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    Hunters, anglers get Michigan licenses cheap

    in Great Lakes News

    Posted

    One thing to note on the hunters paying and other interest groups not... If we are the ones paying, our voice is heard much louder than theirs.

    Think of this scenario... we make the bird watchers, bikers, hikers pay a fee to use the state land. Then they all start using it and they get weirded out that there are hunters with guns on this property too. They raise a stink and all of a sudden we can't even hunt there anymore!

    Hunters, anglers get Michigan licenses cheap

    in Great Lakes News

    Posted

    Alot of "what if's...." but if you look at the facts, Michigan is 48th rank out of 50 states when it comes to hunting and fishing licenses. 1 being most expensive, 50 being cheapest.

    Fishing-- they're getting rid of the all species/general license and replacing it with a $25 fishing license. Thats a price drop for us big lake guys.

    Hunting-- biggest effect will be deer hunting. Currently a single tag costs $15 bucks, if this passes it will be $30 bucks.

    Over all its not that bad... an extra $15 bucks? People will surely complain, but thats only like 3 gallons of gas!

    My hope is the extra money will go to biologists who will take better care of our natural resources! The glass is half full! :)

    UV Tape

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I like to customize things, and have had a hard time finding the new UV tapes that are on all the spoons and flashers.

    I emailed WTP today and they gave me the top 3 tapes the lure manufactures have been buying like crazy. He said they have not updated the website with the part numbers yet, but if you order the 3"x12" sheets and note in the 'notes' section when you buy them then part#'s you want you can get them.

    "We sell a tape we call Super Pearl, most of the manufacturers call it UV, the color numbers are #948 (transparent) #949 (white backed solid) and 948C (transparent crushed). These are all great tapes and currently our best sellers."

    Part#'s

    DLR72SI948

    DLR72SI949

    DLR72SI948C

    I've also been eyeing www.identi-tape.com, specifically the transparent clear iridecent in this link: http://www.identi-tape.com/deco-holo.html

    Kinda pricy, but it might be worth a try.

    Hopeful

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Took a ride through the boat launch and state park in Holland tonight. Nice to check it out again.... even nicer to see that the lake is wide open past the pier heads. Hopefully we don't get any super cold weather between now and March and we should be fishing in 4-5 weeks!:grin:

    Chamber Vacuum Sealer

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Anyone own a chamber style vacuum sealer? I've been eyeing the Vacmaster VP112. Look it up on youtube, they sell it on Cabelas website too.

    Getting sick of crappy seals on my foodsaver and the bags are too expensive too.

    I guess bags for a chamber style are 10x less, you can vacuum seal liquid. Sounds like it would do a much better job with fish.

    Looks nice...

    UV Blast

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Best Chance Too talked about it in a Steelheaders seminar a few years back.... said they put it on all the lures on one side of the boat and not on the other side. The side they sprayed caught way more fish than the other side. It was alot of work, and need to be re-applied often, but it is a main reason they run alot of UV lures now. So their opinion was that it worked, was a bit of effort, had to be re-applied often. Must not be a game changer since they don't keep using it.

    Recomendation on Autopilot setup

    in Boat Maintenance and Rigging

    Posted

    If you fix the slop in your steering the Simrad autopilot along with the octopus drive is fairly affordable. I know Advantage Marine in Zeeland has been putting them the last 2 years for people. I know someone who had them put it on a cable drive system and he is really happy with it. Think it was $1800 or something like that.

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