orangediablo

That was the story Sunday, but VERY few takers.....ask the 20 boats working that area Sunday afternoon.....

If you have two 55L Okumas laying around, spool the 45 backwards on one, and see how much braid it'll hold.  You'll be able to run more than that for the 350'.  Kind of a rough way of doing it but will work.  I know someone here has some formulas/spreadsheet to help calculate this stuff.

I'm slipped there in May.  Shoot me a PM and we can chat.  I try to be out most weekends

About time

Yup. Still in place,  and no ice. 

I'll grab an update pic tomorrow morning

Just grabbed this.   Can see open water beyond the ice.  Not that much left

Negative.  Still very much in place.

Call around.  Wondering if there are a few captains you can charter through who would allow you to do the work.......choosing what rods to run,lured, etc.

Minefield....

Diawa 47h $30

Shakespeare (same size as Diawa) $25

Frabill net

Fixed 58" handle

Hoop is approx. 36x26" and about 36" deep.

Plastic yoke

No idea what these go for, so start at $40

Talk to troubles on here.  Good dude, good products

Switched all my non-mag spoons to single siwash.  IME, they stay buttoned a bit better, especially when the steelies are flying outta the water.  Also easier and faster to remove with less damage to the feesh.  

Side note, tend to switch out the split rings on DW spoons.  When swapping hooks, the ring tends to have a gap and somehow lose a little tension, possibly allowing spoon/hook to slide through split ring and 'unwind'.  I've brought a few fish in with spoon or hook halfway around the split ring (wish I had a pic).

Good price. Wish I was closer

Back at it again last night as weather and wind were perfect.  This time brought my tripod and was MUCH better.  Hit the locator, heard one off in the distance.  Played a sequence of coyote/rabbit and this guy came sneaking around. Watched him form a bit and took him out.  About a week left,  hoping to get out over more time. 

i'll get some updated pics tomorrow when i'm back in the office

Looks like $40

https://apps.glerl.noaa.gov/coastwatch/webdata/statistic/ice/dat/g2024_2025_ice.dat

Down to 26%

Got my first coyote tonight.  Worked him for 20 min, not having an idea if I was working him right, but could hear him yipping closer and closer, so I kept the call going.  Still playing with the scope, setting and video, as this was my second time out with it. Weighing him on the scale, i have 45-48#.  Seems heavy, so I'll try another scale tomorrow.

March 29

damn, that looks like my old box haha

Can you trap em??

AGM Clarion 384.  Two lenses, 2x and 4.5x base mag.

New thermal comes in soon.  Hopefully get it zeroed in and use it a few times before end of March

I have about 5 different 22cal bullets I can play with when reloading.  Tricky finding consistent anchoring with damage (same with deer).  Maybe i'll stock with 55gr soft point.  I ain't paying Berger prices.