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Air Asault

magnum mike

By magnum mike
in Upper Red Lake Fishing Reports - Hunting

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magnum mike Experienced

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We made a low pass over the crowd this morning ( I feel sorry for the guy with the white Chevy & Ice castle half submerged ) and found a nice open spot to land outside the crowd from JR's. Back home with 2 nice limits. STAY AWAY FROM THE CRACKS !

BartmanMN Mentor

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Must be rough

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We made a low pass over the crowd this morning ( I feel sorry for the guy with the white Chevy & Ice castle half submerged ) and found a nice open spot to land outside the crowd from JR's. Back home with 2 nice limits. STAY AWAY FROM THE CRACKS !

Hope it wasnt Harvey Lee.

If I had a plane I would land on the other side and then fly away when they come to get you.

magnum mike Experienced

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If I had a plane I would land on the other side and then fly away when they come to get you.

Akerman Enthusiast

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Hahaha, I know that guy!

harvey lee Grand Master

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Hate to ruin your day Buck but it was not me, I was shown a safe route around that area and went that way.

Frank D Enthusiast

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You mean this truck heard they closed access on south shore yesterday

magnum mike Experienced

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That's the same view I had yesterday. If they closed access yesterday, about 1000 people snuck on somewhere

Web.the.CableGuy Rookie

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Drove by these guys this morning as the tow truck was working on them. Poor guys were right on the marked trail. The big crack follows the trail almost perfectly all the way to center bar.

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Did those poor fellas have to call home for a ride?

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You mean this truck heard they closed access on south shore yesterday

That would suck, but at least it didn't go below the ice. Coulda been worse.

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magnum mike #Wouldn't mind getting a plane ride someday never been in a small plane

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That sucks but its pretty brave to be out there with a 3/4 ton regardless.

magnum mike Experienced

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I was talking about you Cookie when we came in over Norman Lake. That was quite the little adventure going in there with you, me & The Greek.

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It was kinda unnerving out there this weekend with all the cracking. We were going to go out of JR's but got there after they had closed the road due to the crack pictured above, so we went to the east side out of West Wind. The warmer temps combined with almost no snow cover made for a lot of cracking. I'm used to the smaller cracking sounds made when someone is driving by...but a couple of the bigger cracks were really loud and even shook our house a little, almost like an earthquake. Went out to see if the truck was still there after one of them, lol.

Thankfully nothing happened to us, but we did see someone off in the distance whose ice castle went in a little on the passenger's side. He was able to get it out...but yeah, I think we're going to sit next weekend out with the warmer temps coming, just too unstable for my liking.

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yes we did well that day. I tried to get a group to commit every year but had no luck. I had a blast out there when I took Jeff and we built a blind missed a duck with my recurve by about a inch. jeff was laughing at me and could not hit anything with his shotgun.

Lip_Ripper Guy Proficient

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Did you end up landing and fishing near a big orange fish house?

magnum mike Experienced

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Yes we did. Orange house just west of JRs. Probably our closest neighbors. Was that you? We did quite well.

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Sure was. Funny story...

The 3 of us were watching your flyover with envy. Then you landed and pulled out the fish house and we were all talking about how that is the coolest ice fishing setup ever.

About 5 minutes into it for some reason we all 3 looked over at the rod sitting on the table, just in time to see it FLY off, and go straight down the hole without touching the floor or ice.

The rod owner was all worked up about it. We went into JRs to clean and eat some fish. We got back out and he said something along the lines of "I wish the plane guy was still here so I could tell him he owes me a rod and reel for distracting me with his awesome setup"!

All is well that ends well. I ended up catching his fish with the hook still in its mouth about 8pm! Rod and reel is safe and dry.

Sweet setup, though. I'm jealous!

Jigging Joe Explorer

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We were fishing on the other side of you today's the east, we were commenting on your setup too. Hell of alot better than the 5.5 hour drive we had to get our limits.

magnum mike Experienced

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Wicked cool that you got the rod back. Your buddy must have a few more good trips with that rod for the fishing gods to give a gift like that.

With no wind she'll do 109 kts (127 mph). No traffic, turns or stop signs. It opens up lots of possibilities but the window to land on ice is usually pretty narrow. It takes a few passes to find a spot long enough and smooth enough to set down. A few years ago we were at Lake of the Woods and found 1 spot that would work. After a few hours, we had out limits and were ready to take off only to find 3 wheelhouses set up on our runway.full-204-51773-img_1019.jpg

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Wow,very nice mike! Im jealous. HAHA

bturck Grand Master

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Mike just curious; how much snow can you set down on without skis? how do you judge the depth from the air? is there a reason you don"t have skis. Just wondering.

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Wicked cool that you got the rod back. Your buddy must have a few more good trips with that rod for the fishing gods to give a gift like that.

With no wind she'll do 109 kts (127 mph). No traffic, turns or stop signs. It opens up lots of possibilities but the window to land on ice is usually pretty narrow. It takes a few passes to find a spot long enough and smooth enough to set down. A few years ago we were at Lake of the Woods and found 1 spot that would work. After a few hours, we had out limits and were ready to take off only to find 3 wheelhouses set up on our runway.full-204-51773-img_1019.jpg

And the only time you have to worry about deer is on x-mas eve. winkgrin

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Stories about people getting their rods back from the same fish always blow my mind. What are the odds?

magnum mike Experienced

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The window for early ice is pretty narrow. It's not so much the depth of the snow but what you can or can't see beneath it. Any ridges, cracks or holes can be bad...really bad. You have to be able to inspect your landing site from the air. These tires are several sizes bigger than standard and more forgiving. You get better floatation on the snow from skis but then we are back to what you can't see beneath it. Skis are better suited for landing on the snow covered ground. We have been lucky this year with good ice and almost no snow. Low clouds this weekend will probably spell the end until spring. After the first good spring melt, everything usually flattens out and it's game on again.

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And the only time you have to worry about deer is on x-mas eve. winkgrin

bturck Grand Master

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the deer on Christmas Eve are usually at higher elevations, unless you're near some roof tops.......HO HO HO

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