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How did the crappie fishing go? I caught a monster salmon! Lol. 
Better. First of all, it's probably not like the fishing most of you have, especially in the South. But it's all we have an hour from home. Public land (Corps of Eng) that I bank fish from. It has a 15 fish 10" min limit which is necessary for the survival of the Crappie. Years ago when we were kids, no limits and people removed coolers a day. Population dropped. Then a 10 fish/10" limit was instituted and the population rebounded. Recently in the last 5 years they raised the limit to 15 fish.
Since it's public, I got there early to get my spot. Took longer than it should to get a limit. And they averaged 10.5-11". No big ones. man I'd love to take a trip down south where they average 12-14" (or larger).
 
Found these in some of the pine rounds I'm noodling. Fortunately the Dolmar metal cloaking technology malfunctioned so I was able to see them before I put the chain into them. 20220514_100103.jpg
The Dolmar 5105 clears noodles much better than any of the Stihl saws I've used so that is a bonus.
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Those pine loads (even doubles) are way lighter than a load of gravel. :muscle:
Not pine:
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Wow that load is like a picasso, very abstract :yes: the splash of red oak color near the bottom really distinguishes itself from other known works of art from that time period....🤣
 
The Dolmar 5105 clears noodles much better than any of the Stihl saws I've used so that is a bonus.
Better watch it, you're treading on thin ice with the fanboys :p.
I was very surprised how well a little echo 4910 iirc noodled. The times were comparable to my 70cc saws once I was done messing with all the noodles jammed into the clutch cover.
 
Better watch it, you're treading on thin ice with the fanboys :p.
I was very surprised how well a little echo 4910 iirc noodled. The times were comparable to my 70cc saws once I was done messing with all the noodles jammed into the clutch cover.
Yeah, I know I stopped to clear the clutch cover fewer times than the tanks of fuel I used noodling. Probably only stopped 6 times in at least 10 tanks. I tried cleaning the Stihls, spraying silicone on the inside of the cover, changing angle... nothing seemed to improve them much. The Dolmar doesn't have the grunt of the bigger saws but it's much more enjoyable to just continue cutting.
 
Better. First of all, it's probably not like the fishing most of you have, especially in the South. But it's all we have an hour from home. Public land (Corps of Eng) that I bank fish from. It has a 15 fish 10" min limit which is necessary for the survival of the Crappie. Years ago when we were kids, no limits and people removed coolers a day. Population dropped. Then a 10 fish/10" limit was instituted and the population rebounded. Recently in the last 5 years they raised the limit to 15 fish.
Since it's public, I got there early to get my spot. Took longer than it should to get a limit. And they averaged 10.5-11". No big ones. man I'd love to take a trip down south where they average 12-14" (or larger).
We don't see a lot of them this far north. 10" is a decent one. One of my favorite fish to eat. When I lived in Arkansas and Mississippi, we used to catch a good mess of em.
 
Better watch it, you're treading on thin ice with the fanboys :p.
I was very surprised how well a little echo 4910 iirc noodled. The times were comparable to my 70cc saws once I was done messing with all the noodles jammed into the clutch cover.

My main noodling saw is the MS441. It has the chain catcher mounted on the clutch cover. I bought a second clutch cover and removed the chain catcher. Wow!! that thing really clears the noodles. I replace the "noodling cover" with the original when not noodling.
 
We don't see a lot of them this far north. 10" is a decent one. One of my favorite fish to eat. When I lived in Arkansas and Mississippi, we used to catch a good mess of em.


I delivered a boat hoist to Hutten and Company Landscaping a couple weeks ago in Owen Sound. Headed SE from there out through all that farm country to pick up some dump trailer frames from a Menonite fab shop in the town of Melancthon. You'd never realize how big a chunk of ground that is looking at it on a map.
 
I delivered a boat hoist to Hutten and Company Landscaping a couple weeks ago in Owen Sound. Headed SE from there out through all that farm country to pick up some dump trailer frames from a Menonite fab shop in the town of Melancthon. You'd never realize how big a chunk of ground that is looking at it on a map.
Huttens is 2 concessions east and 3 north of me so you were in my neighborhood for sure. They do some interesting projects. I've done work for them
 
Good morning guys. Got a ton of work done around the house yesterday and plan to get going again this morning after I bring my son to his moms. My middle son got about half of our yard raked yesterday.

Did make a couple wheelbarrow loads worth of wood yesterday from crap that floated up to the beach. It’ll be ready by next year despite being waterlogged now.
 
My main noodling saw is the MS441. It has the chain catcher mounted on the clutch cover. I bought a second clutch cover and removed the chain catcher. Wow!! that thing really clears the noodles. I replace the "noodling cover" with the original when not noodling.
That certainly helps.
I have other options when I know a lot of noodling needs to be done quickly, not that I'm advocating someone do this as it's very dangerous.
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