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  1. Captainbrad

    My Winter Project is Complete

    Thanks guys. Writing a book is one of the worst experiences of my life and one of the best. This my 3rd book. The first two were not best sellers but have opened many doors for me in the fishing world.
  2. Captainbrad

    My Winter Project is Complete

    Hello All, I made a joke last fall that this winter I might get bored and write a book. Well I got a wild hair and wrote one so I would not get bored. It is a system of looking at conditions and matching them to a pattern. This is a very short to the point book that will help anyone catch...
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    Handheld gps for ice fishing

    I have had 3 or 4 of them. I bought a Helix and am done with it. I get the good maps, a depth finder and I can actually see the screen and it was less than $500. The smartphone apps can be good from what I hear but I have not used them.
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    Best Fans in all of College Hockey

    I will be there both nights.
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    One hundred miles from home, whoops!!

    The good news is I generally pack two finders so I probably would not forget. I generally fish pike so no matter anyhow. Now should all that happen to me there would be a string of swear words that would make the local deer and bunnies blush. Then I would probably sit for a while before...
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    Question about Guns and Registering Guns

    Ok, this is a question I have had for many years and with all this new regulation looming or being talked about I will ask it here. For the record I own guns and have purchased them. When you purchase a gun, you fill out all the paperwork for the background check. The shop or store then calls...
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    Advice on keeping notes for fishing

    I have the conditions patterned pretty well now so I can find them. Of course spots change. Some spots that were the best five years ago just don't work now. I don't fish spots I fish patterns mostly based on water temp and flow. I don't care what the calendar says any more I care what the...
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    Advice on keeping notes for fishing

    I have records of catfishing the Red beginning with the 2007 season. it started out more to know who I was with and how many fish we caught. It has since become much more research oriented. I was able to develop patterns and even write a book based on records research. With that I don't keep...
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    Humminbird Auto Chart

    I have Autochart Pro but have not spent much time with it. I know it makes unreal maps as you wish. The reason I have not used it much is the ONIX received an update last year for AutoChart Live. Live does not give you the clean map that Pro does but it makes maps in real time and color codes...
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    Down Imaging VS Side Imaging

    DI vs SI is not even a comparison. DI draws you a picture of what is below you in an identifiable version of a normal depth finder. SI allows you to look out from the boat to find structure and/or fish. Personally, I can live without DI. I use is very little but I would rather have my SI even...
  11. Captainbrad

    Quick strike Rig

    This is the kind I make. You can buy them for a couple bucks too.
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    Quick strike Rig

    That is about all I use under tip ups. I have had great success with them over the years. I don't like the ones with the line in a V over the top. I am convinced the fish hit it and spit it because they feel the leader
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    GoPro Accessories

    This has been the most used in my boat. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F19Q2R0/?tag=nodakangler10-20 For long shots and underwater go to Menard and get an extending paint stick then install a handle bar mount to that. I have seen tv crews use it.
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    Humminbird Ice Helix 5 Sonar GPS Combo

    Had to cover the coordinates to my honey hole with something. - - - Updated - - - I bought mine before the ice unit existed and converted it all over. It was fine. Just had to make a few screen setting changes as the ice ducer doesn't work with di or si. It costs about $200 to convert one...
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    Humminbird Ice Helix 5 Sonar GPS Combo

    Here is what it looks like with some bluegills under it.
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    Humminbird Ice Helix 5 Sonar GPS Combo

    I am running one. I am a big fan of it for 2d and GPS on ice. I ran it side by side with an FLx 28 yesterday. Both are very nice. Vex gives you a cleaner picture when you are on a lot of fish but other than that I like the versatility of the Bird.
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    Ice fishing up north

    If you want some pike I can get you to a spot on 6 mile that is about 2 miles off Hwy 2 and very accessible.
  18. Captainbrad

    Office Etiquette?

    Sounds like we all need a little of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLnhuzh9uY - - - Updated - - - And since its the holidays and all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TTz3R5SmI
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    Office Etiquette?

    Thank you for the laughs! I now work at home during the winter and in the boat during the summer so letting rip is really no big deal but thinking back on my office days. I was trying to make it to the can just to let it rip but ended up crop dusting the entire hall way and just kept right on...
  20. Captainbrad

    New Fishing Regs. Proposal

    I talked to one of the guys from Devils Lake who went to a meeting about the limits. He said he went expecting a room full of angry guides and there was nobody there. Sort of like the last few ANS hearings and meetings, nobody shows up but when it affects them hang on.

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