Another big earthquake today near the island of Tonga.

Guess we can put up with some more snow.

SR

Twice in my life I have been standing on a lakeshore when the ice was breaking up. A gentle breeze making a million small shards of ice tap against each other. Each tap makes a sound like a little bell. A million little bells. You stand there taking this all in knowing it will be gone in a matter of hours.

SR

don’t poke the bear

I always liked the line “Grey is a colour, and gray is a color”.

I remember Dick Schaak. He had a place on a lake in Wisconsin. One spring morning I was way out in front of his place in waders fishing Walleyes. He came out and tried to tell me I was trespassing. I told him to, uh, attempt reproduction by himself. He was unhappy.

SR

Sharon wrote:

Yay! But also good with a big glob of horseradish sauce!

That’s my girl!

I have to ask. Do the Goshawks, owls, and other predators leave the Grouse alone in the winter too?

In all fairness I did say it was a crazy idea.

According to ESPN Cousins resigned with Atlanta.

Here’s a crazy thought. How about the Gophers dropping down to FBS? The best game I saw all year was NDSU versus SDSU. Montana State’s quarterback was all world. Great football without the million dollar price tag.

SR

I usually listen to Blues, and that’s hard to find on the air. Even the B.B. King channel on SXM misses the mark. Other wise yes you’re right.

“Tom Bernard retired some time ago from KQRS.”

LOL. It’s called sarcasm. Last time I listened to radio was “some time ago”.

I have a usb thing in the truck, haven’t listened to radio in many years. Is Tom Bernard still on KQ? Anyway I have a bunch of stuff I like and no commercials or endless blathering.

SR

What Matt said. I have a 50# and if there’s much current I’m going backwards.

Sharon you count weird. Everybody I ever played against started with 15’s, then pairs, then runs.

Dad

What is a “wind knot”? I’ve seen the term used in fly fishing, and in that case it’s a result of over powering the cast and has nothing to do with wind. Is your line maybe twisted? That could lead to kinks and snarls.

SR

Menards shrunk their aisles and bought these humongous carts. If there’s a cart in the way, a person can’t squeeze past much less another cart.

I miss the old Bartle’s hardware store here in town.

SR

My last vacuum cleaner sucked.

Sorry, somebody was going to make that joke.

We currently have a Shark Navigator and it’s been doing the job. But be forewarned, Shark designs their products so they can’t repaired. They use several sizes of weird fasteners, the plastic pieces snap together so break if you try to get it apart, and even if you do get inside, they don’t have any repair parts available.

SR

Here ya go Labdaddy.

The streamer uses Mylar piping for the body, red tag, grey squirel tail for the wing, and hen hackle for the throat. The head is grey dubbing. I’ve caught a lot of Crappies with this fly, as well as my personal best Smallmouth.

The popper is a bug I made out of foam window insulation. The tail is grey squirrel, there’s black saddle hackle in front of that, and I painted it with model airplane paint that comes in the little jars. It floats like a cork and makes a nice deep “blurp”, bit doesn’t hold up really well after a bunch of Largemouth have chewed on it.

SR

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I tie a streamer pattern that uses squirrel tail. It’s slippery and hard to work with, but it looks great in the water. I think my streamer looks like a fathead, who knows what the fish think.

SR

No way I’m ever going to spend $100 on a wallet that will never have more than $30 in it.

SR

I guess we knew this was coming but it sure doesn’t make it any easier. You’re now in a club none of us want to be in. My heart goes out to you old friend.

SR

Saw two boats up above the bridge this afternoon. Looked wonderful.

SR

I saw that thing in a movie once. Almost took over the world.

SR

” If you follow the law their will no problems.”

That all depends on the CO you encounter. I’ve situations where I wasn’t doing anything wrong, and the CO had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. Know your rights.

SR

I thought CO were law enforcement officers. Why wouldn’t they operate under the same rules as local PD or state police? Why the need for more new bills?

SR

Lake shore owner associations scare me a lot more than the invasive species. They dump herbicide into Lake Demontreville several times a year, year after year. They destroyed a lake that used to be a real treasure. Hope they enjoy running their jet skis around in circles.

To err is human. To really screw things up, give the state of Minnesota a computer.

SR

Swimjiggin wrote:

As a lakeshore property owner I’ve watched our waters really change in the last 12yrs or so. First came the milfoil, then the zebes now Starry Stonewort showed her ugly side. I can deal with the zebes but thick masses of weeds are a problem, 2 yrs ago there wasn’t 1 boat on a lift that the prop wasn’t covered with weeds. Fortunately with a grant and our lake association there was quite a few acres worth of weeds that got killed off but more needs to be done. I’m all in favor of these launch kids, if 1 rig is found bringing something in, then it’s a success.

Sounds like none of those measured worked very well on your lake.

Randy, in case you haven’t heard this enough….you’re a good man and deserve a lot of respect for doing the right thing even though it’s tremendously difficult at times.

SR