Awesome thanks! I’ll see if we can make a trek to Pepin.

Perfect thanks; that’s what I was thinking. Do you jig it then? Let it sit?

The ones I have are from the same shop, so hopefully they work!

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fish the bwca quite often in spring/summer/fall
late summer fish mid lake reefs and rock piles always use flicks.plain hook with a tiny blade on a ring. simple easy and don’t have to troll around.

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I’m heading up there in a few days, and someone gave me a few of what you’re describing but I’ve never used them. What is their official name, and how do I use the little guys? Should I weight the line a foot or so up from the lure?

Just some clippings from the laws as they currently are…i did a paper on this for a policy class

Subd. 8b.Inspect.

“Inspect” means to examine water-related equipment to determine whether aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, or water is present and includes removal, drainage, decontamination, or treatment to prevent the transportation and spread of aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, and water.

Subd. 18a.Water-related equipment.

“Water-related equipment” means a motor vehicle, boat, watercraft, dock, boat lift, raft, vessel, trailer, tool, implement, device, or any other associated equipment or container, including but not limited to portable bait containers, live wells, ballast tanks except for those vessels permitted under the Pollution Control Agency vessel discharge program, bilge areas, and water-hauling equipment that is capable of containing or transporting aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, or water.

Subdivision 1.Compliance inspections.

Compliance with aquatic invasive species inspection requirements is an express condition of operating or transporting water-related equipment. An inspector may prohibit an individual from placing or operating water-related equipment in waters of the state if the individual refuses to allow an inspection of the individual’s water-related equipment or refuses to remove and dispose of aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, and water.

(b) Inspectors may visually and tactilely inspect watercraft and water-related equipment to determine whether aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, or water is present. If a person transporting watercraft or water-related equipment refuses to take required corrective actions or fails to comply with an order under section 84D.10, subdivision 3, an inspector who is not a licensed peace officer shall refer the violation to a conservation officer or other licensed peace officer.

To be fair, I’ve taken adult zebra mussels out of my boat after only fishing for an afternoon on some infested waters. I fish weeds a lot, and as they come into the boat they sometimes bring attached mussels…just saying it can happen without mooring my boat for long periods of time.

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Would you like mye to explain Instagram now?

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Instagram – Helping crappy photographers take “artsy” pictures with crappy cell phone cameras since 2011.

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I see on KARE 11 they have long lines with an

approx. 2-hours wait in at least one Minneapolis precinct,

“Painter Park”, 34th & Lyndale.

Sounds FISHY to me

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I voted there…showed up at 6:55 and didn’t get out until 8:20. There were lots of staff working, not sure why it took so long.

Yeah, they’re in all 10k + water bodies of the state. Let’s just give up any time a difficult situation presents itself.

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Not that I’ve never been wrong before…but that’s what it said on the tv screen. Got the phone number for mission control?

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Haha nope, but it would be my guess (and hope?) that they can do 5th grade math

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First off you all need to get all your facts straight. The Gray Wold has never been endangered there is a population of roughly 66,000 wolves in Alaska and Canada. This area may have been part of there range years ago but extinction no way no how.

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Well we should understand the nature of the Federal Endangered Species Preservation Act to really understand why it was listed. Wolves were listed shortly after it passed, and at that time they didn’t take into account species populations in other countries (Canada in this example). So, from a US perspective and considering historical native range they would be US endangered. It has bounced back and forth on that list a few times. Since when do we care about Canada anyway

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That’s what I always wondered…??? Is a Timberwolf different than a Gray ? When they always talked about wolves being close to extinction, I wondered if it was like saying Howler Monkeys are almost extinct in Antarctica ???

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The timberwolf (Canis lupus lycaon) is a sub species of the gray wolf (Canis lupus). Since it’s a sub-species they are basically the same thing, although there may be some genetic differences between the two. There isn’t a large enough difference though to be classified as it’s own species. That may or may not change with time. There’s a lot of life on this planet, species change in classification all the time.

This is quite a heated debate; I laughed a few times reading through the 4 pages (especially the part where humanity can all fit in Texas with 2 acres each). Out of curiosity does anyone study up on peer reviewed articles regarding wolves? I tend to do that on species I’m passionate about and it’s the best way to get accurate information (wolves aren’t on that list by the way).

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94,xxx+ feet or 28.8 miles.

Looking from up there down towards earth…thinking I’m going to free fall…all I can say is…GULP!!

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94,000 feet is nowhere near 28 miles…more like 17. He will jump around 24.

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while it is a great pic. I don’t remember the tunnel the Bears use having a bears logo over it, did this just change?

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It’s photoshop…that’s in Chicago, and three football players aren’t light enough to be supported by a deflated balloon

Still a funny pic

If anyone is interested in reading some interesting commentary on the book, or SOF in general you should check out http://www.sofrep.com which is a news website about the SOF community written by former members of SOF across all military branches.

I ordered the book and am excited to read it but one of the issues the gov’t has is that it wasn’t submitted for approval prior to publishing. He’s basically violated his non-disclosure agreement that they all sign once entering a Tier 1 organization, even if no classified data is leaked.

