Hijacking, apologies. Has anyone found a major difference between LakeMaster Mn V7 and the VX?

Gus looks good. 2014 Wild flashbacks with all this odd man rush passing. I would be the guy yelling shoot from the nosebleeds

Sweet boat, Fish Hawks have a very appealing layout. How did the transom look?

What year?

Just hit 300k on my Tundra, next one will be a 2018-2022 5.7L. Not sure I like the look of the new Tundra or have heard good things about the twin turbo’s.

Earned the bird after a few unlucky hunts the last couple days. Struck up a lone tom mid-morning 600 yds away, played coy and he closed the distance to 20.

Going to try doing bone broth with the turkey bones. On to Nebraska in May.

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Be ready for them to go by where you initially had the blind! That’s how it works for me.

Similar morning for me. Birds are henned up, didn’t want much to do with my jake/hen 1-2 punch.

Gonna sneak in closer to their roost this afternoon

Mike and Jake – appreciate the offer! I will reach out.

Thanks all. Drummed up a bit of interest on Marketplace, got a couple guys who will see it next week.

With a draft of 8″, a jackplate may not be necessary, but you do see the inshore Gulf guys rocking them.

Would be a perfect rig for a river smallie fisherman.

Also heading to SD. I’ll take all the help I can get, but should have enough time to make a few trips. Might try using a decoy for whitetails in October, and then make a trip west to get a feel for stalking.

Some seal the wood first with e-glass and a paint brush with resin/epoxy. But the only reason a person is at that point is because of wood, so I would never recommend that. Not familiar with “pouring”.

A more-professional job is to use composite i.e Spaceage or HDPE, something with a certain spec of stiffness and compressibility. Some template it, some use CAD and CNC it.

Nathan at Aft Tek does a good job with transoms using HDPE. A call to Carstens in Melrose could possibly get you a 5 gallon bucket of vinylester resin and Spaceage composite if you want to DIY

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>ganderpike wrote:</div>
Any reason the Amped Outdoors pre-rigged wiring harnesses wouldn’t work with LiTime batteries?

What wiring harness ?

Amped offers some Connect-Ease style harnesses that make rigging pretty simple. Always seem like I am making a dozen different trips or purchases when I am rigging electronics.

Got a 12V 100AH today, and a NOCO Gen5x3. Hope they are compatible haha

Any reason the Amped Outdoors pre-rigged wiring harnesses wouldn’t work with LiTime batteries?

You’d be amazed how many just don’t care about daily vs possession. Go fish Big Pine or Otter Tail in Perham in May and June. The folks of Polish heritage quite literally go out day after day and keep limits. There are some big freezers in that county.

Lower it to 4. None of the lakes are like Erie in this state, and 6 fish will feed a family of 4 healthy adults no problem, unless they are obese but we don’t need to cater to them. Happy Easter!

Just for reference. I sold a 2020 Alumacraft 165 Summit with a 50hp Suzuki, Garmin, and same Terrova for $17.5k. I consider that a premium price.

Gone Fast price : $22-23k
Premium Marketplace Price: $26-27k.

I guess I am just the non-land owning peasant born at the wrong time.

In ND, they are looking to pass a bill that would allocate less gratis tags to landowners, still giving landowners a 50%+ chance to draw. You’d swear the sky is falling.

There’s a housing developer in the north metro who buys up large parcels of land I used to hunt. His $120K truck has BHA, OnX, and Public Land Owner stickers. And then he goes and hunts high fence in Illinois and ND. Hard work making money at the expense of habitat.

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There’s a lot of good tips on here thanks. I’ll call the dnr guy or ruffed grouse society guy and see if he can steer me in the right direction. I’m sure most people riding buggies are safe, but I also know a number of them personally that ride around half cocked all the time and go at a rate of speed often beyond their control. Reminds me of snowmobile riders. Bar hop all day and speed up and down the trails.

Oh so now the snowmobilers are all a bunch of drunks that drive around wasted too? You sure have some crazy imagination. Why don’t you go find something else to complain about that’s legitimate and that other people can relate to. Just stay home. You’ll be much happier in your safe space curled up with your blankie thinking about all the monsters out there.

Mom called, the meatloaf’s done

CG sticker says “50-70HP recommended”. Scout has a FB group and there are guys running 90hp 2-strokes on them. This one cruises at 24-26mph and WOT is 30 solo.

