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  1. guffins fisherman
    I know you have told us a hundred times before, but where you located? I am interested in the Beckman net.
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    Leaving fake birds out all the time to let the live ones to mingle with when no one is looking only serves to educate the live ones as to the difference.
  3. guffins fisherman
    I mostly pull double duty with the Okuma Classic Pro 8'6", medium weight. Good backbone, with some flexibility up top for good shock absorption.
  4. guffins fisherman
    Inkwell graphics on Eastern Blvd can make just about anything you want.
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    I tried using a couple of my heavy rods with 30 lb mono to hook up to my church inline(walleye and tx-22) boards. I didn't like how the heavy line sagged and bowed when i was trolling into the wind at all. It was even worse in a cross wind. The heavy line acted like a sail and pulled the board downwind, and eventually into the prop wash, or too close to another board. If you limit the heavy line to your inner boards only, it is not as bad...just a pain to have to always check it, and save it to last when setting up for your next pass. I would say the rods themselves would probably work, though not ideal. I wouldn't recommend using the same reel/line set up. Matt
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    I can't remember a Fall that was this consistently warm. I only saw ice enough to effect my hunt once this season. That was the day before Thanksgiving. The funny part is, I set up in water, and picked up in ice. My 10 year old thought it was pretty cool to watch the ice grow across the water. I didn't pull the trigger that day, but it served as a great scouting day. I saw where the birds were able to land, so I set up there on Thanksgiving morning and had my limit in less than an hour.
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    We need some fresh birds to come down. I hunted my honey hole Monday AM and saw a good number of mallards, but they were having none of my small decoy spread. What is here, is so leery and educated that hunting them is a waste of time at this point. Unfortunately, the weather does not look conducive to facilitating the migration at all for the northern zone at this point.
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    Not speaking from experience, but everything I have read is that the Etecs are lighter than 4 stroke, but still perform like one. I am sure someone will chime in to the good or the bad, but at least the conversation will be had. Just a thought.
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    A few more days in the blind, some more mallards. Myself and my buddies have been whackin' em pretty good this Fall. We actually took a couple Teal too. Lots and lots of Mergs, but we pass on them, so we don't scare off the mallards.
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    Thanks, Kevin. Days like today keep me going through the doldrums days.
  11. guffins fisherman
    Finally, some migrating mallards came to town. I was solo, but could've had 3-4 guys limit in the 45 minutes I did. I had to stop shooting and just watch the birds work the spread and drop in. Best hunt this season by far. I saw some widgeon come in too.
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    I had a feeling that may be the case. Thanks.
  13. guffins fisherman
    When winterizing a Merc 5.7 IO, is it best to change the engine oil in fall prior to winter lay-up, or in spring prior to first splash? At first, I thought fall so as to have fresh, clean oil in there for the winter. Then I thought it best to change it out in the spring so as to drain out condensation that may have formed during the winter temp. fluctuations. Any thoughts?
  14. guffins fisherman
    At the risk of splitting hairs, I said raise the switch, not the pump. Quite often they are separate units. A check valve could work too. Never tried.
  15. guffins fisherman
    The pic to go with my previous post.
  16. guffins fisherman
    Myself, my 9 year old, my year old lab and a buddy hit a marshy creek in eastern LO on Sunday. Not a ton of birds, but still had fun. Ended up with one drake Mallard, a drake Woodie and a pair of Ringnecks.
  17. guffins fisherman
    Where you located?
  18. guffins fisherman
    Elevate your float switch an inch or so. You will have a little more water in your bilge, but it will most likely make room for the backflow out of your discharge hose.
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    That is Ontario.
  20. guffins fisherman
    Yea buddy.
  21. guffins fisherman
    You have a PM.
  22. guffins fisherman
    I run both the walleye boards and the tx-22's. The info on the Blood run tackle website is really good and spot on. The walleye boards are really flexible as to their use, while the tx-22's excel in other uses. For instance, like everyone else has said, you can adjust the weight on the walleye boards according to what kind of weight or line is behind them. Whereas the tx-22's excel in really slow applications such as spring walleye due to the fact that they float upright and are very light acting on the line. For example, just the other day I was running long leads(260-200) with 30lb mono trolling deep choppy water for walleye. The walleye boards with the weight forward ran perfectly, while the tx-22's were having trouble getting out to the side of the boat.
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    You have a PM
  24. guffins fisherman
    Gotta love it when fishing is a win-win, and all parties are happy.
  25. guffins fisherman
    Due to adding 4' and doubling the HP on my boat, I am selling my trolling bags in order to upsize them as well. They are 33" across sitting flat, and probably about 22" across full of water. For reference, they took my 21' Trophy/125 Merc down to 1.5 MPH SOG at just above idle. I am asking $40 each, very minimal sun fading is the only wear I can see. Pick up in Watertown area, or ship at your cost. Matt
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