<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bioguy wrote:</div>
Any intel from the confluence? Planning to give it a go Monday.beau
Have yet to observe the big collection of boats up that way so I’m thinking they’re not that far upstream in numbers yet. Hidden falls ramp is totally clear if you want to give it a shot though.
Good to know, thanks. We’ll give it a go on Monday and see what happens.
Any intel from the confluence? Planning to give it a go Monday.
beau
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>MNdrifter wrote:</div>
I put a Vortex crossfire II 3x9x40 on mine.I put this scope on my smokeless .45 muzzleloader. Way more punishment than a 20 gauge slug gun is going to deliver and it’s been dead on ever since. The Leupy is a nice scope but you won’t get $100 more clarity or durability.
Same scope I put on my S220. I zeroed at 50yd at the osseo range with rem accutip and hornady SST. This year, using rem accutips I connected on a shot at 150YD. Based on a friends advice (who owns a S220 and was swat sniper at one point and excellent shot) I held directly on the breadbasket giving nothing for drop and the bullet hit right were I aimed. Truly, with the S220 I believe you can hold dead red out to 200yd if sighted at 50yd and using a purpose built round like Accutip or Hornady SST. In my experience over 3 years, the savage 220 performs like a rifle.
Critical thinking doesn’t require elitist credentials.
This is the appeal to authority fallacy.For those of you disagreeing with Aaron’s video, what points do you disagree with?
The only flaw that I could pick out was that his follow up time was a few minutes. If the fish made it deep, it was assumed a long term survivor. This may be an accurate interpretation, but some of those bug-eyed fish he pulled up could very well have made the decent only to die from organ/vessel damage over the next 24-48hr. His method was much better than the DNR cylinder net, but it lacks a critical long-term survival data point that would cement his argument.
It’s been the opposite for me lately, I’ve been finding numbers of fish but no monsters. There is a zillion tons of bait in the water as well as a large number of low 20’s inch long fish. The future looks pretty good.
Yesterday was tough for me. I found a couple of Saugers and one White Bass. I would imagine the sudden rise in water temperature and flow along with the sudden decrease in visibility has shaken things up. Once it settles down I think things will pick up again.
SR
I’ve been fishing P2 in the fall for about 10 years now, certainly not as many outings/fall as I’d like, but I also have noted a big uptick in 19-22″ fish this fall compared to any other. They’ve been aggressive too, following right up to the boat often. Hopefully a good sign!
I enjoyed the video. The one thing that stuck with my was his criticism of science in general when what he was doing was essentially SCIENCE!! Scientific studies aren’t gospel truth and only a stepping stone for others to identify flaws, improve methods, and collect more accurate data. The tube net used by DNR has likely been the standard method for years; pre-dating FFS by decades. If I was a fisheries biologist I would be considering a modification to the current protocol based on new technology. A comparison between the two would be a highly informative study and could lead to improved methods for measuring mortality. Hopefully this shift occurs and more accurate mortality data can be generated.
Mid height Muck chore boots at Costco for $70.
Was looking at these as well. How have they held up?
Made it out last Saturday in the snow. It was cold but the bite was good to us, landing ~20 fish in ~5 hours. Pulse-Rs and any paddle bait with a chartreuse tail was the ticket. For the first time I watched a walleye at the surface respond to a figure 8 maneuver! Hoping we can slip out again this weekend.
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Scoped Savage 220, bolt action 20ga. Both hornady SST and rem accutip shoot like a rifle round. Dropped a buck at 140yd with the 220 and hornady SST. Did’t have to aim high at all, just point and shoot out to almost 200yds. Quite the slug gun.
Not bad for a kid from Austin, MN! Congrats on your success and good luck
with your next adventures.
The kayak hoists do work but can be a bit cumbersome. I have tall ceilings in my garage and decided to build a powered lift system based on some internet research. It actually turned out pretty well and has held up nicely. I can back my truck into the stall and lower it down far enough to slide the houses right into the back of my truck. There is a text link to a video of it in action along with the photos.
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I followed my moms wild rice recipe and can never go back.
Lots of action today, made it worth getting soaked!!!
I left work today and thought it would be a great night out there even with the rain. Low wind and warm, why not. Sounds like it paid off!
Made it out twice in the last two weeks to take advantage of warm temps and low winds. The wingdam bite seems to be in full swing with both numbers and quality fish showing up, including a couple breaking the 29″ mark. I’ve had better luck on pulseRs than moxies with some fish hitting right at the boat.
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Thanks!
Thanks, but looks like this is non networking?
Steve, it was nice to meet you at the launch yesterday. I went south for a couple hours and had zero luck on wingdams with moxies, paddles, stick baits, etc. Finally moved north about 6pm and put a few in the boat. Jig weight was critical. Found a number of fish in the ‘armpit’ of wingdams. No tanks, but healthy fish. Beautiful night on the river!
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Found this guy just off an island on the ice in northern mn. Kids thought it was pretty cool.
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You’ll be happy with the Ion. I have a strikemaster 40V and it has been fantastic, I expect the same from the Ion from what I’ve heard. I believe trophystrike when belly up, so you’ll have much better customer service through Ion. I think you will be a happy camper!
