I got a 15′ taking from a guy here on Ido for a really nice price. I run a lund impact 1775, and the talon is probably the most used piece of gear on my boat. Two would be better, but I’ll never buy a 2nd for this rig.
Pull up on shore, talon down. Launch boat and go park truck, talon down. Fishing a spot, talon down. Love this goofy thing.
Find a damaged one and use trollingmotorparts.com, parts for these are surprisingly cheap imo
Got my quickfish 3hd, like it so far not having used it outside of my garage.
Is there any rebates or clearance on time, I need more to fish
Built closet shelves just for ammo. It’s senseless to take up safe space with ammo. What a waste of a safe.
Agreed. If someone is in my ammo room, or worse in my safe, they’ve either been invited or we’re already in more trouble than I another safe would help solve
He had to get rid of all that in order to make room for all the freezers for the local grown meat he is buying.
I had to buy two chest freezers to store venison and half cows I buy every year from my neighbor… Is this not a good thing?
In the factory boxes when applicable, on shelves indoors.
Bulk, loose pack is stored in surplus cans I buy from sportsman’s guide. Target Reloads stored the same way, more specialty reloads stores in MTM boxes.
I should add that I meant the seats get progressively less comfortable each model year. The 1997 was peak comfort, in my opinion!
Also, higher fire rating is going to mean more weight in most cases. What I really, really want to do one day is buy a fort knowx vault door and convert my rambo room into a full room “safe”, the downside there is losing fire rating. But how cool would it be to have a safe room?!
I bought a Canon at Tractor Supply, I went with their “64” gun model. It’s certainly not the best safe in existence, but for the money I am happy with it. Tractor supply runs sales on safes once or twice per year and the savings are worth the wait.
Any additional safes I add will be smaller. One major critique on the canon is that the interior organization is awful. Eventually I’m going to take out the organizers and build new ones.
Man, that sucks
I’ve had GM trucks dated 1997, 2010, 2016 and now 2020 and I’m fully convinced GM engineers are running a competition to see just how uncomfortable they can make the seats.
My cousin used to have a 2012 Ram 1500 and it had possibly the worst seats I’ve ever sat in, in a truck. 2019 Tacoma was a close 2nd place.
I ditched my back pocket wallet probably 12 years ago after listening to a posture specialist on Joe Rogan’s podcast, of all places. As others have mentioned it’s the best “EDC upgrade” because I just carry less worthless junk, and as a bonus I’m not irritating my back by sitting on the thing when I’m driving.
I keep the smallest Aqua-vu on hand in the boat and on ice, the micro 2.
I use it a few times each season, notably to find cell phones that go bye-bye. I’ve got a small steel plate on the back of my phone case now and I carry a really strong but small magnet with me. That little magnet is the best stud finder in the world, also good for grabbing lost fishing gear on the ice.
I’ve used the camera in the summer to just examine what the bottom composition is when I fish areas I’m unfamiliar with.
I like the shack but honestly for the type of fishing I like to do I’d rather have a lighter 2 man pop up . Not the biggest ice fishing fan after fishing the river .
I’d give you a real good deal on an eskimo quickfish 3i if you’re interested, PM me!
Or best offer, I forgot to mention.
I just set my quickfish 3hd up in the garage yesterday, and no door anchors needed from what I can tell. It does come with 6 anchors, but only two guy lines (thanks Eskimo lol).
This doesn’t appear to be advertised but there are two tent poles included which slide into pockets on either side of the door running vertically from ceiling to floor. I’m guessing I’ll only use these in a high wind condition, but it certainly adds stability to that door frame area.
Circle pines sausage makes a great venison bacon.
Last year I made Franks, and the leftover grind that didn’t get pushed out, I put in a loaf pan and smoked. Sliced it thin and pan fried it, and realized I just made my own venison bacon!
Stormshield looks nice, it’s just their more insulated version right?
I learned after owning a few otters, the “regular” level of insulation is good for me. The pro was overkill and the added weight wasn’t worth it for me.
