talmoon/spring lake info

[leech~~]

4 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I haven’t been as far north as the chair yet so I have no idea what condition leech has left in in!  I think he should take it home and restore it.

Hey, don't drag me into your little weird couch games you two play by the swamp.

[Wanderer]

4 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Hey, don't drag me into your little weird couch games you two play by the swamp.

I see it as more of an opportunity.

 

For you.

 

 

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

I see it as more of an opportunity.

 

For you.

 

 

Maybe you ingested to much swamp water? 

If you need that leak in the pintail fixed. I know a guy! 🫠

[smurfy]

5 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Hey, don't drag me into your little weird couch games you two play by the swamp.

hey....you've posted before you have stopped there to check it out!!!!!!!!!

[smurfy]

10 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I haven’t been as far north as the chair yet so I have no idea what condition leech has left in in!  I think he should take it home and restore it.

 

Big Rice has was a b*ch to paddle.  I didn’t miss it this weekend and won’t miss it any other weekend I don’t make it there.

it be tougher just getting on that lake right now. the landing is totally plugged up with what looks like a floating cattail bog. you'd have to walk across that bog to get a watercraft into the lake!!!!!!!!!!! on mt way home i did see what looked like a couple duck hunters turning in there!!!!!!

[leech~~]

3 minutes ago, smurfy said:

hey....you've posted before you have stopped there to check it out!!!!!!!!!

Yep, I swung in to see what you guys were so excited about a few years ago?

[leech~~]

3 minutes ago, smurfy said:

it be tougher just getting on that lake right now. the landing is totally plugged up with what looks like a floating cattail bog. you'd have to walk across that bog to get a watercraft into the lake!!!!!!!!!!! on mt way home i did see what looked like a couple duck hunters turning in there!!!!!!

There is another launch on the other side of the lake, which is a lot nicer. 

[Wanderer]

20 hours ago, smurfy said:

it be tougher just getting on that lake right now. the landing is totally plugged up with what looks like a floating cattail bog. you'd have to walk across that bog to get a watercraft into the lake!!!!!!!!!!! on mt way home i did see what looked like a couple duck hunters turning in there!!!!!!

We improved our own this year.  Cut some stumbles outta the way, put some plastic pallets down over the soft spots, used a big shipping pallet for a “dock” and improved our slide in/out landing on the bog.

 

Even with all that, I bet we don’t go out there more than 2-3 times this fall.  And that’s counting the opener already.  Unlike last year, I have some other hunts planned.  If I get a deer before gun opener I can at least chase ducks in November.

 

Gotta have goals, right?

 

Still gotta pull all the stuff back off the bog before freeze up too.  It’s a lotta work to stay away from motors anymore. Derp.

[Kettle]

Where is this chair??? I found a hospital commode made into a chair on a shoreline, is that it???

[Wanderer]

8 hours ago, Kettle said:

Where is this chair??? I found a hospital commode made into a chair on a shoreline, is that it???

At the Hwy 6 access on the west side.  In the willows on the south side of the access.  Full blown easy chair.

 

You found a commode on Big Rice?  It might be handy to know that is.  

[Kettle]

Commode is on Kramer. They took the seat off and flipped a lunch tray upside down and screwed it on. Even has adjustable legs. Sat on it one day about an hour later I realized what it was 

Rice South of Remer?

I'm like 10 mins north of Rapids but trying to move up to the Marcel area

[smurfy]

10 hours ago, Kettle said:

Commode is on Kramer. They took the seat off and flipped a lunch tray upside down and screwed it on. Even has adjustable legs. Sat on it one day about an hour later I realized what it was 

Rice South of Remer?

I'm like 10 mins north of Rapids but trying to move up to the Marcel area

that kramer, is that north of rapids on 38??? drive by there now and then. pretty neat looking lake. isnt that one no live bait also??? theres a few lakes in that stretch i think are trout lakes and no live bait. 

think its actually called big rice lake. i got to know the couple that own Wheezy outdoors pretty well. stop there now and again and i asked him  about big rice. big shallow and one deeper hole that gets pounded in the winter time. i also asked him about the lake just north of him, has a public access and the wayside rest said thats a tough lake to fish!!!!

 

Kettle.......any luck finding a place around Marcell???????

[Kettle]

No minnows but crawlers. Yea, I'm familiar with Big rice, scouted it for ducks but never hunted it.

Have not found a place yet. Hoping early next year find a year round Rental then but land next spring and build in spring of 2025. Hoping for 5-10 wooded acers. Lakeshore and property taxes are just so high

[Wanderer]

7 hours ago, Kettle said:

No minnows but crawlers. Yea, I'm familiar with Big rice, scouted it for ducks but never hunted it.

Have not found a place yet. Hoping early next year find a year round Rental then but land next spring and build in spring of 2025. Hoping for 5-10 wooded acers. Lakeshore and property taxes are just so high

I have a friend that’s been looking for an “affordable” lake home somewhere between Brainerd and Baudette to I falls.  He has struck out all summer on anything that doesn’t have some sort of serious problems.  He says a lot of em go same day as listed and sight unseen to investors/rental companies.

 

He said he’s about given up looking around the Chippewa.  Best of luck to ya Kettle!  Hope you find something good!

 

I just turned down a job in I Falls that I hope I don’t come to regret.  I don’t have any ties to I Falls though so I don’t know what I might be missing.  Wife wasn’t keen on it anyway.  But I gotta say it was intriguing to think about.  I never thought I’d have a chance to be that close to Canada with a good paying job.

Edited October 5, 2023 by Wanderer

[Kettle]

45 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

I have a friend that’s been looking for an “affordable” lake home somewhere between Brainerd and Baudette to I falls.  He has struck out all summer on anything that doesn’t have some sort of serious problems.  He says a lot of em go same day as listed and sight unseen to investors/rental companies.

