I have never had to use customer service or warranty. The 3 spot hog sights I have have been flawless.

Have you looked at the Spot hog fast Eddie xl double pin? I have had the shorter version on my hunting bows for years. With the 2 pins I rarely need to touch my sight once I’m in the stand. Top pin is whatever the dial is at and the second pin is about 15 yards further depending on your setup.

Cyrus is my favorite place to eat up there along with morris point. Either one I would check hrs before heading over that way this time of year. We stopped in river bend last fall while duck hunting and everyone in are group was disappointed in are food.

We finished are trip up sturgeon fishing Monday. We tried a few spots that tend to hold fish year round but were only catching small fish so we started driving upriver with the side imaging going and spotlocking above fish when we saw them. Ended up with 20 for the afternoon. A pair 57s for big fish for the day.

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Angler II wrote:

Forks still holding? Are they going to be an issue with no run off?

They were mostly open yesterday when driving over them on 11.

grizzly wrote:

A lot of boats west down river of Baudette. Any reports how fishing is down that way

We talked to a boat by birchdale that ran all the way up from timbermill because the bite was bad for them towards wheelers.

I grew up using a 1436 sear jon boat. I did everything you say you want to do with it. I used anything from rowing to a 10hp. A 4hp Johnson was on it most of its life.

You can’t go wrong with a canoe either if you are OK with doing floats instead of a single access point.

Michael Best wrote:

I was thinking of going next Thursday through Sunday.
It’s probably going to be just me.
How hard is it to launch a boat up there by yourself?

It definitely is not a problem by yourself. Show up a little late in the morning and there usually is not much if any line and if you stay out tell dark it is the same. If you try to load up just before dark it tends to be pretty busy.

It is looking like a solo trip for me this weekend.

Osceola will be unusable this year because the bridge construction and the new boat landing you can’t get a boat too.

Bearcat unless they have a newer version charging is 32 and up. Mine does not have cold temp charging protection. I decided to go with it still since it easy to remove and bring in to charge.

I have had a litime 24v 100ah in my boat since this time last year along with a few other guys I know. It was $609 last winter when I ordered it. For my boat if I did it again I would go smaller. I ran my tm harder then normal for a weekend to see if I could wear it all the way down and it was still going strong on day 3.

The link above to wills channel is a great resource for budget batteries.

If it was me I would absolutely run this rig and throw what you expect for weight when rigged. With your motor you are going to want to keep everything as light and minimal as possible. I have been around alot of obj and have owned a few since 08. Weight is always number 1 with a obj.

I have been running a 24v 100ah for a year in my boat. I tried to run it dead this summer on the river over 3 days and it was still going strong at the end. It is definitely overkill for my boat.

I have used O’Reilly for years on previous trucks and cars. I replaced all calipers rotors and pads less then 30k ago. I have had 3 of the 4 calipers go bad and replaced 2 of the rotors. Don’t buy carrier bearing or u joints for your truck there either.

Like a handful of guys have said the diawa fuego is a great reel in price point.

Bearcat89 wrote:

I rode the wheeler along the river this afternoon, put on 36 miles from the driveway. In a hoodie to top it off. What a beautiful day.

Any open water over there on the croix? It usually is about a week behind the rum by me but it is getting close.

I am pretty sure I am throwing the camping gear in the boat and looking for a island this weekend.

If you can’t find one the 13 snitch is a very comparable rod. I have a few shorter qt in the garage.

Any of the ones I have tried have all had a lag. I still run flashers because of it.

“I got this” usually means I definitely do not and we are about to crash.

Looks good to me so far. It has been months without having to reopen multiple times to get the page to load.

There has been a large increase in pressure over the last 4-5 years and fishing has definitely declined. It is still a fun stretch to be on regardless. Pansy, Thayes, norway point, nelsons, fox, and soderbeck are all on the Wisconsin side. I have spent alot of time up there other then the fox landing. I would add sturgeon to your list along with channel cats.

We have kept 5 to 27 chickens at home for 6 years. I try to shoot for 12 which is way more then we need in the summer but just enough in the winter. We have had Olive Eggers and Australorps. The Australorps have been much better around people and egg production. We will be looking for chicks this spring again. Are Australorps are atleast 4 years old and still laying regularly. The gf and her family raise some meat chickens out at her brothers place. They butcher 50 to 100 a year. They use a mobile pen for the meat chickens.

Check out One boat network app. I downloaded it a few weeks ago and so far it seems as good or better then navionics.

Wade I bought a 100watt portable renogy. It does have a charge controller big enough to add more panels if I end up needing more. I am pretty sure it will be enough for my fish house. My camper will probably end up running 2 or 3 panels. Which I want to permanently mount next summer. My only use was with my camper on a 5 day trip this fall and it did what I needed.

I bought a panel to use on my fish house. I use very little power in my house since I don’t have a forced air furnace. If I never have to run a generator next to my fish house or camper again I’d be happy. I hate listening to them.

Ran up to nemadji today for a short ride. Put 65 miles on by 1230 and never saw another person. Along with no wildlife. Saw 2 sets of grouse tracks and no deer tracks.

Cambridge fleet farm had a mega live transducer for $700 about a hr ago.

A buddy and I hit rainy river today and found a decent bite. We boated north of 60 fish for the day. A decent number of mid 20’s but no big girls. Hopefully I can get him on some more fish tomorrow.