Where is everyone

[jvm1]

Nice fish! Congrats!

[mrklean]

nice job

[bowhunt]

Really nice looking fish, I like the color and pattern. It will be a nice one to stare at on the wall.

[Gordie]

I know that spot well Ken and very nice pike.

I have been busy making more spears and setting up my shop I need to get out and stick a pike or TEN!

[MJ1657]

Happy Thanksgiving all.

I'm still chasing WI deer around. Going to smoke some pork chops for my Thanksgiving dinner later on.

[monstermoose78]

I seen 2 spear shacks out on baxter near princeton. I hope they are getting some.

[Neighbor_guy]

All set up at the Grand Rapids Decoy show. Lots of vendors up here, should be a good time!!!

[Neighbor_guy]

Never done this before, little nervous...

[Gordie]

Looks great NG and I hope you have a great experience. You have some really great decoys.

[MJ1657]

Good luck today NG. Hope you send a pic of an empty table later on.

[mrklean]

Very nice, wish those shows weren't so far away would like to make it to a couple.

[Walleyehooker]

I would be interested to if it wasn't so far away. And I gave away my decoys when I sold my spear house years ago. Kicking myself now when I look at the price of some of these.

[Gordie]

No time to spear this weekend setting up shop and making veni jerky but, I managed to finish a spear that will make its home on Devils Lake ... This is a all steel plain Jane spear its what my friend wanted so its a cold blue steel twisted tine trouble!! Can't wait to see what will be speared with it.

Big thanks to Merkman for helping me wire my lathe!

[MJ1657]

Looking good Gordie.

[monstermoose78]

Wow Gordie those sure look good.

[SHAWSKI]

Wow, nice spear Gordie!

[Neighbor_guy]

Unseasonably warm temps mean I am sitting in the penthouse of my building doing CHILLER startups rather than sitting on a lake enjoying the view of the under water world and playing with decoys.

Good luck to those that are in the water today. Maybe I will get out there tomorrow.

[Wanderer]

Took the day to attend a town meeting, then shop. Picked up an Eskimo 767i and started putting my spearing game together. Ready to walk.

It just keeps getting heavier though. And I still have tongs to add - some day.

Hope to give it all a try tomorrow

[leech~~]

Well take out those unnecessary heavy rods and reels cheater!

[Wanderer]

Whah?????

I hear the spear is the cheatin' part...

I was thinking about that after I came in from the garage. Prolly wouldn't use the tip up tomorrow anyway. Just had to stack it all in to see how the sled was loaded. It's just a toy box; I don't have to play with all the toys!

[leech~~]

Your suppose to say they are for jiggin my decoys!

[Wanderer]

Yaya...

That's another reason to have em but I dug through some of my late Father's things I have stored in the garage and came up with decoy jiggers that have some character. I spooled them with 30 lb line. They're not Green Hornets but I do like that they're spooled so I can pull line off easier if I want to and wrapping up should be a breeze.

[leech~~]

Always nice to recycle some of Dad's stuff, and think what he may have been thinking when he used it back then?

[MJ1657]

Good looking set up Wanderer. You're officially one of us.

[Early Riser]

Hey Guys/Gals-Heads up.

I just got in from moving my dark house off of the hole I speared over last Sunday. The hole had opened back up and the SW corner of the house had sunk down level with the existing ice.

It wouldn't have fallen in, but would have froze in pretty deep at a slight angle by next weekend.

This is in the metro area. Yesterday I was spearing a different lake sitting on over 8" and noticed water draining down holes by noon. These were not previously opened fishing holes, but new small openings that had melted down about 4".

Surrounding ice is still solid where I have been the last two days, but very slippery as you can imagine.

Anyways this weather if for the birds!