Gotta love the Bitter Cold

[Bob_VT]

Re: Gotta love the Bitter Cold

I fished this weekend on the Minnesota Canada border. Temps were between -27 and got as high as about 2 above. Fished three days and did real well. Caught a 25 inch walleye, a bunch of sauger and the largest perch I have ever seen. I fish a portable and have to travel probably about 300 yards then drill holes and set up. The weather is not a problem if you dress for it. My wife wants to move to Arizona and I want to move to the Canada border. I was impressed with the explorer. Started every time and did real well in sub artic temps and gave me 1000 miles of trouble free driving.

That's a great fish for the dinner table!!

 

[rndn]

Re: Gotta love the Bitter Cold

Nice walleye. Great for dinner!

 

[bouttime007]

Re: Gotta love the Bitter Cold

Years ago I had an old truck that was like that. I used to run a drop cord with a 100 watt light bulb and rest it near the manifold all night. That little bit of heat worked like a charm.

Ive used the lightbulb trick on a few occasions, it does work pretty good. If you can position your vehicle behind a windbreak, that helps too.

-22 with wind chill wasnt too bad up here for this full moon phase, I thought it would be worse. Maybe Feb will be the one........

 

[Hoss the Hermit]

Re: Gotta love the Bitter Cold

I've found that electric heat tape, like you use to keep water pipes from freezing, wrapped around the battery works wonders, make sure you have it secured so it doesn't fall off driving down the road. Plug it in at night, it's amazing how much more cranking power a warm battery has