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Forest Lake Fishing Reports

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Hows the fishing been on forest lake? i have been on 1st with no luck, moved to willow point only been out once but no luck there, getting ready to headout tonight and would like to catch a fish....any info would help. thanks good luck and out there!!

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I checked with a firefighter, it was someone on lake #2 trying to plow a rink for hockey. Broke through in about 2 feet of water neer shore.

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Sounds like a lot of the lakes are really slow right now. There's fish out there but they're really making me work for them. Maybe with this storm blowing in the bite will pick up.

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Was out yesterday in the lake2-3 channel. Had the porty set up on 11+ inches and less than 50 ft away had the tip up on 5.5". A little unnerving. Lots of perms out there and plenty of ATV and sled traffic. We had 3 flags and one 24" pike. Too many to count; bluegills and perch went back down the hole.

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Fuzz,

Saw the shack yesterday, NICE JOB! We caught a few pike and threw many pannies back down the hole. Not much to show for 4 hours of fishing. Good luck!

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There are pockets of slush underneath the snow and travel by wheeler is pretty difficult. Saw alot of sleds running around on the lake and the slush didn't appear to affect them as much. Walking is probably the next best mode of transportaion next to a sled. Ice is in the 7-10" range in most places.

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Tunrevir I am planning to take a few kids that have never been ice fishing before to Forest Lake this afternoon. Are there any general locations particularly on the #3 that you would recommend for some consistent action from small bluegills to keep them interested?

Thanks

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tunrevir Grand Master

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The second lake side of the narrows off willow in 11-14' can give you some decent action for small panfish. If you venture to the deep hole on second just west of willow point you can get into some crappies in the 30' range. Just look for the permanent shacks over that hole. The other deep hole on second going off the Ideal access is a bit farther walk but you can catch crappies there all day long with an occassional larger one thrown in for some fun. Poke around from 25' out into 35'. Often they are suspended up 4-5 feet off the bottom and easy to spot with electronics. Small spoons with minnow heads, waxies, plastics, euro's and crappie minnow bobber rigs can all produce. Good luck!

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53orbigger,

How did it go yesterday? Did you get out? I'm hoping this little cold snap will firm things up today. Hoping to get out tonight!

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We did get out for a few hours yesterday on the 3rd lake. We caught a couple of dozen small pumpkinseeds and 1 crappie in about 8 feet of water. Tried some deeper water, but couldn't get anything going.

I was surprised that the lake had firmed up as much as it had as it hasn't really been that cold. Of course anywhere that was packed down by snowmobiles or 4-wheelers was frozen, but even getting off of the packed snow we only found 1 small area that had any slush. And for those that are interested I measured a hair over 12" of solid ice under the frozen slush in the 2 spots that I checked.

Good luck tonight.

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Went for a quick outing on the sled. Didnt find any slush, it was all frozen that i could tell. VERY bumpy though, and i would imagine slippery. Lots of people on willow point, parking lot full, and parked on the lake. One car was half way out-will be just a day or two before they are driving. Personally i shall not, but that is just me. Third lake didnt seem as busy.

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I fired up the four wheeler for the first time in months and brought the dog down to the lake. Found some slushy areas but it is getting a bit more solid out there. Hoping to get out tomorrow.

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was out today to the left of willow point from 2:30-8:00 in 11 fow. alot of smaller sunnies and crappies. caught 1 decent crappie and one decent sunnie. best bite was about 4:00-5:00, then they shut off. i found everytime i would switch my present i would get one or two then they would stop. then switch and one or two more. anyone know of any other decent spots. the ice was pretty solid from what i saw. about 9" of good ice and 2" of the crappy stuff.

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Me and a friend went out yesterday for a few hours and put out some tipups. I forgot my GPS and my vexilar and it was to cold to ride back to the house and get it. We were setup on the southwest side of lake three in about 6ft of water. Had 2 flags in 2 hours and we decided to call it a day. Didn't get either fish but it was fun just being out.

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What type of ice thicknesses are you guys seeing out on the main lake areas? I haven't been out for the past week and was thinking it might be time to move the permanent out onto the lake finally. Thanks!

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What type of ice thicknesses are you guys seeing out on the main lake areas? I haven't been out for the past week and was thinking it might be time to move the permanent out onto the lake finally. Thanks!

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Tunrevir, honestly I saw 8 inches on new years eve on the south west side of lake 3. A guy driving a white dodge ram drove out and I had to do a double take and think to myself NO WAY LOL!

I think with the cold we have had it is probably safe to say driving might be an option now, but I would still be leary.

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Thanks for the reply ECC! I'll probably go out and scout with the porty and check the ice thickness tonight then and if it is decent put the perm out this weekend.

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Thanks for the reply ECC! I'll probably go out and scout with the porty and check the ice thickness tonight then and if it is decent put the perm out this weekend.

Tunrevir~

I might venture out with the portable as well maybe Friday and Saturday. Hopefully I can find some Walleyes and Crappies away from everyone else.

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