After Beckman stopped making nets and replacement bags I bought a
RS Nets, Green Bay model. Expensive but is very good with a coated, tangle resistant bag, telescoping handle, flat bottom. Still have my old Beckman, I might try to get a replacement bag as it’s a great lighter weight net for the jon boat.
https://rsnetsusa.com/product/green-bay-net/
Johnny Morris is Mercury’s largest single customer therefore takes advantage of great pricing. I ordered my Ranger in 2015 with a factory installed Evinrude G2, no problems. In 2017 it all changed when he bought Ranger.
selling any?
I’m in Rochester David. The Fresh Tyme is a mile away, the Fareway is in Byron.
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Thanks, I apologize, I didn’t catch your location under your name, must be hidden on my computer. That’s at least a 2 hours drive, cost me more in gas than the regular price. I looked Fresh Tyme and they have a store in Plymouth I’ll have to check out.
Our Fresh Tyme store is running it at $.99/lb right now, and Fareway has it at $.98/lb. I’ve got another three bunches in the fridge right now too.
Jimmy, Anyway you can give the address of these 2 stores, I don’t remember them being near here and would like to pick some up this afternoon. Thanks
Bought a lake place near Aitkin in 2021. Someone prior to our closing checked the radon levels and the seller had to put in a mitigation system before we could close. I believe it was around $2500, they sealed all the basement cracks in the floor, ran a vent pipe up through the roof, and installed a blower to create a negative pressure. My one complaint is when outside I can hear the low hum of the air/fan coming from the outlet vent pipe.
Well, I agree, pay the $10 for the right tip and don’t look back. All high end rods are basically finished offering lifetime warranty’s. Too many guys break them via accidental causes 6 years later. If a defect is in a rod it will show up within the first year. After that it’s usually something the owner did. Hence the warranty’s are now basically they will replace their rod for cost, maybe not keeping the customer happy but part of the high price for high end rods are for the limited warranty support. We would all pay lower prices if the manufacturers didn’t have to supply 2 rods for every one sold.
Next on the agenda, Kathio State Park. There is already precedence.
The sad part about this is that the Red Lake Band was part of the Ojibway that forcefully drove the Sioux out of Minnesota prior to the treaties of 1837 and 1855 that gave the Ojibway title to the land previously held by the Sioux. So along with this action, there should be legislation that gives the Sioux back their lands that were taken by the current bands. The headquarters of the Sioux Nation was the western shores of Lake Mille Lacs, where the casino currently is. Stop at the Historical Marker south of the casino on 169, it talks about Chief Izaty, a Sioux Chief. Why aren’t they held accountable to the Sioux?
My lake association has a “get the lead out” program because of the high number of loons on the lake. I am not sure of the exact number but of 150 dead loons brought into the wildlife rehab center, 27 supposedly died from “lead” poisoning. A number of x-ray photo’s showed a jig with the hook stuck in the throat. I asked how many actually died from lead poisoning verse starvation because they can’t swallow anything. No answer. Further review has the number at less than 13. So regardless if we switch to tungsten or not, the loons who swallow the hooks are doomed. In another picture there was pebbles inter sprinkled with small split shot with the caption, can you see the lead. At the Sportsman Show last year there was a representative from the Get the Lead Out. They had the same picture so I asked the guy where they took that picture or was it staged. He finally admitted it was staged. There is a huge difference between lead shot being scattered throughout a wet land verses a sinker that happens to fall off a line somewhere. My thoughts are that 10 year old line is more responsible for lead contamination than responsible anglers. I cannot remember simply losing a sinker because of stupidity. Any jigs that I bust on snags, I would not want to meet the bird that can get it out. No doubt there are instances but then again eagles and Musky’s eat baby loons, so shoot an eagle save a loon? And why is the DNR planting musky in the lake that is designated a loon friendly lake? Last summers survey only counted 3 chicks, 34 loons. Assume that is 17 pairs, where did all the chicks go, oh they swallowed broken off lead jigs and sinkers……NOT.
