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opinions? Ive run my st croixs to the max. The poles are holding up well, the reels are getting a bit grindy. Anyone got favorite brands for ice gear? Ive entered the marketplace for a few combos.

we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Speak of the devil, I got a quick question for ya. Have you ever crimpled up a grebe, yellowleg, blue jay etc by accident at first light and brought it to the clinic to try to repair it?

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Speak of the devil, I got a quick question for ya. Have you ever crimpled up a grebe, yellowleg, blue jay etc by accident at first light and brought it to the clinic to try to repair it?

cant say i have, but i did accidentally run over the neighbors cat this afternoon. came right out of no where. i debated on stopping to tell them but didnt. i wasnt sure how mad they would be and i had no weapon. they have quite a few anyways

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Had a good late season hunt at cayuga lake near ithaca ny to close out my waterfowl season. bagged quite a few bunnies, skirls, and grouse on a few opportune outings. Perfect fresh snow cover on a piece of private land my buddy has permisssion to hunt that ive dreamt of going on was a real standout. Got skunked on wally eyes but just hit the ice recently for some bluegills (bluebies) and perch (8-10" are jumbos, 10"+ are jammies) for a huge feed for my buds and enough left over for the one neighbor I got.

You get any kill shots lately outside the clinic?

b.hud wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Speak of the devil, I got a quick question for ya. Have you ever crimpled up a grebe, yellowleg, blue jay etc by accident at first light and brought it to the clinic to try to repair it?

cant say i have, but i did accidentally run over the neighbors cat this afternoon. came right out of no where. i debated on stopping to tell them but didnt. i wasnt sure how mad they would be and i had no weapon. they have quite a few anyways

You kill it? It is illegal to not stop and tell the owner in ny.

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Had a good late season hunt at cayuga lake near ithaca ny to close out my waterfowl season. bagged quite a few bunnies, skirls, and grouse on a few opportune outings. Perfect fresh snow cover on a piece of private land my buddy has permisssion to hunt that ive dreamt of going on was a real standout. Got skunked on wally eyes but just hit the ice recently for some bluegills (bluebies) and perch (8-10" are jumbos, 10"+ are jammies) for a huge feed for my buds and enough left over for the one neighbor I got.

You get any kill shots lately outside the clinic?

lately, not really, havent been deer hunting in over a month. ever since i hunted in arky land, i dont really feel like going out and getting skunked by these GA birds, normal spots just arent producing.

yea i killed the cat. didnt even twitch

b.hud wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Had a good late season hunt at cayuga lake near ithaca ny to close out my waterfowl season. bagged quite a few bunnies, skirls, and grouse on a few opportune outings. Perfect fresh snow cover on a piece of private land my buddy has permisssion to hunt that ive dreamt of going on was a real standout. Got skunked on wally eyes but just hit the ice recently for some bluegills (bluebies) and perch (8-10" are jumbos, 10"+ are jammies) for a huge feed for my buds and enough left over for the one neighbor I got.

You get any kill shots lately outside the clinic?

lately, not really, havent been deer hunting in over a month. ever since i hunted in arky land, i dont really feel like going out and getting skunked by these GA birds, normal spots just arent producing.

yea i killed the cat. didnt even twitch

You see good numbers in arky? Solid hunts or just time the migration a lil off this year? Make sure your license plate didnt fall off near the cat.

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

b.hud wrote:we dont get much ice in GA so i cant help ya.

but whatsup?

Had a good late season hunt at cayuga lake near ithaca ny to close out my waterfowl season. bagged quite a few bunnies, skirls, and grouse on a few opportune outings. Perfect fresh snow cover on a piece of private land my buddy has permisssion to hunt that ive dreamt of going on was a real standout. Got skunked on wally eyes but just hit the ice recently for some bluegills (bluebies) and perch (8-10" are jumbos, 10"+ are jammies) for a huge feed for my buds and enough left over for the one neighbor I got.

You get any kill shots lately outside the clinic?

lately, not really, havent been deer hunting in over a month. ever since i hunted in arky land, i dont really feel like going out and getting skunked by these GA birds, normal spots just arent producing.

yea i killed the cat. didnt even twitch

You see good numbers in arky? Solid hunts or just time the migration a lil off this year? Make sure your license plate didnt fall off near the cat.

according to my cousins who i hunted with numbers werent that good. but hell i have fun seeing 3-400 ducks at lst. we only killed a handfull each day but still did better than we do at home. i havent checked to make sure it stayed on but that would really blow if it came off.

Ice fishing poles aren't worth the money. I get whatever is the cheapest full combo. I also hold the line with my finger, I don't just rely on the tip to twitch

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Goldfish wrote:Ice fishing poles aren't worth the money. I get whatever is the cheapest full combo. I also hold the line with my finger, I don't just rely on the tip to twitch

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I hear ya gold. I think that is how I feel set up this time around HT gear or something. It will hurt my brain not buying a quality reel though. Maybe I will buy a cheapy rod and a nice reel. I like my dads fenwick reel. The st croix ice reel was quite gimicky. The rods are nice though.

