12poundbass

You hit the nail on the head! My line of work will chew you up and spit you out if you don't approach the job like you described. Year in and year out we retain our "core techs." As my boss calls us. Everybody else quits by the end of dig season. To the OP you have a construction background as do I. I'm guessing you enjoy working with your hands, being outside, and using your brain. I would look into the utility industry. I'm a contractor for a large gas and electric supplier here in Michigan and I absolutely love my job. I'm actually trying to get into the utility supplier as we speak. As a contractor the money could be better, but who doesn't say that. Getting into the actual utility company you'd be set. Look into being a lineman for an electric company. There's a nationwide shortage of about 5,000 lineman. A couple years of training you'd be around $40/hr. Great insurance and benefits.

Correct.

Way above my pay grade, which is why I stay patient! ?

You should open it on Christmas morning.

You could always ship some to yourself. ?

1 sorry @halochef not my cup of tea. To each their own.

Wow is all that can be said! I see no other shanties on the lake and a ton of dark colored ice! Recipe for disaster.

I don't what kind of weather you guys are having in NY but I can't imagine it's better ice producing weather than Michigan so it's kinda crazy somebody would try it out! We were having good weather for it and probably could've been out before Christmas if things would've stayed the same, but we got 8 inches of snow which acts as insulation and slows ice production way down. Most of our lakes are covered with ice and snow, so maybe to the untrained person they see snow covered lake with just below freezing temps and think it's safe.

You're right they don't. But they have Quickdraw so you can create you own maps.

Go easy it's winter.

If you finance almost anything you'll be upside down on it. Isn't that the American dream? LOL

Agree fully with @A-Jay. I have 3-4 seasons on some and 2-3 on others. It'll last forever.

I was wondering if you could go with a smaller motor like @Skew12 needs.

I was running the snow blower yesterday at 6 am. It was a balmy -4. Actually broke a sweat.

froni was just looking at my Tracker book and I compared this boat to the Pro 160. This boat is 6 inches longer 8 inches wider on the bottom 6 inches wider at the beam Retail for the Pro 160 is $11,995! That's a heck of a deal actually! The only thing I'm scratching my head about is a cover for the 175 TXW is $475 so why is the one for the heritage $700? Because it's free?

You got it, lava lamp next to the Lowrance Hook 4!

With all the snow we got in the last 24-36 hrs nobody is going to be on the ice anytime soon. That's for the lakes with a small layer of ice anyways, it'll slow them down. Maybe the open lakes will produce quicker.

Maybe if it were "chocolate Brown" shag carpet I'd like it. ?

It would be interesting to see if they come with other motor options or if it's an all or nothing package. So these HP restricted lakes (which I've never heard of until joining this site) you can't put a bigger motor in and just idle? What is the purpose of a HP restricted lake? We have "no wake" lakes here (very few) which everyone respects.

Don't know where the Allman Brothers song went but I give it a 9. I'm a big CCR fan. Too many good songs to choose from. They were a year or two before my day but great band. Saw them minus John about 13 years ago, great concert. https://g.co/kgs/TfPLHa

I don't doubt they'll be popular. It's a pretty good deal for a boat like that, plus the cover, plus a $400 gift card to Bass Pro/Cabelas. I didn't see any specs on it, I'm guessing it's a 16'?

Anybody seen the new 40th anniversary boat? It's a great price at $9995, but the "chocolate Brown" carpet and seats aren't my cup of tea. I know it's a throw back boat, but whoa those colors are ugly. The hub caps are cool though. LOL For you guys who lived and remember the 70's do you look back and cringe at the browns, yellows, and pea greens used all over the place? Those were some hideous colors. ?

How does it work with the top guys when they have a camera crew with them? When they're recording you rarely if ever see the Marshal, I'm guessing that's by design. Or does the ESPN camera guy act as the Marshal?

True. But I believe he now calls Tennessee home.

Those are two of my favorite movies.