14.3lbs

big fish – 5.5lbs

glad to see this post i am definately in

total weight = 20.5 lbs
big fish walleye= 9.2 lbs.
big sauger = 3.5 lbs

i am registering for two teams.

Team 1) shane collins & brian wierzbicki and my friends

Team 2) rich elias & rich elias Sr.

see everyone there for a good time again.

rich elias and rich elias Sr.

eric i am team number 27 as the captain part i have to put a sub in for my partner. my new partners name will be doug schoeber instead of Brian wierbicki thanks for making the switch for me.

15.45 3.1lbs big fish

i am in again this year. need to defend the big fish title. Shane Collins and Brian Wierzbicki. looking forward to it

i will let you know on saturday. was going to go out thrus. and fri but daycare fell through.

if you want i have dave and joys number also. let me know and u can call me for it. that would be awesome if your friend would open a bait store there. it would be even nicer if they made it kind of like evertt’s. we need a good walleye bait shop. just pm me and let me know

thanks for the update jarrad. i might not be able to come up on friday now but if i get there i will look for you.

Thank you John and Jason for the help. Jarrad I will stop in and say hi, hope you are around. Great photos. Jarrad if i dont recognize you say hi. i will be pulling a white 1800 prov lund. I will have an open seat if you would like to go.

15lbs 10oz.
b/f- 4.5lbs

Thanks for the reply Tom. I think I will give it a try. 50 dollars for 1500 yards I can not really pass it up. I wish it would last me that long. Too many poles to respool. again thank you

Blue,

those are some nice maps also, but do you know why they do not show any wingdams on the maps above the Trempealeau dam.

I get my maps of the river from the U.S Fish and Wildlife office in LaCrosse. I know i took some maps for Winona past Genoa. They might have more. Also If you have GPS navionics river chip works well also.

“have however come across a few cranks through trial and error that just run better without the split ring and in those instances I remove the split ring and go directly to the eyelet with the cross lock.”

James which crankbaits do u take the split rings off.

1st day on the water this early season and it did not matter in my boat. i was out from 1pm to 330pm and we caught 20 eyes and saugers. Mostly eyes today in 15-20fow in Genoa. i rigged half the ringworms one way and the other half the other and it did not matter why i was vertical or dragging. we kept 8 today and threw back three piggy females 20-23. all i can say is go slow. best color was midnight blue with pearl tail, pepper chart., and purple hair.

Joel how is sauk city havent been there for awhile, i am originally from baraboo.

HOLY COW !!!! I thought i was a built guy but I am amazed. We should start and IDO FOOTBALL TEAM WITH ALL OF THESE GUYS. We would flatten everyone. I need to see a picture of all these guys in there sweatshirts. wow

what type of knot do you use when you tie the leadcore to the swivel, and what type of knot do you use when using a fireline/powerpro leader. Does anyone use snaps to switch the baits quickly.

Jason,
I am just starting to use lead core also this year. Never believed in it until a tournament last year were I was three waying and the boat next to me pulled two nine pounders to win the tournament. I am now a believer, anyways a quick question. i was told to run a barrel swivel off the leadcore to the powerpro leader. what type of knot do you use or what type of leader set up do you use and type of knot. i also used a surgeon knot from my mono backing to leadcore.

thanks

shane
jason if you ever get down to lacrosse let me know always an open seat

Hi James,

maybe you can help me out. i have been using b fish n tackle for some time now and finally looked to see who was a dealer in my area of LaCrosse. I don’t like paying the shipping costs now so I went to Tri-State Bait and Tackle to get some new ringworms, blade baits, paddle tails etc… but the owner advised he hasn’t seen a salesman for along time. He advised when he see’s a salesman he would order more items. Maybe you could pass this along to the right people. It would be really nice for someone to carry all the products and the new products in my area. I know a lot of fisherman would be happy.

thanks James

Shane. by the way if you ever get down this way i always have an open seat and can get off anyday I want. take care and good luck fishing.

i have quit for a year now. i chewed for 20yrs and went through over a tin a day. i quit cold turkey and used the beef jerky chew and SMOKEY MOUNTAIN HERBAL CHEW. this comes in all flavors. try it works great especially by always having something in your mouth.

i know last week there was an ice shelf at the landing yet you had to drive over to get the boat launch. do you know if that is gone yet. i dont like taking a heavy boat over that ice shelf. if you can help with that question i would appreciate it. thanks