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whent down to west lake the other day, fishing wasnt to bad. im guessing the ice was about 7" thick. after that decided to pack up and go the east lake and the fishng there was good, they were hitting glow jigs with waxies about a foot off the bottom.

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I heard reports of a guy with a full size truck pulling a trailer with a snowmobile out there yesterday. I think someone better put Winona Dive and Rescue on full alert. People see one or two small permanents out there and must think that is the all clear for driving. That lake has all kinds of slush pockets on it, well after today it might all be standing water. But no way is it good for vehicle travel. There is about 4 inches of good ice with about 4-6 inches of white/gray ice. I hope the guys with permanents got them off today or a least blocked them up or they might not be able to get to them and with the cold weather likely freeze in over the weekend.

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I drilled 4 holes and there was probably 8 inches of good ice and another 5 or six of white ice that was harder to drill through than the clear ice. There were no vehicles on the ice today.

Didnt mark any fish, and didn't catch any either, but that could be because it was my first time using the flasher.

On a side note, I caught a bass on the river that broke the tip off of my gill pill. He was a big one. He was taking my drag out like no other, I got him up into the hole and it cracked off. He was still floating there but I couldn't get a good grab on him and he swam back down

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I was out on the big lake last weds when the trucks were on the ice, truck with trailer and snowmobile at least was only 20-30 yds off shore, but the other was a full size extended cab way the hell out in the farthest SE corner towards mans mall. we fished 30 fow and did alright, but we were on 15" of ice with 2-3 of that being slush. And thats not guessing warden was out and i actually measured for him. Fish were basically not too picky for tackle, but most were a year away from being keepers.

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I was out there the other day and caught a few fish but the size has definately gotten a lot smaller then years past.

The lake got hit hard with fishermen this summer.

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I was out yesterday. Between the two of us we caught a lot of dink gills, one walleye, an eleven inch crappie, a twelve and a half inch crappie, and my buddy caught a 21.5 inch large mouth. There was a good foot and a half of ice in some spots, but less in many others. Everyone out there drives, just take it slow and be careful.

I do agree that there are a ton of small fish in there, but I think that the bigger fish are catchable.

Ill be out tomorrow too. Probably should have been out today but my friend with the gas auger was at work.

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