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  1. SDMF

    Log book/trip report

    If I sucked a bobber into the electric that might be enough to send me right over the edge, sink my boat and swim to shore. With the exception of some early season very shallow bobber fishing I despise bobbers and refuse to use them.
  2. SDMF

    Shorefishing Locations

    Logical next step for shore-fisherpeople as the fishing S of Bis gets tougher.
  3. SDMF

    Montana cabin rental ideas?

    Driving or flying? Budget? Any activities you want included like horses or fishing?
  4. SDMF

    2020 ND Carp Classic

    Sorta surprised it's not a 'round the clock event. I suppose some would complain about the noise/lights.
  5. SDMF

    Tandem towing

    Agreed. I much prefer to have "more than I need" and let things lope along using 50% or less of their potential. Current camper is 38.5', ~9K# and I never once felt "under-trucked" just dropping it on the ball of my F250 6.7L. Set the cruise 72-73MPH for 353Mi. ~20MPH side wind for 150 Mi...
  6. SDMF

    New boat

    It depends upon WHERE you add the weight and how everything else is balanced. If you've got a lot of weight in the bow, especially high in the bow, then adding weight @ the transome may add some speed by picking up the nose a bit. If your current setup already gets a lot of the boat out of the...
  7. SDMF

    New boat

    Go fish the river S of Bismarck in the spring. You'll get over 50 going downstream.............
  8. SDMF

    New boat

    My Yamaha doesn't like humidity, I can feel it in throttle response and of course see it on the speedo on those nasty muggy days.
  9. SDMF

    New boat

    Decreased humidity would be my 1st guess given completely flat conditions. Usually the faster speed later in the day would be flat water early and even just a ripple later in the day will speed things up as the hull frees.
  10. SDMF

    New boat

    Looking @ that ~18.5-19' range dry weight of the hulls: Yar-Craft 186 1950# Warrior 1898 2K # Ranger 619 2275# Nitro ZV19 2300# Lund 1875 Pro-V 1710# Alumacraft Trophy 185 1780# 1850 FishHawk 1720# 250-700#, and, if you ran like/like motor/HP on them I would expect all of the glass boats to...
  11. SDMF

    New boat

    Let's face it, those are "One-offs" not John-Q boat owner. I've got plenty of HP, weight, traction, and tires to get my boat in/out of Mike's the last few years, but, I've still never hauled it up there as I don't want to pull that much gravel nor deal w/that sort of ramp. I'm far from the...
  12. SDMF

    Tandem towing

    I think lots less common in E ND except for maybe Grahams Island, the vast majority of the camping spots are seasonal. Bismarck/Minot to Sak for weekend (non-permanent/non-seasonal) camping/fishing weekends are quite common. I'm pretty sure that at least 5th wheel doubles are legal in MN, but...
  13. SDMF

    New boat

    Interesting. My 18.5' Yar-Craft is 21.5' w/swing tongue trailer. - - - Updated - - - Ditch-Boat and/or lots of running on gravel would be another valid reason to run AL.
  14. SDMF

    Tandem towing

    Sit at any boat ramp for say 4hrs on a busy Saturday morning. Take note of the percentage of people who can't proficiently back up a boat trailer, then think, some of those folks are the ones pulling double off the bumper/receiver hitch. Toss in a long weekend of partying with a Sunday morning...
  15. SDMF

    Boating accident

    Had to be either a REALLY small boat or someone made a series of ill-advised decisions. Winds out of the ESE shouldn't have been able to build great big waves. Hoping maybe someone didn't have a boat secured well at a dock/lift?
  16. SDMF

    New boat

    There used to be a big weight savings w/AL vs. 'Glass, sure doesn't seem to be much anymore. Throw in wood floors, transoms, and consoles and AL is an easy pass for me. If you're guiding somewhere with lots of rocky shores and doing lots of shore-lunches on those rocky shores, then, I guess I...
  17. SDMF

    Twin Lake Boat Ramp LaMoure County

    That looks downright awful. Bummer for the folks who like to have a close place to fish.
  18. SDMF

    Blackstone

    Tell me about steaks. Do you sear them over a hot section then finish under the dome @ low heat or ???????
  19. SDMF

    Blackstone

    Neighbor @ the lake has a 4 burner model. 2 weekends ago the horde of kids that my 2 children are a part of conned me into making pancakes for all of them. Pancakes and sausage links for 12 went much more quickly than I'd anticipated. I threw the sausages over one burner under the dome lid...
  20. SDMF

    Muzzleloader Points

    Get rid of the bonus point system, all of them, go back to a straight lottery. Then a year later, I want to bring back preference points once everyone is back to zero again so I can get a tag sooner. Wait, would that work? Or, would everyone build points at the same rate again always...

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