The Wind is always a factor when fishing the US side. Has anyone ever traveled to the Canadian side for the Day. We fish out of Moroson Ontario and that is only about a 35 minute drive from Baudette they have license that are pretty cheap. A good option to fish rather then sitting in the cabin.
I’ve been up there a bunch of times and the fishing is usually more consistent. If you go in July and August a lot of fish will be on reefs.
Put a price on them and best offer and see if they go. I would think $50 to $75 they would sell.
If your going towards Morson there is a newer store on your right that sells beer and alcohol. I don’t think the prices were to bad. When you go to the duty free shop you pay for it and they meet close to the border with it.
It doesn’t seem like you are pulling anything that a half ton couldn’t handle. A 3/4 gas truck towing you’ll be lucky to get 10mpgs towing and maybe 15mpgs top not towing.
If you have questions on chokes you’ll want to check out Muller chokes. In the sporting clays and waterfowl world they are awesome. Jimmy Muller has a Facebook page and he has lots of videos and info.
I like to back it up and get the bunks wet and then pull forward till you can see some of the fender.
I’m partial to Mathews. I think their new bow comes out on the 14th.
Start him left handed. If he decides to do any shooting sports he’s going to want to start on the same side as his dominant eye. Also make sure the gun fits him well.
I’ve seen a few installed and they look the head of the motor sits close to front rails if you have them.
I like 8x. I think my Burris ones are 8×42. They have been great.
The problem now days is most hunting rifles aren’t twisted fast enough to take advantage of the long skinny bullets we’re seeing today. The 6.5 creed was arguably the first to do this, hence its success thus far. The 6.5 creed on its own is fairly anemic but it comes from the factory twisted to utilize long slippery bullets that slip the wind much better.
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.22-250 (especially this) 75gr eld or Amax at 3300 fps is an absolute hammer!
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Could all benefit from being twisted just a bit faster.
I think the 22 Creedmoor would be your answer for a 22 cal rifle to shoot those long skinny bullets.
We have both BFG ko2 and Nitto ridge grapplers on each of our F150’s. My wife won’t drive the truck with the ridge grapplers in the winter. There is a noticeable traction difference on snow and ice between the two. I would not buy the ridge grapplers again.
We have duratracs on our ram 2500 work trucks and they only get about a year out of them and they are shot. We are always pulling trailers with the trucks though.
If you have a choice get an EFI kicker.
After being in wave pro and smooth moves I like the wave pros better. The smooth moves sometimes feel like they might launch you out of your seat and the wave pros are like a shock absorber.
Nice boat. Mat is a great guy to work with. I had a issue with my Garmin graphs a few years ago and he got me all fixed up in no time.
My wife is in denial and keeps saying we aren’t going to get anything. She is ready to start gardening.
I haven’t had the best of luck with weather going out there. Went out there twice for 4 days and was only in the boat 2 out of the 8 days and didn’t do all that well. We actually did better fishing in one of the rivers. River ratting. That was almost more fun than being in the boat. I wouldn’t mind going out there and just fishing the river again.
I think it’s Sunline that has 16lb mono that’s the same diameter as 10lb XT. I tend to use 20lb 832 and if I need to I will add a mono leader. If I was going to run planer boards I would probably run all mono.
Reel Em Inn lodge on Lake of Woods. Its almost an hour boat ride from Morson On. Not very often you see other boats. There is always places to fish even if it’s windy. The staff and food is amazing. We have been going there for 7 years and it’s a trip I don’t want to miss. It’s very hard to get in there cause most people book for the following year when they leave.
Timing is definitely everything out there. I’ve fished Paul Delaney for the last 7 or 8 years out there. One time we hit right in the spring and caught a lot of fish with the smallest at 22″ and biggest at 29.5″. Other years it’s been kind of slow but you will probably still catch some big fish. We go in the summer now because it’s a little more consistent. We were always pitching jigs or rippin raps.
We have a wood stove in our house and have a propane furnace. They just filled it for the first time this winter and used 250gallons. We use our wood stove most of the time but then we don’t get any heat in our basement and that’s where my wife works from home. So most of the time the only reason our furnace runs is to heat the basement.
Like others have said in floor heat where ever possible. If you don’t want to put in a boiler right away at least run the pex tubing for it. I would do basement or main floor what ever you plan is. Wood stove or fireplace is a good idea. We put in a wood stove last year and that was the best idea.
I wouldn’t do anything with logs for siding. They are a money pit even they look good.
My boss had transmission issues with his ’18 with 80,000 miles.
Mat Rowan is the owner. I had him do a couple of things a couple of years ago for me when a lot of the boat shops were busy. He got me in before a big fishing trip and got my Garmin stuff all working again.
Vexilar battery works good plus you can still use your vexilar charger.
I would like to see the Wacouta area dredged out more. That area has silted in really bad.
February I would go to LOTW. Beckels Bunks has sleepers there. They are on Facebook. There isn’t much of a night bite like others have said but you can get a few. The nice thing about staying on the ice you get that early morning and evening bite. My experience with resorts taking you out is that you miss those windows.
I’m on my 3rd set of Bf Goodrich ko2s on one of my trucks. Have been getting 70k miles out of them. Other truck has nitto ridge grapplers on it may be that they are pretty wide for a truck tire but they suck in the snow compared to the BF Goodrich.
There is a new video up about the kids duck hunting. You can also go to Grand Forks newspaper. Sounds like the land owner has 3 charges against him and 1 of kids is getting trespass charge.
I like the gale soft shell pull overs.
