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Swift ditch report12/26-12/28

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Just returned from our trip. Having only fished muskeg Bay once, I wanted to give it a good try.

First day we had a slow start. Didn't put a line in the water until 5pm.

Setup on 15 fow on 5 Mile reef. Only picked up two eater sized fish. Moved to 20 fow water closer to shore before the ladies left us to go sleep in the hotel. Slept in the wheelhouse but nothing all night. Woke up with missing minnows on our rattle wheels.

Next morning I woke up at 830 whilst the others slept until 930. Fishing was fast and I couldn't manage to get two lines in the water before being bit. I'd drop the dead stick down and instantly see a mark or two rushing up to get it. Ended up with 8 good sized fish in about 30 minutes.

We moved again to deeper water when the women came back. Fishing was on and off in rounds like we're all used to but we pulled out another 12 keepers. Biggest for us was a 19.5 incher. Our friends nearby pulled out a 30 incher.

We didn't get to keep our limit but it was fun.

Ice was good. Ice wasn't that rough at all. I'd trade less snow for rough ice anyway as we were able to go wherever we wanted.

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Forgot one more thing. I'm guessing it was dnr by the way he jumped into our wheelhouse... But a guy in a snowmobile jacket knocks on our door and my friend opened it thinking it was our group of friends nearby. He didn't even ask to come in, just stepped in. He asked regular questions nothing about him being dnr or anything. He stuck around for 5 or 10 mins. Didn't want to antagonize him so I didn't bother asking if he was dnr or not. I just read posts of dnr pulling these tricks to catch people red handed.

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Did you drive out from the Public Access?

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Yes they are driving out the public access. I'd encourage dropping money in the plow service box on the ice. You'll be thankful for it when we actually get some snow!

I went out Saturday with my gf's 6 year old boy and started out in 18 fow between shore and 5 mile reef. Did ok, but not great. Went out to 28ft just off the reef, it was really slow there for the 2 hours we tried so we moved back to where we started. Ended up with 8 nice walleyes, 8 nice perch, and 1 pout. Only caught ONE sauger all day and threw it back. Also caught a lot of little walleyes. Highlight of the day was watching the little guy pull up that 24" pout! I made him hold it for a picture and we'll be eating it one day this week I think! smile

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SK.same thing happened with me and a bunch of others (see my post titled "DNR CHECK") down the page a ways. Apparently they haven't learned thier manners yet... they want respect and cooperation but they don't seem to see the need for the common courtesy of an indroduction or annoucing who they are....

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SK.same thing happened with me and a bunch of others (see my post titled "DNR CHECK") down the page a ways. Apparently they haven't learned thier manners yet... they want respect and cooperation but they don't seem to see the need for the common courtesy of an indroduction or annoucing who they are....

Jim, since this has happened to you, me and a others that have reported the same thing. I wonder who we could report him to? confused

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I kind of assumed in thier spare time that they probably monitor this web page fairly heavily for tips and information so I automatically assumed that they would probably have caught wind of peoples displeasure with thier tactics and maybe modify them a little. It would appear that i give them a little too much credit....

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I was up fishing in a portable, off the shore of the angle on Saturday. CO pulled up on a sled. I did not open the door nor say anything, waiting for him to introduce himself, and he did. Then I zipped open the door a bit to go through the normal routine, id, license, fish, etc... No complaints with this encounter. It was odd though, there were only two of us up there, within 6 miles of anyone else....

I asked how the bite was for the day and he indicated, "generally, very slow."

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I kind of assumed in thier spare time that they probably monitor this web page fairly heavily for tips and information so I automatically assumed that they would probably have caught wind of peoples displeasure with thier tactics and maybe modify them a little. It would appear that i give them a little too much credit....

Yeah I was referring to your thread nama.

Just rude.

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      By SkunkedAgain · Posted

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      By SkunkedAgain · Posted

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      96 Polaris Indy 500 Mid-Range Bog

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