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Fished Shields today from 2-6, nothing but small perch on the north side. 16' of solid ice though, and full size pickups everywhere.

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Ended on Shields the other day. This is one lake that I really dislike in the summer time...We'll it beats me up every time I fish it...

Went away from the crowds and set up in 12 to 16 FOW. Lots and lots of small gills and perch, and 1 decent crappie on a dead stick with a [PoorWordUsage] minnow.

I do think as we marked fish in different holes, if we hole hopped our success would have been much better, but due to the cold, I just couldn't motivate myself from moving out of the nice and warm shack.

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Fished a local lake tonight from 3-6. Quite brisk out there today to say the least, didn't spend a lot of time out drilling and looking around for to long. Set up in 19' on a inside corner break from a 30' basin onto a sand bar. Was plucking gills on the plastics, then they turned to Diamond jigs tipped with multi-color spikes. Got a small walleye on the Diamond jig and then turned my second rod into a glow hook with a large fat head. Missed two somewhat heavy fish right at the bottom of the hole before landing another 14ish eye. Got one more that was a skinny 15" thats still swimming and a football style 16" for my dinner. Great night for a quick set-up. The fish were really hammering the minnows hard, looked more like a pike bite when your float would go down.

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fished Albert Lea channel this AM lots of little perch. A intersting thing if you jig just below the ice you get a crowd of 3 to 4 inch perch keep them there then watch close a good sized walleye will come thruogh and have one for lunch. Any place to get big shiners? could be one below the ice could work for the walleys.

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did pretty well with the crappies tonight. was fishing in 27' and they were about 8' off the bottom. got 3 around 12" and a few more around 10" then about 20 around 7-9".

was using a orange and white forage minnow with a SMALL crappie minnow. had to make them chase it up about two feet before any would bite.

and thanks again to the guys who saved my life by giving me a band-aid! fish fish sliced my thumb open pretty good and almost made my day pretty short!

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Hit the lake tonight from about 4-9:30. Fished 24' of water after marking lots of fish and got into the crappies pretty good. Had plenty of action abut had to do some sorting for a few keepers. They were hitting small crappie minnows/pink/glow demons pretty decent as well as actively jigged plastics. More agressive fish were hugging the bottom but would chase up before they would hit. Odd how I was only about ten feet away from where I'd caught walleyes the night before and not a crappie at all, and tonight we caught more crappies than we could count and not a walleye in the bunch.

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Kyle already told me he's looking to give some free guiding for the afternoon timeframe....

Wow that's deep whistle

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yes, i did not see a crappie till 4:47pm sunnies before that all day a little on the small side. saw lots of shiners/baitfish though. will have to do a evening bite. nothing touched a minnow

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I'm from Mankato but live in Fargo. Looking to take my dad out for his first time. Any suggestions on where we can go and drive out to a spot? I appreciate any help.

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You can just about drive on every lake around here now. Just make sure you stick to the paths people have made. There are some spots to stay away from around bridges and aration units. However, German, Washington, Duck, and Jefferson would be suitable for someone not familiar with the area. Duck Lake is seeing a lot of action. However, it is a zoo out there.

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WOW those are some really nice blue gills! You wouldn't by chance say what lake you got that catch on would you? Don't have to say anything else if you don't wanna.

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Thinking about hitting up some lakes in the Faribault area. Hit em a couple of times last year. Just wondering what the report is and where. I will be going it alone and any help would be great.

Forgot to say if you don't want to mention it on here you can always email me at [email protected]

Thanks guys

Scott

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Iced 2 nice eyes last night. One 15 incher and 17 incher. Fish are a little shallower than before, got em out of 13 feet.

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Anyone know how Madison Lake is? Not asking for spots just looking for ice conditions and to see if anyone is catching fish.

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Anyone know how Madison Lake is? Not asking for spots just looking for ice conditions and to see if anyone is catching fish.

There's fish to be caught in Madison, that is for sure! Go seek your own success! Ice conditions are fine as well as most local lakes.

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Fished a West Jeff and Washington today. Washington was red hot for me today. Caught my limit of some big crappies. Biggest one went almost 13. All fish were caught in 20 FOW late afternoon.

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Haha, I've got years of catching up to do Matt! I've been hooked. haha. I ended up switching to a one man flip to make it a little more convenient for me to hole hop. However, I am now sure that I have spent way to much money on this already so I'm only going to buy bait and propane for the rest of the winter.... unless I REALLY need something. smile

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Haha, I've got years of catching up to do Matt! I've been hooked. haha. I ended up switching to a one man flip to make it a little more convenient for me to hole hop. However, I am now sure that I have spent way to much money on this already so I'm only going to buy bait and propane for the rest of the winter.... unless I REALLY need something. smile

Just remember...Never, EVER tell the girlfriend! lol

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How was the driving conditions for you today? I'm taking my dad for his first trip and can't really afford to walk too far. Thinking jeff in morning and Washington in the afternoon.

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Driving conditions are fine if you're on the plowed roads. I didn't even drive, as I only have a car, and the ice heaves at the landing were just to severe for my car. I would have ripped my bumper off.

Good Luck

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I hear ya ted! I didnt have anything before this winter and I went out and got a two person house, poles, hummingbird, hand auger and propane tank/sunflower heater. Ice fishing is addicting but also like a girlfriend becuase it consumes you bank account lol :P

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Was out on a local lake today in about 16 fow. Iced 12 perch. All of them around 10 inches in length. Caught half of them the first 30 minutes i was out there. Spikes and minnow heads on swedish pimples were the ticket today.

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