Just got back from port Charlotte Sunday. Have been to cape coral fort Myers area a few times and got tired of how busy it was to get anywhere. Port Charlotte is still busy compared to my 3000 person hometown but much better than south of there. Lot of beaches within an hr drive such as Boca grande Englewood nakomis and Sarasota.

Incredible fish. I got a 16.75 replica done by erik frank at anglers touch. Guy does an awesome job!

Where is this going to be located? Some counties are going to want a slab on grade engineered plans and will add to the price.

I’ve built my big walleye rods from basskang lake trout blank and the 48″ walleye blank trimmed down a bit from butt

I started using small electrical alligator clips few years ago and have like them

I fished Friday and Saturday on the River. Was a slower bite. Saw plenty of shiners on the graphs and even a few decent schools of fish roll through on the live scope. Managed my limit of walleyes Friday with a cpl of overs. Even got 2 crappies in the River about 8 miles apart

Went down to our farm in northwest Missouri this past weekend. Found 9 sheds. Saw 5 bucks with both sides and one with one side still.

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There are exceptions. You can’t use game fish in MN but you can use rough fish such as suckers. I believe it has to come out of same body of water that they use it in though

This year I’ve purchased MN and Wisconsin fishing and Missouri archery. goin to Florida in March and place we rented is on a channel with kayaks so will have to try my luck there. other licenses I’ve had in past are
Wisconsin rifle
Missouri rifle
Missouri turkey
Montana whitetail/mule deer
Wyoming elk
North Dakota waterfowl and pheasant
Manitoba fishing and whitetail
Ontario fishing
All have been pretty reasonable priced I thought except the Missouri turkey just jumped to 265$ I think. Little steep for a turkey but hey why not

I’ve heard they work if cut the tabs out. Side note I’ve paid 100$ or less for my 3 strike master batteries on sale

These super cold temps don’t help but try drilling a partial hole when done drilling. Doesn’t have to be much just a turn or 2 of auger. Have heard some guys use pam cooking spray?

Fished a few lakes with my Garmin that I would of chalked up as a loss with a regular flasher. Drill a hole over a school and they push away 30 feet. It’s amazing how fast they can even get out of your forward scan range when they are getting buggered. Crappies will hit bottom and go

Don’t you have some good lake trout water right in your back yard if in northern Wisconsin?

Here’s mine. Had to add a few extras with my bumper. Yours should be just bolt and go

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Been there a few times this year and had same results

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It got a bad wrap for awhile right when it came out. After watching some videos Im impressed. Big bonus for me is having the lake master mapping with it.

Eric frank at anglers touch. Done a few of mine. Doing a 31.5 inch walleye of now now actually. Great work

I have a 300 wsm I’ve used for deer bear and elk. .300 mag would be another good option

I have a panoptix and buddy had a livescope. When fishing suspended fish such as basin crappies the panoptix shines. I can scan over 100 feet on a clear body of water. When fishing fish tight to structure my panoptix isn’t as good as livescope separating fish to bottom. Both are a great tool.

Ardex or elephant armor

chubs1018 wrote:

We have mostly fished the lake but tried 4 mile bay and the river and did really good there too although not quite as fast of action. You will catch a lot of fish.

Sounds good. I see you have a lsf hat in profile pic. Havnt seen one of them in a while. I was sundie23

Get something with a siloxane in it to protect from salt. And make sure it’s made for already cured concrete

Chubs is this in the river or on the lake?

I’ll be a week behind you

Plain and simple….. Catching fish. Big ones and lots of them

I had a ranger with cab and tracked. What I liked about it was it was a comfy ride being in a cab. Has room to store alot of stuff and good to haul multiple people. I sold it and got a snowmobile setup. As far as price point a sled is much cheaper. What I like about the sled if speed and mobility. I mainly fish solo on machine but can ride 2 easy even with my box add on.
To me the biggest choice is price.

As a guy that pours this type of concrete every day I have never seen a finish that bad. Few things that could be done off top of my head. Could saw cut whole perimeter and hammer out leaving the thincked edge that is supporting the walls and re pour while tying back in by drilling in rebar every few feet. All pex and foam would need to be replaced.

#2 could conduct a core sample of the concrete and see if mix design or something was wrong with mud and would show integrity default. If integrity is good grind flat and be on with it. If not then whole floor should come out.

Around 200$ sf I’ve heard. I do concrete flat work and pour the alot

Inches needed divided my 12. Take that number times sq ft then divided by 27

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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>steve-o wrote:</div>
Wednesday we had 70+ and on Thursday, in an all day rain we caught 109. Largest for the trip was 29″ followed by a 28 3/4″ and several 27-26″. Lots of fish under 22″. Heck of a trip and we try to make it up ever year but don’t always make it.

Those were the reports I was seeing, including a boat that hit 6 over 30” on Thursday or Friday (don’t remember which), and it turned south quick after that. And agree with BT, still had a great time!

Saw same reports of alot of big fish. We did see alot of big fish caught Saturday in the rain (28+) but then it got dirty after that. Could of been stellar I think they were there