Out on election night, took a bit of work and assumed it was just slow at first but then we hit some productive dams and the fish weren’t shy at all. Lesson for the day, keep er movin!
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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bioguy wrote:</div>
This is a classic example of getting out beyond ones ski tips, i.e. ER doc delving into statistical epidemiology. The entire premise is flawed by his extrapolation of non-randomly sampled test data to a larger, random population. It violates statistics 101. I will fully admit I want data to support re-starting society, but this isn’t it.As Mark Twain once said, “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>B-man wrote:</div>
Here’s some science and numbers and stuff from a doctor guy<div class=”ido-oembed-wrap”><iframe title=”Doctor Says 6 Feet Apart, We Are All Dead #153news” width=”850″ height=”478″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/wyjtDH__Px4?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen=””></iframe></div>
So the “experts” that said 2.2 million deaths in the US, WITH Stay in Place orders and social distancing ??? Your thoughts on that “expert extrapolation” ?
There’s been no shortage of dodgy extrapolations during the course of this thing.
This is a classic example of getting out beyond ones ski tips, i.e. ER doc delving into statistical epidemiology. The entire premise is flawed by his extrapolation of non-randomly sampled test data to a larger, random population. It violates statistics 101. I will fully admit I want data to support re-starting society, but this isn’t it.
As Mark Twain once said, “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”
Here’s some science and numbers and stuff from a doctor guy
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These are uncharted waters, and that breeds early speculation and overreaction; it’s natural and expected. Sure, influenza spreads broadly and does kill many people worldwide. But keep in mind there are 8 variants of the flu in constant circulation, and the statistics you see are the combination of these 8 variants. It is (mostly) seasonal to us, but along the equatorial tropic the flu is a year round struggle, and human immune systems have dealt with it, so even with a new strain we still have some immunity to blunt its severity. Our immune systems are naive to COVID-19. COVID is (so far) largely a single variant and when it arose, flu did not magically go away. Many healthcare facilitates will be treating both patients with flu and COVID, not to mention everyone else with heart disease, renal failure, obesity, and cancer etc. This the biggest worry.
The rate of spread in WESTERN countries will and so far has been much different than China and even South Korea simply because those countries are able to enact insanely restrictive measures with the stroke of a pen. China literally put >1 billion people on ice in a matter of days and it worked (for now, eventually those people need to go back to work). We are a Western country that is trying to replicate this strategy the best we can. Europe (specifically Italy and Spain) did not close things down soon and they are in big trouble. Their healthcare systems are teetering on collapse
Right now Covid-19 (CV) transmission is R2.2 versus R1.3 for flu (all the flus combined remember), which means data says CV is more infectious than flu. The hospitalization rate is also much higher (~10-20%), and we don’t have the infrastructure in our health system to deal with that. Also, for what it’s worth, the case fatality rate for CV is much higher than that of flu (0.1%). Based on available data for CV (182,406 infected and 7150 dead worldwide; https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html) CV is running a 3.92% case fatality rate, and as mentioned previously puts a much higher % of people in the hospital.
The precautions and restrictions in place certainly seem draconian, but if we don’t do anything and end up like Italy we are going to be in bad shape. None of this is ideal but it’s our best shot all things considered.
Just wanted to chime in with a little background on Michael Osterholm, the U professor in the Joe Rogan podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSw). He is the head of CIDRAP and his pedigree is about as legit as it gets: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/about-us/cidrap-staff/michael-t-osterholm-phd-mph
He is tapped regularly, worldwide, to help manage outbreaks and the secondary and tertiary consequences that arise (which are many and include severe problems with our medical and pharmaceutical supply chain.
Last point regarding transmission kinetics; it is not accurate to use China as a model for spread in a Western country. China’s authoritarian govt literally quarantined 100s of millions of people in a matter of days. It is completely unprecedented and something that is impossible in the US. It was so rapid and effective a shutdown that you could observe the impact from space in the form of NOx emmissions (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146362/airborne-nitrogen-dioxide-plummets-over-china).
When all of those people are released back into the streets, markets, subways, and airplanes, you can expect round two to begin.
In a few weeks?
Anyone here know what it’s gonna ne like in a few weeks?
Giving you crap. Call resorts.
No resorts on the lakes I’m targeting. Not even cabins in most cases. Was hoping things might have improved significantly during this last freeze up. Sounds like the answer is not much. I talked to a couple resorts on leech and that might end up being the backup plan. Much more fun to get off the beaten path up there though.
Thanks for the intel hawghunter 
If you use the quick attach plate it is a seamless transition and you can easily remove the Ulterra. Otherwise, yes the bolt patterns line up. I’ve been very happy with the Ulterra, and have only had it hang up during stow/deploy in subfreezing temps. It was easily correctable in these cases and pre-treating the shaft/belt with Armor-all will help mitigate the issue.
I was in your same situation about a month ago and opted for the 6.2. The power advantage over the 5.3 is substantial and I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by the mileage so far. You won’t regret going with the 6.2L!
Took the night shift Saturday night. Wind definitely picked up and made it interesting. Was able to get on a Sauger bite toward 10pm but no big girls unfortunately.
Nice!
Thanks for the updates guys. I’m also hoping to get out Saturday.
