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We are sitting out on red lake out of west winds and 2 trucks have gone in the water near or on the pressure ridge please listen to the resort and guide people stay on the marked road!!!

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2 trucks today??? Same area??? We need some more info than that. You can stay on the main road but eventually you have to leave it to fish.....

Have to wonder how many trucks this lake is gonna sink this year. West winds had one this weekend too. If that makes 3 in a few days it sounds like a problem!!!!!

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Over the weekend 2 trucks decided that they could cross the pressure ridge in Westwinds area without using a bridge. crazy 1 of them was not even a Westwinds customer.

There were other close calls this weekend. 1 wheelhouse went out from the south shore got lost and ended up on the north shore so somehow they got across the pressure ridge without sinking. Don't ask me how, pure luck?

Buddy Hillman saw 3 trucks racing across the lake heading right for the ridge and just barely got them stopped before they drove into the ridge.

Fishermen need to realize that their GPS tells them how to get to a place on the lake. It DOES NOT tell them how the ice is from where they are to that place.

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When we left this afternoon there were some very small patches of snow, not enough to bank a house, and the wind was really howling too! It was snowing a little so it's blowing it somewhere, we were on the north shore, might be more snow on the ice down south?

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Thanks

going up this weekend.

guess if there's no snow I will just set it on the ice.

would rather block it up. smile

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I always set my house down on the ice no matter what and have never had a problem as long as the heat is on the whole time, where we have fished the last couple weekes the ice is so good absolutely no water has come up the holes even with the truck hooked to the house. Hole sleeves are a must now though, and dump the slush from the auger outside the door to prevent a nasty fall.

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fins: how deep were you fishing> I talked to Johnlast week and he said they were netween 8 and 10'. Sounds like you had a nice trip

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Thanks for the info Kelly! Bringing my wife and the girls along this weekend so wanted to be sure all will be OK. House is already up at Buddy's so if we follow his instructions we should be fine. No cross country trips to visit Jonny yet then! I hope all is well for him and how are you enjoying the season? Is it fun to fish without all the pressure or is Beacons keeping you too busy? Hope to see you around on the ice sometime... cool

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We were in 9 1/2 feet, there is a pressure ridge out a bit farther that they are working on crossing but no need to go out that far yet. I think we were exactly 1 mile out.

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No cross country trips
That's the idea fishalittle. The ice is cracked way back from the actual pressure ridges and until we get 18 to 20 inches of ice the chunks busted out do not bind on each other so they can spin on the hole. Stay back from the pressure ridges.

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or is Beacons keeping you too busy?
I haven't done much yet as there has not been any plowing to do. Beacon's has a pretty good crew of "young pups" doing the work. An old fat guy like me would just get in their way. grin

I went out Buddy's road the other day to see how he was doing and that is an impressive road. I've been on a lot of "Hillman Highways" through the years but as soon as the ice thickens a little so Buddy can bridge the pressure ridge this road could be special and Buddy will be off to the races.

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Looking forward to working with Buddy this year. I took my bridge over there yesterday and donated to hillmens forever as I have no use for it as I never intend to have aroad access.

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Looking forward to working with Buddy this year. I took my bridge over there yesterday and donated to hillmens forever as I have no use for it as I never intend to have aroad access.

cookie, why didn't you bring in a few young guys to run things for you? Then you could have spent more time fishing or having coffee by the heater and watching the lake out the window? smile

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I'm a one man operation. Ma and pop set up. Just need to scratch out a living here in waskish. Not going to make it rich thats for sure. Driving out on the lake this morning I was like I LOVE MY JOB what a great feeling to have .

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I'm a one man operation. Ma and pop set up. Just need to scratch out a living here in waskish. Not going to make it rich thats for sure. Driving out on the lake this morning I was like I LOVE MY JOB what a great feeling to have .

Be it rich or poor, happy in life is all we really need to be. Good luck to you sir! smile

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can honestly say that I appreciate my job but at no time have I woke up and thought "I LOVE MY JOB"...I know it aint easy Cookie but you sure do a great job and there is something to be said when one actually loves their job!! Take care

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Got back home today another nice trip to Red Lake got to meet the tow truck guys top notch guys -- glad we could help them the little we did

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