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[Rick G]

You should be fine if the ice is aconsistant thickness.  Took a focus on 9in of good clear ice several yrs back. 

[Fishing Frenzy]

Where you able to get out there with the truck tworiversman?

[kunzi26]

Anyone have reports for ice from this weekend on Upper Spunk? Might go out tomorrow and want to know if it's thick enough for vehicle. We measures 10" last weekend pretty consistently. 

[Team Bobberdown]

Got out this weekend and man was she cold. Picked up a few fish.Wish we got more but happy to fish and the fish we got were nice ones.

[eyeguy 54]

nice fishy

 

[Naturboy]

I finally found a couple waleyes last night, just not as big as Nicks.   Just good 14" eaters. 

  I did make a trip Finally out to Big Stone Lake for perch, I posted that report in SW Mn. Section. I will go back. 

[Rick G]

Nice one , Nick!

[tworiversman]

  On 1/7/2017 at 3:17 AM, Fishing Frenzy said:

Where you able to get out there with the truck tworiversman?

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Sorry for the late response... We ended up taking the ford focus out. There were full sized trucks on the lake but I don't like taking risks like that. Especially after my uncles truck went through pearl lake. It was a good thing we took the focus out. I drove my 2007 GMC to the landing with all my gear and we used the focus to pull it on the lake. When we got back to the truck at 12:30AM I noticed it was having some problems. When I got in the truck I noticed the auto Head lights didn't kick in. So I turned it to the manual setting and still nothing turned on the high beams and still no lights... The fog lights did work and the Tail lights worked fine... So following the ford focus I had to drive 25 minutes with 10 yards of the road lit up in front of me.  The last thing I wanted to do is leave my truck with $2,500 worth of gear in it at the landing overnight in. So Now the truck is getting fixed The electrical system is "fried" which I find to be strange because it just had a new system put in it last spring... The fishing was SLOW...

[Bass Thumb]

  On 1/11/2017 at 4:56 PM, tworiversman said:

 There were full sized trucks on the lake but I don't like taking risks like that. Especially after my uncles truck went through pearl lake. 

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When did this happen? Was it just to the left of the access (when facing the lake) where there's a culvert?

[Fishing Frenzy]

Went to a small area lake yesterday and today. Yesterday was okay kept a few. Went back out today and was very slow at first but then picked up quickly! Ended up with 9 perch and 9 sunfish in 2 hours of fishing. Really nice day to be fishing!

Edited January 15, 2017 by Fishing Frenzy

[Stick in Mud]

Nice perch!  Best eating fish of all, in my opinion....I'm pretty jealous.

[Fishing Frenzy]

Agreed perch are my favorite as well. I usually don't find big ones like the around my area. Was a nice surprise!

[Borch]

Tom and I hit a smaller local lake looking to play with some panfish.  Started out in one my favorite sunfish spots and after drilling a pile of holes and making with presentation tweets it was,  game on!  Had to do some sorting and hole hopping to get some nice gills.   Released several over 9" and a a few meals worth of eaters.  Plastics both big and small in several profiles and colors caught fish with white Berkeley wishbone doing best.  Here's a few or our nicer ones from today.

[Rick G]

Nice job, guys!!!

[eyeguy 54]

Fun city! Nice job

[tworiversman]

  On 1/12/2017 at 9:26 PM, BassThumb. said:

 

When did this happen? Was it just to the left of the access (when facing the lake) where there's a culvert?

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on the opposite side of the lake from the access. someone put salt around their house so they could move it. there was 22 inches all over the lake and where the truck fell through there was only 6. 

[Naturboy]

What are the slop conditions looking like on area lakes?

[Bass Thumb]

  On 1/17/2017 at 6:26 PM, tworiversman said:

on the opposite side of the lake from the access. someone put salt around their house so they could move it. there was 22 inches all over the lake and where the truck fell through there was only 6. 

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Wow. I never considered that.

[tworiversman]

  On 1/17/2017 at 10:51 PM, BassThumb. said:

 

Wow. I never considered that.

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yeah pretty scary... there was 16 inches 10 feet away and 20 yards away there was 22 inches. 

[Naturboy]

I'm Thinking that move is illegal and someone must not care about the lake. 

[tworiversman]

  On 1/19/2017 at 3:33 PM, Naturboy said:

I'm Thinking that move is illegal and someone must not care about the lake. 

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I agree. Completely careless! My uncle could have died...  It broke though he said the ice was to the hood of the truck. He crawled out the window... The window was level to the ice.... He stood up turned around and he said "All I could see was the cab. I watched it for about ten seconds and then it sank." He is extremely lucky to be alive. He still likes ice fishing but he walks on now. 

[Fishing Frenzy]

To bad they didn't find out what idiot put salt on the ice and have them pay for the cost to take the truck out of the lake. Don't get how you can be that dumb to put salt on a frozen lake. Blows my mind.

[Borch]

I got out for a few hours this morning and the bite started out strong for sunfish.  Plenty of nice ones between 7 1/2 to 9" but none over 9" this morning.   The bite slowed significantly in the early afternoon.   Plastics in white or chartreuse worked well.

 

Sure was sloppy today and I would say we lost about 2 inches of ice since last weekend.   Will need ice cleats once this freezes again.

[Naturboy]

Sure wish that it would freeze up before the snow in the forecast comes

[tworiversman]

panfish bite has been slow out there guys! unless you use ultra light line and near microscopic hooks! Crappie bite has slowed drastically compared to two weeks ago. I am still managing to ice a few fish each time I go out.  

[Naturboy]

Talking small, Last week I caught 2 walleyes on a demon spoon with euro larva . A 15 and 20 inch

[Rick G]

Small local lake today. Find the right weeds and the right lake. Thos is what happens

[NELS-BELLS]

Nice Gill Rick!  I'm guessing its a private lake.

 

Nels

[Rick G]

  On 2/3/2017 at 3:38 PM, NELS-BELLS said:

Nice Gill Rick!  I'm guessing its a private lake.

 

Nels

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Nope, public lake... DNR boat access and all

[Horseshoe_Don]

I have caught 17 walleyes between last night and this morning.   Not one was a keeper.   Muskies eating them all?   Where are the keepersame on shoe?  Frustrating. 

 

Don