I was in a meeting where the Red Lake Chairman was speaking about their reservation and how bad the fentanyl/addiction crisis was. The next breath he welcomed everyone to come to the opening of the cannabis dispensary and how great it was.
He really didn’t see the hypocrisy through the dollar signs in his eyes.
My thoughts exactly. They might as well open a new distillery while they are at it.
Alright now I have a better idea of everything. I was wondering whenever I do get the lowrance and MG all hooked up with nmea and pinpoint gps kits how will I switch between viewing what the sonar sees with transducer on the bow from the trolling motor and then whenever the trolling motor isn’t in the water being able to view the 3 in 1 transducer that’s on the back of the boat. Hopefully that makes sense
That’s pretty easy as there is a menu option for picking which transducer you want to look at. Did it all the time, used the MG transducer when anchor locked then changed it back to my main transducer when running.
I will say motorguide and lowrance is not a great partnership.
Well, they were the only trolling motor that linked to Lowrance. Now they are owned by the same company. I was hoping for some new release by now, maybe a new motor but it doesn’t look promising.
Dave,
What kind of link between Minn Kota and Lowrance did you have on your older Ranger? I’m just curious.
I wasn’t aware that that it was ever possible to link them.
Karry, That was 9 years ago! My CRS is getting really bad, but honestly I believe it was networking the GPS together as I presume it was the anchor lock and GOTO functions, place a curser on a fish and go back to it. I quite honestly can not remember exactly however I wanted the same or better and was told that Minnkota stopped talking to Lowrance (I think that was a big mistake on Johnson Fishing’s part as I’d still be running Minnkota’s) The ability to interface with my Lowrance autopilot is very nice.
I assume you are talking about the shelter license. If leaving on the lake overnight you need the license. The number should be your DNR number, not the previous owners. You can buy a 1 year or a 3 year license. It is unlike boat numbers.
My old Ranger had a MinnKota that worked nice but when I ordered my new 2015 Ranger, MinnKota was bought by Johnson Fishing, who owns Humminbird and stopped any link to Lowrance. I ordered the Motorguide i5 with the Lowrance interface and it worked great. Actually after 7 years my Motorguide was getting hard to deploy so my dealer talked me into a Ghost. To be honest, I liked the interface between my Lowrance and the Motorguide better than that of the Ghost. It worked great, I would create a route on the screen and the Motorguide would follow it. When trolling I would engage my kicker to 1.5mph then set the Motorguide on heading lock and 1.6mph and it would hold me on a perfect course. I sold the old Motorguide to a sailboat guy who wanted to mount it on his sail boat and navigate through the harbor channel accurately. I suggested he create a route, save it, then he can start from one end when leaving and reverse it on the way in. Both Lowrance and Motorguide are owned by Brunswick now.
I always know what day of the week it is. I just look at my weekly pill box and count the empty spaces
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Are you telling me that you actually follow the dates on the box, uffda!
My friend is stationed on LOTW north of Warroad. We talked on Monday, 11 inches of ice, Ice covered with snow and already heaving from the warmup. Said he doubted the resort would even plow a road this year. With mid 40’s forecasted for next week I doubt that I’ll even get the wheel house out this year. Well, might be early ice out this year!
1. I am 100% against the Casino’s having a monopoly on this.
2. I am not against gambling but refuse to do it myself.
3. My good friend at the end of his career probably spent the last 10 years spending about $1,000,000 at the casino’s near Minneapolis. He lost his car, townhouse, marriage, job, and finally with a crap load of perks, in a hotel room at Mystic Lake with his last dollar in his pocket decided to stop his addiction with a 38 cal pistol. Is this my fault, nope, could I fix it for him, nope, do I miss him, yes. I am sure they just cleaned up the mess and welcomed their next victim. Does that mean gambling should be banned, nope. Have dealt with many alcoholics, alcohol is legal. You can find almost anything to be addicted to, like mine…fishing!
no need to be a dik about it. with that attitude i’ll send you a hi-res image of my nutsack
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For crying out loud, lighten up. First of all dick is spelled with a c in it. Secondly I’d love seeing a hi-res image of your nutsack. After this response it might tell us something about you. No attitude intended, I apologize. OK, Can you please send the URL of the site. As stated it has excellent images and I am sure many of us on IDO would appreciate the information. Thank you so much for your consideration as a dick, and speaking for myself, it seems like such an informative post as yours would have included the URL, my bad.
