Scheels shows them in stock. What’s the issue?

Matt Moen wrote:

Sure glad I have a Ram…

Yeah, I have a RAM 1500 too and I like it but just got mine back today after having to replace both front wheel bearings with less that 100k miles on it and I baby it.

Great stuff Gary. Thank you. Your post brings me back to the days when I couldn’t get enough of reading “Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers”. I read it so many time that I wore the cover off of my book.

I’m saying follow the data from the DNR biologists. How would this create a new revenue stream?

Thanks guys. I’m not sure of the motive to move forward with the 4 walleye proposal either but I’m not implying that the DNR is lying about anything because to my knowledge they haven’t. I’m just stating that data doesn’t support the need to reduce the walleye limit to 4 statewide and no data to support the change has ever been provided.

glenn57,

Jeff Sundin, the owner and founder of fishrapper.com and a Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame inductee asked me for permission to publish my commentary on his website and I agreed. It doesn’t reflect his stance on the issue and only reflects mine so for Jeff’s sake, if you don’t agree please undestand that.

Karry Kyllo

I like high vis line too. Chartreuse 10 lb. test Daiwa J-Braid with a 8 to 10 foot 8 lb. fluorocarbon leader connected by a double uni knot is my favorite jigging setup.

Joe Jarl wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Karry Kyllo wrote:</div>
So you think that landowners should be compensated with taxpayer’s money for doing what they should ethically be doing in the first place? I have a hard time with that one.

So a farmer that wants their land to be as profitable as possible is unethical? Good grief. Related to Reef’s comment on subsidies, the economic incentive is to till as many acres as possible. And this is driven in large part by the farm bills that have been in place for the last few decades.

Good Grief? You know farmers pay lobbysists to influence politicians to make sure that farm bills are written to benefit them don’t you? Have you ever looked at the subsidies paid to farmers by taxpayers and they want more to stop them from ruining the environment? Do you know what ethics are? Farmers have been scamming the taxpayers of this country for many decades.

Riverrat wrote:

After hearing on this site about some of the rivers and creeks in areas that get massive farm runoffs, I would think that most anglers would support some kind of buffer zone compensation to keep sediment and excess fertilizers out of the rivers.

So you think that landowners should be compensated with taxpayer’s money for doing what they should ethically be doing in the first place? I have a hard time with that one.

I have mine parallel inside the boat when transporting with the transducer end supported by a RAM mount with a claw that’s attached to the SportTrak on my Alaskan with a cover on the transducer. It works well.

Price?

I have a Helix 12, a Helix 9 and a Garmin ECHOMAP 106sv all mounted on my dash. I run them all at the same time using the Garmin for Livescope, the Helix 12 for 2D, DI and SI and the Helix 9 for mapping and “follow the contour” which I use whenever I can. The ability to push with my kicker with the Ulterra automatically steering the boat while trolling or even just automatically following contours slowly with the electric while casting or working a point or shoreline is a great feature.
I like them all alot and think they’re pretty easy to all use together.

It’s an investment but check out Tom Huynh University for a great online course on learning how to use LiveScope and interpret what you’re seeing.

ThunderLund78 wrote:

Have you ever heard of a situation in any lake (aside some prairie swamp lake where everything’s stocked by a sportsman’s club, etc) where the bass were really hurting and needed to be stocked? Both smallmouth and largemouth are very resilient and prolific species and very few are kept for the table. I say game on!

Personally, I think that bass are good tasting fish be that’s not my point.

Let me play the devil’s advocate and ask if bass populations aren’t hurting and don’t need stocking like you say, why change how the Minnesota bass fishery is evidently being successfully managed now?

Leather boots may be made water resistant but I’m not sure that they can ever be be 100% waterproof, even after waxing and applying Sno Seal.

Why all the Lund hate?
Are the Sport Traks themselves failing or the mounts in the Sport Traks? Go into more detail.
In my Lund, the aluminum itself would have to break or bend apart for the Sport Trak to fail. That’s not going to happen unless I really abuse them.
Did it ever occur to you that maybe you’re trying to use Sport Traks for something they weren’t designed for?

Are the Sport Traks themselves failing or the mounts in the Sport Traks? Go into more detail. In my Lund, the aluminum itself would have to break or bend apart for the Sport Trak to fail. That’s not going to happen unless it’s really abused.

I didn’t think you had a Lund with a Sport Trak or any experience with one. And you’re an expert on the strengths and the weaknesses of a Lund Sport Trak? How’d you get your Sport Trak knowledge and expertise?

fins wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Karry Kyllo wrote:</div>
Everything has a breaking point if used for more than its intended purpose. Sport Trak is alot more than just a trademark to catch fishermen. Lund Sport Trak works great if it’s used for what it was designed for.

