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They are plentiful in Central WI in the evening but I think the cool nights so far have been keeping them down otherwise.

Buckwheat is a great draw by me. While I mainly have grown it over the summer, I have used it as a "treat" in the fall within bow range of my stand. Frost kills it quick and it's too expensive for a large fall planting IMO.

I believe @Joe Buck who started this thread has land in the same general area as me. I was one of the original voices telling him to "calm down" because my clover has always come back and I was confident his would show.

64 degrees per green cast, 5 day average 61

Yes sir. We have caught a number of cats in the mid-upper teens but never a 20. Don't really target flatheads much and never dreamed of boating something like this before getting a 20 lb channel.

Not sure. I did some reading today and couldn't find much on red clover winterkill like alfalfa. I hope I'm wrong and it shoots up from the roots soon.

Tube loaded with stink bait then sprayed with a blood spray. Until this, I had never caught a flathead on stink bait. I don't even use the blood spray often but since the channels weren't biting I started going through my bag of tricks.

It's an aluminum 16.5' v hull from the early 90's with the original mercury 50 hp 2 stroke. Father-in-law bought it used in the early 2000's. He passed in 2008 and it's been ours since. Wife says it's ours for life so I gotta keep it in service. Took some time, money, and frustration but fingers...

Surface broadcast into mature rye stand, same as I've successfully done for years straight in this plot. There should be at least two different year classes in there this spring.

Went out looking for some channel cat action. They did not cooperate but I did land a catfish after a long battle that I assumed was a sturgeon. 43" flathead weighing in at 48 lbs!

Update... I have zero clover showing in my plot as of this weekend, not a single plant that I saw. Rye is 12-18" tall. I've seeded medium red clover into this plot for years now. Going into winter I had good clover from previous years along with young sprouts from new seeding in the fall...

I really enjoy putting on a nice show but ever since covid the price of fireworks went from expensive to flat out ridiculous.

Got a nice sized raccoon and an opossum over the weekend on DP's loaded with dog food. I won't get into the details but the opossum catch took out a bunch of nest raiders in one.

I'm shocked it took until post #13 in the thread

I've never found the time or drive to really get into hunting turkeys but I probably should someday, we have lots of them.