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[hunt4food]

Big Jeff-I will probably try the Mn side out from Bayport park. I have a red 99 chevy shortbox truck. Have a green portable, but may not use it today. Too nice to sit inside!

[eyesnfries]

I'll be out there too. Anybody wanna share where they're gonna be?

[!wall-i-king]

I hope to be out there as well I am assuming most guys will be on the sconnie side or in the middle. Just look for someone walking around that from a distance looks like a giant smurf...(I have a blue set of rain gear) I will also be the one with a mess of giant crappies on the ice so just stop by and say hi.

[Big Jeff]

love the post "big smurf" I think you might find that pile closer to me Good luck out there, I think I am going to hit the wis side again but I may be on the hunt depending on how it goes.

[StCroixNewB]

Hey all... glad to meet a couple of fellow FMers out there today! I got out somewhat late (around 7:30 or so...). Caught a couple of nice crappies within the first hour or so and then it died pretty quickly... managed to hook up with a couple of walleye, the big one being about 17" - didn't expect that in 32 fow - quickly unhooked and back in the water! Also caught a sturgeon that was around 2 feet long - fun fish to bring up on an ultralight panfish pole. The bite picked up as afternoon rolled on - caught a half-dozen more nice crappies but had to pack it up at 4:30. I'm sure the guys that stayed out there did pretty well. The craps were hitting quite solidly. Didn't jig much, just a few times to 'call them in' and then let it sit still. All fish were caught on crappie minnows, stuck on either gem-n-eyes, small spoons, or diamond jigs. Red and green seemed to be interesting colors but no surprise there, they've been the 'hot' colors all winter.

It was quite surreal driving off the ice, plowing through 2-3 inches of water on the way back to the access in Bayport. I wonder how long the ice will last with this warm weather? There's nearly 3 feet of ice out there so I expect it won't disappear overnight but we're rapidly approaching the time of extreme caution!

[StCroixNewB]

Oh... hey Hunt4food, tight lips, right? You don't want to get smacked for sharing toooo many details!!!

[2izm]

Hello! I thought about heading out to the Croix this evening around 4 p.m., but with the warm weather - I gave it a 2nd thought and backed out even though I know the ice is not going to melt all the way down to an unsafe level, but the thought of being on water on top of ice sort of freaked me out and plus, I didn't want to drive out there and see nobody since it is a weekday so I decided to wait until closer to the weekend. Good Luck to all those who are planning to go.

[hunt4food]

Big Jeff-yeah, tight lips of course I fished from 3:00 to 8:00 and caught a mixed bag similar to Big Jeff. Smallmouth, some crappies and a couple of Sauger. One was a nice fat 18.5"er. The water on the river provided a well deserved underbody flush for my truck that hopefully washed away most of the road salt that it collected over the winter Planning to get back out this afternoon. I expect the landing will hold up well enought to get on through the weekend but will be switching back to my ATV soon.