Zach Bryan
Charles Wesley Godwin
Brent Cobb
Shane Smith and the Saints
John Meloy

I bet the people saying it’s public land, they should be able to do what they want, are the same people crying and moaning about jet skis and wake boats wrecking fishing.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>smallie83 wrote:</div>
I dont much care about what goes on in other countries unless it directly affects me or could. I prefer my country protect its land for its citizens and to benefit us. No chance a foreign country or an individual like Bill Gates is looking out for the best interest of us.

Since when does it matter that landowners are looking out for anyone else? Gates is a landowner, just like some farmer that owns 10,000 acres. Funny thing is that people in Nebraska didn’t even know Gates was the largest landowner in some counties. They just thought another corporation owned the land. A reporter had to tell them.

Never ceases to amaze me how quick people run to the government and call for more regulations.

Coming from someone who has obviously never heard or read a word of what Gates has said which lead to his intentions. Are you OK with him saying essentially the pandemic was needed because millions of people needed to die because the earth was getting overpopulated?

I’m against limiting citizens rights based on their thoughts or what they said. Kind of shocking that there are people that are for limiting land ownership based on speech. And yes, I’m also fine with him retiring farmland if that’s what he desires. Won’t happen, but who cares if he does?

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bigstorm wrote:</div>
For those that think that think people from other countries shouldnt be able to own property in the US, what are your thoughts on people from and living in the US owning land in other countries?

I dont much care about what goes on in other countries unless it directly affects me or could. I prefer my country protect its land for its citizens and to benefit us. No chance a foreign country or an individual like Bill Gates is looking out for the best interest of us.

Since when does it matter that landowners are looking out for anyone else? Gates is a landowner, just like some farmer that owns 10,000 acres. Funny thing is that people in Nebraska didn’t even know Gates was the largest landowner in some counties. They just thought another corporation owned the land. A reporter had to tell them.

Never ceases to amaze me how quick people run to the government and call for more regulations.

Is anyone concerned this plot seems an awfully lot like the movie Canadian Bacon? Create a fake war to try to drive up polling numbers? And gullible people buy it right up.

B-man wrote:

Glenn57

Even though he was talking about fish, you bring up a GREAT point that I’ve thought about more than once.

Chew on this and get back to me.

One must first acknowledge that hunting and fishing “seasons” are made up man-made “dates”.

Now please explain how killing a pregnant doe in November is any different than killing that same deer in June???

Either way the fawn(s) won’t survive. Dead in the womb or dead from malnourishment.

One is certainly more cruel than the other, but at the end of the day they’re all eliminated before the next “season”.

Openers are a ton of fun and traditional, but when math and biology come down to it, it’s all about total mortality.

It doesn’t matter “when” the mortality happens during a 365 day period…it only depends on how much there is.

Fish…deer…ducks…grouse…turkeys… bears… pheasants…etc…all the same.

Anyone please prove me wrong

This concludes tonights Deep Thinking with B-man

Fall makes sense for numerous reasons:

Think of fall plummage for many bird species. Easier to see young pheasant roosters in October compared to August. Same for ducks, identification would be a struggle for some? Or maybe many?

Fall is also a natural season. Late winter and early spring you might be shooting weak or starving animals coming off a hard winter.

Spring, do you really want to disrupt nesting? Same for nesting waterfowl. Walking a field for pheasants you might be kicking up mallards or teal off nests. People doing that day after day wouldn’t be good for nesting success.

Summer is humid and buggy. You would be killing dogs, and from what I’ve seen, probably some hunters.

Without defined seasons enforcement would also be tough.

Fall is just natural.

Bass fisherman and it probably wouldn’t make a huge difference for me, most years. I’m for it, though my wife probably isnt…

Iowaboy1 wrote:

Bear,that merc shouldnt take much juice to start.
Perform a voltage drop test on both battery cables.
Put one of your volt meter leads on the positive cable at the battery,the other lead goes to the positve cable where it attaches to the starter solenoid.
Attempt starting the motor,if you see a large reading over half a volt that cable or connection is corroded.

Do the same with the negative cable,test lead at the negative post,other lead to where the cable bolts to the block.
If it reads over half a volt that cable is bad.
Ive seen corrosion in the middle of the cable you cant see until you slice the insulation,look for swelling along the length of the cables,that will give you an idea where the corrosion is.

From there if they test good either the starter needs serviced or the battery is weak.

Bought my current boat and the console depth finder was wired to the trolling motor battery. Everyone told me I shouldn’t do that. So I rewired it back to the starting battery. But if the graph is on when I start the boat, it turns off the graph and I have to unplug the df, plug it back in, and then start the df after the motor is running.

So people told me to get a big, dual purpose battery. So I did. Still have the same issue.

The wiring is new. I’m considering just getting another battery just for the console df. Only thing that sucks is I’ll be short a slot for the onboard charger.

