Marine Radios Review

When on the Lake of the Woods ice fishing, it quickly became apparent that use of the CB Radio was essential to their operation.  When you are out on the ice 9 miles or more, you can’t afford to be running back and forth for forgotten supplies.  You have to plan ahead for those anticipated needs because with the fuel cost for those vehicles, I was told his fuel bill exceeded $800 per month to deliver folks to their designated ice house (which,  by the way, was extremely comfortable with carpeting, a little kitchen, bathroom, a furnace, lights, and 6 fold down beds)!  Oh – did I tell you that I caught the most fish and we ended up with 11 walleyes and 2 saugers (kind of a walleye family “look-a-like”).  So, we had a very successful day.  Oh, and of course, there was that one that got away!!  No foolin’ – I tied into something in 30 feet of water that I couldn’t get off the bottom.  It ended up biting through my 20 lb test line I was using for a leader and I lost it – hook and all.  The guide said it probably was a big northern pike – or more probably a lake sturgeon.  Oh well, you can’t fry up bites and good fishing stories!