MN Fisher

Happy Yule to all.

That would be great - if it was legal here in MN. We could rig 1 jig or other lure on it...the rest of the attachment points have to be hookless. Plain worms/crayfish or spinners without hooks. From Minnesota's fishing regs. "The tackle configuration known as the Alabama (Umbrella/Yumbrella) rig as it is commonly promoted is not legal in Minnesota waters." "However, a Alabama (Umbrella/Yumbrella) would be legal if not more than one hook or artificial lure/bait is attached. An angler could place a single bait/lure with a hook on one of the wires and attach hookless spinners or plastic baits to the other wires."

I don't know about an advantage, but I do prefer to catch my fish on lighter rigs. For me it's the 'battle' that gives fishing the excitement. Flipping a 8# bass into the boat on a heavy-rig isn't the same as fighting a 4-5# bass on a UL rig with only 4# line. Knowing that if you do it wrong, s/he's going to snap your line makes it worth the time easing it into your boat. That's just me, so I do my DS rigs on even lighter gear than most. 8# line on a light-fast rod most of the time, but I have done DS with my UL rig occasionally. That's when the fun starts.

Today I'll be at the parents for a traditional Swedish dinner - potato sausage, swedish meatballs, sil, and other foods I grew up with. It's nice that at 84 (both of them), my parents are still living independently in a duplex they bought 30 years ago. They're getting slower and mom's memory isn't what it use to be...but they still manage.

The three main ones I use are 1/8, 1/4 & 3/8 - depending on how deep I want to run or how much weeds I'm pulling through.

Happy Yule and a Great New Year to all Already got/used one of my gifts - a TW gift certificate from the MIL.

Or at the very least...LOTS of 3700 boxes.

Carp are just oversized Goldfish - they're the same family...like Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass are the same family.

Given the number of years my Abu Garcias have given me (my old Mitchell 320 lasted 25 years of hard use, my Cardinal 562 is over 30 years old and my Ambassadeur 500R is over 20) I'd have to say that Garcia is one of my two brands. My Pflueger 640 has also given me over 30 years of use, so Pflueger is my second favorite brand. This past year, added a Pflueger Trion spinning reel and a Garcia Avocet spinning reel to my 'hoard'.

Or impossible to get to the places where you CAN fish from the bank. Lots of the towns around Lake Minnetonka have instituted No Parking anywhere near where the DNR designates Bank Fishing. Public land on the shore - usually alongside roads. But for a mile or more in any direction - No Parking Anytime signs have gone up. So even where there's decent places to bank-fish, you have to trudge alongside the road for a long distance to get to them.

I agree totally with this. Even though I'm a canoe-fisher, I'm doing the same thing. Modifying my canoe based on my few outings this past year without mods. Test it, then decide what you want to do.

(faints dead away)

Sunglasses are for the eyes, the bill is to protect the neck.

It's called Crappie season.

The main bays of Minnetonka are still unsafe, but the smaller sub-lakes had quite a number of portable houses up. I still wouldn't go out yet even if I ice-fished. Just not sure.

(Shudders) I don't think I'd ever get to that point Everything I have - pan-fish and bass - fits in a single Cabela's Advanced Angler's Tackle Bag - 3600 size. I got that one because it fits 6 boxes in the main compartment and 1 more in the front compartment. And some of the boxes still have empty spots in them.

My wife doesn't like fishing, hates the taste of fish and wrinkles her nose at the smell when I'm cooking some in the broiler. At least she lets me go fish and 'allows' me to eat my catch when I'm in the mood for some broiled bass/trout.

Okay - I also got the electrical routed. Since the gunwale is hollow, I ran the 8-guage down inside that. A socket on the tail end will accept the matching plugs on both the trolling motor and the battery charger. Once I have the battery box, I'll terminate the front end.

Simple Green. Non-toxic, biodegradable. Mix to an appropriate strength - don't use full-strength, it'll strip paint - and wash with perhaps a grey scrub pad (metal polishing).

Center work table installed. Again, see my blog to show the steps I took to get this done.

I may have to learn how to tie this one. Sounds like a winner.

Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren and Nichelle Nichols were my three - sighs.

Sending swivels through the guides? Good way to nick the guides and now add even more abrasion to the line. I'll stick with double-uni or alberto for my leaders.

What's even more puzzling is that so many sites already have info geared to the beginning bass-hunter. @Glenn - our overlord here - has even produced a number of videos, linked on this site, that are geared to teaching you the basics about a wide variety of techniques, gear and other subjects.

That's part of the internal structure of the eye, not an external part. The exterior of simple eyes (octopus through human) needs to be kept moist. For water dwelling creatures this isn't a problem. For land animals, they either need eyelids to distribute the moisture across the surface, or in the case of some lizards - like geckos - they lick their eyes to distribute that needed moisture.