Here’s an interesting article about the pentagon potentially seizing the profits from the sales of the book, which has happened before (and stood up in court).
http://sofrep.com/11246/no-easy-day-no-easy-profit/

And here is a very interesting article written by a Former Delta Commander about books in general written by Tier 1 operators.
http://sofrep.com/11041/a-former-detla-force-commander-speaks-out/

As much as it pains me to say it they could be alone in the lead after week two… the Pack play the Bears and the Lions are up against San Fran while the Vikes get the Colts…

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maintain invasive fishes (carps) in the laboratory and then test how they respond to isolated sex pheromones and food attractants.

Say what

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Peter has been studying Cyprinids for years, mainly the common carp. It would be a good opportunity for someone!

If I can recall my biology of fishes correctly I believe it’s just the variation of melanin in the iris, which can vary from the yellowish color to black. It wouldn’t have anything to do with light levels as the vast majority of teleosts (including the fish you mentioned) don’t have adjustable irises like our eyes have. Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) can adjust the size of the iris, but it takes much longer than our eyes.

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Dumb, dumb, dumb ask your self on any given day how many ducks, geese, sea gull’s, crows etc. travel from one lake to another. THEY ALL TRANSPORT ON THERE BODY’S AND IN THERE FEATHER’S. MILFOIL AND LARVA FROM ZEBRA MUSCLES. So get over it folk’s there here and no gate or inspection is gonna do any good just a wast of tax dollar’s IT’S TOO LATE THERE HERE AND HEAR FOR GOOD!

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I love the Strib comments section. I get what he’s trying to say, but come on…apparently reading the newspaper doesn’t help an individual use any type of proper grammar!

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Thanks for the post, Len. Interesting and informative as always.

Just to clarify, only the top one is venomous, and the rest are ok to sneak into BK’s boat when he’s not looking. Is that a fair assessment?

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The timber rattler is the only venomous one pictured, so feel free to stock BK’s boat with the others whenever you please.

Bull/Gopher snakes get a bad rap for being aggressive. They hiss a lot and will strike at you with a closed mouth to get you to leave em alone. I’ve handled tons of wild ones and only one ever tried to actually bite me.

Nice photos (especially that timber rattler) and good descriptions. I enjoy herping across MN but I’m yet to see one in the wild. Hopefully someday!

I wasn’t trying to say you didn’t know the difference, just that it’s not a great comparison.

Sure they hop from lake to lake, but where does the 48 hour rule come from that you mentioned? Veligers can die long before 48 hours… a little bit of turbulence can kill em.

My whole point is that I think it is a lot more difficult/rare for a bird to do it when compared to a person. Happy friday

It would be an interesting research project. I don’t doubt that ducks can move things, my main question is if the veligers would survive the trip, not if they would stick to the birds themselves; they are very fragile organisms after all. I can find plenty of mortality studies that cover a variety of conditions, just none that might be “flight” conditions.

I don’t think scuds would be a great comparison since they can move/hold on their own. A zeeb larvae on the other hand is at the mercy of currents, and cant willingly cling to anything until it settles somewhere.

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Although I don’t have any facts to disagree with you…I have to ask the question…

How many does it take?

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At a minimum it would take two since there are male/female zeebs. Then they’d need to be lucky enough to grow to adulthood close enough so the eggs/sperm meet up in the water column. It’s certainly a risk, but I think it’s an example that can be over-used given how rare it may actually occur. Just my thoughts

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Zebra mussels were transported

under all situations, but at very low numbers,

usually <0.5 mussel per duck per trip. The enhanced

zebra mussel densities, the extremely short distances

involved, and the fact that the ducks walked rather than

flew to the target pools suggest that these rates of transfer

overestimate the ability of waterfowl to transport zebra

mussels overland

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So there goes the though that bird transferring zeb’s is undocumented. They only had a few ducks.

Just a few zebs and a couple hundred thousand duck/geese/loons/ect.

Great find!

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True, but it also points out that their findings overestimate the ability for waterfowl to transport them in significant numbers. It would still be great to see a more extensive study than a short walk from one pool to another. I would think flight, and the water wicking ability their feathers have would show a significant decrease. I’ll keep digging…

There are multiple studies out there about veliger mortality, which are much easier to find than the waterfowl dynamic. Veligers are quite fragile, and temp swings, drying, turbulence, etc. experienced during a flight could potentially be enough to kill em. Just a thought.

http://www.significantudders.com/quagga/Johnsonpaper.pdf

Here’s one from a while back (96), however the study lacks multiple testing variables. Essentially they have ducks wade in water with veligers, then walk over to another pool. Not exactly easy to relate that to the real world scenarios.

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41% of all MN lakes have invasives,

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Care to tell us where that statistic is coming from?

Why no 0% option that he’ll become a Viking? I love how hopeless Vikings fans must feel if they think getting a soon to be 40 year old qb with a bum arm helps their chances.

I wish it was the battery! Its on a brand new fully charged one right now.

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You may have just given BrianK heart arythmia.

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The video or site advertising?

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haha yeah the advertisements are a little less than PG for all you work computer folks!

Sweet thanks for the advice guys, I’m just sittin here waitin for ice out!

Red line doesn’t disappear in the water column. Red is the first color to be absorbed in water so it does lose its color red, but is by no means invisible. It just doesn’t look red anymore