My brother and I got a double yesterday morning. He watched them roost the night before. So it was a no brainer where to set up. We sat together in one of his deer stands and they both came in with 2 hens as the sun was rising. We arrowed both of them. Mine made it 60 yds and his went 45 yds. Mine had a 9 in. beard and his a 10 in. Not dragging on the ground but we’re happy just the same! We’ve shot doubles on deer together in Montana before, doubles on geese and doubles on lake trout at Fort Peck, but this was a first for turkeys for us! Makes for a great memory that will last the rest of our lives!

grubson wrote:

I get where the name comes from……

Not going to stoop to your level!!!

So why is it more detrimental to muskies if I catch one using FFS vs Muskie guys I know that sight fish them in the shallows? They can see them better than my Livescope does. 99 times out of 100 they don’t catch it. It may follow and get them all excited but they still don’t catch it. Bottom line is YOU CAN’T MAKE THEM BITE even with FFS! If you want to fish them Old School then more power to you! I don’t fish Muskies but I shouldn’t be told how not to either!!! I’ve only caught one muskie in my life and it was by accident. It was a 36 in on a crappie rod on Fish Trap Lake in shallow water! It wasn’t that big of a deal for me although I did get a nice pic!

grubson wrote:

Again with the same old regurgitated arguement. Did you think of that all on your own? Apples to oranges.
Does your GPS tell you where the fish are? How big they are? Direction of travel? How they react to your presentation? I think not.

Let me explain this so even you can understand! Every new tool that is put out there to enhance the process of catching fish is a step up from the way it used to be done. FFS is no different. I’m guessing that you use DI/SI and GPS and Spotlock. All 4 are massive improvements in aiding success! But now you get to decide if we are slaughtering fish by using FFS?? And no I didn’t think of that all by my self…. thousands of other sportsman feel the same way as me!

grubson wrote:

As it should be.

So in you line of thinking, you just boat out to your fishing spots by lining up the tower with the tree and the silo? It would be unethical to use a GPS!!

grubson wrote:

If you were trying to defend FFS with that story, you failed.
That’s a very above avg day of musky fishing in the pre-FFS days.

The same can be said about simple sonar finders back in the day! I remember back in the 70’s when I got my first Green Box! Many older fishermen told me “that’s cheating”. Every time something new comes out there’s always those who have negative comments about it. Whether it be FFS, Scopes on Muzzleloader, Crossbow, and the list goes on and on. Usually it’s those people who don’t have it and know nothing or very little about it. Or they don’t like change. At the end of the day it comes down to ethics in the eyes of the users!. Some people use it to slaughter fish day after day just like they used DI, SI etc to do it when that was all that was available. We have some local guides that use it, especially in the winter to fill their clients limits. They bring a second batch out in the same day. As a result a few lakes in Otter Tail Co. have changed the crappie limit to 5 starting this spring. With the popularity of “Ice Castles” there are tens of thousands more fisherman that camp on the lake every week-end so the harvest of fish is huge! Are they going to ban that? I think not! In the end it comes down to each individual to conserve our resources and be a responsible angler!

FinickyFish wrote:

some lithium chargers have a “wakeup” mode. My Redline lithium charger has that.

My Minnkota 330PCL has that function too!

Its not the dual purpose one. It was $466 on Black Friday. Not sure if there was tax or not. That’s just what my card statement says!

BrianF wrote:

Not sure the problem, but my thinking is to get a heated starting battery to eliminate the cold charging issue early and late in the year. Hoping I haven’t fried my PowerPole Charge too. Gonna spend more time troubleshooting tha

I bought a 140 AH Li Time heated 12v for this very reason for my Starter/Accessory batt. I used it for 3 days 2 weeks ago out in Chamberlain with no problem. It has Bluetooth and the voltage never fell below 13.5 v. It was cold at nite and the heater did turn on till the charger was running for about 10 min. I wouldn’t have needed to charge it as Bluetooth said it was at 91%, but I wanted to try it since the batt was brand new! I bought 2 100ah Weize 12v for the TM and they worked awesome also! A buddy has them and is on his 3rd year with them. He doesn’t buy anything without a lot of research. He found a guy that reviews outdoor products on the net. He cut a bunch of differnet brands of Lithiums apart and felt Weize was built better than any of the others. So he went with them. After he did the testing for 2 years I followed suit. So far so good!!

