Agree, different situation than last time. Call them!

Steven Krapfl wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jake D wrote:</div>
Is $10 really worth getting upset and wasting the time and energy to go online and complain about it

Just a heads up for the future. The legend series are $110 for replacement through gold star program. They increased that a couple years ago.

I hope I didnt lead you astray! I have only handled the rod in store. But the finish and craftsmanship I would say are better than the NRX. The rod used carbon guides which makes it real light for a 7’6″ rod. Most of what I have read is that the sensitivity isnt quite on par with the NRX, but Ill have a better feel of that myself in a couple weeks. I dont think you will have a problem throwing 3/16 on that rod.

Let me know how you like it!

Im getting mine shortly, and I will let you know. Most reviews I have read say it handles the high end of the range better than the low end.

when you want a rod just for Rapalas Id give this a look. Being 7’6″ allows you to move a lot of line with a rod snap. Also the more moderate will give you some forgiveness with those small hooks.

Look at the Daiwa Steez “The One”. Its 7’6″ though.

Congrats! Will be a nice update for you.

Great plans fellas.

We are going to try and make our first ever trip to Green Bay in April.

LOTW Canadian side in June and Over Labor Day

After the June trip we start golfing more than fishing here in Iowa. However fishing is usually pretty solid before that.

We are planning on heading up. Picking up a new to me boat and then heading to the show. Weather depending…was supposed to pick up the boat on Friday. That would have been a nightmare. Coming from Iowa.

Sounds like a fun trip even with no critters to show for it. Can you not shoot the bobcats? I would love a full body mount of a bob cat?

We drove back from the cities to Des Moines yesterday. Roads were not good. Glad you made it back safe.

I was able to fill my bow tag with a nice buck Sunday evening the 6th. 39 yard and ran about 15 yards before tipping over. Double lung. Western Iowa. Things are really ramping up here as far as rut goes. I hav en ever been tagged out this early…so much PTO left lol

Congrats everyone on their success and good luck to others with tags left. Love seeing the kiddos out in the woods!

Musky, we heard the same thing about cresting this week. I also find that hard to believe. We are heading up Thursday, will definitely be an interesting trip. Hopefully they are right about the peak!

Iowaboy, you’re forgetting about the best part of Iowa. The deer hunting! However, I have said that Minnesota is one of the few places I could move too if I left Iowa.

Also good work on Vermillion. We went up twice last year and did okay. Not as good I was hoping but okay. What a beautiful lake!

Crappie, not entirely correct or I am misunderstanding. You don’t have to cash the I-bonds after 5 years. You can with no penalty. But I think you can leave untouched and then after 30 years you have to cash them.

There is also a fixed rate and variable rate. The fixed rate is where you can make money over 30 years.

Karry Kyllo wrote:

Thanks Mr. Beads. I’ve never experienced that problem.

Yeah, depends on how fast the depth changes and tight turns. Damn near hit a dock on vermillion when we first used it lol. Had to pay attention after that one.

Ok guys, bumping this thread. Ran into this issue with the 1’ contours and turning around so to speak. How do I change them from 1’ to 3’. Cannot seem to find it anywhere on the unit.

Thanks!

I have 2 ULs and a light. ULs have different lines for different applications. The light is for the flooded timber we have down in here in Iowa and getting those crappie out of there faster. Also worked great when we were vertically jigging crappie on vermillion in 30 FOW.

I agree with what nearly everything that has been said since I posted last.

On the parenting thing. It is absolutely related to that. My father is a school teacher. Nearly all, but not 100% of the time, a problem student gets the support of the parent instead of the teacher getting the support from the parent. I imagine that has changed over generations. When a lot of people on this site were younger, I imagine that you guys behaved at school cause when you get home after being a problem, the at home solution was going to be worse than the at school solution.

You older generation people make me laugh. Not because I don’t agree with you, because I’m not sure if I do. But here goes, and don’t hold the flames back.

