Future FMer's 2nd Annual Ice Fishing Get Together - February 21st

[ole]

Tom, We plan on being there around noon. Should I bring an auger? or will you guys have holes drilled?

I don't mind drilling a bunch of holes if you need them.

Anything else you might need?

glenn_olson@yahoo dot com

ole

[polarsusd81]

Glenn, I am pretty sure we will have holes drilled, but you can certainly bring yours out if you want to move around a bit or whatever. I am going to be out by 11 to start drilling holes and getting stuff set up. I am going to start with about 75-100 holes and see where it goes from there. If it is anything like last year, we will probably end up with 200 or so holes. Swiss cheese, I like Swiss cheese!

[polarsusd81]

Here are a couple of maps that I made up last year.

Chisago and Lindstrom are on the upper right corner of this map of the metro area.

This map shows the lake with a road map. Instead of going all the way out on the point, we go up to where the houses end on the right side of the road and you will see a drive on access. It is fine for front wheel drive cars too.

Take 35 north to Hwy 8 (Just north of Forest Lake)

Hwy 8 to a right at Olinda Trail (Dairy Queen is on the corner)

Take Olinda Trail to a left at Glader Blvd.

Follow Glader Blvd to the "T" in the road and go left.

You will see the lake and drive on access on the right side of the road.

There is a group of houses over the hole out there, we will be fishing on the opposite side of those houses. I am planning to park cars in three different areas to distribute the weight evenly. The areas the cars will be parked will be as close to solid ice from top to bottom as we can get. There is more than 2 feet of ice out there right now, closer to 2.5 feet actually. I am really hoping we get a little bit of snow because the thaw and rain last week made the lake pretty much like a skating rink. It is very slippery out there right now.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Tom, I can't find your email?

my new one is [email protected]

The autoinfo one was being flagged by a lot of anitvirus, Go figure?

[polarsusd81]

Someone is looking out for us and answered the snow dance perfectly. This snow fall we had last night is perfect for traction on the lake. It will be a lot less slippery, with it going from rain to snow it roughed up the surface as it came down. I can't even begin to say how thankful I am for this little snow. Every time I stepped outside last night my girlfriend wanted to smack me because I was cheering for the snow.

[croixflats]

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[polarsusd81]

Coming up tomorrow guys. Looks like we will be getting another one to two inches of snow today and into tomorrow. That would be great for traction out there. I plan to drive up there again today and I am going to get a firm measurement on the ice thickness. The other day I rigged up 30 rods for the kids to use, hopefully that will be enough for those that don't have equipment.

Let's have some fun.

[skiinglady]

Hi Tom,

I'll be bringing 5 girls and 1 other mom with me tomorrow. The girls are in a basketball tournament so we will have to leave at 2:00. Any chance you could do some prize drawings while we are there? The girls are psyched because some of them won stuff last year and now the other ones want in on the action.

Oh yeah, one girl in my troop caught about 20 fish last year so now the other ones want to beat her record.

[polarsusd81]

Here is a link to the recap.

[polarsusd81]

Here is a link to the Recap.

It was a great time for all that came out. Happy everyone could make it.