So it’s not designed for fishing? Not sure what you’re trying to get at? What’s its intended purpose then?

Why argue and be a smart aleck? You know exactly what I mean. Do you even own a Lund with Sport Traks?

Everything has a breaking point if used for more than its intended purpose. Sport Trak is alot more than just a trademark to catch fishermen. Lund Sport Trak works great if it’s used for what it was designed for.

You can badmouth Lund Sport Traks all you want but I’ve been using them for almost 15 years and they’ve all been very, very good.

I’ve tried the crank caddys and have a few but I didn’t care for them.
I have a few Cabelas/Bass Pro Super Magnum tackle bags that I’ve been using for more than 10 years now. They hold a dozen 3700 size boxes (Plano, Flambeau, Bass Pro, Scheels,Fleet Farm…….they all fit nicely as long as theiy’re size 3700 boxes) and they’ve really worked well for me over the years. I use a black Sharpie to identify the cranks in each box and that way I know what’s in a box before pulling it out.

Servos don’t cost much and are an easy fix. I replaced mine at one time and it was inexpensive and simple to do.

Although I liked my Trollmaster, last year I switched to iTroll. It’s really not alot different from a Trollmaster but it has some features that I wanted that aren’t availble on Trollmaster.

I prefer the wired versions also.

In my experience, they both Trollmaster and iTroll work well.

dirtywater wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Karry Kyllo wrote:</div>
I agree that a walleye stamp should be mandatory if youare fihsing for walleyes.

I fish <em class=”ido-tag-em”>walleyes exclusively on rivers and 1-2 lakes where the populations are and self sustaining. Why should I pay for stocking in lakes where walleyes can’t naturally sustain populations?

To answer your question, look at it as the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few.
I don’t fish on lakes or rivers that are stocked either but many anglers across Minnesota fish in bodies of water that require stocking to maintain healthy walleye populations. I like to keep my money in my pocket as much as you but the five bucks you’d pay for a walleye stamp goes directly into a dedicated account for stocking and it’s needed.
I’d support a mandatory walleye stamp.

I agree that a walleye stamp should be mandatory if youare fihsing for walleyes.

fishthumper wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Ripjiggen wrote:</div>
It’s two lines in the summer why would there be four out.
If you talking 2 people and 4 lines I don’t see an issue.

You are correct. I was thinking 4 in summer and winter. Like I said, I
m not a fan but would be OK with 2 in summer. Still think its more mortality and more pressure on the resources. My vote would be NO to any change to the current restriction.

Would there actually be any more pressure on the resources using 4 lines vs 2 lines or even just 1 line? It depends. There wouldn’t be more pressure on a fishery if anglers get limits using more lines and quit fishing because the same number of fish would needed to be caught to get to a limit.
If every angler stopped fishing when they had a limit 4 lines would be fine but that’s not the case and there seem to be alot of anglers fishing these days that don’t care about the resource. Look at the clickers on Lake of the Woods fishing websites. While the number of lines can be regulated, ethics can’t be so I’m for keeping it as is.

I’ve had my eye on an EFI Pro Kicker for a few years now but my carbureted Pro Kicker never gives me any reason to get rid of it.

Where are you buying your shad raps? I can buy them at Scheels for $8.29, Fleet Farm for $7.79 and Cabelas for $8.29 and even less at some places online.

The Ulterra Quests are very good as well and mine was bulletproff last season as well, There are likely alot of 36 volt motors on the used market because people are going to Quest systems when they can and then sell their older 36 volt motors.

I’ve had a Pro Kicker since 2010 or 2011 and I don’t remember ever hearing the low oil warning beeper or any beeper. If I heard a beeper, I honestly wouldn’t even know what is was without looking it up.
Mine has been a really good motor and I’ve never had to clean the carb although I did adjust the idle using the screw that B-man mentions at one time. I use leaded gas with 10% ethanol and always have and I’ve never ran it dry when done using. I do use fuel additive religiously though and add between every gasoline fill. I have changed the fuel filter in the past for preventive maintenance but I’e never had any fuel issues and honestly I’ve never even changed the plug since it was new. I’ve never had to. I troll alot and it runs like a top, idles nicely and always has. Changing motor oil and lower unit oil is the extent of what I have to do from season to season to get ready for the next year.
I’ll take it out of my shed this spring and it’ll start right off like it always does. It idles so nicely that I can’t even hear it running most of the time.