Runnings Hdwe. sells them too!

Call Garmin… it’s a lot faster and their cust. service is second to none!
800-800-1020 If there is a longer wait time they will call you back shortly. They will walk you through the process and get you up and running! Good Luck

Full draw wrote:

Li Time does make a 140 Ah starting battery but that battery is $600.

That’s the one I purchased on Black Friday for $400. At the time it was the only one they had that was rated for starting! The other one’s all said not to use for a starter batt because they can’t supply the CCA! It is a heated model so you can charge below 32 deg ambient temp! I am installing that and 2 Weise 100 AH group 31 today! I am running all of my electronics including a Helix 9 and a Garmin 106 with a 93sv networked to livescope off of the starter batt! I have a friend that rigged the same way for the last 2 years with zero issues! All 3 are group 31 and they weigh less than half of what my 31 lead acids weigh.

I just removed mine last week! Tried my heat gun…nothing. I used acetone. I put a small amount on a paper towel and gently rubbed the adhesive. It took it right off. I used an abundance of caution because I was worried about damage to the paint. Couldn’t see any at all. My boat is a Lund Pro V. Not sure what it would do to the gel coat on a glass boat though!

If what Joe said doesn’t work, my guess would be what Matt said. You most likely have a bad wire that will show power until you put a load on it. Either the connections at the other end are not making good contact or the actual wire is broken inside! Good Luck!

Reef W wrote:

The aisles need to be small so they still have room for those dusty aisles of tractor parts and horse stuff, or whatever, that nobody has ever bought there

I used to buy stuff from those isles. Until they put someone in charge of that department who doesn’t know a section guard on a haybine from an electric coffee maker. If I’m replacing parts on a piece of machinery, I want to replace ALL of them not just ONE. And then hear—we can order them and have them next week. Guess what….so can I. It used to be a great store before it was sold. Now they have so much stuff that nobody wants.

Jimmy wrote:

March 1, 2025 at 11:51 am#2320907
WTH can Trump pardon him for? He isn’t on the board of the baseball hall of fame. Even the commissioner can’t pardon him.
Seems right up Trumps alley to idolize someone who broke the rules. Not surprising from someone who thinks Putin is a good guy.

What a joke and waste of time. Let’s focus on the real issues facing our country because there’s a lot of them.

Johnny,
I don’t believe I’ve ever read anything that you have posted on this site that was on a positive note!!! If Matt wants to start a thread about Charlie Hustle that’s his right!! This site is a good distraction for many of us from what IS going on in this world. Doesn’t mean we don’t care! Should we stop talking about fishing too??

Haven’t been out lately but the ice is in good condition. Bring at least one auger extension and some lakes are close to needing 2 ext. Minimal snow cover. They were pulling tandem Ice Castles around yesterday and we had 0 deg this morning. Should be good to go! Good Luck fishing!

No to both. The way it’s been for eons has seemed to work pretty well! Enforcement is a State matter and not a county one. Besides too many cooks spoil the soup so to speak! Try to get multiple sheriffs to coordinate things at the same time will be a disaster! One Commander is all that is needed. These bills are a waste of time and money!

How can he be charged with carrying a firearm without a permit? A BB gun is NOT a firearm and a permit is NOT required to purchase one!!

IMHO it’s a huge waste of taxpayer $$$$ I have NEVER truly had an inspection in MN. Most of the “inspectors” are college kids or elderly. The kids set up their lawn chair in the shade and do their homework or read a book. The elderly are just happy to have someone to talk to. Not once have I had an inspection. They ask what was the last lake you were at and write down your lic #. Now when we go to Montana there is a mandatory inspection at the truck scale on I-94. 2 people come out and really go through everything. They check anchors and ropes, physically get inside the boat and look at live and baitwells, landing nets etc. They go underneath the boat and look for ANYTHING. We always get compliments on how clean our boats are. They do a complete inspection and it takes 20 min to 1/2 hr. Then they put a seal between the winch and the boat so the inspectors at the lake know its already inspected and hasn’t yet been in the water! Way more scrutiny, but they told us it hasn’t come close to stopping AIS.

munchy wrote:

The same guidebook notes that adult gray wolves are about twice as tall and can be three times the weight of adult coyotes, but the animals have similar shapes and coloring.

