Grindstone Lake Fishing Reports

[reinhard1]

dont forget to get a trout stamp. looking forward to meeting you and the rest of the guys. good luck.

[leech~~]

i still don't know where this red barn is?!

If you have a GPS the Red Barn landing is here.

N 46-07-779

W 93-00-783

Take it easy going down the road on that side of the lake as it is always icy!

Marshall, I'll drop you an email. I was thinking of heading up early about 6:00am or so. Maybe I could just swing by your place and we could follow each other or maybe just meet at the gas station at the Sandstone exit off 35W?

[leech~~]

Hey Reinhard1. Nice meeting you today. I was talking to mabr and we are going to bring the small grill along and do some grilling at lunch on Sat. So, not sure how much Sausage you have but maybe you can bring some and I will bring up some Johnson villes or some thing to share as well. Not sure who all is going to make it up to Grindstone sat, but we are going to meet up by the Red Barn landing and do some lunch and a little BSing before heading back out fishing. See you up there.

[KG243]

I am planing on bringing up my two burner colmen stove for lunch time, not sure what I will be cooking! Should we say noon for lunch time by the red barn? I am so excited as this will be my first trout outing this year.

[leech~~]

I am planing on bringing up my two burner colmen stove for lunch time, not sure what I will be cooking! Should we say noon for lunch time by the red barn? I am so excited as this will be my first trout outing this year.

Yes, lets meet at 12:00pm noon at the parking area by the barn. Make sure you have some different kind of baits from waxes to minnows as you never know what your going to catch there.

[reinhard1]

ok, i will bring some venison keilbasa to grill. i will simmer them in some beer and onions tonight so we just have to brown them up. i'll bring some mustard and ketchup and some buns also and a roll of paper towels. noon it is at the barn. maby we will get into a good bite just before the front moves in. good luck.

[leech~~]

Weather in Sandstone area for Saturday 1/29.

Saturday

Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. Highs 20 to 25. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

[reinhard1]

sounds good to me. i like cloudy days personaly. my son-in law just called me and he and his buddy are all pumped. i've got all the gear for them plus an extra portable, my old clam Jr. should be fun. going to vados today to get the minnows and euro larva. if you need anything let me know. good luck.

[KG243]

My dad and brother are up there today fishing the south west corner by the stream. I will post how they do.

[reinhard1]

great. i'll be interested how they did. always some guy's there during the ice season. there is a shallow shelf that comes off from that west shore and then drops off quickly. i have also fished the south shore at the drop off and deeper. well i guess i've fished every foot of that lake over the last 40 years. good luck.

[catchnothing]

For you guys that fish there often have you guys been markin smelt pretty consitant?

I'm coming there Saturday to see if I can get on them. should I start deep or shallow? Been there quite a bit over the years but finding them is the hard part. Any help would be awsome.

Thanks

Have fun at the get together.

Can't make it till mid afternoon.

[laker2010]

I was wondering during the winter are there any other accesses on grindstone that you can drive a pick up out of, and what is the current ice condition? Trying to head up this weekend to find some rainbows/Browns if anyone has any advice on what type of jigs/bait I didnt fair to well last time.

[KG243]

Lets just say I will now be starting the day off in the south west corner of the lake!

[laker2010]

Is there a place on south west corner you can go out of, or do you have to come from the main access on the north end.

[reinhard1]

i think most of us will be there all day. smelt will be found all over but i tend to notice more in water at least 70 ft deep or more. that's just me. you will see them suspended at those depth 25 to 30 ft down as a rule. the north east bay is a good spot to try. there is usualy a trail of truck tracks heading that way and a lot of holes punched close together and that would be the area. good luck.

[JBMasterAngler]

If I remember correctly, there is a drive on spot on the south end of the lake, right off the main road.

[reinhard1]

there is some good info on this thread if you look over it. the public access on the north end and by the red barn are the two places i get on the lake. people drive on the south west end but i'm not sure if that property belongs to the bible camp or not. that is were the bible camp puts their dock out in the summer. people do drive out from there but it is a fairly steep hill there. if i fish that end i usualy park on the parking area on the road and walk out with my gear. minnows, spoons with minnow heads or waxies or eurolarva. fish shallow for rainbows [less than 10 ft] or just under the top 10 ft in deeper water. good luck.

