Moose's Report - Cambridge-Elk River-Foley-Milaca-Mora-Ogilvie Fishing Reports

[monstermoose78]

Weil let’s hope this warm up and rain melts the snow and cold that follows allows us to get on the ice soon.

[Wanderer]

Just checked the weather and yeah, it’s not looking great for points St. Cloud and south.  I hear there are convoys heading to URL and LOW.  
 

We got onto a lake with 5 inches yesterday.  Two days ago a couple guys towed their hard side spear shack out with their UTV.  We almost found out who they were by the looks of their trail.  Yikes.

[Mike89]

darn scary!!  

[monstermoose78]

Dang that would pucker my butt !! 

[monstermoose78]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year stay safe everyone and I will see you on the ice. 

[Mike89]

same to you and yours!!! 

[poslimj]

In winter session fishing is more difficult then other sessions .....fishing depends upon weather conditions if weather is good then we can catch some big once other wise lol..

[poslimj]

Been seeing young bucks crossing the roads lately myself with fishing kayaks UAE i buy it few months before.  Haven’t seen one hit by my house yet but have seen several bloated deer pillows in the ditch within 5-10 miles.

[monstermoose78]

4 hours ago, poslimj said:

Been seeing young bucks crossing the roads lately myself with fishing kayaks UAE i buy it few months before.  Haven’t seen one hit by my house yet but have seen several bloated deer pillows in the ditch within 5-10 miles.

Where you from? And what lakes have open water yet?

[monstermoose78]

Anyone know how the ice faired with the rain and wind? At my house we got about an inch of snow last night. 

[smurfy]

5 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Anyone know how the ice faired with the rain and wind? At my house we got about an inch of snow last night. 

This may not help you much moose, but I was up north of deer river from the 8th until yesterday, even through that warm spell, we maintained 8 inches of good clear ice. Not sure what happened after the rain on Wednesday night, Thursday morning as we did not go on a lake after that.

[Wanderer]

Not yet, maybe tomorrow 

[monstermoose78]

Public service announcement !! Don’t park at the north access at Blue Lake unless you like getting a ticket!! No I did not get one but when I showed up everyone was angry !! I went fishing on lake near by and it’s all little one. Pictures to prove it!

 

P.S. the north access is a public access, but they are ticketing in the public access.

[gim]

Pheasant hunting has been pretty good lately.  Fresh snow really helps.

[1Crappieguy]

Moose- is it Isanti county sheriffs department giving out these tickets at Blue? 

[monstermoose78]

1 hour ago, 1Crappieguy said:

Moose- is it Isanti county sheriffs department giving out these tickets at Blue? 

Yes it’s isanti county giving the tickets

[monstermoose78]

Happy New Years !!!!!!

[monstermoose78]

This morning it’s -15 and with the snow cover on the lakes it’s not going to build ice very fast. I hope to check the lakes on Sunday to see what progress was made. 

[Mike89]

-24 here!!   

 

Happy New Year all!!!   

[gim]

On 12/24/2021 at 1:56 PM, monstermoose78 said:

P.S. the north access is a public access, but they are ticketing in the public access.

 

Why aren't they allowing people to park at a public access point?  Seems slightly absurd.

[monstermoose78]

6 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

Why aren't they allowing people to park at a public access point?  Seems slightly absurd.

I don’t know I just seen guys with tickets 

[gim]

13 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

I don’t know I just seen guys with tickets 

 

I find that to be very odd.  I fished there twice this past summer and parked at the access without an issue.

[monstermoose78]

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

 

I find that to be very odd.  I fished there twice this past summer and parked at the access without an issue.

I am not going to argue with you gimruis. There is no parking signs up there now and you will be ticketed. If you don’t believe me go find out yourself! I just wanted to prevent people from getting tickets but it’s your life do as you please. 

Edited January 5, 2022 by monstermoose78

[Wanderer]

Probably just new winter rules.

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, monstermoose78 said:

I am not going to argue with you gimruis. There is no parking signs up there now and you will be ticketed. If you don’t believe me go find out yourself! I just wanted to prevent people from getting tickets but it’s your life do as you please. 

They probably aren't going to plow it and just don't want a bunch of people getting stuck in there?  

[ozzie]

very odd indeed as that has been a parking area for many years as I have fished the lake since early 2000's parking in that area.  I wonder if they will try to shut down that landing since they started to develop that are a little more and I would imagine the residents don't appreciate the added traffic...just a guess.

[gim]

Ya I'm wondering if its just a winter thing as @leech~~ stated.  I can't imagine it being completely shut down to launching/loading a boat in the open water season.

[ozzie]

Either way that is a cruddy thing to do!  If parking is allowed in the summer it should be allowed in the winter, due to the fact the time people will be parking there would be most likely be early ice before it is safe to drive out. After that it would be the cautious that prefer not to drive on the ice, which are far n few between to make an issue.  Again I just find it so odd since it had never been that way prior...

 

what are the odds this will cause people to park on the edge of the ice, and we will hear about someone on this lake parking on the left of this landing, and go through the channel area?  Hope not but this ups those odds!

Edited January 6, 2022 by ozzie

[monstermoose78]

On 1/5/2022 at 1:22 PM, leech~~ said:

They probably aren't going to plow it and just don't want a bunch of people getting stuck in there?  

It’s plowed. I am going there Saturday and am being dropped off. I will try to take photos of the signs for you all.

[monstermoose78]

Well here are the photos of the access and signs. O and I did get some crappies and gills. I kept a total of 15 fish as my grandma has been craving fresh fish. They fish are being brought to her tomorrow and she having a fish fry with my aunts. The rod in the photo is one my nephew who used to fish with made for me for a Christmas gift !