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« on: January 29, 2012, 05:41:38 PM »
Another Beautiful weekend in WI the ice is here to stay finally. The boys fished in a kids fiheree today sponsored by the "Friends of Pool 10". I am not sure the count but my guess is over 125 children took part in it. The largest fish caught was a 27 inch northern, over fifty fish weighed in, last year it was less than 10. I'm sorry to say the boys got skunked though we did help Brock and Brook, 2 young children from IA, catch their first fish through the ice. I also left the camera at home so no pics this year of the event.
I am looking forward to meeting up with Mike and Chris next week in the Northwoods area.
stay safe and Teach a child to fish Dave
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« on: January 22, 2012, 05:35:19 PM »
Things are looking up here I got out on lake Onalaska last week in La Crosse. marked a lot of fish a couple of bites nothing on the ice. Ice was 8 inches. Thursday I fished in Prairie Du Chien 10 inches of ice again marked a lot of fish and caught a couple Shad. Saturday I got out in Bagley on the mississippi little action though, it was 14 below yesterday morning. I plan on getting out in PDC again tomorrow. and heading up river till I find the Fish.
HWJ I am glad to here you are recovering, if you want I can get a DR friend of mine to write you a script for R and R up here. I am sure your wife won't mind and crv or dave or someone will drive you up here. God bless and be safe Dave
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« on: December 29, 2011, 10:27:27 AM »
Wow! Made it to Columbus Yesterday saw no sign of ice from Chicago south. I hope things change for everyone, my fishing pals at home are getting out in some spots,and say the ice should be good next week. If anyone is interested I'm headed back home on the 31st or 1st, if you want to follow. Dave
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« on: December 23, 2011, 04:07:21 PM »
I finally made it on the ice Wednesday. To say there was 2 inches of ice would be pushing it. I went out about 10 ft and fished in 4 fow marked fished a couple bites but nothing on the ice. I was 20 feet away froma nice hole but the ice just wasnt thick enough to push it. We got a half inch of rain weds night so the ice took a hit then it got down to 13 last night, Mother Nature is showing us she still calls the shots. Dave
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« on: December 11, 2011, 06:00:16 PM »
It's here everyone a week or so late but ice has arrived. several fisherman took advantage of it yesterday I hope to get out tomorrow the bad news is highs above freezing the next few days.
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« on: December 08, 2011, 01:35:41 PM »
The boys and I were getting ready to load the voyager and found these three ready to go. It wont be long up here. Dave
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« on: December 01, 2011, 11:04:15 PM »
OK guys here it is highs near 40 for the next 2 days then nothing above freezing in the foreseeable future lows in the teens to near 10. 1st day on the ice last year was the 7th, might be cutting it close this year. Balsam Lake which is just Northeast of the Twin Cities should have good ice by the middle of next week. I hope to head that way on the 11th. I'll keep everyone posted Be Safe and Teach a child to fish this season. Dave
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« on: November 05, 2011, 12:42:29 PM »
A month or so ago David had a posting under this subject. He wrote about the great customer service at Vexilar. I bought a used fl 22 pro pack this week it was sold in 2007 and the guy had used it only a couple times, so I called Vexilar and talked to Pat in the service dept. I wanted to know if it should be serviced because it sat for so long. Pat told me just when something is wrong with it but he waned to know the serial number. So yesterday I called with the serial no. he looked it up and found out it was made in 2006 the first year for the 22. He also told me there were complaints that people were loosing the bait below 30 ft. This applied to the first 9000 fl 22s made. Pat told me to ship it to him and he would make the adjustment needed and ship it back the same day. So if anyone is having issues below 30 ft you might want to give Pat a call. What a great Company to deal with. Pat also told me if I wait til midseason the turnaround would be more like 2 wks.
