Low water makes for a tough spring. I haven’t heard of anyone doing really well.

A lot of people were picking Aberg to win…he’s pretty universally regarded as the next superstar in golf. I don’t think he was sneaking up on anyone.

The Rory/Bryson rivalry is just awesome for golf. If you listened to Bryson after the round he mentioned that Rory didn’t say a word to him. That’s ice cold and Rory was dialed in. To make the mistakes he did and still take the win is pretty improbable.

I’m with DW…I’m not a Scheffler fan. He’s a great player but he’s got no personality. I’d like to see more young guys like Aberg rise to the challenge along with Rory continuing to play well. Seeing Spieth and Thomas start making a run again would be fun, too.

I thought I’d stop watching golf as Tiger hasn’t played but there are some awesome storylines right now. Rory winning the grand slam will be one of the best sports stories of the year.

I use wraptor tackle rolls. They work well so long and you don’t overstuff the pockets.

We did it once on Prior Lake…it was a great time. Had some lake owners that treated us like heroes and others that were threatening violence.

Our guide had a quiet generator and kept the light down and made sure to follow all the regs. As long as you follow the regs, have at it.

See it all the time on Green lake where’s my folks are. Never had an issue and the bow fisherman are always respectful.

Seems about once a year for me. Been checked on the rivers a few times and seems like usually annually up in the chisago area. Never really had a bad run in…one guy checked me when it was 20 below and I was the only guy on the lake. I asked why he stopped and he said he was bored and wanted to see how the bite was in the cold. It wasn’t good.

Wolves vs lakers in the first round. That’s a pretty awesome matchup.

The story would’ve been that
Rory choked. He hasn’t won a major on ten years and had lost a big lead at the masters before. Up by 4 shots on the back 9 would’ve been a choke job.