Bucky “Well said.

There’s land for sale. Those who want to buy it can line up to get filthy rich off all the CRP profits if they want.

…or perhaps they b***h as a mechanism of their anger because they cannot afford the land”

Right. I’ve seen where someone wants to buy hunting land and having a program to enroll into after purchase is the deciding factor to help offset costs, but they aren’t getting rich. Or where a piece of land comes for sale with RIM/CREP which reduces the price due to the restrictions, which otherwise may not been affordable.

jimmysiewert wrote:

I just love that I have to pay for the trees from the DNR nursery to plant on my land – but then the DNR / Ag Dept. gives grants to farmers in my area to tear trees out to plant more crops. Makes a lot of sense

Would love to see a source, never heard of such a thing, and I know its not the DNR they have very few private land programs.

Does your woods need a fair amount of management/ invasive control?

Not familiar with this exact plan. But if there is quite a bit of work needed, ask them about the USDA program eqip and see if there are any forestry cost-share options for your area- each county is different, some have money to clean up invasive brush and trees. Fed funded so may be on hold but worth asking about.

Number of the guys are still active on social media, some more active in the industry than others.
Ben Brettigen seems to be hunting birds full time
Joel Nelson got hired on by Onx this past yr.
Jacob Hals (spelling?) the camera man, is at Norsk with James.
Dean and Calvin – boat center.
PJ is a big time guide now

Getting rid of the youtube channel and videos is odd. they’d still be getting small amounts of ad share revenue from youtube from new views.

Being within an hour of Minneapolis, info isn’t readily shared in public forums these days, unfortunately. But yeah there’s walleye in the lakes you listed.

Collinwood winter killed a year or two ago, for the first time ever.
The one lake I’ll add that’s closer, Minnetonka

Was there just a lot of conversation about it making it a “hot” topic. Or controversial?
Someone who was there:

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Coincidentally, speaking of being worried about stupid bills, I just found this one:

HF1540. “Thoroughbred Racehorse Residency Program”. Purpose- stimulate Minnesota’s equine industry and support stable hands….
Racehorse owners will receive $750 everyday one of their horse’s race; if said horse is boarded at a MN racetrack for 120 or more days a year..
Note this is per horse- they could get $3,000 in one day if they own and enter 4 horse’s. It would be funded by tax payer dollars coming from the general fund.

Bill authors:
Ben Bakeberg (R)
Brad Tabke (D)

CaptainMusky wrote:

Do people really enjoy eating trout? I have only had rainbows and all the times I have had it I thought it was terrible no matter how it was made.

Were they wild or pellet fed rainbows?

Awesome bill, ask your reps. to support it!

Copy and Paste from a different group to add some clarification:
“This is the required statute language that establishes the opportunity to have a catch and release season from the end to Feb until the current walleye opener. The remainder of the ‘law” would be defined in Rule making. ”

As we know statute is never straight forward of course. It is written into law that we can not target bass out side of the season. This statute change will allow bass angling year round. If passed, the DNR with their rulemaking authority will declare it a c&R season etc.

Start watching tour level gold on youtube

Thanks Riverrat, I’ll have to do some homework on the funds. I don’t think anyone supports mis use of money.

OG Net_Man wrote:

USAID – I am guessing that they provide funding of value somewhere but some of the spending is surely BS.

100% was helping and providing humanitarian aid overseas, but I’ll agree I guarantee there was also waste. US AID provided funds to a number of different denominations and missions work, I’ll link one example. I’m fairly religious and personally support overseas missions work, but should be the government be funding religious mission work or should it be 100% privately funded- I don’t know the correct answer…
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/catholic-aid-group-cuts-usaid-freeze/

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/els.html

https://payitgov.com/outdoors/

Do we blame the DNR or the contractor hired to create the app, Payit Outdoors? Unless you have behind the scene access we won’t know. Looks like a number of other states have used payit so hopefully their products turns out well.

Bummed about the app not ready, but I’ve purchased my license online the past 4-5 years so no big deal. Buy on phone or computer. Save/transfer to phone’s documents as a pdf and sign using the pen tool. Screenshot takes way to long to find and can get lost.