 

He said he’s about given up looking around the Chippewa.  Best of luck to ya Kettle!  Hope you find something good!

 

I just turned down a job in I Falls that I hope I don’t come to regret.  I don’t have any ties to I Falls though so I don’t know what I might be missing.  Wife wasn’t keen on it anyway.  But I gotta say it was intriguing to think about.  I never thought I’d have a chance to be that close to Canada with a good paying job.

Lake homes are impossible to get these days so just a few acers and either build or modular is the goal. 

International Falls is a nice area but could be tough on a family. Town has shrunk in population over the past years and if you need something and you can't get it in town you either order it or do the nearly 3 hr drive to Duluth. 

 

[Wanderer]

9 hours ago, Kettle said:

Lake homes are impossible to get these days so just a few acers and either build or modular is the goal. 

International Falls is a nice area but could be tough on a family. Town has shrunk in population over the past years and if you need something and you can't get it in town you either order it or do the nearly 3 hr drive to Duluth. 

 

Most towns like some claim to fame but being the Icebox of the Nation doesn’t exactly ring the bell of I want to live there.

 

I’m pretty happy where I’m at now.  Small town feel, friendly people, most needs can be met in town but big box stores and fancy restaurants (if you’re into that) aren’t far away.

[gim]

18 hours ago, Kettle said:

I'm familiar with Big rice, scouted it for ducks but never hunted it.

I've driven past that thing many times over the years and it looks immense.  It looks like great waterfowl habitat when I drive by, but being so big I have to imagine you can't just go set up anywhere and expect to get shooting.  I'm sure there are very specific spots they favor and that is constantly changing.

[Wanderer]

20 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I've driven past that thing many times over the years and it looks immense.  It looks like great waterfowl habitat when I drive by, but being so big I have to imagine you can't just go set up anywhere and expect to get shooting.  I'm sure there are very specific spots they favor and that is constantly changing.

Accurate assessment.  There are definite flight paths that have taken me some time to figure out.  Seeing birds is not a problem.  Getting within GOOD shooting range and dropping them where they’re recoverable is though.  
 

With the amount of sky busting that goes on the birds don’t decoy worth a c r a p, so it’s basically pass shooting. You can go out and see birds, shoot a bunch of shells and come back with nothing if you don’t do your homework.

[smurfy]

that parking lot on HWY 6 isnt all that big and sometimes i gotta go stop elsewhere to do my business!1 . i've driven by there during duck season and vehicles parked on the road a ways!!!!!! my dad told me once his dad used to fish that lake, but thats been many moons ago!!!!!

[smurfy]

so Kettle.....hows that waterfowl expedition going north of the border???????

[Kettle]

Went way far west from previous trips. Got a few specks and snows. Very few ducks but the cranes saved the trip. 

Headed back out walleye fishing around Rapids tomorrow and grouse hunting on Monday. Best time of the year then end of the month back to Canada to chase ducks

[Wanderer]

On 10/1/2023 at 8:52 AM, smurfy said:

hey....you've posted before you have stopped there to check it out!!!!!!!!!

 

On 10/1/2023 at 8:57 AM, leech~~ said:

Yep, I swung in to see what you guys were so excited about a few years ago?

Well, she ain’t what she usta be.

[Wanderer]

15 hours ago, Kettle said:

Went way far west from previous trips. Got a few specks and snows. Very few ducks but the cranes saved the trip. 

Headed back out walleye fishing around Rapids tomorrow and grouse hunting on Monday. Best time of the year then end of the month back to Canada to chase ducks

Nice birds kettle!  Some day… some day, I hope to get a crane.

[smurfy]

1 hour ago, Wanderer said:

 

Well, she ain’t what she usta be.

i see your sunflower spitter is still there!!!!!!!!

[smurfy]

so, last thursday on my way to the cabin, there was alot of ACTIVITY at the big rice access...........no the chair is still there!!!!!  rom what i could see doing 65 looked like DNR activity, so i just hadda stop and check it out. 

 

looks like they mowed down the cattails/swampy crap and kinda plowed a path out to the lake. looks like a whole bunch of muck!!!!!!!

[Kettle]

Temps on a lot of lakes are mid 50s. I leave for Canada again Saturday. I plan on keeping the boat ready until I have to push it across the ice on the shore to get in. Really hoping we don't have ice before Thanksgiving this year. Winters get too long. 

[smurfy]

On 10/18/2023 at 4:21 PM, Kettle said:

Temps on a lot of lakes are mid 50s. I leave for Canada again Saturday. I plan on keeping the boat ready until I have to push it across the ice on the shore to get in. Really hoping we don't have ice before Thanksgiving this year. Winters get too long. 

good luck bud up in canada. there forecasting snow in the marcell area friday!!!!!!

[Kettle]

Out on the water yesterday and today. Water Temps 34-40 degrees depending on the lake. Picked up a few walleye. Supposed to be warm this week!!!

[Wanderer]

@smurfy I just read in the paper that Jessie lake has confirmed zeebs now.  The resort found them on a pontoon.

 

bummer.

[smurfy]

5 hours ago, Wanderer said:

@smurfy I just read in the paper that Jessie lake has confirmed zeebs now.  The resort found them on a pontoon.

 

bummer.

darn sam!!!!!! the lake  the cabin is on is part of that watershed....we are up stream however.

 

i just was elected/appointed to the Jessie lake watershed Association as a member of the board of directors!......did they say what resort...??? not that many on the lake. the new secretary of the JLWA is a resort owner on Jessie.......dont recall the name but she's on the south end near Rileys!!