talmoon/spring lake info

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, smurfy said:

Happens when ya pull them up from 30 ft.

Yep they do!  

[smurfy]

Good thing mine was WAY BIGGER! or i might have thought you tried the ole switcheroo!!

[smurfy]

WOWZER was that an interesting drive home today!!!!!!! when i left at 7 am.....the cty rd from spring lake to talmoon was plowed. hwy 6 from talmoon to remer hadnt seen a plow yet. there were more forest service roads, cty and township rds plowed then the state hwys!!!!!! 

 

even 6 south of remer had alot to be desired. by crosby they were s0-so........then 371 sount of brainerd it was they got nuttin. what a big difference 90 miles can make.

 

ive said it before and will again.......seems like 3 way different zones when driving up there! once past brainerd......then to deer river.............then north of there......things change roads, weather and temps!!!

[Wanderer]

3 hours ago, smurfy said:

WOWZER was that an interesting drive home today!!!!!!! when i left at 7 am.....the cty rd from spring lake to talmoon was plowed. hwy 6 from talmoon to remer hadnt seen a plow yet. there were more forest service roads, cty and township rds plowed then the state hwys!!!!!! 

 

even 6 south of remer had alot to be desired. by crosby they were s0-so........then 371 sount of brainerd it was they got nuttin. what a big difference 90 miles can make.

 

ive said it before and will again.......seems like 3 way different zones when driving up there! once past brainerd......then to deer river.............then north of there......things change roads, weather and temps!!!

We didn’t get off the lake until 1pm.  The roads were in good shape by then.  A little sloppy on the edges but almost completely dry on the southbound side.

 

I’d say your zones are about right.  North of 210, then 200, then 2.  All unique and a little more sketch the further north you go.

[Wanderer]

Fish were a little finicky for us.  I don’t know if was the weather (almost hurricane wind it felt like!) or the fact the crowd reached our preferred area.  Houses were on our best spots by Noon on Friday.  Our friend was there earlier any by the time we got there around 8pm, even the cyber scouted spots were taken.  
 

Friday night’s spot was OK for slot walleyes but mostly 9 inch perch.  The move away from the crowd got us into better perch, up to 12 inches, and a few keeper walleyes and one big pout.

 

Really let the grandkids try to run their own rattle reels and they lost a lot of the jumbos on the Sat evening bite, which was chaos for almost 90 minutes.  They got a better hang of it by this morning but we didn’t have as many jumbos come through.

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, Wanderer said:

Fish were a little finicky for us.  I don’t know if was the weather (almost hurricane wind it felt like!) or the fact the crowd reached our preferred area.  Houses were on our best spots by Noon on Friday.  Our friend was there earlier any by the time we got there around 8pm, even the cyber scouted spots were taken.  
 

Friday night’s spot was OK for slot walleyes but mostly 9 inch perch.  The move away from the crowd got us into better perch, up to 12 inches, and a few keeper walleyes and one big pout.

 

Really let the grandkids try to run their own rattle reels and they lost a lot of the jumbos on the Sat evening bite, which was chaos for almost 90 minutes.  They got a better hang of it by this morning but we didn’t have as many jumbos come through.

Nice weekend there grandpa!  

[leech~~]

5 hours ago, smurfy said:

WOWZER was that an interesting drive home today!!!!!!! when i left at 7 am.....the cty rd from spring lake to talmoon was plowed. hwy 6 from talmoon to remer hadnt seen a plow yet. there were more forest service roads, cty and township rds plowed then the state hwys!!!!!! 

 

even 6 south of remer had alot to be desired. by crosby they were s0-so........then 371 sount of brainerd it was they got nuttin. what a big difference 90 miles can make.

 

ive said it before and will again.......seems like 3 way different zones when driving up there! once past brainerd......then to deer river.............then north of there......things change roads, weather and temps!!!

Dang, what kind of snows did you guys get up there?  Most we got is already melting?  

[Wanderer]

21 minutes ago, leech~~ said:

Dang, what kind of snows did you guys get up there?  Most we got is already melting?  

I don’t know what smurfy saw but they predicted 1-3 for Winnie and it was a whiteout Saturday around Noon when we moved.  Our new spot I set the house on about a half inch of snow and this morning the littles where checking out the drift.  The one by the truck was another 9 inches or so higher.

[leech~~]

9 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

I don’t know what smurfy saw but they predicted 1-3 for Winnie and it was a whiteout Saturday around Noon when we moved.  Our new spot I set the house on about a half inch of snow and this morning the littles where checking out the drift.  The one by the truck was another 9 inches or so higher.

The wind must have been the killer. I know we got some wind down in Sartell but nothing or snow like you must have.  

[smurfy]

We got 3 inches. I set up my spearhouse on Tuesday afternoon and it was windy as all get out y the house then to . I had a bank by the house then also with a small one inside my house 

 

I was off the lake before it got bad yesterday  

 

[leech~~]

2 minutes ago, smurfy said:

We got 3 inches. I set up my spearhouse on Tuesday afternoon and it was windy as all get out y the house then to . I had a bank by the house then also with a small one inside my house 

 

I was off the lake before it got bad yesterday  

 

Do you take the house on and off every time you go?  I hate finding surprises when you come back to the lake.  

[smurfy]

When I'm up there NO unless I change lakes. 

 

When we leave we take them off and reset them up next time up. We only have 4 X 6 collapsible houses.