I am 25 and see people all the time he kind and courteous. I also see people all the time who are not kind and courteous. The ages vary greatly. From the older gentleman who gets pissed at a young girl starting her first waitressing job or a young kid getting mad at an elder person for being slow or “too dumb to understand how things work now”.

There isn’t a right or wrong in this situation. It’s how people have always been. And people go online to complain about the younger generation and then everybody piles on. But how often does someone compliment a younger random person on a random forum for doing kind. Not very often. And if they do, good for them, but then the replies are way less than the complaining.

I will probably be the same way when I’m older, but also maybe not cause of how social media changes the interaction between generations. I am “old at soul” as most of my friends say, and that’s good and bad. My parents raised me very well (thank god for them), but I see just as many older people being rude as I do younger generations.

Most people on IDO are special people. They are kind, have humility, and just genuinely good people. Sadly I think that is becoming less and less common. From ALL generations, not just younger kids.

Down here in Iowa it’s been much of the same. Wind, wind, and more wind. Then yesterday it snowed all day lol. Got on the lake 7:30 Saturday morning. That was chilly! Good thing the fish cooperated otherwise it would have been a long day.

Weekend trip to KC this weekend for a buddy’s birthday.

Memorial Day will be a fishing trip stationed out if brookings, SD.

10 days later finally, and I mean FINALLY back to the Canadian side of LOTW.

Long weekend golf trip also in June.

That’s what we have the books right now anyway.

Some people have some fun trips planned!! Enjoy them all.

I really enjoyed the half time show! That it was the best one in awhile.

I think the Rams have to win but at the same time you can’t bet against burrow. He just had a way of rallying the troops. Should be an interesting game with the contrasting styles.

I’m actually looking forward to the half time show for some reason. Normally I don’t but I’m curious to see how they do it with all those people.

It is funny how differently this all effects people. Sleeping upright and Sudafed like some people have mentioned have been my best friends. Thanks everyone and stay safe!!

There is a bait shop at Piet North which is right by Morson. Not sure about winter hours though.

Cell phone here. Didn’t even hit rim. Perfect swish. Fishing shallow and one of those old indestructible brick phones. Could see it light up on the bottom!!

Thorne Bros custom Loomis. I don’t even use it anymore. Like the croixs so much better. That rod is slow, unsensitive, and wouldn’t balance with a bulldozer on the handle. That’s about it for outdoor related gear…been content with everything else.

Yes I know my username is Loomis lol. Back when I was young and dumb lol.

We also stayed on vermillion. While we only had 3 of us, we ran across some that would accommodate that many people.

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I ended up shooting a little buck on the 29th in Iowa with the muzzy. We had seen this deer bow hunting but it never got close enough to shoot. It has half a front leg and can hardly walk. Felt bad for it, especially with winter coming up. Put it out of its misery and don’t regret that one bit. It’s body was really small as well. Not what I was wanting to do with my tag, but it was the right thing to do!

I hunt Iowa Late season Muzzy and have for 7 or 8 years now. Ideally you want the coldest weather we get all year during that time. Or a lot of fronts which will get the deer on their feet as well. If you get this weather early in the season it will be feast or famine. The deer will bunch up and you will see a lot of nothing. Ultimately if we get that weather food is the number 1 priority. They will be hitting the closest food to their bedding or perhaps changing their bedding so they don’t have to travel very far to get to food.

Most people will say to not hunt mornings during this time of year. Depending on where you are hunting I may or may agree. If you can sit on a travel route from a food source to bedding mornings can be good. The issue with hunting food sources is you jump all the deer off of them as you walk to your stand.

If we have warm weather late season can be brutally hard. This is when still hunting may work better. You can try to get close to bedding areas during the mid morning.

A lot of our success has come on the worst days. A couple years ago it was -15 with a wind chill of -30 and I shot my deer at 9:15ish am. They have to feed all day in that weather.

Good luck!!