guffins fisherman

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.

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.

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.

Thanks, Kevin. Days like today keep me going through the doldrums days.

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.

The pic to go with my previous post.

That is Ontario.

Yea buddy.

You have a PM.

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.

You have a PM

Gotta love it when fishing is a win-win, and all parties are happy.

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

I searched and searched for the same boat, but I knew they would all have the "doghouse." That layout is hard to come by but there are a few out there. I just bought a Proline, tried to look at a Pursuit and had the one listed below as my third option. A bit out of your age range, but no too far: http://watertown.craigslist.org/boa/5113393267.html

I saw a boat once where they cut off one end of a full-width swim platform. They remounted the bracket that holds it up, they cut off enough to make room for the kicker to be mounted conventionally, and still had room for the cooler, etc. It may be a radical idea, but it might just work. Just a thought.