Still, the hunting and trapping regulations state, “Shooting a wolf because you think it is a coyote is illegal and punishable by Minnesota game and fish laws.”

The DNR estimated in 2021 that there were roughly 2,770 wolves in Minnesota.

Young of the year wolves are very easily mistaken for adult coyotes at longer distances… depending on when they were born and what time of the year it is. Especially by inexperienced hunters! There is NO mistaking an adult wolf, You can tell at first glance!
A now retired CO told me B4 they went back on the list that if they were near my livestock I had every right to shoot them and I had 48 hours to call him after I killed one! They are WAY too plentiful in Mn. We see them here on a regular basis. Not to mention their tracks in the snow and very few deer tracks. The fact that tree huggers can run to any liberal judge to further their agenda is bogus. We have way more wolves than say Montana and they get a season on them! How is that fair or better yet scientific?? They are not endangered whatsoever. There are tens of thousands in Canada and Alaska!

munchy wrote:

According to the DNR, as of Feb. 10, 2022, gray wolves are once again a federally protected threatened species, and under current federal guidelines, wolves may only be taken in defense of human life.

My livestock and my dogs all identify as Human!!

I have a family member who works at Lund. He buys a new boat on the company employee plan every 2 years. The boat before his current one was a Pro V. This time around he went with the Impact because of it having more usable floor space. He also said the impact and pro v hulls are now the same.! A friend bought an 1875 last year. I fished in it with 3 of us in the boat. I’ll take my 1800 pro v any day over his 1875 with a LOT less floor space than my 1800.

Brokefisherman
I forgot a couple of things If you have room. We take a popup hunting blind and set it over the toilet. A little bug spray inside and it makes it a LOT more pleasant than not having it. Also a coffee can to keep your TP so the red squirrels don’t rip it to shreds! Good Luck

We do between 3 & 5 trips to Namakan every year. If I were you I’d bite the bullet and buy a small reliable generator for charging. We also take along a corded florescent trouble lite. It works well for cleaning fish and when cooking in the dark. We take a light weight screen tent for bugs and when it rains. Bring a fish cleaning board if you plan on cleaning fish… some people clean directly on the bear lockers and don’t wash them off!! Take note of the laws on cleaning fish from a lake that has a slot limit in the law book. The CO’s do enforce that rule! Also boat bumpers, most sites now have docks. The ones that don’t have sandy beaches. Were we usually stay is 15 mi from the access. There are lots of sites within a few miles of the visitor center, but then there’s a LOT more traffic also. The only extra gas we bring is for the generator as we have 40+ gallon fuel tank. Like Ron said the small gas can in the boat is really good idea. You can go to Recreation.gov to open an acct. and make reservations. It’s a requirement to get a site. The website is kinda hard to navigate till you get used to it. Just remember to leave minimal trace. Leave the campsite spotless even if the people before you left a mess. We have cleaned up after some real slobs. Most people clean up after themselves though!! It’s a truly awesome experience. Be safe and enjoy!

#1 priority on Lac Suel is to have a really good insurance policy. The lake would have cost me $4000+ if I didn’t. Odds are way above avg. for hitting big rocks!!! The fishing is great but I lost interest after that incident!! Good Luck!!!

I have both in my Pro V. The carpet snaps in. I never take it out except to pressure wash it and dry it. If you don’t believe vinyl is slippery… go up to Rainy River in March! I’ll keep my carpet.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Same reason Lunds come with an Merc and Alumacraft and skeeter come with Yamahas.

Lunds and Crestliner come with Mercs because they are all owned by Brunswick!

Jeff Oakland – Oakland Boat Repair, New York Mills Mn 218 385 2783

jerad wrote:

I guess I won’t be buying any of their rods again.

I’ve only had to deal with them on 2 occasions and both were handled quickly. They were VERY courteous. I wouldn’t consider any other rods at all!!