Pequod1

Ditto! 

Sounds like you are new to the sport.  I might suggest a little research. Try looking at tip downs on the net and either make some or buy some. I rig minnows on them. As for jigs, it really depends on where you are. Maybe some tear drop style would be best for starters.  I would also head over to a local bait shop like Mitchels on Lake Ave in Charlotte for more local information.

First off, go to cranberry instead. Get some minnows for tip downs or dead sticks and a few mousies for jigging any small jig will do.

2 hours ago, Gator said:

Here's a picture of my buck this season. No regerts 

I know you will make up for it next season.  Just don't shoot the piebald 

Very fortunate to sit over new land I have wanted to hunt for the past 15 years, a real holy hole. Belongs to an old frat brother of mine. First sit last week I counted 20 does and passed on a shot. Yesterday, sat for 5 minutes, saw my first doe another five minutes and two twin bucks show. Got a nice shot at a 7 point and down he went. Another couple minutes and four more does show up at 50 yds. 

I think I owe my friend a good bottle of whiskey at the very least.

Coyotes would have gotten her for sure. Gambler saw one less than five minutes after shooting.

Wow, what a difference a little cold and snow can make. They are going to food pretty good. Just waiting to pick out the right one.

The last two years have been horrible for people going swimming and some lives lost. Spud,spud spud. 

MS is my favorite season. Nice and quiet and usually, at the very end of it, the deer react as though it was archery season. With this cold and snow they should be feeding more often.

We did well there Saturday ripping blade baits.  I was surprised to see a bunch of other guys out too. Looks like a good class of eyes around for the hard water.

Glad you got the deer Brian. Another proud member of the Colby road banishment club 

Yesterdays morning hunt was a big zero for me, but the evening hunt was pretty good. Had a nice 6 right under the stand for a long time before a wind gust brought my scent down to him. Fun to watch them bolt. Had another 8 out in the cut corn that did not respond to my calls and finally saw a nice little herd of does at dusk. It was a good night.

Can you put a minn kota on the polka table? Ill take it if you can.

Ditto to that Les. It t is about a bunch of guys having fun. Thanks Art and Ted.

Looks like it will be a nice day.  Water temp was at 64.5 yesterday. Good luck everyone.

That sounds good. The next calm day, I'll be there.  Did you get bait at Millers?

Also interested and sent PM.

I wonder what size. Hope this isn't a trend. The walleye fishing was getting better there.

Thank you momay. Just what I needed to know. 

Maybe this weekend - Caesar.

Has anyone ever tried the winch installation system? I was wondering about the pivots you place in the ground and then put the ladder in it  to hoist up with the winch.  Can you get those pivots out later to use in other installations or do you have to leave them in.

If things don't change dramatically in the next two weeks, it is going to be a tough contest.  Fished Canandaigua today. Water temp at the ramp was 59 deg but the further south you went in the lake, the warmer it got. Lake was a consistent 68 deg in some of my favorite areas.  The perch are there, just not the big ones. The perch averaged less than 9" with an occasional 9 1/2 - 10". 

Nice fish.. DID you happen to get a surface temp. I am just waiting for the temps to dip below 70.

It should be a little cooler by the time of the contest.  I would carry two coolers on board. One for the fish you intend to weigh in. Replace the water periodically and the perch will live. I have done this in a lot warmer conditions with success.  I would not thermo shock the fish bye changing water temps a lot. Just change the water.

Jealous. 

Walleye fishing has been great and I made up for lost time. Now on to perch.

The Gambler rig micro was a hot ticket with us the later part of the day. I wished we put it on earlier, but the rule of the day was not until eye number 17 was in the boat. Of course, we could have gotten it out earlier, except for a cluttered f... trying to land an eye earlier