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Newspaper article, Why do you use FM?


Mrs Boilerman

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Dirt is piling up as we speak. grin.gif

I might not want to share some of it, since Mrs Boilerman is online too. ooo.gif

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And probably tell a few bad fish jokes, grin.gif

Q: How can you tell if a bass is not asleep?

A: There'll be a wake on bed.

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I'm with LAW DOG, plus you cant forget about the things for sale or things for free and the store sales helps us all. I've met and fished with at least 20-30 fellow F.M.'rs for several occasions and always look forward to meeting up with them again. and when I do business with any of the sponsors I know I'm dealing with people that have the product/knowledge and pointers that will help me enjoy my hobby even more, whether its on the ice or open water or any outdoor activity I choose.

TOMMY T.

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If you want dirt on boilerguy, you should be asking me. I've known him longer than Kirk has.

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Mrs.Boilerman, There seems to be one thing I find when I come to FM for my fix.

There are just a bunch of nice people here that like to share the love they have for everything outdoors.

When a person post somthing here there always seem to be a number of people that post back with either some info. or some other way of helping.

There are many people here that I have yet to get the chance to met but still call them friends.

When you get the article done I would love a copy.

Please send it to the E-mail listed below.

I hope that you get the same pleasure about writing about FM as I do when I log on each day.

Sifty

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FM may have started out as a fishing forum, but it has become a total outdoor forum. There is so much great information on this site. I really enjoy the photo sharing forum. Photography has been a hobby for several years. The knowledge I have gained from that forum has taken my photography to another level. Did you know that the boat houses on Lake Vermilion may be declared a historical landmark? I do now after reading the Lake Vermilion Forum. I have learned about the threat Minnesota forests are facing from infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer. I heard about that in the Lawn and Garden Forum. I never thought twice about transporting firewood across the state until reading about this. I have found that one man's trash is another's treasure in the Free Things Forum. Found a great camera bag that another FMer was giving away. I find myself shopping on the For Sale Forum. Never bought anything myself, but have directed a friend to a used car and another to a boat. Probably one of my most anticipated events typically occurs each Tuesday. This is the day that I get to find out what is happening in Bugtussle. To find out about Bugtussle, you will need to visit the Birdwatching Forum and read Dotch's thread called "Fencelines". Of course, FM is also a great place to get the latest fishing reports.

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FM is just a really awesome group of people. I love fishing and hunting. I first stumbled across the site as a source of fishing reports for area lakes that I would fish. Well now I hardly even use it for that. I have met alot of great people through this site. Most everyone I have met I like and I think that comes from the same passion many of us have about the outdoors. The other thing the site had developed into is such a great resources about anything. If you want to know how to plumb or build something we have that kind of forum, lawn and garden we have that too. For me I am originally a MN boy that now lives in ND so it is a connection for me to my home state but then I am also able to try and share ND info.

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Whew!

I can't believe what great reponses I got from everyone, and would like to thank you all. I spent a long time working on the article, wrote enough to annoy the sports editor because it is too long and tried to work in as many of your comments as I could, all while fielding phone calls from my husband, who is out fishing while I'm working...sigh.

As soon as everything goes through the editing process I'll post a copy on here, but if anyone wants a paper copy I'll need an address, so you'll have to email me. My email is in my profile.

Thanks again for your help, and good fishing to you all! I hope to meet some of you at the SW MN get-together at Shetek.

Justine wink.gif

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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
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
    • 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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