Tis the Season to Start Stocking up!

[delmuts]

Well; many of us that are counting the days to open water fishing probably started restocking our tackle.( this is a all winter long thing for me! , but in moderation)

So far this year i've gotten a new muskie reel( a Christmas gift from my kids) to which i paired it up with a new T.I. 9' XH rod, plus some dawg style lures. New line, ( of course!) and with the help of my wife a new Humm. locator with side imaging, Yesturday i ordered five new ugly stick casting rods. These are replacements for some of the rods at the trailer.( my wife has a trailer at the Miss. Many of the FAMILY fishing rods are cracked/tips held on with duct tape, and just broke!! ) Still want to get some new plastics, but mainly trying to save some money for the muskie expo in April.

[mixxedbagg]

For some reason, open water seems to be much less gear intensive for me than ice fishing, even though I do about an equal amount of each in a year. For open water, I don't have much more than rods and some tackle, and I never feel like I could use much more. It seems like I have ice fishing junk all over the place now.

Glad to see another fan of the Ugly Stick. I have a couple. One of them comes apart in 4 pieces and fits in a backpack--that's the one I take to the BWCA 'cause I know I'll never break it, so I won't stranded without a rod.

[JIvers]

Hey now--we have four, maybe five, weeks of ice fishing left! Let's not put the auger away yet.

[delmuts]

" Hey now--we have four, maybe five, weeks of ice fishing left! Let's not put the auger away yet." THANKS for busting my daydream of open water and being able to cast!!

[gloomiseye]

I cant wait for open water! Looking forward to stcoking up at the fisherman's swap meet in Des Moines coming up in a couple of weeks.