Deuces wrote:

Did a quick Google smallie, can’t find it, although tbh i might be overlooking it. This was probably 15 or more years ago, back then money was tight and alot of my books were in the public domain and free to download off the internet, which would make the book at least I beleive at that time was 70yrs old or older. Mightve been on my old computer as I don’t recall a paper copy but again, I may be mistaken. I’d enjoy reading it again

Ok. Thanks. I love history books and I’m out of anything that really interests me at the moment.

Deuces wrote:

The American wild most certainly would have been a sight to see in the beginning. Read a couple books of land surveyors from that time that carried no guns. Amazing stories and spectacles to see.

They never feared for their safety from animals or humans. Embellishment from “adventurers” is certainly no foreign concept at any point in human history. Not taking anything away from folks who set forth into a wild land, but was interesting to read another perspective.

Any idea what those books are called?

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Full draw wrote:</div>
One of the areas I hunt coyotes in SD is where Hugh Glass was attacked.

The guy from the Revenant?

Didn’t realize that actually happened. Interesting.

If your into reading check out Throne of Grace. About Jebadiah Smith, but a bunch of famous trappers like Glass come in and out of the story. Including Jim Bridger.

Full draw wrote:

Hunting in Grizzly country that has a season for them is a lot different than hunting in Grizzly country that doesn’t.
Wyoming and Montana have no shortage of Grizzly bears. Every year their range expands. Every year there are hunters and hikers attacked.

When I hunted NW of Dubois WY it was eye opening.
Every morning I seen fresh griz sign.
I Shot my Bull elk in the evening. By the time we got it deboned it was going on 11 pm. I told my partner we were not coming back to that carcass again. We loaded up packs and headed back to the truck. That was by far the heaviest pack I have ever had in my back.

One of the areas I hunt coyotes in SD is where Hugh Glass was attacked. The site he was attacked is now under water. It was pretty cool standing on top of the hill reading the monument looking down to where it happened back in the 1800’s.

So crazy to read the stories from fur trappers or Lewis and Clark. Would be such a different world to be the hunted. The Lewis and Clark expedition member who jumped in the river to escape a grizzly always stood out to me.

I’ll start the dishwasher before I leave for work today. Will be done when I get home. 2 minutes to unload. Efficiency.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>smallie83 wrote:</div>
Toilets have been gurgling since January. Thought it was a frozen vent pipe that I can only access with a lift due to slope and height. Problem didn’t go away with warm weather. Investigated further yesterday and I have an overflowing tank and frozen drain field. Gravity system. I don’t understand how it never froze but it was running out the pipe, downhill.

I blame it on pumping in the fall, lack of snow, and a long vacation with no water use.

Anyone walk, drive, snowmobile, deer trail, etc. across that area?

Deer would be the only one of those. It’s not a main trail, but I’m sure they run across there.

In hindsight I regret pumping it in November. We were also gone for a long vacation during that really bad cold snap in January. That couldn’t have helped. It went down a tiny amount yesterday during the day when no one was home. So I’m hoping it’s starting to very slowly unthaw.

Toilets have been gurgling since January. Thought it was a frozen vent pipe that I can only access with a lift due to slope and height. Problem didn’t go away with warm weather. Investigated further yesterday and I have an overflowing tank and frozen drain field. Gravity system. I don’t understand how it never froze but it was running out the pipe, downhill.

I blame it on pumping in the fall, lack of snow, and a long vacation with no water use.

Huntindave wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>smallie83 wrote:</div>
It’s a public agency that basically exists at this point for the rural and for the old,

Huh? The USPS delivers to downtown business’s, city dwellings and industrial plants. It also delivers to nursing homes as well as childcare facilities. I was unaware that the USPS used age as a factor, to provide or deny service.

It doesn’t deny anyone service. Downtown businesses have a number of private options that I, as a rural citizen, don’t have. A downtown city business wouldn’t notice the closing of USPS. Same for young people. They are online for nearly everything.

ajw wrote:

Saying they shouldn’t have to make budget financially is a wild stance. Breaking even would be a great start.

They shouldn’t be able to unionize either but that’s a whole ‘nother issue

In order to break even they would need to substantially raise prices. Which people would go crazy about. They can’t lower salaries. I know I certainly don’t want to drive my own vehicle around 6 days a week on my rural route for $20/hour. Yes, I know they get mileage.

gim wrote:

The postal service is supposed to be an independent, break-even agency. The problem is that they are mandated by federal law to deliver mail 6 days/week, and without any bailouts by congressional funding, they would have folded up a decade or more ago. They operate in the deep red every year. I’m not a business major so I can’t say how this problem could be fixed. It’s complicated and would take congressional approval, something I’m rarely expecting these days.

