|
|
Posts: 7090
Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | My 2020 fishing season came to an inglorious end in Mid-September....but the boat is back (ish, it's now in the shop) and I'm ready for 2021.
What do to?
Going to make leaders, build some cool tube rigs...
What is everyone else doing to keep from breaking out the chain saw and carving the ice from your local ponds? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | I’ve been cutting wood and doing a little ice fishing! |
|
| |
|
| Couple wood working projects, ice fishing, reading thick biographies. But, I am retired and have more experience at being useless.
If you have not read Hamilton by Ron Chernow, I highly recommend. Very interesting book in that it gives a different perspective on a number of the founding fathers.
Only a hundred or so pages into another book by him, Grant, but it is a good read as well.
How the heck someone read Hamilton, a very dense, detailed biography and decided it would make a great rap musical is beyond me. One of the biggest hit musicals in history. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1276
Location: Walker, MN | Tackle hoarding mostly. I learned a lot from that toilet paper shortage.. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | Go fish lake michigan. Troll and jig the harbors.
Edited by ToddM 1/14/2021 8:31 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | Drinking a Voodoo Ranger listening to Hank Sr Lost Highway, followed by Hank Jr whiskey On Ice, another Ranger, ended with HankIII County Hero’s.
Edited by FishinXtreme 1/14/2021 7:12 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | FishinXtreme - 1/14/2021 7:04 PM
Drinking a Voodoo Ranger listening to Hank Sr Lost Highway, followed by Hank Jr whiskey On Ice, another Ranger, ended with HankIII County Hero’s. Are you kidding me! I've found another fishing partner........ I just set my guitar down.... Were you listening? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | Maybe. If you got the guitar I’ll bring the vocals.
Edited by FishinXtreme 1/14/2021 7:49 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | Any of you good ol boys play the steel? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Steel players are as rare as a 58" muskie. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | Add this one in too. Jason Isbell Last of My kind. Pretty much sums it up. Chris Ledoux Call of the Wild to finish it out. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 99
Location: Eau Claire, WI | If you’ve never heard Chris Ledoux Call of the Wild, better take the 4 minutes and check it out. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Jason Isbell is and will be an iconic singer songwriter of his generation. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3157
| lotta guitar talk here,,,cant contribute but I guess I wont "Fret" about it! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 29
| I spend most of my time sharing my uninformed, yet strongly held opinions regarding COVID and election law. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 355
Location: Vilas County, WI | Alot of ice fishing going on here in Vilas County. Snowmobile trails are open but are destroyed due to no snow. Ice fishing pressure is way up due to perfect conditions - solid ice, little snow, mild temps, no snowmobiling, and Covid. Its a perfect storm but I'll save that rant for a different thread.
Almost done finishing the inside of the shop. Switching my bait storage to wall racks like many have posted about on here. Then I'll grab a few baits for each outing vs taking my entire boat bag.
And I do love me some old school Hank!!!
Edited by TheShow 1/15/2021 8:27 AM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 529
| Building baits and rewrapping guides on my rods. Buying a few more baits, cuz who doesn’t need more!? Ice fishing has been pretty decent as well. Building rods is a go to for me...be they musky rods, ice rods, or whatever...
Edited by musky513 1/15/2021 9:12 AM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 390
| I build way too many bucktails. Ive started tying flies as well, only problem is I don't fly fish. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 577
Location: WI | Trying to create more room in my garage without adding on or building a second one. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1585
Location: Brighton CO. | 1.Watched some College hockey.
2. NFL playoffs.
3. Put Christmas away. (except for a tree in my part of the house that will not be taken down till the Packers are out of the playoffs)
4. Too warm for ice fishing in the front range again this year.
5. NHL hockey.
6. Made some down sized leaders for rattle trap, 22 short type lures.
7. Repainted some things that got too close to bulldawg.
8. Made some more bucktails.
9. Buy Powerball and Megaball tickets.
10. Don't die of old age waiting for my turn for a Covid vachine. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3508
Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Well...due to unfortunate timing just before Thanksgiving, I have been tuning a new archery set-up as all my equipment was stolen right out of my truck...sitting in my driveway. Was all packed for the next morning to go one last time before wisconsin rifle season opened.
Lost the bow, the treestand, all my little items I take into the woods... Was not a happy camper and definitely was not looking to upgrade equipment.
But....long story short, the tuning and getting used to a new bow has kept me busy after work is done for the day. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | jb51 - 1/15/2021 7:36 AM
I spend most of my time sharing my uninformed, yet strongly held opinions regarding COVID and election law.
