Steelguy's Sugar Shack, travelling goats and Ranger Boats 2020 thread

[flytier]

Hope things get better soon, stay safe the weather is not the best anyway.

[Just Steve]

Ted...I guess they are all quarantined

Pretty much summed it up right there as far as any fishing goes (this is a fishing forum) I don’t smoke weed, play the lotto or need liquor so I stay home mostly.
Outside of that, been taking care of my 94 year old dad, working on a few things in the shop.
Governors order says damaged homes are essential to be repaired so since I’m still doing hail damaged homes I believe I could still work but I hate to order up 4K worth of materials and something pops up forcing me to stop.....just not willing to take the chance cause once materials hit my job site then billing for it starts.


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[OneidaEagle]

I was quarantined to Blodgett ER a week ago, then spent some time in Quarantine @ the Hospital, had 2 operations, and am now quarantined to my home. NONE of it Covid related.

Have the Wife and 2 Daughters doting over my needs. Was pretty funny, the wife took a bite of some of my food one day, and the youngest daughter about went Bat Crap Crazy.
Got to watch a Mother Daughter argue about my food.

I did not mind, but my youngest is pretty dang protective, from anyone, when I am not feeling well.

Other than that, its just rest & recover. I should be feeling pretty "Normal" again, by about the time the order is done.

OE

[vbottom]

OE, hope you feel better soon! Let em dote on you, relax and heal. Besides, that boats to big to row anyway

["G"]

Get well OE

[OneidaEagle]

OE, hope you feel better soon! Let em dote on you, relax and heal. Besides, that boats to big to row anyway

Could you imagine trying to row that beast.

It would take a whole crew, in sync,

But I bet we could make it happen........

Lol



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[Michigan Man86]

Anybody know the size of hooks on the arkie 220s crankbaits?

Been making my own lures at home and wondering about this?

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[OneidaEagle]

Drove to work today for the first time in 3 weeks. Felt pretty good actually.

Spent Saturday testing my innards & Living life from the reports of Ready2Fish, and Just Steve's fishing trips. Mowed the lawn on the tractor, that was pretty bumpy. Enough to push thoughts of fishing Sunday out of my head, and wait another week.

Mocked up all my Salmon gear, so I am ready for that adventure, when the time presents itself, then became annoyed, as my current trailer Ball mount & driveway would not allow me to drop the trailer jack to lift the trailer off the ball. So I started a crash course in proper Drop & Rise for hooking up traliers.

By the time i got to bed, my Son's arrived. Is it just my Son's that seem to NEVER sleep? They kept me up until about 1am. By that time, I had probably done a bit to much, and the side hurt to lay on. By morning every thing seems fine., except I was moving SLOW.

Spent all day Sunday doing the same thing, allot of looking, a bit of Math, and taking care of a "This Annoys me" issue with the new boat.

What I had not done, was get a proper rise or drop Ball Mount for the new truck. The drop was to low, and the trailer was not level.

First you have to be on level ground. Not my driveway, as there is a slope. You measure to the bottom of the Coupler, and the top of the 2 Inch Receiver. Subtract the Coupler form the Receiver and if its a positive # you need that in Rise, if its Negative, you need to Drop that amount. Well that was just Dandy. but it did not seem correct, as it did not take into account the drop in suspension.

Called an Engineer buddy, and my Physic's Son, and both said the same thing, *Did you do it while it was under load?* Um NO.

So the Receiver height needs to be measured while under load, however the Coupler height needs to be measure while level.
When it was all said and done, I needed a 2 inch Rise, not the 6.75 Rise I first thought.

That created a whole different issue. the clearance to get out of my garage. the clearance was about 1/8th of an inch, with a 2 inch rise, So I had to swap to a 1 Inch Rise, and have about 5/8 to 3/4 clearance to get in and out of the garage, and every thing remains pretty much level.

Now I should be all set, should get better braking, handling, and mileage.

Now to go fishing

OE

[vbottom]

Anybody know the size of hooks on the arkie 220s crankbaits?

Been making my own lures at home and wondering about this?

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Looked around online, couldn't find you anything. But it gave me something to do. Hope you figure it out.

[Michigan Man86]

Looked around online, couldn't find you anything. But it gave me something to do. Hope you figure it out.

Thanks for the help.
I've been looking too and come up short. I'll message Arkie and see what they say.

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