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Good one Ricky. Sure was a nice day :)

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I headed to Goodner, Pearl, and Grand on Sunday.  I didn't even wet a line on Pearl due to the number of people out there, but I did measure 15 inches of ice right out from the access.  That being said, coming on and off of the access was getting extremely beat up with a lot of standing water.  Goodner showed a lot of fish on the Vexilar, however, they were finicky and the ones I did catch were small.  I shifted over to Grand hoping to snag a walleye or two right at sundown but didn't have any luck.  

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Has anyone had any luck on pleasant? I was thinking about heading out there later today. If someone has any information thanks much!

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Any info on sand lake in Albany? Want to try it out but DNR page says it gets frequent winterkills. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Pleasant has been good for a few gills and crappies out deep and northerns and bass  along the weedlins from what I'm hearing. 

Sand out by Albany  used to have some respectable sunfish and a average size crappies. Sorry no  real current info....if you give it a try, let us know how you do.

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Decent looking fish Rick, considering the conditions and location.:)

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Just now, Tom Sawyer said:

Decent looking fish Rick, considering the conditions.:)

Thanks Tommy:)

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1 hour ago, Rick G said:

Pleasant has been good for a few gills and crappies out deep and northerns and bass  along the weedlins from what I'm hearing. 

Sand out by Albany  used to have some respectable sunfish and a average size crappies. Sorry no  real current info....if you give it a try, let us know how you do.

Thanks Rick.

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That is a very nice crappie for the chain:)  

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9 hours ago, YB_Bassin said:

 

congrats on the PB !     sent you Adam Zwicks taxi info

 

 

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Found a couple free hrs this late afternoon. Again, I picked a lake that was close and knew where the fish were. With the high pressure and bright blue skys the fish were a little more sluggish than they have been.  

 

 

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Nice fish Rick ! That male has some beautifull colors

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nice!  gotta love those gills ! :)

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Some great looking fish guys. Looks like you have the bite dialed in. :)

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They're still driving on Horshoe right? someone told me today after the warm spell they quit driving out. I found that hard to believe.

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Yep, they are still driving out.....

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Fished with Tom for a few hrs this afternoon. Hit two lakes and a few spots....fish were tough to get to bite...and even tougher to get some nicer ones. I think it was the first time all wintet I had to use waxies

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On ‎2‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 10:33 PM, YB_Bassin said:

I caught my PB of 13 inches and 1lb 4oz. Yes I kept it because I actually want to mount it.

You could also do a Fiberglass reproduction which would also look better and last longer.

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2 hours ago, Weathertite said:

You could also do a Fiberglass reproduction which would also look better and last longer.

some of us prefer skin :)  

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15 hours ago, Weathertite said:

You could also do a Fiberglass reproduction which would also look better and last longer.

Dropped it off to Adam zwick. He uses foam body and skin. I think it should be fine. Cause he doesn't freeze dry the inside. 

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2 hours ago, YB_Bassin said:

Dropped it off to Adam zwick. He uses foam body and skin. I think it should be fine. Cause he doesn't freeze dry the inside. 

did you see the 36 inch eye from ND ?   what a beast

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36 inch eye? Sure it wasn't a Zander? Crazy that thing had to be huge. Buddy caught a 33 inch on Rainy River one spring that fish was a slob it was amazeing how big it was. He made a nice replica of it.  To this day it was the biggest eye I have ever had a chance to see and I Probabaly will never see another fish like that again but you never know :)

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On 2/6/2016 at 8:51 PM, Weathertite said:

You could also do a Fiberglass reproduction which would also look better and last longer.

Dropped it off to Adam zwick. He uses foam body and skin. I think it should be fine. Cause he doesn't freeze dry the inside. 

 

6 hours ago, eyeguy 54 said:

did you see the 36 inch eye from ND ?   what a beast

Yeah I saw a glimpse of it. He had it in a box in the back. That thing was huge! Almost didn't believe it. Saw some super nice bull gills also. His work was just amazing. 

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tried briggs early sat afternoon punched a lot of holes marked a lot of fish tossed a lot of stuff down the holes they would charge up then back off.  best approach seemed to dead stick um. only caught four though, 2 pearch and two crappies that the pearch could have fit in their mouths.  I did miss about a dozen bites, they were grabbing the tales of my impulse, im guessing they must have been small, think i prolly would hooked more if i had a camera they would come up and sit by my bait then run away when i moved it. I even tried waxies, you know the grubs everyone used before we found out fish prefer to eat plastic. at least the weather was nice.  didnt look like anyone was doing to well, a lot of moving around. worst outing of the year, but still had a lot of fun.

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13 hours ago, Barefoot said:

Took the kids out tonight  out on the chain tonight.  Fish were very active and aggressive!  

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Nicely done, I bet the kids enjoyed it.

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Hit a small local lake with Tom this afternoon. Fish were very tight lipped today:/  We started in 8-9 ft on a large flat, but soon discovered the fish had all but vacated the area. After about 70-80 holes drilled we had found a few fish....but they were pretty shallow, I think I was in 4 ft at one point. 

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