Recent content by Lance Pardee

PM'd you

Ya well we didn't get those kind of luxuries lol. We had to run a chain saw(VERY WET) all the way to the next hole we cut, and then pull, by hand, the net all the way threw. We then froze outside and pulled it back in, in the cold. I did see a guy that had a underwater board thing on remote...

Dave we used ours on the Mississippi for commercial fishing. We used Tremmel nets, cut a hole with chain saw, run a line X amount of feet, depending on net, cut another hole. Go down stream quite a ways. start punching holes with ice auger. Then guys would start taking plungers and plunge the...

We had one. A guy in Sabula Iowa use to make them. We'd use it on our 14' flat, We had a carriage it sat on made out of angle iron, but didn't need it on new glare ice. They would really fly across the ice, we used it late season duck, and for ice fishing when ice wasn't safe for walking or when...

We split an aluminum boat 3/4 times one year breaking ice. We would just tig it when we got home. What you have to look out for is the ice on the side after you come down. Some times you'll get pressure and that will split the seems. I have punched a hole once in an old boat when didn't get bow...

Should of stopped and picked me up on your way thru. I could of helped with the drive. I'm in Clinton!!!

Is the river high up there too right now?? I now south of you, Pool 13/14 where I hunt, the waters up, which I love. can finally get to some spots haven't been able to get to in years.

I tried the cable, and plastic coated cable. I didn't like either one. They did not lay well on winch, and just seemed like a bigger pain. I went to higher breaking strength with no problem, until some jack wagon cut it at the boat ramp, fellow duck hunters can be so nice!!!!! I tied it on like...

They were either olive drab, or black. A lot of them were black. I don't know if it has been. I've seen bits and pieces, and know people have talked about it before.

There was usually a taller piece attached to the front area. This would allow the person in front to sit without having to bend down much. Many guys would cut slots so that the people up front could see what was going on too.

Spider built boats. He was from Camanche. His boats were smaller than Ralph's, usually. You can tell the different in them.

The extra boards above original are add ons. Ralph NEVER made his sides that tall. The front is added from what I remember. It looks like whoever owned it wanted to sit higher. There's always a front that's higher than sides, but usually didn't look like that. The front piece under the shelf...

The outside looks like a Thompson boat. I have owned 3, and been in a lot more. The inside, other than the front shelf does not though. My opinion is that it is a Ralph Thompson boat, that was modified at some point. Lance

My son lives not far from Tipton.

I thought that was you posting over on Iowa Sportsman. Those are nice eaters there. Been slow on over here on the Mississippi. Son wanted me to come out Cedar Rapids way by him, and give it a try. Lance