12poundbass

@Ztrain sure loves football, especially his Chicago Bears.

Our game wardens cover a huge area and are rarely seen. They are spread too thin. I’ve crossed paths with one over the years and that was on a two track on state land. I’ve never had one stop me on the water heck, I’ve never seen one on the water.

exactly how the lake I referenced is

There’s at least one lake around here that does that every year shortly after ice out. It’s either from heavy rains or the bottom turning over. Either way the fishing sucks when this particular lake is green.

That’s me to a tee! Then again I can be the exact opposite. I can abandon a presentation too quickly. I’m a Jekel and Hyde some days and stubborn as a mule other days. 😬

Holy smokes, nice one!

Good to hear things are facing the right direction! Happy belated birthday Lynn!

Are you referring to the Tracker Avalanche from way back? That was their full size aluminum bass boat. I built one and it came out to $80k, (To quote the sharks on Shark Tank) “for that reason, I’m out.” 😂

Cats prefer isolated cover too! Notice the laser pointer in the background. This is what he’s lying in wait for.

I know one of the songs he sang while doing Karaoke in Japan. I like my gig as a moderator so I won’t reveal the song. 😂

So I ran into the famous turkey I referred to earlier in this thread. I was driving down one of the streets we are drilling and I see a Tom crossing the road gobbling. As I get closer he stops in the middle of the road and gobbles some more! I roll down the window and he comes up to my drivers side front tire and looks at me then proceeds to the front of my truck. I slowly move forward thinking he’d move but I don’t see him on either side of my truck! I slowly back up for about 60’ and still don’t see him so I know he’s following my front bumper. One of my contractors comes walking up clapping his hands and the turkey scoots out to the side of the road. 😂 Turkey- 2 Cop/me- 0

I’m a simpleton, so I’ll put it in laymon’s term. Bass are smart but they’re also dumb. Take my cat for example, my wife’s pug hates the cat. She’ll attack him when she’s had enough of his games. The other day, she had enough and went after him. He ran away and hid under her mini trampoline she uses for exercise. The problem was half of his hind quarters were exposed, but he thought he was hiding under cover! He felt safe and secure but, was still vulnerable to her. Bass are the same way. They’ll think they’re being sneaky by ‘hiding’ behind a rock a quarter of their size. It works though because they’re camouflaged and because the prey is just as dumb as bass.

Nice work!

Everything looks normal except for the hat! I’m assuming you put the Stormy Kromer up for the season?

Same here. I always hear horror stories about dock owners and lake house owners in other states being complete Karens. My experience has been the complete opposite! Maybe Michigan people are just chill and cool people? 😎

When I was a plumbing apprentice back 20 years ago all we’d use was Sioux Chief. As far as life expectancy I can’t help with that. Hammer arrestors are code here. Edit* A quick google search shows the Sioux Chief brand will last around 500,000 cycles.

Good to see some green here in Michigan.

@Dwight Hottle hard to tell, the man in the picture is doing the hunting version of long arming a fish. Regardless, that coyote appears to be big and has a beautiful coat.

While I understand what you are saying 100%, you are supposed to identify your target before you take the shot. You can’t just assume it’s a coyote because it’s at night, it’s a dog, and it came into a predator call. To be fair what are the chances a wolf of all things is going to show up especially in an area where there are no documented cases of there being wolves? I’ve watched a ton of the warden shows and I’ve heard them say more than once, “ignorance is not an excuse.”

@gimruis first thing I thought too was how do you mistake a wolf for a coyote? Oops!

G3 Eagle 1775 50hp Yamaha Likes: It’s my first upgrade from a 14’ Johnboat It’s easy to launch even in the small lakes with crap launches Sips gas It’s paid for Dislikes: It’s too small Rod locker is virtually useless Wish it had a padded floor

I saw this today. The DNR said for years there weren’t any cougars in Michigan and they started popping up on trail cameras in both peninsulas. Now wolves! There’s plenty of packs in the UP. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were in northern lower Michigan, but Calhoun is 2 hours south of me yet. Unlike cougars, wolves aren’t solitary animals so there most likely is more. @A-Jay @MIbassyaker thoughts? https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2024/04/rare-gray-wolf-found-in-southern-michigan-killed-by-coyote-hunter.html

Well done sir!

My contractor pays for the patch and they dug the hole to get the bore head out.