Otter Tail River
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By Wanderer · Posted
Well, a recent bout of fish fever has swept through our area causing work on Friday to be cancelled. My wife said her fever is so bad she had to ice it ASAP. Real time report on the snow and ice conditions expected tomorrow night. -
By smurfy · Posted
thanks fellas.......unless we get more snow then there predicting......since i'll be alone up there.......think i'll wait!!!! -
By Wanderer · Posted
Without some melting, I hope it blows off. Could get real slick if it just stays dry powder on the ice. -
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By Wanderer · Posted
It was a gift but you can Jams by Jan here: https://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/jams-by-jan/gunflint-trail-jams-12557 We were definitely wearing cleats. They’re permanent fixtures on our boots right now. There were a few patches of snow and the wind block of the house and truck would make a drift out of the blowing snow so I had something for a little banking. Yes, absolutely very slippery. Even with cleats you have to be careful. A couple times it was difficult to open the truck door. No traction to keep my feet planted. Driving: go slow so you can steer and stop. I had to use The Gripper cleats on my tires to move the house once. Otherwise I had a patch of snow to git er moving. Smurfy, I’ll say I was wearing Yak Trax which are just spiral wrapped wire for gripping. No good edge for better bite. I broke my Ice Trekkers that had carbide studs that had a good bite and balanced profile. We also have the clunky HT cleats that have the steel teeth across the ball of your foot, more or less. Those might even grip better on bare ice than the Yak Trax? But are not comfortable to me and get dull. -
By smurfy · Posted
wanderer......when you were on winnie you said no snow on the ice correct??? looks like towards the end of next week the weather looks respectable, but with no snow on the ice traction could be dangerous......especially mid week with noone around. liek to get up there but......... i have cleats but dont think thats an option, especially alone. -
By leech~~ · Posted
Where didja get the bb on the trail? Incase I'm up slicing stuff? 😏 Thought they only had Lingonberry Jam up there in the gift stores. 🤣 -
By Wanderer · Posted
Oh man, sorry. It all happed so fast I didn’t even think of it till it was too late… I’m contemplating my selfishness over a bowl of Quaker Oats Maple and Brown sugar (made with milk), fresh ground Caribou coffee with half and half, and Second Harvest wheat toast with Gunflint Trail WILD Blueberry jam. I will try to not talk about food again without photo backup. 😉 -
By JerkinLips · Posted
Lake conditions remain very good. Had 18 inches of ice by my house, so added 4 inches of ice in the 5 days since I was last out. The ice was more than 90% bare. Pickups were driving all over. I even drove my small car out to the house. With the lack of snow cover, I assume that the rest of the lake is in very good travel conditions. Fishing was very good but they were quite small. The biggest I caught was only 16 inches. The rest of the walleyes were 10-13 inches. Best bite was from 830-1000. I finally managed to catch an eye after dark (the 16 incher at 5pm) and fished late enough to catch an 18-inch eelpout (yuck). That was the signal to call it a day. Good luck fishing, be careful on the ice and courteous to others. And please pick up your trash.
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