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Yea he swam away for another day. 👍

 

Hey wanderer. Thought you'd at least bring in the love seat in on the access over winter.😂🤪

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8 minutes ago, smurfy said:

Yea he swam away for another day. 👍

 

Hey wanderer. Thought you'd at least bring in the love seat in on the access over winter.😂🤪

🙆‍♂️ I forgot!!! Dang it!

 

Can you store it for me?

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14 hours ago, Wanderer said:

🙆‍♂️ I forgot!!! Dang it!

 

Can you store it for me?

🤔 well...........i'll see what i can do..................not sure when i'll be headed back up for sure!!!!!!!!🤣

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Anyone up in the northland been out since the snow??   Any slush on the lakes?

 

Looking at the webcams at the narrows, bowstring shores and Geiger's no sign of any slush.

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7 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

I don’t think it’s going to be as bad as feared.  Up here now, no issues.

Thanks!!👍 heading up mid morning Sunday!

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went up to the cabin sunday after it warmed up to -15 here in cold spring. was a chilly first day but not bad. lot more snow there then here at home. set spearhouse out and got 5, all under 22...for da smoker........i let a good 30 plus swim. didnt see many after that. went to the lake behind us and got 10 crappies, even they were slow.  was -23 when i left this morning. made up my mind to head back south when bemidji was forcasting -30 air temp for tonight.

 

and no Wanderer......i didnt pick up the love seat!!!!!!!!🤣 acess isnt plowed!!!!🙄 not many are for that matter. only plowed access i seen was the roosevelt access in outing!!!!!

 

hwy 6 from talmoon to deer river was ok, but from there to outing hwy 6 had a whole lot to be desired. after outing roads where good!!!!!!!1

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1 hour ago, smurfy said:

went up to the cabin sunday after it warmed up to -15 here in cold spring. was a chilly first day but not bad. lot more snow there then here at home. set spearhouse out and got 5, all under 22...for da smoker........i let a good 30 plus swim. didnt see many after that. went to the lake behind us and got 10 crappies, even they were slow.  was -23 when i left this morning. made up my mind to head back south when bemidji was forcasting -30 air temp for tonight.

 

and no Wanderer......i didnt pick up the love seat!!!!!!!!🤣 acess isnt plowed!!!!🙄 not many are for that matter. only plowed access i seen was the roosevelt access in outing!!!!!

 

hwy 6 from talmoon to deer river was ok, but from there to outing hwy 6 had a whole lot to be desired. after outing roads where good!!!!!!!1

So smurfy, do you keep the heat on low up there or have the water drained out?  

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No we don't keep the heat on. The gas furnace we have heats up the place pretty quick.  When we go up we are generally there early enough by the time to hit the bed cabin is warm enough.

 

Regarding the water, we pump water from the lake during the summer for cleaning fish, washing dishes and cleaning up. We pull the pump out before freezing.

 

We've always carried our drinking water from home.  AND it's an outdoor Biffy 24 hours/ 365 days a year.🥴 and it gets cold.😂

 

 

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

More Itasca county snacks.👍

 

I'm beginning to really like them pike regulations. Plenty of smoking and pickling material. And not all from the same lake either!!

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my brother will be at the cabin with his kid and his homies........he should have everything cleaned up and a nice trail on the lake for when i get there the last weekend of spear chucking!!!!!! which is feb 27th. 

 

i'll be knocking off something on my small bucket list.......fishing on the big puddle.....LOTW's that weekend.............yea i dont get out much!!!!!!🥴

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😬 my brother just sent me this picture from the cabin. Behind that snow pile and by that tree is a pole with 3 bird feeders hanging from it somewhere??🙄

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Geigers closed their road yesterday -me for the overnight due to whiteout conditions.

 

It’s been a strong winter.

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well in our little world around the cabin, and after hearing what my brother told about the lake conditions where........guess i'm done going up for a while. 🙄🥴 i sure wanted to get in that last weekend of spearchucking and catching a few crappies!!!!!

