No way for me. Even though my truck is old, I want to keep it as dry as possible.

X2 on Doc Martens. They are the way to go. Excellent support for your ankles and arches. I really like the flap that goes over the top of your arch for protection. Highly recommend.

If you are buying trailer tires you had better weigh your boat with the trailer and get an idea what you have for weight before buying trailer tires. Most people can find a scale somewhere near there residence where they live and some scales are free. Start putting gas, and gear and whatever else you carry and the weight goes up in a hurry. Figure that out, and then you can get the right load range tire to put on your trailer for hauling. I have “D” range tires on my Ranger trailer and they are Goodyear Endurance tires. I really like them. Two points that are important with trailer tires. 1) Make sure you use “TRAILER TIRES” , and that is it. No truck tires on the trailer. 2) Spend the extra money and “BALANCE” your tires on your trailer. They will ride better and last longer. My 2 cents on that. If you don’t believe me, walk around the boat parking lot and look at all the square and uneven boat tires on trailers. Most people don’t know what they’re rig even weighs. Good luck !!!

Been catching a fair amount of these on bladebaits on the mighty Mississippi

I have fished pools 5A, 6, and 7 and all of the mentioned pools have it. Been years since I have seen it this bad. Makes throwing cranks, swimbaits, and blades tough.

Make your spoon look like a SHRIMPO (so horizontal) with the tail

No crowds is always a plus. Nice fish Backwater !!!

x2 on the Pizza Corral. Great pizza

I fish river backwaters(mississippi)most of the time. Most waters are skinny from 3 to 6 feet. I rely on my electronics even in skinny water to get fish to bite. I use panoptix to find fish. Then I use my 2D after. Usually I am drilling tons of holes in a typical bay. I am looking for active fish, not bottom huggers. You want fish up and moving in the water column, even in skinny water. Even in deep water also . Once you find this scenario you can usual be successful with jigging cadences for crappies, gills, and perch . Believe me, the planets have a way of lining up on a search and destroy mission.

For line, I run 2 pound to 4 pound hi-vis mono, with 2 pound getting the nod most of the time. Tungsten jigs, I use quite a few ball jigs in the 2.5 to 3mm size with plastics of different varieties. B-Y baits work well, Panfish plastics are great too. There are tons available and all have there place. For rods, I own too many. I use pulsator rods, TUCR rods, and even some HT rods which are plain fiberglass. Whatever works for me, may not work for you, but you get the idea.

In summary, I say finding active fish will make your jigging cadences brighter, ten fold. Lot’s of good info above by the other posters. Good luck fishing !!

I would use just the head of a minnow, not the whole thing by the way.

If I was stuck in a shack, I would be jigging with some #3, #4, and maybe a #5 rippin rap on one rod. The other rod would be a dead stick with a split shot, red hook or gold, with a lively minnow. If they don’t hit the Rap, then they would draw to the live bait.

Bring some buck shot spoons along also and some jigging raps as well. They usually work wonders as well. You could fish them naked or tip them with a minnow or a larva of your choice.

Above all, make sure you listen to what the fish are telling you !

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN !!!!

I have used it with good results and also Stren crappie mono. I sometimes add a fluro tippet material with a blood knot. Hi viz lines are easy to see and the fish don’t mind the color.

Yamamoto senkos are golden and Yum dingers work also in a pinch. Good fishin

For everyday fishing, I use the 455 as a search tool. If I see a tree or rockpile I want to really get better detail on, then I switch to 800. You get better detail with the latter, but you have to change settings as well. I run GARMIN by the way.

Good evening all. Like Gary said the engineering of products made are sub par at best. Like he stated, get creative and get the slop out of whatever you are using to get it straight. I use a level like I stated in my other post and make sure I am golden before dropping it in the water. I was thinking about this on the way home from work tonight. I use my panoptix setup on both hard and soft water. Think about it for a second everyone. When we ice fish, we are video game fishing (no matter what you use for electronics) especially with panoptix and livescope. Make sure whatever you are using for electronics you are as perpendicular to the water as you can be and your settings for GAIN ADJUSTMENTS will be much easier for you to see your baits. When SOFT WATER comes again I will be taking my Garmin Panoptix ice bundle and mounting it on my trolling motor. I love to video game fish right over a fishes noggin. There is nothing better (just like ice fishing, right ?) than drop shotting. It puts fish in the boat, no matter what flavor fish you like. My panoptix set-up on the trolling motor is pretty easy to get perpendicular because it toggles the transducer head to get it straight. The question I have for all of you is, how many of you check your trolling motor to see if it is perpendicular to soft water whatever you use for electronics mounted on it. I am thinking a lot of you haven’t. I hear it all the time from people that tell me they can’t see there jig in the front of the boat . The reason why is there trolling motor isn’t perpendicular to the water. So make sure you check all your set-ups, both hard and soft water, no matter what you have for electronics. I have shimmed lots of transducers to get them straight on trolling motors so they read properly. Just some food for thought and my 2 cents.

Hello. I have the Panoptix with the PS22 ducer. I have found that making sure your transducer pole is as perpendicular as possible makes all the difference in the world. I carry a level with me and make sure the snow and ice are as level as possible before sticking the pole in the water. This makes a big difference. It doesn’t take that long either. Once I find the mojo spot I set my depth range to just a couple of feet deeper than the actual depth itself. I don’t use the auto gain feature at all then. If I had livescope I would do the same thing. My 2 pennies worth. Good luck !