*edit- I tried linking the dnr update and payit’s website but my post disappears when I do that.

One boat network for mn lakes. Onx has some nice tools but contour maps have a lot to be desired currently.

Thinking about going fishing instead lol

Otherwise find some meat and smoke it, maybe burnt ends? yum.

JD Winston?

*EDIT- thought this was a joke post at first, so was making a joke of an user. Realized this POS might just be real…

Youbetcha wrote:

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Caught in a landslide…..

No escape from reality

Open your eyes

If it helps- You aren’t supposed to leave lithium’s on a continuous trickle charge when not in use. If you hit the river mid winter on “warmer” day, you can charge them after quick; but wouldn’t have them plugged in during a cold spell like this.
But I don’t fish the river in the winter and bring my lead acids in side each winter.

ganderpike wrote:

May be so, but no individual angler needs 6 fish. 4 daily, possession is twice daily.

You are over the limit LOL.
Possession = the daily limit.

They’ve been fishing out there since the week after thanksgiving or so. First bay to freeze usually. So yeah it gets hit hard

Limited parking and smalls like you said, wouldn’t be my first or 5th choice. Good luck

vinella wrote:

I probably should have started there . In my head with it being lithium I thought it would be trickier and was looking for advice from someone that had disposed of one before.

It’s a Norsk battery. They are sending me a new one. Asked them if they wanted the faulty one back (hoping they would say yes so I could get rid of it), but they said no.

Good deal for you, and good service! If it is the BMS look up how to reset/jump it. might fix it? BUT since they are sending a new one I’m guessing this isn’t the issue – the company usually will walk through this when troubleshooting.

If its newer and from a reputable company I’d contact them first before tossing. Sometimes the BMS needs to be “reset”.

As far as disposing, let me google that for you.

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Flx30 if you can find it at $399 new still. Those blowout sales look to be done though.

Brand new full retail? 28 or 38. Or wait for Marcum to come out with some big improvements in the next year or so with their new employees, but that wasn’t your question lol.

You can get the Amped 8ah with charger for $75. I don’t have one in front of me right now but plenty of codes floating around for 10-15% off that.

Finished garaged but no insulation, not sure why the previous owner didnt at least do the wall stud spaces before sheet rocking.

Maybe I’ll insulate and heat someday.

Waypoint is a sweet shop if you are a bass guy (they have other stuff too) but cater to bass tournament scene and getting overseas JDM baits in.
They had waxies etc last winter and were working on getting bait tanks I believe- it’s been months since I stopped. Carry one or two local custom open water and ice rod brands also.

Right next to Back channel brewery so good stop if you are fishing bays in that area- but not on the East side like the OP is looking for.

IceNEyes1986 wrote:

3 years ago I bought a set of Pirelli Scorpion AT+ for my 2017 Chev 1500. They turned out to be great tires for me. Only rated for 50,000 miles. But, They are excellent in the rain & the best tire for the snow & ice on MilleLacs in my experience. I don’t see the need to spend $300+ per tire.

I’ve had The Dueler AT3’s, Discoverer AT’s, & Wrangler AT’s before I took a gamble on the Pirelli’s and I won’t go back. Last time I paid $212 a tire. Since I was in need of some new skins I looked and Wally World has them for $148 right now! I couldn’t pass them up and have tires being delivered next week.

That’s a steal. Those are $270ish on tire rack for my size. Walmart doesn’t show any available

93sv means 9″ screen, Side Imagining,
DI and 2d compatible is the “S”. US maps is the “V”

Lvs32 is the first livescope but still great compared to mega live, and fits down a 6″ hole. Still very popular.
Lvs34 is the newest and crisp image quality but uses more power, heavier, and you need a 8″ hole.

Often cheaper to put together your own build. The garmin pole isn’t great, some don’t like the garmin shuttle or bag. Some want a different brand lithium etc etc. Lots of thread here and iceshanty on builds and pricing breakdowns.