I have a Gregg Austin custom walleye rod that is pretty sweet. I like pfleuger reels.

Bulldog0156 wrote:I have a Gregg Austin custom walleye rod that is pretty sweet. I like pfleuger reels.

Never heard of gregg austin, but will google in a minute. And I meant Pfleuger instead of fenwick, oops.

why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Mornin Beef wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:I have a Gregg Austin custom walleye rod that is pretty sweet. I like pfleuger reels.

Never heard of gregg austin, but will google in a minute. And I meant Pfleuger instead of fenwick, oops.

Austin Custom rods. He's based out of SE MI. Quality rods without the high dollar price, and they're glass so they don't break easy like carbon rods.

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

jehler wrote:

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

They be great lakes

Bulldog0156 wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:I have a Gregg Austin custom walleye rod that is pretty sweet. I like pfleuger reels.

Never heard of gregg austin, but will google in a minute. And I meant Pfleuger instead of fenwick, oops.

Austin Custom rods. He's based out of SE MI. Quality rods without the high dollar price, and they're glass so they don't break easy like carbon rods.

Heaters do a number to a rod no matter what it's made of

sent from a phancy fone

Goldfish wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:

Mornin Beef wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:I have a Gregg Austin custom walleye rod that is pretty sweet. I like pfleuger reels.

Never heard of gregg austin, but will google in a minute. And I meant Pfleuger instead of fenwick, oops.

Austin Custom rods. He's based out of SE MI. Quality rods without the high dollar price, and they're glass so they don't break easy like carbon rods.

Heaters do a number to a rod no matter what it's made of

sent from a phancy fone

What the poop you talking about Gold? I have a heater in my shack at all times and have never seen an eyelit come unglued and fall off or what else could fail a rod. I dont like your cheap rod theory anymore broseph.

Touch your rod to the sunflower heater and see what it does. Only did that once, but I've got the line on it a couple times.

Plus when you are drinking (which you aren't ice fishing right if you are not), shit happens. Usually it's your friends that do it too.

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jehler wrote:

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

A few years back when grand traverse bay froze, we fished out of Yuba a mile and a half out, 375ft of water for whitefish. Bummer feeling when you realized you only wound 350ft of line and have to add another 30 just to hit bottom. Yeah, i dont think im gonna wind that much line around a cleat!

BrewGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

A few years back when grand traverse bay froze, we fished out of Yuba a mile and a half out, 375ft of water for whitefish. Bummer feeling when you realized you only wound 350ft of line and have to add another 30 just to hit bottom. Yeah, i dont think im gonna wind that much line around a cleat!

You didn't catch anything

jehler wrote:

BrewGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

A few years back when grand traverse bay froze, we fished out of Yuba a mile and a half out, 375ft of water for whitefish. Bummer feeling when you realized you only wound 350ft of line and have to add another 30 just to hit bottom. Yeah, i dont think im gonna wind that much line around a cleat!

You didn't catch anything

Why ya gotta be such a Debbie downer there captain negative?

BrewGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

BrewGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

capt1972 wrote:why not just add a cleat on the rod instead of the reel to wind the line on?

Cause lakes up here get deep

A few years back when grand traverse bay froze, we fished out of Yuba a mile and a half out, 375ft of water for whitefish. Bummer feeling when you realized you only wound 350ft of line and have to add another 30 just to hit bottom. Yeah, i dont think im gonna wind that much line around a cleat!

You didn't catch anything

Why ya gotta be such a Debbie downer there captain negative?

How in the hell did you think you would see a bite in 375 feet of water!
And you can just call me sir

No seeing the bite, feeling it with spiderwire, your old arthritic hands can't do that anymore.
I'll call you a lot of things but sir ain't one of them!

BrewGUN wrote:No seeing the bite, feeling it with spiderwire,

and how'd that work out for ya mr knowitall?

jehler wrote:

BrewGUN wrote:No seeing the bite, feeling it with spiderwire,

and how'd that work out for ya mr knowitall?

Pretty good actually, between Jeff B and Picasso. We ended up with close to 25 fish that year.

BrewGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

BrewGUN wrote:No seeing the bite, feeling it with spiderwire,

and how'd that work out for ya mr knowitall?

Pretty good actually, between Jeff B and Picasso. We ended up with close to 25 fish that year.

when ya came back to shore a little. i miss fishing the bay on ice

Let's take the boat out then, I'm sure jr would be down for it.

BrewGUN wrote:Let's take the boat out then, I'm sure jr would be down for it.

we were going to longline saturday vbut the damned wind