Life ain't so bad in the north...
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Roy M
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8) That is a productive day. I love warm weather fishing but sitting there with my butt glued to the ice is not my idea of fun.
SargeW
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Well look at the bright side. No need to lug a cooler to keep them stored in..........
xrated
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A guy I used to work with would always say, when they were showing some winter blizzard on the news....."I don't feel sorry for 'em, they had all summer to move."
SeilerBird
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Oh Jeff, poor boy, you need a good dose of Florida sunshine. 8)
QZ
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That ice sure looks a lot like Thunder Bay ice.
Memtb
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Roy M said:
Roy, you sit on a nice ?padded? bucket. Or, in a chair in a heated ice hut/tent. Drinking the ?hot? drink of your choice....wait?n of the fish to bite!
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Alpena Jeff
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Close. Long Lake north of Alpena. Thunder Bay is just down the road and not frozen yet.QZ said:
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QZ
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OH a heated cab atv too!!! Nice
Ok We looked at property on Long lk years ago. I recall a high bank. Lived on Long rapids Rd when very young. Just down the road from where Tom Mail (?) old store used to be near Bolton rd. I remember going in the old store with a huge pot belly wood stove. They eventually tore it down and moved the road intersection and built a new bridge.
Ok We looked at property on Long lk years ago. I recall a high bank. Lived on Long rapids Rd when very young. Just down the road from where Tom Mail (?) old store used to be near Bolton rd. I remember going in the old store with a huge pot belly wood stove. They eventually tore it down and moved the road intersection and built a new bridge.
RedandSilver
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Life ain't so bad in the South either. At this time of year I'll stay in the South. Enjoy the negative temps up there. ;D ;D ;D
Memtb
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QZ said:
Plan on using the little class c (rolling ice hut on the shore) if we spend more than a day. And, use the ?heated cab? UTV to/from lines...if it?s cold!
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Alpena Jeff
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Store is still there and up for sale. I can hook you up!?QZ said:
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Alpena Jeff
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Until I can get away, that is the plan. It's up to 7F now. Getting ready to go fishing. Was out in genes and sweatshirt. I'll throw a jacket on when I hit the ice.RedandSilver said:
God, life is good!
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Come on down to the Sierras for some winter fishing on the Upper Owens River.
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Alpena Jeff
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you tease! I'm not skilled on the fly fish but I have massive learning skill!
Memtb
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My preferred method, is with an electrician friend of mine. Fire-up the “megger”.....pick up the “floaters” you like! ;D Though the game and fish department frowns upon such practices!
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Alpena Jeff
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Efficient but still illegal last I checked. Not to say I haven't dropped a net or two but.....
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[quote author=Memtb]Fire-up the ?megger?[/quote]
In my younger days we used to chase guys around the shop with a Megger. Guys got so paranoid about getting zapped that we could chase someone with just a pair of wires (no Megger attached), and they'd run away ;D
For the benefit of folks who don't know what we're talking about, a "Megger" is a portable instrument that can generate up to 1,000,000 volts to test the insulation on electric wires. In my younger days, they were hand-cranked generators, but there's no need to crank the newer models.
I don't advocate using one to zap fish, but my working buddies were fair game.
In my younger days we used to chase guys around the shop with a Megger. Guys got so paranoid about getting zapped that we could chase someone with just a pair of wires (no Megger attached), and they'd run away ;D
For the benefit of folks who don't know what we're talking about, a "Megger" is a portable instrument that can generate up to 1,000,000 volts to test the insulation on electric wires. In my younger days, they were hand-cranked generators, but there's no need to crank the newer models.
I don't advocate using one to zap fish, but my working buddies were fair game.
QZ
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The curious learned quickly when we would leave a charged capacitor laying around. Better yet was to put a M80 or cherry bomb under a piece of equipment and wrap a shipping tag wire around the fuse then wire it to the ignition.
On electric vehicles with mega amps available do similar but put a wad of 16 Gage wire under the vehicle on the floor. As soon as the main contactor closed the smoke would roll. Everyone has that natural instinct to want to pull the Anderson connectors but just can't seem to out run electricity.
On electric vehicles with mega amps available do similar but put a wad of 16 Gage wire under the vehicle on the floor. As soon as the main contactor closed the smoke would roll. Everyone has that natural instinct to want to pull the Anderson connectors but just can't seem to out run electricity.
