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Entries from March 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012

Monday
Mar262012

Who Wants One?

I have a Vexilar Double Vision for sale. This unit has both a FL-20 and a DTD Scout Camera in the bottom of one carry case.  I am selling the whole package for $800. Retail is $1150.  Used 4 times. If you don't want the Vexilar head unit you can buy the camera and carry case for $425 and put your own head unit in it.

Monday
Mar262012

Slab Season

 It is that time of year again; slab season.  The ice fishing season has come and gone and once again we have open water.  With that comes the shallow spring crappie action. Hit the waters of Lake Minnetonka on Friday and found the lake to be much warmer than expected. Water temps were in the 50's on the main lake and at times over 60 in the coves we were fishing.  

I wasted no time hitting the soft water only days after the ice went out and found the crappies were willing to cooperate. It felt good to fish with a rod that was longer than 30" for the first time in many months.  This was the spread of fish I filleted up on Friday for our Lenten feast! All in all the action was pretty good with lots of fish in the 9-10" range but we could sort through them and we finished with 14 fish over 10 1/2" with the biggest being almost 12".  Hopefully this is a sign of what this early spring/summer is going to be like-great weather and great fishing!  

If you need to get on the water or would like to try your luck at landing a few fish for the oil, feel free to contact me.  Until next time, Fish On! Get out and stretch the string!

Monday
Mar262012

The Man Behind The Lens

This is a short story and a few photos that good friend and photographer, Joe Ringus, took with me shortly after I got my new boat.  I have had the honor of fishing with Joe numerous times and he always finds a way to shoot a great photos - and this trip was no exception. I appreciate his work and look forward to getting on the water with him again in the near future.  Take a minute and check it all out here.  

Monday
Mar052012

Yote Slayer


The new Alpha Dogg from Primos is a simple great sounding electronic calling machine. In this short video you will see a few of the great features this caller has. It is compact, loud, and you can donwload new sounds to the remote allowing you to play anything sound or music you want. Pretty sweet machine for 300 bones.