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Rush Lake ICE Series Event...This Sat. Feb 12th!!!


Matt Johnson

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metrojoe,

Was that you in the red truck on the other side of us? I saw BDR talking with you if it was but I didn't know who you were. I appologize if it was, it would have been nice to chat a bit.

I took my dad out there on Sunday and we caught quite a few pannies. We got three crappies over 10 inches and three that were about 9 inches. We also landed a stack of gills and a few of them were pretty decent. My dad brought home a nice meal of crappies and sunfish for him and my mom. Fishing was fast and furious and there were several keeper sized gills mixed in throughout the couple hours we were out there. They were pretty finicky though on occasion and the bigger fish would just barely take the bait. I had on a sping bobber in order to detect some of the bites. The smaller fish were like kamikazes and would just dive bomb the bait, but the bigger fish were much less eager to bite.

We also watched a few pike swim by on the underwater camera too, one that I guessed to be 7-8 pounds...

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

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OK Here's my plan of attack for Sat. Pick up bait at fish lake bait or Rush point. Waxies, Euro's, Fatheads, and a few Shiners or Medium sucker(depending on the size, I just know when I see them). I do not plan to fish Walleye's out there Saturday. There are numeous spots to find Crappie out there. You can go to any of the community hole and do ok if you can move around and find the schools. I will look to the e side of Crane Island 28-35fow. Striaght in to the island 15-22fow is a decent spot to put out a tip up with a medium shiner for a walleye/pike. Also for Walleye there are alot of steep banks around Wilson Island, I try to stick to 15-22 FOW for eye's. Just North of the public launch is a shallow weedy area between Braham Island and shore. This can be a very good area for pike and gills. Look in the weeds for the gills. down on the North end the is a fairly gradual sloping flat, there is also a inlet to the back waters and Patterson park, this area is good for pike and gills.

I am sure all this will change after I get out prefishing this week grin.gif Anyone want to fish Friday? I should be out there with my Dad.

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Good info Brian!

I have a sneaky suspicion I maybe out there Friday as well!

Cory Frantzick

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Hey BDR,

I want to fish Friday w/ya but I have to work all night until 7:30 am friday morning. Post when you will be going out on Friday if you could and a way to contact you, or you could email me your cell phone at [email protected]

Chow for now,

GF

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GF you have mail. I should be out there by 8am. Green dodge ram, BDR on plates and FM and JR's in back window. I will probably start out by Crane Island and find a spot for Crappies.

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BDR or any one that is going out on Friday would you please post an Ice report. Im comming from Duluth for the contest and I havent made a decision about pulling the sled or not. There is a lot of slush on the lakes up this way,snowmachine and wheelers use is tough Thanks for any Info. Northern Nels.

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Nels- I will be staying the night up there without internet. There is virtually no snow and with the temps there will be no slush. Vehicles of all kinds should have no problem. Ice is smooth and very slick I suggest cleats for all. I have seen many spills in the last week on lakes.

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Now I really know I'm sick. smirk.gif

BDR, Thanks for the info. maybe we'll see you out there.

goin fishin, keep me posted on what your plan is.

FYI... I caught three fish on the Bear tonight that want to be real walleyes when they grow up. grin.gif

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grin.gif I will be leaving in less then 12 hours so i can pick up my trophy from the Rush Lake contest. grin.gifgrin.gif

Dan and I will be on the hunt. I hope to register some fish that are respectable. see you all then Nels.

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Unfortunatly I will not be able to go. frown.gif Got to work till 6 am in the morning and Mrs Hopper has plans for Sat night.

Have fun! Stay safe!

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To say I had fun on Saturday would be an understatement! The weather was incredible, the company was awesome, and the fishing was good!

I spent the day fishing with a group of boy scouts, and let me tell you, these kids are well on their way to becoming pro fishermen! smile.gif (Look for the recap on the Ice Fishing Main Forum)

I had to opportunity to see several nice fish come through the ice and the opportunity to share a few laughs on Saturday.

A big congrats to Brian Randow! That pike was amazing! I saw Brian land that monster and I told him to hop in my truck so we can get it to the weigh-in and back in the water. The warm weather definitely was a plus and the fish swam away like new. A 14.1 pound pike!...

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Brian Randow - 1st place and Big Fish!!

Dale Svitak came in second place with a nice bag of fish as well...

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Dale Svitak - 2nd place!!

Just an icredible day on the ice! I got the chance to meet a lot of new FMer's and put a few more faces with some of the names. We certainly have a great bunch of people here!

Here are some more shots from Saturday...

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Aaron (BDR's son) with a nice largemouth caught on a JR's Tackle Crusher spoon on a tip-up!!

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BDR with a nice pile of perch

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Ray Esboldt with a nice pile of panfish and perch

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Chris Hanson with a nice pike

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The lucky boy scout who went home with a new MarCum!!

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2005 Rush Lake ICE Series Weigh-in

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Another shot of the weigh-in

I'm with Dennis, a big thank to all the ICE Pro Staff!

Another HUGE thank you goes out to Dennis Steele. Dennis worked very, very hard and making sure everything was running on all cylinders for the ICE Series. Some long nights for Dennis and a big part of the success of the ICE Series in contributed to him. So a big THANK YOU Dennis!

There's still a lot of ice fishing left this season and I hope to see some of you on the ice!

Some of the upcoming FM events...

Feb. 19 - Backwater Brawl down on the Mississippi backwaters.

Mar. 5 - Cool Cats - Horseshoe Lake

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

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