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    Help with plastics for walleyes....

    I've tried to make a concerted effort to use plastics this spring for walleyes. I've used them sporadically in the past with decent results, but without too much effort. Yet this spring I've really struggled. Live bait is still winning 5-1 on plastics for me. I've tried fishing them the same...
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    Brisket Help...

    Sous vide. Only way I've been able to make consistent brisket. There seems to be more variability in brisket than any other cut.
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    Garden!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    With your oilseed varieties, many can grow large heads. But it all depends on your planted population. Most of the guys I know down here push for a higher population as they say that means smaller, faster drying heads. A lower population usually results in larger heads, or so they say. My...
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    Pole Building

    To be honest, costs from other than the last week mean little right now. I'd have to dig through a couple builds (bardominum styles) to figure it out. But it is insane right now. Steel is incredibly high right now, price increases every month. Lumber is too. It changes so fast and the...
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    SD Nonresident Fishing License ...WOW$$

    There were a few things floating around the legislature on this during the last session. Demand, particularly since COVID, has far outpaced supply of campsites with lots of folks angry that sites aren't more easily reserved. I think they shot down a two week advantage for residents during the...
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    SD Nonresident Fishing License ...WOW$$

    Interesting read on the boat ramp part. In SD, basically all the ramps I use are part of state parks or lakeside use areas, both of which require a state park entrance fee or yearly pass. I get one for both my truck and the wife's vehicle. I've never even thought of the fact that when I fish...
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    SD Nonresident Fishing License ...WOW$$

    ND has the best value by far in NR fishing licenses. I pay about $116 for my WY yearly license, and do so happily. If it's only a few days a year, the daily licenses are still cheap. I'd like to see family fishing licenses available though.
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    April Blizzard Predicted next week

    I get it, storm after storm just wears a family down. During that winter of 96-97, the snow came the third Sunday of October in our neck of the prairie. And it never stopped snowing or blowing for months it seemed. Hay couldn't be hauled, cattle couldn't be accessed to move them home or to...
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    April Blizzard Predicted next week

    Hoping it dumps a bunch on W SD before it piss pounds ND again. We need every bit we can get! An inch of rain will at least mean some grass and a first cutting of hay. Models are looking impressive depending on where it lands!
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    Getting Started Trolling Cranks

    Depends on the crank. A lot of the Rapala stuff uses short shank VMC's. The others I have used various hooks, just make sure to size them right. And get a good split ring pliers!
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    Getting Started Trolling Cranks

    Shimano TDR's are also inexpensive but decent trolling rods. No 5' versions though, you're limited to Scheels or Cabelas I think on those. A good quality scissors is an essential too with braid. I have best luck with PP as you can often pul through some of the tangles, much better than...
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    April Blizzard Predicted next week

    Everyone needs an old Polaris in the yard for storms like this! Or JD Liquifire, Moto-Ski, Rupp, Ski-Doo. Cheap and will get you to beer when the snow gets deep LOL!
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    Getting Started Trolling Cranks

    Buy some Cabelas Depthmaster trolling rods, 9' planer board and the 5' shorty. The Scheels 5' shorty I like better but they're 2 x the price. Put Sealine 27's on with PowerPro. Get a set of snap weight clips and 1oz and 2 oz snap weights, maybe some 3oz as well. Take the cranks and go troll...
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    April Blizzard Predicted next week

    I have friends that were on the ranch during the 96-97 winter and they are forever changed by that experience. Literally, forever and forever changed. The stress of the weather was incredible.
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    Sakakawea Outlook 2022?

    1829 peak now is the forecast. Only a 2' rise. Going to be rough up and down the Missouri River! Oahe ramps are in the same state of affairs. Might just have to spend more time on Sharpe this year.
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    Unit 3A3 is now "no hunting over bait"

    It may be naive, but put a focus group in front of a tv and show them two videos. First is a deer getting killed over a pile of corn. Second is a deer getting killed in a cut corn field. Deer are dead either way, but the optics of one will elicit a far stronger response than the other. It’s...
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    Unit 3A3 is now "no hunting over bait"

    Absolutely not, the anti's fire is always going to be burning. But why give them more firewood to throw on it? If you can't see how perception of baiting causes this, there is no point in trying to explain it to you. I believe to best protect what we have, we have to be very cognizant of our...
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    Unit 3A3 is now "no hunting over bait"

    I don't have much to add to this as I'm in SD. We've got CWD all over and don't allow baiting. It's coming or already here in most places. I do find it interesting how polarizing the baiting topic is. I'd go so far to say in SD it's seen as unethical by the majority of hunters. Now, can you...
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    Bucktail jigs

    I can't help you on Fargo, but I tied up a bunch and could not find a good selection of various color bucktail. I didn't need full tails as that wasn't economical. I used Fish Skull Faux Bucktail and Fishair 70 denier materials instead. The 4" length is best, 2.5" is too short. The Fish...
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    Spring snows 22

    There are gonna be a lot of birds that end up in the ditch with the avian influenza. Or should I say more than usual. There will be a bunch of guys shooting but not willing to clean them I'm sure. I haven't hunted them for 6 years plus since I sold all my gear. But on the average of those...

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