Dave
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« on: November 03, 2011, 07:46:57 PM »
I just picked up a Vexilar FL 20 and was talking to a friend of mine, Bob said he has seen some fishermen shoot through the ice without drilling looking for fish they use abaggie of antifreeze between the transducer and ice to keep it from freezing into the ice. I was wondering if anyone has done this or seen it done. Dave
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« on: July 18, 2011, 06:21:36 PM »
I hope everyone is having a good summer weve been busy up here and David I am working on things for you. It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you a 13 year old boy from Cassville was electrocuted last week while he was trying to harvest nightcrawlers. I am not sure what method he was using below is a link to one. http://www.thebassbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92325As a retired electrician guys to me mixing electric and wet ground is a dangerous practice, and when you add a child to it is a tragedy waiting to happen as it did in Cassville. My sister has a saying about children "more is caught than taught". While we are teaching our children and others to share in our passion for fishing we also have a responsibility to keep them safe and some shortcuts fall short of this. These children that look up to his will often try to mimic us so teaching by example is important, so when you try one of these shortcuts look around and make sure a child is not watching you from a distance. I wish everyone a Safe and happy summer God Bless and Teach our children to fish SAFELY. Dave
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« on: March 02, 2011, 04:43:01 PM »
OK Russ I'm not trying to make you cringe or rub it in, sad to hear your season in Ohio has come to an end, once again remember those dryer sheets in your shanties to keep the critters out. We are still fishing on 2 feet of ice in 30 foot of water and the walleye and sauger bite has been great here in SW Wisconsin. The bad news is I have been fighting a terrible cold and have not been able to participate this week yet. If any of you diehards want to make the trip let me know. I expect our conditions to hold up through the weekend of the 12th if not longer. Word is the panfish bite has been good but I haven't tried that in 3 weeks now. Take care everyone and please remember to teach a child to fish this summer Dave
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« on: February 14, 2011, 12:29:47 PM »
Well Guys and Gals, from what i am reading your season in Ohio could come to an abrupt end. Sad to say our 10 day forecast shows much of the same, at least we have been on 2 feet of ice most anywhere so hopefully we will get by. I've read a lot of classifieds this year on various sites for used ice fishing shanties and one of the biggest problem with them has been small mouse holes so here is a simple way to avoid the critter invasion in the summer..... Dryer sheets or moth balls. The dryer sheets smell better in the fall of course when you get them back out. Just a thought for everyone an ounce of prevention you know. Be safe and as the ice gets worse spend a little more time with your spud bars. Teach a child to fish. Dave
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« on: February 06, 2011, 08:54:29 PM »
Greetings Everyone,
The boys and I participated in the Annual Fisheree In Prairie Du Chien, which has been going on for over 60 years. Saturday was a great day, I was tickled to death when the boys told me they wanted to go for the sauger and walleye rather then the panfish. We fished for 8 hours on Sat. icing 7 keepers and throwing back 5 dinks and one lost sheephead (drum). Bretts fish weighed .706 lbs good enough for 2nd and Danny's weighed ,552 for third. We had a blast the largest was 13 1/2 inches. As you'll see from the pics the weekend was tough on Brett. We caught them in 32 FOW off of a yellow Sweedish pimple, and the Jade color pimple tipped with minnows through the back. Gosh its fun teaching kids to fish Dave
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« on: February 02, 2011, 03:42:56 AM »
Greetings to all in Ohio. Im sitting here watching another winter Storm. We are 20 miles north of the blizzrd zone and im no weatherman but it looks like one outside right now. the bite here is starting to pick up. we were able to land walleye and sauger last week not much size to the walleye the biggest being 16 !/2 inches but the sauger have been nice size. ive been catching them on the northland vertical minnow tipped with a minnow and a jade colored swedish pimple. The boys finally caught their first fish of the season we got on some perch sat getting 6 keepers in just over an hour, the first was 13 inches butwe lost it when Brett put it in a pile of snow not realizing it was a hole with slush on top so he is back in the river to catch another day. Sunday was our kids fish in Harpers Ferry IA. There was over 100 kids and only 5 fish caught, but it was a good time. This weekend is our family fisheree put on by the Prairie Du Chien Chamber of Commerce so I hope to have a good report for you on Monday. Good luck to all, be safe, and take a kid fishing. Dave
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