7th Annual Burntside Bash w/map

[Tom Linderholm]

Then the rabbit for what they call entertainment.

I like to call it First Call!

Bought a sled yesterday, installing the H2O on it tonight. Did a re-mod the Voyageur to lighten it up a bit-still have the stereo though . New Jason Mitchell Mackinaw rod, a handful of jigs and the bad news that the misses won't be coming with this year. Guess I'll just have to babysit Northlander in 09'.

I'm pretty much ready, just need to make the time go faster.

BooYahhh!

[ripstick]

Good for the sled,now you get around. Good for the H2O, now you find your wat to and from. Good for me, ( Guess I'll just have to babysit Northlander in 09'.) I was going to call the wabbit a pre fish meeting . I figured that would have bee a crocked I mean crock.

[Borch]

only 2 weeks to go, I plan on getting up there on friday and fishing mid morning, is anyone else gonna go up early to do some prefishing? Hanson are you gonna be up early this year?

I'll be heading up early Friday hoping to get at least 1/2 day of fishing in. SHould be fun!

[son_of_fishlein]

My Dad and I should be up that way Thursday night, tucked into our bunks at Bear Head Lake State Park in the camper cabin by midnight or so...

We will be fishing all day Friday, depending on ice conditions (looks to be walking for us) somewhere around Listening Point. Van Vac area is great, but we like to get off the beaten path...

We have some spots marked with the GPS and found a nice spot last year not far from the Burntside lodge, is there a plowed road off there this season?

This will be year 3 of ice Laker fishing for us and although we haven't necessarily been up there for the bash, it just so happens we'll be around, so let's fish.

Andy

[Steve Foss]

Andy, I didn't see any sign of a road off Burntside Lodge a few days ago, but since people are pushing short roads off Van Vac, there could be a road out of the Lodge soon. It's always a short road, ending out by Indian Island. Of course, the small bay there is very sheltered, and for all I know it's a quagmire of slush/snow and no one wants to get out there in a pickup to plow.

We'll see.

Next time I'm heading to Van Vac I'll swing into the Lodge and see if there's been any road activity.

A note on GPS using nav chips: I've been with a number of people who use them and have been out on Bside, and quite often are a good distance from the structure they're looking for when the GPS says they're Johnny on the spot. It doesn't seem any of them do a great job on all Bside spots, so if you're using them to locate good fishing structure, get ready to drill and explore a bit to locate the spot you want. If you're fishing humps or a point, for example, being 100 feet away will mean being out of the prime zone.

No surprise, really, because even the best map of the lake (printed map six feet long) from the DNR doesn't show a ton of excellent structure all over the lake.

Man, this is shaping up to be a great Bash, with lots of folks coming. I expect with the roads/traffic already off Van Vac there'll be room to park on the lake near shore to offload sleds, so the lots won't be filled to overflowing.

Let's start praying to the weather gods!

[Jim Almquist]

Lisa and I along with Steve T. will be up on Friday and fishing through Sunday.

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No surprise, really, because even the best map of the lake (printed map six feet long) from the DNR doesn't show a ton of excellent structure all over the lake.

I had the Lakemaster chip in and it is missing a lot of structure that the paper map has so it would be a good idea to compare your map to the paper map that will be at the access.

[frogtosser]

hey borch what time are you leaving? we have a blue polaris and a black artic cat for the ice and I am driving a maroon ford up there, are you going up with more people? Just wondering if you were driving up the same time we were. does anyone know if the rabbit is going to have the ufc fight on Saturday night?

[Nate McVey]

My group will be joining the Duluth crew at 6 am on Friday, so we will be fishing Friday. Looking forward to it as usual!

[Northlander]

Where are we meeting Nate?

[Nate McVey]

I thought 6am, probably the Chalet would be a good spot. That is if I can get out of the cities Thursday night, otherwise we'll have to find you on the ice.

