Thread: It won't to long now

That's pretty cool. I've been a little confused about the icing up here. I've seen snow flurries, ice on my windshield, and ice on the pavement but haven't seen any frozen water snow/frost on the grass.


Anyways, it was neat to leave Minneapolis yesterday morning at 28 degrees with snow on my rooftop and driveway and fly down to Charlotte, NC and walk out of the airport to 70 degree weather

You guys convinced me finally. I just ordered my GAMMA ice line for this winter, now all I need is some more Hot Sauce for the reels.

For our freshman here, it is often cold enough that normal lubrication in reels gets very stiff to almost unuseable in the winter. Most of us "winterize" our reels, when we use the same ones on the ice that we do in open water. Also different local lakes will freeze up at different times and to different degrees. Here deep in the Metro, Isles and Nokomis will be frozen enough to fish on sometimes almost a month before Harriet and Calhoun. Of course smaller, shallower bodies freeze up before larger deeper ones. So be careful.

And don't put away your PFD either.

Originally Posted by no1son

You guys convinced me finally. I just ordered my GAMMA ice line for this winter, now all I need is some more Hot Sauce for the reels.

Ordered it the evening of the 14th and it came in the mail today. Right now they are shipping free, too. I have been getting my GAMMA on line direct from the manufacturer and the service has been very good and always speedy. Quality product and superior service. Gotta like it.

Thought we were going to get some early ice. It gets in the 20's at night, but now they are talking 50's all week. No ice. Might have to get the boat back out..

There are still boats going out around here. Some night fishers, I expect for walleyes considering the lake and where they were on it. They will continue to be out until ice stops them, too. That lake also has some real slabs but they are hard to find at least in the daytime. Nearly every one of the best crappies I have seen off that water came after dark.

Originally Posted by no1son

There are still boats going out around here. Some night fishers, I expect for walleyes considering the lake and where they were on it. They will continue to be out until ice stops them, too. That lake also has some real slabs but they are hard to find at least in the daytime. Nearly every one of the best crappies I have seen off that water came after dark.

Hey no1, do they use underwater lights? Lanterns? etc. Wife & I had a blast this summer catching Crappie/ underwater lights.

What the heck is that white stuff along the shore in the picture? Do they pour salt there so you can melt your fishing shack out in february? Watched my son fish (and catch bass) at harriet this weekend. Noted three muskie boats out there yesterday.... Each day without winter is another smile... Correct, i get the heck out of here at the end of december...

You will see headlamps and that sort of thing; so one can see to tie knots etc, but underwater lights are illegal in Minnesota as is a second line until we get water hard enough to walk on. Then you can put down a second line, but still no underwater lights. You can light up your ice house, unless you are spearing and even have a lantern in the boat, but it may not shine on the water to attract plankton and bait fish.