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On 2/16/2022 at 10:28 AM, smurfy said:

well in our little world around the cabin, and after hearing what my brother told about the lake conditions where........guess i'm done going up for a while. 🙄🥴 i sure wanted to get in that last weekend of spearchucking and catching a few crappies!!!!!

Lots of snow, slush on the lakes. Been a rough winter

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20 minutes ago, Kettle said:

Lots of snow, slush on the lakes. 

🤫🤫🤫🤭

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11 hours ago, Kettle said:

Lots of snow, slush on the lakes. Been a rough winter

Yea it has. I probably won't seen the cabin till mid April. Bummer!!!😱😫

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11 hours ago, Kettle said:

Lots of snow, slush on the lakes. Been a rough winter

It has been rough.  We’re getting some flooding in the chutes on Winnie.  They closed the road we’re on to any more people.  No problem from my point of view! 
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thats crazy..........them resort owners that plow those roads have gotta be thinking the year cant end soon enough........

 

good luck catching them eelpout!!!!!!🤭 any perch???? that fishing has really hit the skids up there. story has it since the zeebs entered the system the perch changed there patterns bigtime!!!

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27 minutes ago, smurfy said:

thats crazy..........them resort owners that plow those roads have gotta be thinking the year cant end soon enough........

 

good luck catching them eelpout!!!!!!🤭 any perch???? that fishing has really hit the skids up there. story has it since the zeebs entered the system the perch changed there patterns bigtime!!!


Yah there’s alotta work these resorts have done this year!  Every storm is a battle and the last one pretty much wiped out everything they had open.

 

Got 1 keeper perch this morning.  Couple dozen walleyes overnight and 5 pout.

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Snow is definitely compacting fast up here with the Temps and sun. Still seeing a few vehicles on the ice. I got out ice fishing minimally. Smurf, I am still alive. I just picked up a 14 ft lund with a 25 suzuki so come open water I'll be out 2-3 times a week 

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5 hours ago, Kettle said:

Snow is definitely compacting fast up here with the Temps and sun. Still seeing a few vehicles on the ice. I got out ice fishing minimally. Smurf, I am still alive. I just picked up a 14 ft lund with a 25 suzuki so come open water I'll be out 2-3 times a week 

cool....good for you!!!!!!👍

 

i'm headed up the weekend of  the 25th and 26th........hoping its good enough to get on the lakes with wheelers. going with a guy from grand rapids to pokegema one day to chase tulliees. 

 

mayhaps bowstring for perch and crappies. 

 

where you playing doctor at?? may i ask.??? are family has been known to see one up there now and then to get fish hooks removed from body parts from time to time!!!!!!😣🥴🤣 

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Wheelers should be fine, there were trucks on pokeg today. I'll likely get out Tues, I'll give you an update. I work at a few really small ERs in Western and NW MN. Typically work like 48 to 96 hr shifts then take a week off. Hands down the line trick with braid is the best way to remove a hook. I'll see if I can find a video and post it

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Use this method, which he dose but fails to make note us that he pushes down on the hook on the shank to make space for the barb to come out. Obviously if it's bad, I typically numb up the area, push it through and clip the barb. Then give a tetanus shot

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Forgot to mention that it has to be braided line as there is no stretch and you have to do it fast. I have a spool of braid in my work bag just for this as I've used this method in the ER as well 

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ouch........yea i got insurance..i'll go see a doc!!!!!!!!! the last hook i got in me was right by my thumb nail.....not sure that method would of worked??? i went to the deer river hospital......they have a wall with fish hooks they removed. mine was brand new......he let me have it back. think they said i was the 4th one the past 2 days!!!!🙄 

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2 minutes ago, Kettle said:

Forgot to mention that it has to be braided line as there is no stretch and you have to do it fast. I have a spool of braid in my work bag just for this as I've used this method in the ER as well 

if you get out fishing or drive by any lakes.....iffin ya got time it be great if ya could post a few reports on lake conditions as you see them. this really warm weather got me a bit nervous for next weekend!!!!!👍

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