Not sure what exactly you’re looking for but higher-res photos than MODIS are publicly available. They’re just taken less frequently so you won’t get one on every clear day like with MODIS. I’ll screenshot some daily images of URL and LOTW on the clear days during December and January of this winter.
And???? Or should we just send a message when we want to see our particular lake. Those are very good images, can you post one of Cedar Lake west of Aitkin for me please?
Here’s what I have for the old Modis site. I have it set on the upper Midwest at the most zoomed in scale. This should be for today. Not all days are recorded
Prior to replacing my batteries with LFP batteries, I was tired of low voltage shut down of my electronics on the dash so I bought a boost converter and installed a switch on the dash to turn it on/off. It’s been working well for about 6 years now. At the end of the day I simply turn one switch off and it shuts all of my electronics off including my Active Target and sonic hub. When I go out I have to turn the switch back on which turns on the converter and applies 14.5 volts to the electronics. I still have to turn on each individual graph unit on. As well I have a master battery switch and have developed the habit of turning that off each time I load up. I could probably remove the converter however it’s a great insurance against a low voltage situation. I would install a master switch, that takes care of everything. You can even get a master switch that will switch in a trolling motor battery to start your motor in an emergency. https://www.bluesea.com/products/6007/m-Series_Mini_Selector_Battery_Switch_-_Red
Yup, VIP tix get you in the night before.
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I am heading there, a great way to learn the latest and greatest, see the trends, and after buying a lake place have tons of questions for everyone. I see the Navico booth is there and I would like to talk to a factory rep about the differences in the Motorguide i5 display on my HDS Live verses the display of my new Ghost. Some nuances that don’t seem right and of course in my opinion should be fixed. BTW, Eelpout, the show starts on Thursday the 18.
Although I met Dickie many times I didn’t know him personally, he was a great guy and a legend on Mille Lacs. This is sad and a result of the tough times these resorts are having with the late ice this year. Normally the business would be in full swing this time of year with their big weekend over the Christmas/New Years holiday. Certainly with the fish situation on Mille lacs this year is extra pressure to get started. Dickie wasn’t ignorant of the ice conditions, 25 years ago I got a good lecture from him on ice safety (well deserved, BTW) While sitting back, retired and typing, Dickie was 80 and still going, probably needed the season to get through the next year. At his age the float suit was a good idea but I have no idea if my heart could withstand the trauma of going down unexpectedly like that. Sad day for sure. As stated, RIP Sir.
My neighbors comment is, Well just look who wrote this, a right wing hit piece. My comment is that facts are facts, they are all there, it is eye opening what control the people in charge of things have and how most people simply allow it. I get the…well I’ve had enough, I am not going to waste my time watching. These things will never get fixed unless the public is educated rather than simply following the narrative. Interesting, in the Star Tribune a few days ago an elderly gentleman finally got his water main issue fixed. The City said that the have over 400 such concerns but at $33,000 each to fix, where do we get the money? True but they gave up the 3rd precinct building, at a total loss of more than enough to fix that issue, and the topic is often discussed where and how much it will cost to replace the police station. Give me a break. Regardless, it showed that any mob in numbers can control the narrative and do what they think is right. I’m not a big Trump supporter but I fail to understand if January 6th was an insurrection, why didn’t the military simply come in and shoot everyone? The piece certainly made me more clear on this situation.
5x on Kremer. My Rangertrail had the same thing on the front axle. Figured they tell me to replace both. Called me and said back axle looked good, just need the front one. Excellent and honest.
I was told by my agent that if you can, stay away from Advantage plans as they are almost impossible to switch if your health issues change. I have a standard BCBS supplement insurance, guaranteed renewal every year, regardless of any changes.