Now that's funny! Make sure you forward everything on FB with no traceable origin! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 112
| Made some bottle openers, and some lures. Gotta keep busy.
Attachments
----------------
 bottleopeners.jpg (110KB - 339 downloads)
IMG_1740.jpg (50KB - 351 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
| Eastman03 - 1/15/2021 10:26 AM
Made some bottle openers, and some lures. Gotta keep busy.
Really think that if you have enough to sell, you could get big money at shows for those openers. Really well done, and the kind of thing folks would buy because it is different and would make great gift for fisherman. |
|
| |
|
Location: Athens, Ohio | I'd fish with any one of those bottle openers. The hole in the lip may give it a unique wobble, and who needs hooks if you keep a tight line? m |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | My cabin fever project last winter was making beetle spins, smaller bucktails and spinnerbaits for our youth programs and big bucktails for our meeting door prizes. About 600 baits in all, now sitting in bags to be used in 2022. Painted the jigs and bent the wire on the beetle spins and to my delight work way better than store bought. I found supplies in bulk and a few donations of supplies by others like Ghoti on this site. We do alot of youth giveaways at the sport shows.
Edited by ToddM 1/15/2021 1:57 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 112
| I appreciate the compliments thanks. Yea the bottle openers are easier to make frankly, and have been far more popular than I thought. Bigger target audience. I started making them so I could practice painting. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Eastman03 - 1/15/2021 3:53 PM
I appreciate the compliments thanks. Yea the bottle openers are easier to make frankly, and have been far more popular than I thought. Bigger target audience. I started making them so I could practice painting. Your practice has paid off! If you need any field testers or setting up a pro staff let me know.;-) |
|
| |
|
Posts: 218
| Been wanting to try forging and thought this would be a good time. These are first attempts so they are pretty crude. Throwing axe from leaf spring, veggie chopper from lawn mower blade and knife from coil spring
Edited by pstrombe 1/15/2021 5:58 PM
Attachments
----------------
Axe resized.jpg (69KB - 333 downloads)
Chopper Resized.jpg (85KB - 362 downloads)
Knife Resized.jpg (33KB - 343 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 4080
Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Rebuilding a 77 KZ 1000 LTD...Total frame off Restomod . rebuilding the engine and trany due to me banging into 2nd from 1rst @ 9,000 RPM Haaha..
Going back to black rims and maybe the Kawasaki green frame and body parts.
Attachments
----------------
20201017_155405.jpg (54KB - 358 downloads)
20201017_155914.jpg (53KB - 367 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 3913
| Horticulture, mycology, and lately a Fender American Professional II Telecaster and a Boss ME-80 effects pedal. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 218
| Eastman03
Love your work - great job |
|
| |
|
| Ranger - 1/16/2021 1:20 AM
Horticulture, mycology, and lately a Fender American Professional II Telecaster and a Boss ME-80 effects pedal.
Ok, I think I can say with a high level of confidence that this is the first time the word mycology was used on a muskie fishing BB. So, were you growing mushrooms or developing a proprietary strain of yeast to sell to the booming craft beer market? |
|
| |
|
Posts: 61
| True story! Blue Bird skies. Beautiful, majestic bold eagle hovering over our boat on Big Arbor Vitae. Quiet a sight. All of a sudden it targets this smaller bird, sparrow I guess. Not a minute into a chase, few other sparrows join and this proud, lord of the skies turns into a running scared, vulnerable creature. It was amazing how those smaller, agile animals were running circles around this big invincible bird. How do they manage to all sound the same?! Tobacco, cow manure mix perhaps? Nice bike. Had been working on a couple myself. Built on 1983 Yamaha xs400.
(20201126_132504_copy_826x550.jpg)
Attachments
----------------
20201126_132504_copy_826x550.jpg (394KB - 353 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
| szczochu13 - 1/16/2021 9:27 AM
True story! Blue Bird skies. Beautiful, majestic bold eagle hovering over our boat on Big Arbor Vitae. Quiet a sight. All of a sudden it targets this smaller bird, sparrow I guess. Not a minute into a chase, few other sparrows join and this proud, lord of the skies turns into a running scared, vulnerable creature. It was amazing how those smaller, agile animals were running circles around this big invincible bird. How do they manage to all sound the same?! Tobacco, cow manure mix perhaps? Nice bike. Had been working on a couple myself. Built on 1983 Yamaha xs400.
