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we will be there on monday. leaving 7:00 am from Detroit lakes so we can be fishing by noon. this year we decided to stay in one of the log houses

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We'll have to meet up for a beer (and tomato juice, love those red beers) and compare fishing reports.

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Just got back from zippel caught 37 for sat and half of sunday kept 14 wife caught a 29" beauty gold glow jig in 35 ft 2" off the bottom heard of a 30" caught also lots of fun good luck up there!!

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I also just got back from Zippel. Saturday between 4 guys we caught between 25-30 fish. kept 10 nice eaters. Had a couple over 17. Only one little guy in the pail sunday morning. We were in 26ft, right on a break from 23-26. right off the bottom. White glow with the red eye seemed to be the ticket for me anyway. All in all a good weekend to be on the lake.

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im also headed up tomorrow mornin depending on the weather.i hope my house is still there lol

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Mnhunter, could you possibly help out an "old Ranger?" Any tips would be helpful and greatly appreciated. I have a wheelhouse at Zipple and set up on Honey Hole last weekend. Got some decent fish but looking for deeper water. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance.

mike

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when you heading up next mike?you to the east or west on honey hole?im heading up in about an hour.whats your e-mail? i'll be glad to help you out.i wont be back till thursday afternoon.

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We were west in bout 28 ft. Heading up Friday. Got a couple of rookies with me. Had the Grandkids last weekend. [email protected] Thanks for your help. Maybe we can hook up. I don't drink, but I have a lot of coffeee! Thanks again mike

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Have you guys heard ice conditions for zippel bay? Wife & I are scheduled to stay in a sleeper house at zippel bay resort this weekend.

Thanks for any info you can provide!

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Hey Mike do you have the nice blue house at end of road I have the wallye inn ??good luck this weekend

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No, Mine is green/white sided. I got the frame for nothing and built the rest,low budget operation, but quite functional. I have fished there a lot since the early 70's. Mostly on a bucket, then a portable. Have ventured out to the Bridges, Garden and Starren Shoals. The Angle a few times, off Flag. But as I have gotten older It is a little more difficult to those things. So I am trying the wheelhouse for the 1st time. It's ok.I have seen your house over the past couple of years. I will look for you thise weekend. In the mean time, we are heading up tomorrow night and will set up up. I would like to find some deeper water. When we filmed a show up there at first ice, they were already out in 28(bigger ones) The show turned out great. So that is my quest this weekend. Hope to meet you. mike

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Hey hunter, Can you resend you e-mail? I was at hockey practice my wife cleared my messages. Thanks again. Hope you had a great trip. Heading up tomorrow.

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Hey hunter, Can you resend you e-mail? I was at hockey practice my wife cleared my messages. Thanks again. Hope you had a great trip. Heading up tomorrow.

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I am heading to Zipple for the 1st time this year (Had a baby boy!) I hope to do well. I have a tan house at the end of sauger on the left or south side, with a tarp on the roof. We are suppose to be in 28', are they still bitting there? Is it worth bringing a portable for the shallow bite?

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Sorry off topic but i see theres a few fish houses out on longyear lake in chis. think theres any nice crappies in there? Any advice would be great and much Appreciated...

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Hello Mr. Sertich how you doing, long time and you will never recognize the name now but we played a lot of old timers hockey together with Bob Lundin, Jerry and the rest, anyway saw you on the Butch show taping an ice fishing show the other day, anyway off topic, sorry, have a great time fishing, will be up next weekend at longpoint so hopefully the fish still biting

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Hi Mnhunter, Just got home from Zipple. Found your location. Roads were tough on Friday but Nick was working them pretty hard and they were a lot better tonite. Sure is a maze out there now.

We were set up west of your house. My son walked over to your place and chatted with your brother. Fishing was pretty sketchy. Lots of flurries, lots of dinks. Did get enough to come home with for a fish fry. I normally do not keep many. But a fish fry sounded good. Weather was great. I expected more people out there. I heard that they were doing well in 32 ft. We didn't move from where we were set up. Got to comfy. Anyways, THANK YOU for your help, and sharing info with us. I deeple appreciate the info.

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Hi grpd. Thanks for your hello. Grand Rapids was great for me. I still love that town. Lots of great memories and friends there. Hockey (playing) was a long time ago. Fun though,hey? It is a great game. Much luck in your fishing.mike

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yes there are some nice crappies and blue gills.just before dark is when you will get the nice 1's.

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    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
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