picman

Wire cutters have become mandatory in WI when fishing riggers-that started last year. Know a guy or two that wished they would have complied.

Your story is the exact reason anyone riding a sled or ATV should be wearing a Tek vest! That's not to say you will walk away without a scratch but they do substantially less the severity of the blows your body takes.

I don't see why you were worried about a fight starting. We are all sportsmen who enjoy what we do. Right? I always figured if it was deemed legal in a certain state there was some tradition behind it. Like deer drives with dogs down south. Would I do it? Probably not but it is legal there. There are enough groups out there telling us that this or that is not ethical or some other nonsense. I figure all sports persons need to stick together-wether we personally agree with a particular method or not! Thanks for the thought provoking post. It's nice to get an idea what others think and do!

In WI you CAN shot a deer to fill someone elses tag PROVIDED you have their permission and they are within sight or sound. No radio/phone use is allowed. Doesn't mean that it does not happen but it would be illegal. You can not buy a tag for someone else in WI or MI (I hunt there too) Nor can you be in possession of a tag issued to another. In some areas around here, deer drives are a big deal. Some claim it's the ONLY way to get deer to move. Properly executed drives do produce deer. A must for every drive is for EVERYONE to agree to what is shot. When I was a kid, a guy shot a button buck (fawn) and I got stuck putting my tag on it as I had the only doe tag. I never would have shot that deer-even on the last day! I haven't been on a deer drive in over 20 years. I like the peace and quite of sitting in my stand watching ALL the wild life.

It's not the satellites that are used, it's the FREQUENCIES and power used. Currently, GPS signals are relatively weak-about 10% of peak power allowed. Lightsquared wants to use about 40-50% peak power. Their frequency bands are right next to the GPS bands. Think of it like this: you are listening to a radio station at 100.1 on the FM dial that puts out 75,000 watts of power and you are about 50 miles away. There is another station at 100.3 putting out 150,000 watts and is only 10 miles away. You are probably going to get bleed over onto the station you are listening to. Especially, the closer you get to the higher power station. That is what might happen with GPS and this broadband internet signal. Lightsquared will need to have far more power to transmit as they do not wish to erect 1000's of additional towers to repeat the signal. I know this is all in the OP link but I think the real problem is that certain groups-the US Air Force in particular-are being muzzled by the current administration. Literally every public statement given by one of the armed forces is vetted for political correctness-based on the views of the current occupant of the white house. And by current, I mean whoever happens to be there at the times the comments are released. Every single GPS user will be affected at some point or another. GPS is established technology for 20 years but the government doesn't care. They want the money generated from selling these unused frequencies.

This is the first and only article that I have seen where the FCC is back tracking. This was a done deal a couple months ago. The FCC even limited the comment period to approximately one week. In the past few weeks an Air Force general who testified about the effects of this system on GPS has said he was pressured to downplay the impact to the military in particular and aviation industry in general. I saw another acticle-hope I can find it-where Garmin (?) did some testing. If this company used their original frequency and signal strength, most all current GPS units would be rendered useless. In a nut shell, bleed over could occur as near as 8-10 miles from Lightsquared towers with complete GPS signal loss about 1-2 miles from a tower. I don't understand why the military did not object in very strong tones at the onset. Well, I "know" why but do not want to get into the political aspects.

I caught a 10" yellow perch last week that had a 6" gobie in it. The tail was still sticking out into the mouth. Why it wanted my 1" minnow, I'll never know

Country music?? Really?? Around here on the private boats its AC/DC, Ozzy, Van Halen etc....... And Matt, keep up the hard work!! Every charter needs a hardworking first mate!

Well, actually, I am a native Yooper. I just moved about 5 miles from my childhood home and I ended up in WI. So, I fish pretty much the same areas as I did growing up-except for the trout and salmon. Never did that growing up as my dad was not much for those fish. Walleyes and northern along with pan fish is what I grew up on.

Hi to everyone, I've been lurking on the site for a while now. Thought is was time to come out of the shadows. The family and I have been fishing Green Bay about 4 years now. There has been lots of information here that is quite interesting. Looking forward to trying a lead core program next year. (Good thing the admiral loves fishing as much as I do-I can see a few more bucks being spent on gear!) And now that we have a larger boat, I think it is time to venture over to the big lake a time or two.