mazak500 wrote:

Lakewood box, got foam from wal-mart annd cut to size.

Doesn’t even have to be a lakewood box. Cutting foam to fit inside the individual slots in a Plano box will keep your spoons and jigs from getting hook rash. Painted lead jigs are the worst for this. I also have ruined several jigs from them simply banging in to one another inside the box. Foam in a plano box fixed this.

I use the Clam spoon box where the spoons all go in vertical slots in the foam, and it works great. Then for jigging raps and small spoons, I cut foam salvaged from some packing materials and filled a bunch of plano boxes.

I got the Mag Lurchin this year and I like it better for walleye than my 30″ JT Gold Digger. Hard to compare a 30″ to a 34″ rod though. But the Mag Lurchin is an awesome rod.

flanders51 wrote:

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Your right, and that’s where the jt spring bobber rod come in to play.

Now that looks like the ticket. The sickness is upon me!
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I grew up using Schooly rods with spring bobbers that would load easily on small lead ice flies. If you’re using 1/64 or even 1/32 oz jigs, the visual bite detection on a JT Panhandler spring bobber is not going to be nearly the same as a soft or “finely tuned” spring bobber. JT’s spring bobber is closer to an extension of the rod than an actual spring bobber. That being said, I absolutely love it because it allows me to do the Dave Genz style presentation that can only be accomplished with a stiff tip. The spring is stiff enough to shimmy and dance a plastic in place but just soft enough to give a slight visual cue on strike. 10/10 would recommend. In fact, I lost a JT Panhandler 30″ at the end of last season and replaced it this fall with the exact same rod.

for cheaper rods, I think the scheels guide series are hard to beat. I think they are $30 retail, and go on sale for $25 regularly. The fit and finish is questionable, but the blanks are great. I haven’t found another $25 rod that’s even close.

Funny this thread would come up… I just kept a 6 walleye limit for (I believe) the first time in my life on Saturday, and I was trying to remember if I had ever kept a 6 walleye limit before.

This 6 fish limit were mostly 13-15 inch fish, though. It was only enough meat for about one and a half meals for my family. Keeping six 18″ walleye is much different than keeping six 14″ walleye.

gimruis wrote:

I am not familiar with the regulations in Wisconsin but on page 13 of the MN regs it reads:

“Immediately released or returned to the water. Fish retained longer than is needed to unhook, measure, and photograph at the site of capture are not considered immediately released and will be counted as part of an angler’s possession limit. Fish placed in any type of container or on a stringer are not considered immediately released.”

I believe this part of the rulebook is to specifically define what counts as “immediately released” as there are plenty of other rules that require you to “immediately release” a fish. Example: I catch a 48″ muskie. I am not allowed to put it in my livewell. Ever. Period. This rule tells me as soon as it hits my livewell, it is in my possession and I am not allowed to possess a 48″ muskie.

As others have stated, culling is legal in MN (I think this law has recently changed. When I was a kid, I was taught culling was illegal). As long as the fish is healthy enough to release, you can release the fish if you decide not to keep them.

In case anyone as ignorant as me finds this thread, this is what I bought from home depot and it worked awesome. $5.50 and replaced all 4 snaps in about 10 minutes. Thanks again for the help guys.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-3-8-in-Screw-Snap-Fastener-Kit-1267/204764017

KPE wrote:

I highly recommend ordering the snap tool and a set of stainless snaps. I’ve ripped 6 snaps off my boat cover and it takes me a minute to fix each one. never ripped a replaced one yet. My cousin’s boat cover was missing 9 snaps. 5 minute job.

The tool was like $25 (it’s basically a modified vice grip) and stainless snaps can be had for a buck or less a piece.

It’s a tool that has already paid for itself a few times IMO.

I think this is the route I am going to go. I wasn’t aware replacing snaps was such a….. snap.
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Thanks for the responses!

Walleyestudent Andy Cox wrote:

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Nice. Wonder if that means the big pike and <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>Muskie bite is picking up

Oh yeah…it has.

Kent Buckingham caught 2 muskies one day the week we were staying at Fisher’s. He’s been reporting multiple large <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>pike catches the last couple weeks also. He’s the one running that big red Evinrude, I’m sure you know who that is.

Yes, this was Mille Lacs and not sure how far out in the basin but I think they’re focusing on the east side near Malmo.

Word I’m hearing now is they did not get qualifying measurement photo as I assume they may not have been aware that the fish would have exceeded the current record C&R <em class=”ido-tag-em”>muskie by over an inch.

If it’s still alive and kicking this fall one might imagine a 60+ pound fish.

Edit…I meant 50+ pounds.

No, I think you were right the first time. That fish would almost certainly be over 60 pounds in November.

I fished Mille Lacs twice in May and once in June and found many of the fish to be very skinny. Here’s a photo of a 24″ walleye caught on May 15th. Is it skinny because it recently spawned or is it malnourished? I don’t know the answer to that.

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