What a win last night!

CaptainMusky wrote:

There sure seems to be a lot of injuries. That is very concerning. Is the training staff not very good or is this common across the league?

In the last decade, “hyper-training” facilities (i.e. Driveline Academy) have popped up that many MLB’ers are going to in the off-season regardless of what team they are on and many times train together. They focus on fast-twitch, explosive muscle conditioning to gain bat speed, agility, speed out of the box, etc. Anything to gain an edge now that steroids are banned.

Do these guys get better physically – yes, but many times at a cost and there can be large muscle group injuries as a result of the intensive training that is basically year round now. That’s why you are seeing more oblique strains, quads, pecs, tricep, hamstring, etc. Did anyone even know what an intercostal was until recently??

Dutchboy wrote:

1) Don’t know.

2) Don’t know or care.

3) Don’t know.

Nice questions but unanswerable because it’s a long way to the trade deadline and the teams needs aren’t fully known yet.

You’re no fun… ask a question and stir the pot, but then take the 5th??

Dutchboy wrote:

I’ll bite on some predictions.

1) Twins win the division by 7 games.

2) Lewis is back by July 15th.

3) Correa is back by May 15th.

4) Buxton has his 5th homerun by June 1st.

5) Lopez wins 15, Ryan wins 12 but doesn’t make it to the play-offs (TJ surgery)

I’ll bite on your predictions by asking a few more questions:

1) Will Brooks Lee factor into the major league team in 2024?

2) Who will the Twins trade away before the deadline?

3) Who (or at least what position) will the team trade for/acquire?

MidSouth and Dakotas/Nebraska has been sold, remaining chips for sale include:

*Minnesota v4.0
*Woods-Rainy v4.0

-Fry

mahtofire14 wrote:

Very cool Fry! Maybe next time the fam goes down to Clearwater we can meet up and fish somewhere!

Absolutely, been finding some interesting things down here – like a 64 passenger school bus on my Livescope today. It’s actually rescue training site for the local (Mahto)fire department lol…

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Dutchboy wrote:

Mahto is right I think. To many weights, to much training. These guys never shut things down. Other than the Fat Kid and a few pitchers most of the Twins players are chiseled.

Have heard some of the minor leaguers doing “Plyometrics” as well and sustaining injuries. It focuses on explosive moves and “fast twitch” muscle development. That’s Lewis’ training regimen…

The following 4 chips remain for sale:

Minnesota v4 ($40)
2 Woods/Rainy chips v4 ($40 each)
MidSouth States v5 ($50)

-Fry

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tim hurley wrote:

Jelly

Maybe now, but I’ll be scorching my keester in a few months when you guys are catching smallies…

Riverrat wrote:

White bass, maybe smallmouth out of the same county.

Goodbye, Rice or Mille Lacs county?

Steve Root wrote:

The state record White <em class=”ido-tag-em”>Bass was 20 inches long. On Pool 2 there are 18 inch fish being caught fairly regularly. Makes me wonder.

SR

We caught 2-3 white bass at 19-19.5 inches the past couple of years in Minn (not the Miss River though). The state record is 4lbs 8 ounces. Here is one my buddy caught from my boat at 4lbs 2 oz. I believe a new state record could be caught pre-spawn here in Minn (when they are fattest) since the season never closes for Whities.

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There’s Walleye Central, but I don’t know if it still has the same traffic – I haven’t been on it in a decade. Bassresource has a strong following with a Minnesota section.

Free Rig still rockin’ in the free state of Florida

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FryDog62 wrote:

Yamamoto may have the best action of all of them – but is full of salt, too soft and falls apart after a batter or two..

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-free-agent-youve-never-heard-of-r15273/

Molly Mackey wrote:

HEY, GIMRUIS!!! It’s Ol’ Crick.

FryDog is here too Crick!

Mega live could work fine for you… especially if you haven’t had FFS before. But it is Gen1 where Livescope+ is Gen3. Is it that much better?

A couple Bass Elites have lost or dropped the H’bird sponsorship to change out MegaLive on their boats and go back to Livescope. But they’re pros, and need any extra edge to compete.

My personal perspective is that I’m far from pro. I’m also not on the water every day or as good at interpreting what I see on screen either. I need whatever extra help I can get.

