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Did anyone else get denied a daily road pass this last weekend? After getting skunked at Garrison bay and having breakfast at McD's. Stopped by 4 places on the east side of the lake and got denied access to all 4, I finally got on at Liberty Beach. I guess they were trying to keep daily goers off the road for their houses. Must the a bad ice making year! 1 red mark from 6am-6pm, punched holes and fished like crazy...

Sunset walleye PB through the ice, well worth it!full-36836-41385-walleye.jpg

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I know there is some bad ice. Did you have a perm with you? Alot of resorts are only allowing certain sized vehicles and only are allowing there seasonal guys to put there houses out so the roads don't go bad from a ton of traffic. Resorts have had to work around the clock this year plowing to allow there roads to at least be drivable due to the massive amount of slush.

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no we only had a portable with us in a small suv. we were just trying to stay on the plowed roads park and walk on foot from there. there were a lot of folks with their trucks on ice in their permys. Maybe they didnt want traffic b/c they were pulling out houses? there is a ton of slush though, kudos to the resorts for the plowed roads!

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They dont want the traffic because once they let everyone on alot of their roads get ruined by guys speeding allover which breaks up the road,they wanted to get the roads open to their fish house customers to get out and use their permanents as those people pay alot more then 10$ for the year to fish and store their houses.Seems like a popular resort on the east side allways opens their roads to early the past few years to the general public and the road gets ruined and is closed more then open the remainder of the season.Give it some time and they should be open for all to enjoy,just keep it slow.Very nice fish,congrats.

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Awesome fish! Congrats on the PB. That's a great picture.

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Man, that's a pig. Good to see some fat walleyes in the pond.

Were you marking lots of perch?

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Way to stick at it. It paid off!

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Awesome healthy fish!

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We caught 2 yearling walleye's. A lot of small marks, barely can read them on the flasher. My spoon mark was bigger than the fish that I was marking. I'm guessing perch. Looks to be a bad year of ice, already mid-January and they are just getting some houses out.

Even better was the release. She was ready to go feed again! [video:youtube]http://youtu.be/76eL5Q36gug

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Nice looking fish.

Congrats on the PB

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Nice looking fish indeed!

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I had the same problem and ended up buying a year pass to get on the lake. They plowed us a spot to park the house 100 ft off the road to keep the road dry. There was 14" to 15" of clear ice and a ton of snow. Flooding around the house was an issue. At this point the ice is none too thick.

We had thousands of four inch perch on the camera all day and the walters showed up after dark.

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Moe-V:

I have a seasonal pass at a resort on the east side. They only let out people with a season pass this weekend because the road system is not as large as usual and there is not a lot of room. The resort wanted to give seasonal pass customers a chance to get out and get a spot they want for the year. They said if they let everyone out it would be too crowded and they don't want people driving off road. The resort is opening up the roads to everyone this week and they are going to expand the road system.

If you go to Mille Lacs this weekend, you should have an easier time driving on at the various resorts. We found 16 to 24 inches of ice on the east side. Walleyes were biting in the morning from about 7:00 to 9:00 and again for about an hour or two around sunset. Daytime bite was difficult, but not impossible. Water clarity is unbelievable. We were marking fish and then sight fishing them.

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Did any snow melt off over the weekend?

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Negative on the snow melt. Received about 2 more inches last night. With the predicted winds today, there will be some drifting.

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I got some pretty heavy rain on sun. morning that had to help a bit. With this wind and 2 inches you will have some monster drifts today!

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