WhyME wrote:

I do not currently have a live scope…if I do at some point, is there enough room to fish 2 holes comfortably with a live scope and heater in a 1 man?

It depends on your definition of “comfortably”. I have the Kenai XT Thermal Ice Team. The XT version makes the front wall almost straight which significantly increases the fishability because you can have the holes close to the from wall and set the hook without hitting the front wall.
I started using it this year. I learned the second time I set it up to put the Buddy heater on an inverted 5 gallon bucket which allowed me to put anything anywhere I wanted on the ice. I can have 3 holes but there’s not much floor space with the 5 gallon bucket, 3 holes, LiveScope or flasher. With the seat mounted in the middle it’s difficult to put a playmate, rod bag in the tub. I plan on moving the seat to one side for next year which would make the tub more accessible.
I do plan on getting a bigger house next year so my dog can come along.
To get this in the truck by myself pretty easily, I attach a game hoist to an anchor point on the front of my truck box or attach a cable from one side to the other mid box and pull it up some simple 2 X 3 X 6 ramps. This would work for a bigger house as well.

Was up last weekend out on Adrians road 17.6 miles over Pine Island. The fishing had been good but the one day cold snap may have slowed that down. 8 guys in 4 fish houses. Saturday kept 32 eyes/sauger and a 27″ nort. Ate 26 eyes/saugers and the nort at Ballards that night. Kept 30 eyes/sauger on Sunday. Kept a bunch of tullibee each day for one of the guys that smokes them. I shared a house with him and he got the biggest eye at 26″. Most fish caught on the jig rod.

One tripped mouse trap cured my previous lab of table surfing. It caught my daughter’s shirt once too!!

Just seeing this now since I was at LOW. I’m so sorry for your father’s passing Randy. My condolences to you, your family and friends who helped you on this journey. I hope your sharing some of the experiences with your father on IDO helped in some way. I know I and many others enjoyed reading them.

Whatever year the Wild signed Parise and Suter (I heard the announcement on the radio driving to St. Paul) is the year I got my lifetime Sportsman (small game and fishing) license. The next year the prices were going to go up. I think I’ve already hit the payback year or it’s within a year or two.

Drove on a west metro lake on Saturday that still had snow on it. Fished it Monday and drove out and all the snow had melted with water sitting on top. 24″ of good ice. Was going to drive out yesterday evening and all the water had soaked in and the top off the ice was getting soft. I’m sure it would have been OK but I have a new truck and an LOW trip this weekend so I didn’t go out. I had taking the sled out of my truck otherwise I would’ve walked out without hesitation.

I was there last Wednesday and saw those too. I thought they were a woman’s sex toy!! Just kept walking.
I did pick up a 16″ Ketch carbonate bump board and some Scientific Angler hemostats with large finger openings you can use with gloves. Those were upstairs in the fly fishing dept. Used them twice already and they are nice for panfish.
Oh and a 2025 Sportsmans license. I have a lifetime one but still need a new hard copy and all the stamps each year.

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Still getting small panfish on Tonka. About a week ago I fished a spot I started fishing 55 years ago. The bass were in there. Caught about 10, most 8-12 inches but nice fights. One 14″, one 16″ and another broke my 3# test mono.
I’ve been doing well on another lake. Bluegill up to 9″, most are 7 1/2-8″. Crappie are up to 11″, most are 8 1/2-10″. A few largemouth including an 18″. Finally got a Ketch bump board for the pannies.
I’ve been using a 1/32 oz white wonderbread glow pinhead minnow, non-jointed with Euro larvae. I added a Clam nitinol ultra-light spring bobber to a cheap rod and it’s been money for detecting the bites.
About 25″ of ice.

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I found the StrikeMaster 12″ extension at Reeds for $19.99 and ordered it. They had the Clam Edge for $10.
Reeds has a lot of the ice fishing stuff on sale.

glenn57 wrote:

i dont have much for birds lately

I haven’t seen much for birds for several weeks except for a couple of bald eagles last week on Tonka. There’s a spring fed creek that crosses the back of my lot and I usually see robins most of the winter. Haven’t seen many this winter and for the last 3-4 weeks the creek is frozen over.