Great looking bike! Have not seen sparrows chase an eagle, but a pair has a nest across the lake from our place and I have seen crows harassing them a number of times. Even had one in a tree on our property along the lake with a bunch of crows making a racket all around them. I had been working on the cottage that we replaced with a retirement home and heard all the noise and went outside to see. When I got closer the crows took off and the eagle saw his opportunity, dove towards the lake and flew off, never getting more than 3 feet above the water. Think it was to keep the pursuing crows from getting under him. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 35
| Mycology and mushroom hunting took over my musky hunting! And deer, we don't have to be quiet! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 275
| Starting to make 60-70 double 8s and 10s for our MI Chapter’s youth program. Nothing like good music and a glass ?? of Maker’s Mark to move things forward. Need to get them done so I can tie a few more musky and bass flies for next year. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | MuskyFlyGuy - 1/17/2021 9:40 PM
Starting to make 60-70 double 8s and 10s for our MI Chapter’s youth program. Nothing like good music and a glass ?? of Maker’s Mark to move things forward. Need to get them done so I can tie a few more musky and bass flies for next year.
I've had some serious blisters and wire pokes making all those baits. I pretty much bleed when I make them. I make the skirts home made as well, I smash egg sinkers in a vise to make them shorter too, double shrink wrap hooks, painted and cleared jigs for the beetle spins in bulk. Making that many baits have to find ways to keep the cost down while making them quality. It's my money. I was very impressed with my beetle spins I bend mine different no hanging up on the jig when cast and run true.
Edited by ToddM 1/17/2021 10:48 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 576
Location: Germantown, WI | Selling some lures... buying more lures.... pretty much same thing i do every winter!! |
|
| |
|
Posts: 1039
| I'm going through the boat. Cleaning out lockers, finding empty bourbon bottles most everywhere. I think I have a problem.
And, I'm tinkering around with some boat lighting projects to help with the spring walleye fishing.
All while getting the bait boxes and gear flipped over for big spring walleyes. |
|
| |
|
Location: Sawyer County, WI | ToddM - 1/17/2021 10:46 PM
I was very impressed with my beetle spins I bend mine different no hanging up on the jig when cast and run true.
Where can they be purchased ?  |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | dfkiii - 1/20/2021 4:32 PM
ToddM - 1/17/2021 10:46 PM
I was very impressed with my beetle spins I bend mine different no hanging up on the jig when cast and run true.
Where can they be purchased ? ;- )
I made them for youth giveaways at the sport shows. Whenever I go back home I could make some more. They are like tiny spinnerbaits, the arm is looped in three places and the skirt is hand made and zip tied. I have made them up to 1/2 oz
Edited by ToddM 1/20/2021 5:16 PM
|
|
| |
|
Posts: 403
Location: WI | Does drinking beer & watching TV count as a winter project?
If so, I've been busy. Very very busy. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3913
| North of 8 - 1/16/2021 9:41 AM
Ranger - 1/16/2021 1:20 AM
Horticulture, mycology, and lately a Fender American Professional II Telecaster and a Boss ME-80 effects pedal.
Ok, I think I can say with a high level of confidence that this is the first time the word mycology was used on a muskie fishing BB. So, were you growing mushrooms or developing a proprietary strain of yeast to sell to the booming craft beer market?
Well, um, HEY! look over there! Is that a Bald Eagle?! |
|
| |
|
| "True story! Blue Bird skies. Beautiful, majestic bold eagle hovering over our boat on Big Arbor Vitae. Quiet a sight. All of a sudden it targets this smaller bird, sparrow I guess. Not a minute into a chase, few other sparrows join and this proud, lord of the skies turns into a running scared, vulnerable creature. "
Thought of this post from a couple days ago when driving towards Rhinelander this morning. Mature bald eagle flying parallel with the county road and while it kept a steady course, it was being harassed by 4 crows, diving over and over. They were about a half mile from a fairly fresh road killed deer, wondered if there had been a dispute over that. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 32934
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Been ice fishing and looking at computer screens a lot since deer season. Never been this organized for the ice, way to much time on my hands. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 20255
Location: oswego, il | North of 8 - 1/16/2021 8:41 AM
Ranger - 1/16/2021 1:20 AM
Horticulture, mycology, and lately a Fender American Professional II Telecaster and a Boss ME-80 effects pedal.
Ok, I think I can say with a high level of confidence that this is the first time the word mycology was used on a muskie fishing BB. So, were you growing mushrooms or developing a proprietary strain of yeast to sell to the booming craft beer market?
Knowing Ranger I am guessing shrooms.  |
|
| |
|
Posts: 3913
| What? Well, see, here's the deal....
Whoa! Look at that! What is that? #*#*, it's a ****ing wolverine!!
Very cool to see one of those guys. |
|
| |
|
Posts: 12
| Shooting eastern Montana Coyotes. |
|
| |
