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3 hours ago, Deb said:

North of Big Lake, there were probably a dozen portables out there.

How far out were they?

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I was one of the portables out there today.  There was probably 30 or more portables out there.  Everyone was surrounding the 20' hole.  5.5" of ice where I was.  Wheelers and snowmobiles driving out.  People coming out even as we were leaving the lake at 6pm.  We didnt catch anything  today (did yesterday ) but what a zoo.  The parking lot was ovwrflowing and people were parking on the shoulder of the road.

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Thanks for the info think I will skip Eagle today and head up to Pokegama in Pine City instead, don't want to be one of the fifty ice houses out on Eagle today all in one spot.........

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9 hours ago, Fumb Disher said:

Anybody parking on the lake? 

No one is parking on the lake...less than 6" of ice yesterday.  Some slush spots on top.

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This Saturday was another busy day for Eagle Lake.  Access was full, snowmobiles and wheelers seemed to be all over the lake, and again, there were about 50 portables right where you would expect them to be.  It was brutally cold, and not many people were hole hopping, but we caught a few for a small fish fry.  There were slushy spots, but the ice seemed fairly consistent.  No one parked on the ice.  Even on a very cold and windy day, the zoo was alive..  I just hope people are practicing ethical fishing habits.  No need to fill pails..

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We will be out there Friday morning for the first time this year, was up at Osakis Saturday and it was super slow there a lot of people out they were starting to pull out bigger shacks with wheelers.........

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Thanks for the report and Welcome to the FM Family HuskyBass. Thanks for the beautiful picture and we all hope people are practicing Ethical Fishing Habits as that is the way that our Kids, Grandkids and Great Grandkids will be able to enjoy the sport as much as we do and hopefully carry on the traditions as we show them. Sorry I got a little long winded but wanted to get my point across.

 

Thanks Mike

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I am with you on that point, no need to put every fish you pull out of the hole in the bucket.  I love when I get to take kids out fishing and see the smile on their face when they catch a fish.....

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Nice work. Crappies seem to be picking up all over I got into them pretty good yesterday on another lake.

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Made the cold walk out on eagle in big lake today. Measured 10" of ice where I was at, near the hole.  The bite was better than I've had the last couple weekends, best between 6:30-8:00 pm. Most were caught jigging small tungstens with a waxie, couple bites on dead stick and crappie minnow. Nobody driving out yet, lots of wheelers and snowmobiles. 

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On ‎1‎/‎17‎/‎2016 at 11:25 PM, Fumb Disher said:

Was in the hole today, caught a 2lb pike.  Nothing else was biting, I think the pike was spooking them.  

That was where we started on Friday for about an hour once we moved out of there and away from everyone was when the fish really started to bite...........................

 

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Hey Deb, was that you and your friend that moved by me when I was leaving friday morning? Sorry I'm terrible with remembering names.

 

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On January 18, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Deb said:

That was where we started on Friday for about an hour once we moved out of there and away from everyone was when the fish really started to bite...........................

 

I assume just south west of the hole?  I'll be out in the morning 

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On ‎1‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 8:20 PM, jigginjerk said:

Hey Deb, was that you and your friend that moved by me when I was leaving friday morning? Sorry I'm terrible with remembering names.

Yes it was we stayed out for a few hours after you left and caught a nice little meal, good to meet you.......

 

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Lots of trucks driving out today. One diesel 2500 pulling a wheel house. 

Could hear the ice cracking when they drove around. 

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Spent 8 hours out there today, drilled 12 holes all over and caught just 1 small perch.  Is this lake fished out in the main hole area?

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Nice! For that lake this is a better one. Good to see there are some getting bigger. How much ice was out there? trucks driving around?

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4 hours ago, Iron Cowboy said:

Nice! For that lake this is a better one. Good to see there are some getting bigger. How much ice was out there? trucks driving around?

people were driving out last Tuesday.  honestly theres lakes not far away that have a much bigger bite.  I'm not wasting my time on eagle again. 

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