Back in the late 90s we had a cold snap where it was -30F at night with highs of -20F for a few days. No working from home then. It was brutal. It finally broke and warmed up to 0F with no wind. That felt warm.

Another icy stretch is the Avenue of the Pines from Northome to just south of Gosh Damn Place.

Tom, Dick and Harry

Whatever was needed to prevent my wife from getting ovarian cancer that took her life 10 years ago.

Depending how bad the roads are I’ll settle in behind the plow truck. Coming back from LOW in a snow storm we were behind a plow truck heading towards Upper Red. Must have been from Lake of the Woods County. Shortly after he hit the Beltrami county line he turned around and headed back towards Baudette. The ride got very “interesting” after that until Squaw Lake where the snow stopped. Between Upper Red and Kelliher saw a few trucks and a truck and a wheel house in the ditch.

Had Cody out first thing Saturday morning and I heard him woof. Couple deer in my neighbor’s yard out stretching their legs between cold snaps. When it gets cold they go to the swamp about 1/8 mile away. Otherwise they sun on the SW facing hill behind my house.

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What a fish!! Congrats

Solo stove. I like it. Only time I smelled like smoke was when I used some wood that wasn’t dry.
There are a lot of knock-offs out there now.

Yeah, it’s frustrating but not much you can do.
I drove up Mt Lemmon in Tucson to see what’s up there. I don’t like roads that drop off into oblivion so in several places I was going much slower than the speed limit. There were several turnouts that I used to let traffic building up behind me pass. On the way down I did the same thing and was even passed by several bicyclists.

I’ve been using this Coleman cooler for ~15 years. The handle clamps the top on so no spilled water. If it freezes, just pop it open with a screwdriver. Use an aerator I got at Fleet Farm.

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Flop Box Yeti 10 is the way to go.
There fixed it for ya!!

A couple Japanese guys I worked with came on my stag party tour of the strip clubs around the Twin Cities. Brought him down to sniffer’s row and had him put a $1 bill between the glass. The gal came over and squatted down in front of him. He said, “Ohhhhh, Arby’s roast beef sandwich!!” There might have even been some Horsey Sauce, too!!

The keg on the school bus we rented (this was in 1989) wasn’t working and the bus driver said he’d take a look at it while we were in one of the clubs. Came back and the beer was flowing. What a night!!

I have a few cracked teeth. My dentist said it was from the old fillings I have from the mid to late 60s. I’ve had two crowns and need a couple more. If you don’t get the cracked teeth fixed it could lead to a bacterial infection which I think means a root canal. The 3M bonding method is an option. This link describes the ways to fix a cracked tooth.

https://www.acfdga.com/blog/5-dental-procedures-to-repair-your-cracked-or-broken-tooth/

Carvana. $1800 more than the stealership offered to trade in my 2015 Silverado.

Well, I looked at the remote control manual. It said you may need to resync the remote after changing batteries which I had done recently. Never had to do it the previous 10+ times. The procedure is exactly what JT said.
My receiver box does not have batteries since it is connected to power.
I did not resync it. I moved the switch on the receiver box back and forth between all the settings a few times. Now it has been working.
Will see if it continues.

Sorry to hear about your cousin’s situation TFG. May be your best post ever!!

I did a quick google search on my remote model number. Some articles came up about resyncing (thanks JT) the remote and the receiver. I’ll also dig around for the manual. I don’t throw anything out and came across it when I was cleaning shelves above the washer/dryer a few months back.
I’ll also look for the switch that Mike W suggested.

This thread is better than most Friday Night Topics. No offense, Dutchboy.

Youbetcha wrote:

A more interesting theory that i recently heard is based on AI growth it will become powerful enough soon to create worlds within it. And then those worlds will eventually also create AI and be able to create worlds. So the thought is are we the first ones or are we in an AI world? Kind of interesting but I dont buy it personally.

Try holding a mirror facing another mirror. At the correct angle it creates a tunnel that goes on forever!!

Michael Obremski wrote:

They also think there is no such thing as gravity.

Drop a 5# weight on their toes and ask them if gravity is real.