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I recently posted about interest in center console’s in the Midwest. I ended up buying the boat in Arkansas and drove it home. I was looking forward to turning it into a one-of-a-kind walleye boat. Until a used Warrior 1890 came into view at an unbeatable price.

Now my loss is potentially someones gain.

A well-maintained 2001 Scout Sportfish 162, a testament to Scout’s commitment to quality and performance. Designed for anglers who demand durability, reliability, and style, this boat offers superior craftsmanship with a long-lasting hull built to withstand the rigors of MN chop. This is a 100% composite build, with nothing to rot.

Comes with:
Garmin 93SV Plus
Terrova 55lb thrust
NOCO 3 bank charger
Battery Selector Switch
DevFishing Trolling trees
In-hull rod holders
2 large livewells
2000 Yamaha 50hp 4-stroke. Great shape, runs 10/10, recent paperwork showing almost $1500 in servicing.

I drove the trailer from AR to MN no problems. The carpet on the bunks is worn. Previous owner drilled a few holes through the gunnel, completely cosmetic, and an easy patch job.

The price is to move as I need space, and cheaper here than on Marketplace.

$9750 OBO

Gitchi Gummi wrote:

MN indeed has some of the best grouse hunting in the country. Without a doubt. We have great habitat along with extensive logging cuts providing the diverse forest mixes needed for grouse to flourish.

Regarding ATVs, I’ve found it doesn’t matter if you are hunting trails that are not designated for ATVs… If an ATV can get down a trail, they will. You just have to live with the fact that there are more road hunters than walking hunters out there. I don’t think its very sportsman to drive around with a drink in the cupholder and fly around corners to try to try to get on a bird before it knows whats going on, jump out of the rig and blast a bird on the ground. But if thats hunting to you, whatever floats your boat. I wonder if those same guys road hunt deer too.

You think they are getting off the ATV?!
I see some wild stuff up by Kab and Crane, but I am aware I am likely on the more extreme end of the spectrum and know not everyone is like them.

The guys doing the road hunting thing are the same ones tossing Busch Light cans in the ditch. Seeing Fins stick up for them is all I needed to see to never change my mind

gim wrote:

Take a look at the results in the PMTT if you want to see how difficult it is to catch a muskie in MN and WI without the use of FFS. Its literally raw data from some of the best muskie anglers in the Midwest, and data doesn’t lie.

The results are grim. That includes traditional strong hold waters in northern Wisconsin and Lake Minnetonka. An event in Madison, WI last year yielded only 12 fish with nearly 100 teams of 2 for multiple days.

Tons of teams blank. They literally catch nothing for days. If that doesn’t tell you how difficult muskie fishing is right now I don’t know what will.

You read the data and conclude, grim.
I read the data and conclude, amazing.

A fish worth protecting is worth fishing, and if the weekend warriors of IDO determine that FFS isn’t their cup of tea, by no means should they feel obligated to drop $4k on it. But to say no one should target these fish because they don’t like the tech is ridiculous.

The DNR should implement a stamp for muskies that is $50, essentially lure cost, and bank roll that into stocking. Seems far more simple and effective than a $177K “study”

Got politicians trying to sell off public land in MT, of course it makes sense to add more biodiversity to a shrinking range!

Agreed^

I do not like this new culture of regarding a fish as anything more than an organism with a brain the size of an acorn at best. They are a resource our license dollars go towards replenishing. It is a shame when any fish isn’t handled properly and dies. But to think the finger should now be pointed at FFS? I think gramps who nets a fish in his large nylon tangled net and takes 7 minutes to get the hook out is more of a culprit than someone using FFS.

$177K to fund a *study* on FFS and Muskie. Wonder how much that would equate to in stocking? As if I needed another reason to not join MNFish.

Picking up my first LVS34 on Thursday. Anticipate it will change my tactics during the day, how and where I can hunt my fish. What it won’t do is change how many I keep, or whether I can enjoy night trolling with me and a beer or other in hand. It will stay in the truck when I really want to just enjoy some moon or sun. I see plenty of buddies doing well fishing, but not really out there to relax.

The ladies on sap patrol as I travel for work this week. Boiled down over 120 gallons last week. About as much as I could handle. I’ll do one more boil but fishing is starting to take over priority.

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