The Postmaster General (previously appointed in the first Trump/Pence administration) recently announced he’s stepping down in June. He’s publicly admitted it’s broken and he cannot fix it.

It can’t be fixed because it’s designed to subsidize rural people and old people. But politicians won’t acknowledge that. It’s impossible to turn a profit when it costs the same to mail a letter from Warroad to Bowman, Montana as it does Minneapolis to St. Paul.

I’m all in favor of just getting rid of it so people stfu about it, and then letting people spend $5 to mail each Christmas card through UPS. I’m generally just sick of how many people in this country don’t understand how subsidized their life is by the federal and state government.

Gitchi Gummi wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>smallie83 wrote:</div>
It’s a public agency that basically exists at this point for the rural and for the old, but is expected to turn a profit like a private company. They are constantly under pressure to find new revenue streams and to cut costs because the people running this country are too stupid to understand or acknowledge what their role is.

Not every public service needs to return a profit. What people miss again and again is that the public sector has a unique role to play in society and for that fundamental reason, should not always function like the private sector does nor be held to the same standards. They produce public goods and services, not profits.

That’s my point. Politicians are constantly trying to force them into running a profit. Leave them alone and acknowledge they are there for a niche service and relatively select group.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

Coming May 15, 2025. After that date if you send a package and want tracking you’ll have to dig deeper into your coin purse. They call this new service “Tracking Plus”. I can’t see where it’s any different from the tracking they already offer, ineffective as it is, other than the charge for you to track your package so I wonder why they haven’t called this “Plus” Tracking.

I’m currently tracking, or trying to, a package that was ordered last week and the tracking says it has already been delivered…. to a mailbox in January 2025. It really doesn’t do much for my confidence that anything I order will actually get here using current mail service.

It’s a public agency that basically exists at this point for the rural and for the old, but is expected to turn a profit like a private company. They are constantly under pressure to find new revenue streams and to cut costs because the people running this country are too stupid to understand or acknowledge what their role is.

They are what they are at this point.

Matt Moen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Johnny wrote:</div>
WTH can Trump pardon him for? He isn’t on the board of the baseball hall of fame. Even the commissioner can’t pardon him.

Seems right up Trumps alley to idolize someone who broke the rules. Not surprising from someone who thinks Putin is a good guy.

What a joke and waste of time. Let’s focus on the real issues facing our country because there’s a lot of them.

I was hoping to stay focused on Rose and if people think he should be in the hall versus turning this political.

You thought a post about the president pardoning someone he can’t actually pardon wouldn’t be political? Haha Do you live under a rock?

20 gallon tank on my alumacraft. I worry about running out of gas so I always bring at least 10 – 12 gallons. Going through kettle falls this year so I’ll top off there. Made it back with an 1/8 tank to spare last year on Sand Point. I’ll bring a 3rd gas can from now on. Much cheaper bringing gas if you have the room.

I bring an extra battery and have an onboard alternator, although I’m never sure if the thing actually does any charging. With the younger kids I never run out of juice. Older kids I have ran out after 3 days of hard fishing.

Dutchboy wrote:

Look around the Ash River Visitor Center. You will be on the East end of Kab, West end of Namakin. Lots of protection from the wind. Straight out from the landing there is a site and I think it has a dock although I’m not sure. From there look for a site in Lost Bay. While the wind can blow straight down there the fishing can be pretty good.

Be sure you plan for black flies and mosquitos, that time of year they can be fierce.

Good Luck.

Good call on the bugs. A screen tent is a must for me that time of year for eating at a lot of campsites.

All personal preference. I actually prefer a nice sand beach.

Most of the really good spots are gone right away. Not that aren’t likely still decent spots available now, but most likely spots available now are for short duration or have some of flaw.

Best thing to do is to pick the best spot you can find now, and then make a list of your favorites to scout while you are up there. I think Kab is perfect for getting your feet wet with island camping.

I just replaced a 2 and a half year old battery for a similar issue. Battery was purchased 6 months before I got the boat but my depth finder kept turning off if my rpms weren’t up. Started watching the volt gauge and the volts were dropping below 12 if I wasn’t going at least 5 mph. Read where humminbirds need at least 12 volts.

Was shocked with the battery being less than 3 years old, but I got a new battery and problem solved.

I would start with trying a different battery.

How are the activation and deactivation fees?

Very sketchy for me with Verizon around wolf packs/fox island. I scouted islands around the namakan narrows last year and didn’t have coverage.

The main issue is I take a trip with just kids and no other adults. That concerns her. I have looked at inreach but the kids probably couldn’t get it to work in an actual situation.

Run utility trailers at work and put over 10,000 miles a year on a few of them. We have one go out every few years on the sealed ones so we starting switching to bearing buddies like we all have on our boats. I’ve never had an issue with a trailer with bearing buddies. Had my last boat for 12 years and just regularly greased it, never replaced.