[mille lacs muskie bum]

wow i never thought i'd see the day when people piled onto this lake in such mass other than opener. there arent that many fish to be had. kinda like givin up a little metro hot spot. once someone gets on the topic the fish dissappear.

[catchnothing]

Thanks reinhard1

I'll give it a try

[slipperybob]

For you guys that fish there often have you guys been markin smelt pretty consitant?

I'm coming there Saturday to see if I can get on them. should I start deep or shallow? Been there quite a bit over the years but finding them is the hard part. Any help would be awsome.

Thanks

Have fun at the get together.

Can't make it till mid afternoon.

I usually find the smelt school over deep water anywhere 60'+. I had on occassion found them in 30' zone when I couldn't find them in deep water. They like to hang out mostly in that 30' zone.

[leech~~]

Is there a place on south west corner you can go out of, or do you have to come from the main access on the north end.

There is a campground that owns a little strip of land on the southwest end and some times you can drive on there but it is a bit of a hill there. Some years they have it posted and some times put up a snowfence. I did see a guy in a truck go in from there two weeks ago when I was up. The ice was about 14" or so two weeks ago and people were driving trucks around, not sure what the snow is like this week but it wasn't to bad then.

[minniwinni91]

Ya I appreciate the fact that you guys all want to get together and fish and help each other out but man maybe e-mail or something I se there are only a few of you going but this is the Internet and who knows how many people are looking at this... Thanks guys... Another one bites the dust

[reinhard1]

so this is the only lake that has a thread? there are about 8 of us that i know of in our little get together. this thread has existed for quite awhile. i have fished it for 40 years and never seen much pressure on it except on ice opener and open water trout opener. even then there is no mass as you describe. this is not a secret lake and trout are put and take. ask anyone who has fished it and ask them how many times they have filled out their limit. call the dnr and ask them how much this lake gets fished year around. the boat landing in mid summer on is very shallow and difficult to access for boats of any size. there are get toghethers all over the place and no harm is done. why dont you come on out and fish, there will be no "mass" to worry about. good luck.

[leech~~]

wow i never thought i'd see the day when people piled onto this lake in such mass other than opener. there arent that many fish to be had. kinda like givin up a little metro hot spot. once someone gets on the topic the fish dissappear.

Dude relax, it's just a few guys on here meeting up to go do a little fishing. For some it's their first time on the lake or fishing Trout so not like we are going to clean out a lake that were just learning where to fish. It's not like it's going to be the "Burntside Bash" or anything!!

See: http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/40/1/Get_togethers_with_FMers_HSOer

[reinhard1]

just a couple of pages back you asked me for advice on this lake, then you and your friends [small mass] went out and smoked them trout as you said in your post. so i hope you dont feel guilty for telling anyone that you had some luck. look this lake will not get fished out, as a matter of fact the fishing is getting better all around as far as i'm concerned. you wanted to get toghether some time and fish so come on out on saturday. good luck.

[mille lacs muskie bum]

yea i went with two guys and i was the only one who caught any fish. thats no mass in my book. i said i caught fish but like H-E-double toothpicks would i give out my spots to a bunch of randoms. i have fished with my buddies for years and know that they wont give up my hotspots. a group of a bunch of random people chances are they wont all be as tight lipped if they get on the fish. i hope yo all do get some and have fun but crowds are not the way to go while trout fishing.

[KG243]

Then stay home and we will enjoy one another company as we fish and have a great time. Maybe we should start having it yearly and call it the "Grindstone Grinder"

[mille lacs muskie bum]

go for it!

[reinhard1]

hey, i like that. grindstone grinder. i'm going to name my next burger creation that! see you out there tommorow. good luck.

[minniwinni91]

I'd hate to see this lake get to crowded cause of an internet posting... Good luck tomorrow guys and if you have success be responsible and do what you would want others to do and dont advertise it all over just want things to last even if it is put and take lake. They can only put so much in and eventually the pressure will catch up