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You'll likely get hook into a few of these golden beauties. The fish, I mean. :) http://bp3.blogger.com/_zLu5zM-iVa4/RpOZRPqGXNI/AAAAAAAAACA/qNiC1LXfUY0/s1600-h/100_0328.JPG

There is plenty of ice on Upper Red Lake. We ventured up that way last Sunday. We could have drove the truck out on the ice, but played it safe and took the wheeler. What a pain.

Pretty much...

Although the majority of the lake where I would make my first ice fishing trip of the year seemed to enjoy a generous 6" sheath, the lake was holding a little surprise for me this weekend.

I...

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Just reading Rainy River makes me shiver.

As crazy as it is, it's certainly worth the trip. Our "dingy" got caught up in an ice flow that pushed...

btw, try 64th oz jigs from Keith. I have yet to need anything smaller. Possibly for ice fishing, but 64 seems to be the lowest I've had to go to get the bite on.

Buy the jigs through Keith :)

I 86'd the float setup. Sometimes the bite was so light you would miss it. Just a slow drift dead-sticking the jigs right at the tops of the weeds. Just killed 'em.

I have noticed the same thing. I shook up my usual pattern last week and tried the weed "tops" at about 3' deep around and after dusk - this after fishing mostly deeper weed edges with that fabulous...

Perhaps I am more inexperienced at late summer patterning than everyone else, but I've stumbled onto a new lake and a killer setup that has me tickled pink every night for the past 2 weeks.

I have...

That's exactly what I am hoping for at this point. Which area lake will you be on?

For those of us yet to get the hulls wet...how warm is the water now? I hear reports of folks able to troll em in already, but not quite warm enough water temps to trigger the easy-pickin action my...

We ain't lying. The bugs are bad.

Speaking of pests...I bet I've pulled AT LEAST 50 woodticks while running riverbanks with the lab. I've heard flies/gnats/skeeters like green colors,...

Keith....I hear ya. This weather is nuts.

Too bad I had to spend the day chained to a desk. I have yet to convince my boss to give me a new air card for my laptop. Something tells me he was on...

We already do up here :)

Great post.

I could not agree with you more. Find more than a few lakes in an area to monitor water temps on. Once you hit 'em it's hard to get off the lake.

With all the ice on our lakes...

You know damn well if Hell were to freeze over, someone would fire up a "Where are they biting in Hell?" thread here.

I know I would fish it if it was frozen.

I gotta say, I'm partial to the friendly folks at Rogers Resort. They update their website's fishing report which is nice for a high-tech-redneck like me.

I will be out on Red again (hopefully)...

Those lakes are in/around Orr. Of course, nothing much is *In* Orr, but you get the idea. The key here is water temp. If your are here during the ideal time, finding Crappies on the area lakes is...

Which resort did you get on the lake from?

I too was slab-skunked twice this year. Although you can't complain about catching 50+ walleyes each time you go out. It's a damn shame you can only...

If you have time I would also consider trying Blackduck and Ash Lake. They are both excellent crappie lakes. At that time of year the crappies should be up in the shallows.

...don't...

June, hey?

Bring plenty of mosquito repellent.

I think the state record black crappie came out of Vermillion River, but in another county.

I like your chances if the water temp is right. If...

With this latest batch of warm windy weather the ice conditions have deteriorated fast. I was in Chisholm last night and I see open water on Long Year Lake. Not a good sign.

One lake that has...

Hibbing :)

I get out on lakes like Shupac, Dewey, Long, URL, Rat, Clearwater, Side, Sturgeon, and Bear. I've been out to the first 3 already with decent luck.

Ice thickness doesn't seem to...

I am hearing good reports on current ice depths on many of our area lakes.

It's safe to take ATVs and Sleds out on Upper Red and Lake of the Woods.

Many smaller lakes have 6-9 inches already. ...

I get the feeling it was pawned.

It's worth noting though...eTrex Legends will float. Mine was battle tested up in the boundary waters canoe area just this year.

Dropping it down the ice hole...

I tried convincing my wife that I now had a real need to be scouting early ice very hard. She's not buying it :( Looks like I'll have to follow the herd out on Red Lake later this month.

APB for missing GPS.

Some punk stole my handheld GPS from my truck this past weekend. Garmin eTrex Legend (Green). Should contain all my contact info upon startup and, UNFORTUNATELY, _all_ of...

Yeah. 5" of ice...5 crappies :) Wife keeping me too busy :(

Good God. That's what I like to call a WarPig.

Welcome aboard!

Heading out again this evening with my puddle jumper. The plan is to hit 3 well known grounds on a few lakes. I expect the temps to have risen in at least 2 spots by about 4-5 degrees. Anything...

It's official. The weather *was* crappy, not crappie.

Several boats hunting slabs instead of walleyes on the opener. I suspect this was an excuse to get outta the terribly rough water and into...