So for me, the extra money for Gen3 over Gen1 makes sense. I want the extra clarity and target separation because I may not see those subtleties like your typical pro might.

But I still say if you’re a first time FFS user, MegaLive may work well for you and at least get you introduced into the technology for a better price.

Yamamoto may have the best action of all of them – but is full of salt, too soft and falls apart after a batter or two..

suzuki wrote:

I took this 30 min ago. IT had just attacked a guy’s bobber and I saw it happen. Looks like fishing line hanging from its mouth. My wife was terrified. Saw one twice as big from the same distance under a bridge. I have always been fascinated by those things and take too many chances when I see them.

So last January after an ambulance ride when I arrived in Florida, I ended up with a stent in my widowmaker. I get released to go home with a two week, 10 pound lifting restriction.

It was cold and crappy when I left Minnesota the week before, and was 75 and sunny everyday in Florida. After about 4 days – I’m like screw this, and grabbed my rod and headed to a nearby pond. This pond has a ton of fish, all about 1-2 pounds and well below my lifting restriction.

Second cast with a Toadz… retrieving back parallel to the bank and all of a sudden the whole shoreline lunged at my lure and engulfed it. It was an 8 foot gator that easily exceeded my lifting restriction by at least 200 pounds.

I had on 30 lb braid and fought him for 15-20 seconds – he was doing the S-curve snapping thing. Quite a tug I’d say… I finally reeled down and snapped him off like you would a big pike on an ultralight rig.

A couple weeks later he strutted past the crosswalk next to our rental and went right back to the pond where I caught him.

“Big Al” video link~

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“Summer and fall in MN. Love them. I keep falling for the same old crap. Just like a crazy ex-girlfriend who is good at certain things. You take them back and then, boom the down sides (winter) bite you in the ass again. Come to think of it, maybe I’ll go to FL next week for a few days just to get out of MN for a while.”

Its called the curse – those intermittent reasons why we stay just long enough, and before you know it you’re permanent, only to pass the curse down to the next generation that gets stuck here for the same reasons too.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FryDog62 wrote:</div>
Besides being World Series champs – what other thing makes the Rangers unique this season?

They never lost a road game in the playoffs?

I saw it several places on Facebook so it must be true – The Rangers were the only MLB team not to celebrate Pride Night.

So there you have it ~

Besides being World Series champs – what other thing makes the Rangers unique this season?

Have lived in some other markets and I’d take Dick and his warts over the others…

Sounds like a plan Steve – nice to hear you’re known and the guy that cleans up the area. With the gray beard and a spear to collect garbage, they may call you Triton the trash god!

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I had a 50ah Lithium on my kayak the first year. Fished a 500 acre lake for usually 5-6 hours at a time, never ran out of juice. Only went to a 100ah last year when I started venturing out to bigger bodies of water and potentially to the Gulf this winter.

You probably know this, but you mentioned a Helix 7 and PP. I would run them on a second battery than the trolling motor (otherwise you will likely encounter interference). I use an 18ah for that… could maybe get by with a 12ah just fine.

The weight difference with Lithium is such a refreshing thing after tossing a Blue Top Optima AGM around in my bass boat for several years. That’ll give you shoulder problems right there…

I’ve had Dakota Lithium, Amped Outdoors and an Amazon Special… If I had to re-do my yak or if I buy another bass boat – I’m leaning Amped Outdoors.

RT wrote:

The Vision 110 was king until the Berkley Stunna came out a few years ago. The Stunna has now taken up the majority of my jerkbait box real estate.

This, The Stunna is still pretty expensive but has that similar action as the Vision 110.

Feast or famine year…. Spring and early summer started out slowly but got better, but then things took a dive with the extended heat wave/drought over the late summer. I found myself trying the same things over and over and getting the same poor results. Got restless and stopped all the usual techniques (left them at home some days!). Forced me to try a bunch of new things – some that worked and some that didn’t.

Just happy to be healthy and back in the water this year…

BrianF wrote:

Lit em’ up pretty good today.

That’s a pretty serious bag of bass! We’re there triplets caught together, or just three 5-10’s?

ssaamm wrote:

Still scratching out a few on the River with the Ned rig and c-rig. 51 degree water. There’s still time. I hope.

Blade baits next?