Our lakes are still completely locked up with ice!!! I am two weeks out still...

Ned is great! Jig takes a bit of time and experimentation, try draging it, hpping it and try swim jigs with paddletail trailer. Jigs usually catch bigger fish and sometimes less fish so they can be hard to gain confidence. Keep that ned rig tied up and try a jig for a while. 

Nice. I love the purple board

Thrilled to get back to a retreat!

You can buy rod dryers they are here https://mudhole.com/products/rds-rod-drying-system You could also just get the motor and fabricate something with a small motor like this - https://amzn.to/4s2DRSD

Congrats! You did well this year! 2026 is going to be even better. 

Same here 7+ tomorrow. UGH!!!!!!!!! I was just in Arizona this week and it was 65+ very nice to not have snow banks. I will be happy when the sunshine comes out again...

Fred Hampton my website has some pics. Instagram has some as well. I need to get better at posting pics. https://www.barderodz.com @barderodz

Broken ribs suck. Get better soon. Thinking of you.

Reserve for the really long run.