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We just got back today and it was getting slushy when we got off the ice yesterday. Without more snow I am going to say you won't be able to get out there next weekend with a sled without doing some damage. It was beautiful yesterday. 3 of us actually had our t shirts off for a hour and a half as it was getting so hot.

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It was a lot of work to get them to bite. There were a lot of little ones released and a 14.5 also. Kept enough for a meal and took some home.

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Is Grassy bay on Kab or Namakan? I'll be up there at the end of the month and am looking for some areas to find crappies on Kab. I have one area but would like a few more to try but it's an awful big lake. Any help you could give is appreciated.

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By the end of the month you might need a boat to fish. Hard water season is quickly disappearing.

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Snow is going fast. We had about two days of rain and warm temps. The lakes are still OK but the portages are getting pretty bare fast.

Duckster

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I was told the portage was private property. Does the owner care if we drive a wheeler across the portage?

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Neiko--the portage from Muckooda into Grassy in VNP. The portage around King Williams Narrows in the east side of the narrows is private. I know that he has never had an issue with sleds (or the local guys that use their Rangers) but I don't know if he would welcome it beccoming a "normal" portage for just about anyone with a wheeler.

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8 years ago it was $125 per wheeler when Loyd showed up on Grassy Bay. There is no way that is both safe and legal to get a wheeler into Sand Point at this time of year.

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MM--if you trust the ice in the Narrows (which I don't recommend), you CAN legally drive a wheeled vehicle in Grassy Bay. I was out there when Lloyd brought out the ticket book(s) and a lot of those tickets got dismissed cuz he couldn't prove that they didn't go through the narrows. But...if you can avoid all of the b.s. then you should and you should take a sled.

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There are still people going out with snowmobiles but it is getting tougher going, a little snow would be nice. Water is really starting to run in the creeks and rivers. I would definitely be careful in any areas with current, narrow spots and near land.

Seeing a few crappies on Grassy Bay but the average size is pretty small.It is looking more like early April up here than mid-March.

Duckster

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    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
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    • jim curlee
      I had a guy hit me with a lightly used 1969 BAR, he wanted $1650 with an older Leupold scope. More than I think they are worth, I made an offer, he declined end of story.   You know if you look at the old brochures, a grade II BAR sold for $250 in the late 60s, $1650 would be a good return on your investment.    Why would anybody want a 50 year old gun, they are heavy, have wood stocks, and blued metal.  I guess mainly to keep their gun safes glued to the floor. lol   You can probably buy a stainless rifle that you never have to clean, with a synthetic stock you never have to refinish, is as light as a feather, and for half as much money, perfect.   I'm too old for a youth gun, although I've shrunk enough that it would probably fit. lol   No Ruger 10/44s.   Jim      
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