[Northlander]

Sounds like a plan. Or the Holiday in Pike Lake. That way I can stop at Fishermans Corner and get some Goldens.

[Tom Linderholm]

Since we won't be in for breakfast may as well pick Fishermans Corner as a meeting spot. Steve, we'll get your sled and gear loaded Thursday night to keep it quick.

Quickstrike? Can you swing by and drop your gear on Thursday night?

[grousehunter]

son of...there is no road plowed off burntside lodge yet. There is still some slush..but most is good.

[ripstick]

Fishermans corner don't open till 7 am.

[Steve Foss]

I have no doubt you can get early bait at Babe's on the west edge of Ely or Great Outdoors farther into town. Both are on the main drag. Lucky 7 in Ely also has a full line of bait, and there's a Lucky 7 right off Hwy. 53 north of Virginia before you turn onto Hwy. 169.

[ripstick]

Sreve I guess you dont like fishy corner

[Steve Foss]

Sreve I guess you dont like fishy corner

Huh?

[fishgutz77]

My 07' lakemaster chip is right on when it comes to shore line structure but the mid lake structure is way off. Does anybody else find the same thing on Burntside?

the Lake trout gods blanked me today.

[grousehunter]

I have noticed that on my lakemaster chip too. Normally have to drill 4 or more holes to find the area I was trying to find if I havnt fished there yet. I have noticed that it normally will tell you that you are shallower when your really still over deeper water more often than the other way around.

[fishgutz77]

Same here, up in the north arm there was stuff on the paper map I couldn't even find with the LM chip.

During open water I'm going to map parts of the lake with the 104c and compare it to the navionics chip as well.

[Great Outdoors]

grousehunter,

In case you do not realize it, for Burntside, I am the walking Lakemaster Chip

[Borch]

hey borch what time are you leaving? we have a blue polaris and a black artic cat for the ice and I am driving a maroon ford up there, are you going up with more people? Just wondering if you were driving up the same time we were. does anyone know if the rabbit is going to have the ufc fight on Saturday night?

Early Friday morning around 5 am or so. I may be by myself or with my son. He's still working on his schedule. I have a blue Chevy crew cab and will be towing a couple of sleds.

[Mowing4aLiving]

Hey Frogtosser,

If she can get that Friday off it will be between 5-6 in the morning otherwise we won't be on the road until around 2 in the afternoon. We are also staying at the paddle inn. Will be in a White Dodge with a couple of sleds.

[Northlander]

Since we won't be in for breakfast may as well pick Fishermans Corner as a meeting spot. Steve, we'll get your sled and gear loaded Thursday night to keep it quick.

Quickstrike? Can you swing by and drop your gear on Thursday night?

Hey Tom Im going to drive seperate. I may or may not run to Vermillion on Sunday. Still working on a plan for Sunday.

[Tom Linderholm]

Ahhhh, more room for Quickstrikes gear then. Dependant on work plans I may follow you over to the big V on Sunday.

[fishgutz77]

Would that be the 05' chip or the 07'?

[ripstick]

Talked to scott today and if people are going to stop he will open early. He just needs to know.

[Xplorer]

fishgutz,

Had my H2Oc with me last monday with the 07 Navionics chip, I was up in the south part of the north arm with Steve, but the chip was off quite a bit. Showed me in like 30' of water and I was in 58'. Now I was on a break off an island, but the location was off IMO as it related to the island also. And it is definitely missing some structure (as are most maps).

[Surface Tension]

I've use the Navionics chip and lets just say you don't want to use it to blindly navigate at night on B-Side or you might be running into points and islands that someone miss placed.

Still its useful for showing the lake map, stored waypoints, in relation to structure as long as you know its off.

[hookset 31]

The lake map people probably haven't redone the lake yet- Pokie in G.R. used to be like that too but they came out with boats that had a ton of electronics on them- ran the whole lake and now the chip puts you right where it says . There are no more secret spots as it has every nook and cranny on it.