Funny enough Suzuki, my barely a year old Echo 4920 did the same thing yesterday. I cleaned it out and sprayed some lube in there and then it cut fine the rest of the day. Took some wiggling around with a flathead to get it unstuck though
BC, thanks for the heads up! I’ll check their site and pull the trigger on that this week!
I definitely hear you guys about not using stuff; I re-evaluated before last ice season and got rid of tons of stuff that I wasn’t putting to good use anymore, including my otter cabin. Now that my son is getting to the age where I can take him, I’m ready to upgrade the shack. I’ve owned so many shacks I can’t even believe it when I look back, but I always fall back on my quickfish when I want to maximize size to carry weight ratio.
I also camp in my shack at least 1-2 times every year and the quickfish just barely satisfies the space I’m looking for when putting a cot in it. The 3HD seems to add about 30% floor space so I think it’ll be exactly what I’m looking for.
Whichever model you decide on, make sure to max out the horsepower 
Kwik trip in Prescott, WI has 87 non oxy, for anybody looking. It’s significantly cheaper than the 91 non oxy and as you guys mentioned, runs great in the winter.
That’s not anything new. Contrary to popular belief, there are some parts of the country that do not value walleyes. The pacific northwest is one of those areas. The top game fish there are trouts/salmons. Some of those rivers also have an increasing popuation of untouched smallmouth bass and they view them in the same manner: a threat to their beloved trout and salmon.
It makes sense, it’s just funny to think about. I’m seriously considering going to do my part to help Idahoans realize their dreams of a walleye-less river system
if you have some spare time, what I did 2 years ago was stuck the garden hose into one of the active holes and just waited. About 30 minutes later I saw the ground moving where the mole was trying to dig out a new tunnel of fix the flood or whetever his thought process was. .22lr into the dirt, one scoop with a shovel and I recovered the body to confirm the kill.
I don’t use poison for the same reason you mentioned. I feel like my method isn’t exactly time efficient but it was more fun and no poison involved.
“I didn’t know this was a thing, or even ethical or legal,” one follower chimed in
And now that person knows lol. Related topic, anyone else see the idaho fisheries and wildlife article about walleye? They want all walleyes that are caught in trout rivers to be killed immediately… thinking about taking a trip to Idaho, told my wife I might be gone for a month or two as my fellow countrymen need my help eradicating the walleye menace!
Example: Anyone asking for a “code” or some such nonsense is a scammer; anyone who won’t talk to you 1:1 is likely a scammer; anyone asking for additional personal information that is irrelevant to the transaction is a scammer. And so on
I don’t have Venmo but I’ve used my wife’s venmo to complete transactions. It helps to have an eye for scammers; most of them don’t speak or write English well.
I recently sold some truck parts; I spoke at length with the buyer, he venmo’d my wife, once we had the money in our actual possession (ie, out of Venmo and into bank account), I shipped his parts. he agreed to that, and I could tell just speaking with him he wasn’t into scams.
I’m working with someone right now to buy something and have him ship to me. We’re going to reach a deal, but like I said most important thing is actually speaking to these people. It might be a generational thing but the scammers are so blatantly obvious when I see them that I don’t worry too much I just ignore those.
Kwik trip in Prescott has N87. It’s cheaper than N91, and it’s a blessing they have it for all of our small engines.
Far from the north Metro, but if you planned to stock up and ever come down this way, it’s always available
More importantly, make sure those oil change intervals are 3k miles on that 2014 Chevy, 5k max. I learned, and I’m back to 3k on these newer engines. My 2010 loved 7500 mile changes but these new engines are sensitive to junk. A whole case of PF63 oil filters is pretty cheap on Rockauto. Kirkland oil is nice for the price.
Once he hits 30, has a few kids and dogs to haul around, he might shift his topper mindset LOL. But it’s good to let him make these decisions and learn from them, it builds character IMO
“Got TP?”
TP manufacturing is predominantly in the United States; the only risk I see is if the port workers demand this 60% raise paid in TP.
During the next real TP shortage, consider the fact that your shower is usually within a few short steps of your toilet.
