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we've got a couple good ice fishing weeks ahead of us yet. But dang, if these temps stick around much longer we may have to hang up the ice equipment before too long. I know on Saturday the perch were flying through the holes, some real nice jumbos, so the activity seems to have really picked up.

Good luck to all who hit it the next couple weeks, fun time of the season.

Buck

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How much ice do you guys have up there on your lakes? The ones I've been fishing around Alexandria here are averging 36-38 inches. One that I was on last Saturday had 41", but it frozeover after the big snow fall at the beging of Decenber. mad.gif

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I'm trying to come up this weekend. I like coming to Bemidji getting in some fishing, dinner and having a few frosty mug sensations. Where is a good place to go put a few lines in. I'm trying to get my non-fishing brothers to come out. Any info would be appreciated.

Big Cahuna

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Weve been doing good on the north end of Lake bemidji for the past couple of weeks and it keeps getting better. Try 20' or less.

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we've still got plenty of ice, I hope nobody took my first post wrong. We've still got 2-3ft on Bemidji, and Upper Red is spotty, anywhere between 18-36" from what I've witnessed. We had a good amount of snow on the lakes up here so that's probably why we don't have the ice depths you do in Alex.

And just to clarify, I don't think we've lost any ice at this point, just a lot of snow melting.

I hear Plantanganet is producing good perch, Bemidji has been pretty hot recently, and Upper Red is picking up some. The crappies are still hit and miss, we managed a couple last time up. I was going to go out tonight but my 4wd on the truck is giving me some hassles, hopefully it'll be fixed by tomorrow so I can get out.

Hey Woodman...if you see this, you want to go with?

Buck

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