St Cloud Area Get Together 2/24/18 - Fishing Reports? Updated 2/21/18

[Borch]

It was a lot of fun..  Even though the fish were a bit finicky several caught some nice fish.  The company and food was fantastic!  I looked aroutfor us. Fish continued go show themselves but wouldn't commit.   Hopefully they turn on for those staying over night.  Thanks Chris and Tom for all the help.  Also a big thanks Clam and the individuals for donating prizes for this event.

[Mike89]

hope all make it home safe!!!  sounds like a great day!!

[Rick G]

Super fun time!!!!! Big thank you to Jeff for hosting the event. Also thank you to Chris, Jeff and Tom for all the hard work in locating the cats.  Thank you to all who donated prizes, brought food. "Willie, those ribs were amazing!!!" 

Thank you to everyone who attended Cool Cats 2018 

[GeluNumber1]

Well I didn't catch any fish, but the company couldn't have been better (or the food - yum!).

[Tom Sawyer]

Big Fish Winner. Nice job Justin!!! Your buddy and you, (sorry I forgot your name), sure were tag teamin' on em' Can't wait to hunt the chain and beyond with you guys...

Thank you to Matt Johnson and Clam, along with everyone else who donated anything to this event! Was an outstanding time with everyone who attended, can't wait for a summer something, to get together again. "Yukon Jack" with first fish.......eyeguy 54 showing 2 yougsters ice hawks secret juice....Another 1st timer....and another....Hooked on cats for life!another cat chaser...K-drills never skipped a beat, even pushin' 30 inches of ice, and were throwing a h e l l of a lot of chips to locate active fish today. Andea drillin' out an area where the bite was on....Jeff and I doing up fresh fish....Rick G firing up his award winning beans. Nice new hat for the occasion. 

Smiles of success, ahead of the storm. 

Big Thanks to Jim and Kathy at The Bait Den in St. Cloud for helping out with some bait. Please support your local bait shops... 

Home just in time before the storm hit....

[eyeguy 54]

nice pics, nice job Chris on that break the ice fish.   And thx for the bait. 

[Kelly Oman]

Wish I could have made it. Had a birthday event plus the snow. How was the bite? Have the cats been more active on cedar island ,and less  on horseshoe? 

[Horseshoe_Don]

Nice to see everyone again.   Great event like always.    Snow update as of 7pm there is 12 to 16" on the ice.    I was out fishing, not catching.

 

Don

[JustinN]

1 hour ago, Tom Sawyer said:

Big Fish Winner. Nice job Eric! Your buddy and you, (sorry I forgot your name), sure were tag teamin' on em' Can't wait to hunt the chain and beyond with you guys...

I can't just catch the biggest fish and not make sure you guys know who I am...! I'm Justin, the one in the orange hat and FXR jacket with the lunker of the day, and next to me is my buddy Nick in the brown. We both seriously enjoyed all your guys' company, generosity, and willingness to bring us in. We will be around and will be back to defend our Cool Cats 2018 hot streak next year, and will no doubt see some of you before then as we are out on the water as often as the women allow us to be

[Borch]

2 hours ago, JustinN said:

I can't just catch the biggest fish and not make sure you guys know who I am...! I'm Justin, the one in the orange hat and FXR jacket with the lunker of the day, and next to me is my buddy Nick in the brown. We both seriously enjoyed all your guys' company, generosity, and willingness to bring us in. We will be around and will be back to defend our Cool Cats 2018 hot streak next year, and will no doubt see some of you before then as we are out on the water as often as the women allow us to be

Thanks Justin.  Sorry I mis-heard Nick's name.  Nice work you two!

[DTro]

Enjoyed seeing everyone today.  I didn't catch a single fish and was one of the better days on the ice this year.  

John took a bunch of pics and can be seen here.  

 

[eyeguy 54]

@DTro   Tell John the pics are just dandy! 

[Tom Sawyer]

17 minutes ago, Borch said:

Thanks Justin.  Sorry I mis-heard N8ck's name.  Nice work you two!

Thanks Jeff now I got his name wrong.... sorry Justin.........

[JustinN]

15 minutes ago, Tom Sawyer said:

Thanks Jeff now I got his name wrong.... sorry Justin.........

No problem at all 

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Sure am glad John showed up and took some awesome shots so we could share the event. Great camera work!

[Borch]

35 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

@DTro   Tell John the pics are just dandy! 

Ditto!

 

[IceHawk]

Awesome pics

[mrpike1973]

The wife and i had a blast, Thanks Jeff and all the crew who made this possible and thanks to everyone who donated prizes. Sure was a great time learned a lot. I will never forget how good apple pie is to drink.

[Borch]

Here's a pic out some serious strategy and tackle discussion from this morning.  Maybe even some special sauce secrets being shared.

[IceHawk]

I had a few people ask for that recipie today lol! You know I like my secret potion never fails 

[eyeguy 54]

thats where the butterschnapps was  

[Wanderer]

It was fun catching up on this event through these posts - thanks for the pics and the commentary. 

I’m sitting here continuing to get schooled by my wife on crappies.  The house is set about 10 feet too Far East! 

[derbier122x]

Idbjust like to say thanks again to everyone who helped put this on and those who donated.

Dtro, where'd you get that rod you donated? My son won it and he has me wanting one. Also, those picture he took are fantastic. There are a couple of my kids that I'd love to be able to get a copy of.

[Tom Sawyer]

Prefishing Friday for the event sure had it's rewards can't wait to get back on top of the several schools of these I found. I'm up for another crappie chase, upcoming weather this week looks dandy....

[smurfy]

sweet pictures guys!!!!! i got 4 nords!!!!! but man i need to put trackers on you guys!!!!!!! pretty pathetic when you grew up 1/2 mile from the chain and don't have a clue where to fish anymore!!!!!!!!

[leech~~]

18 hours ago, Tom Sawyer said:

 

 

Looks like you guys had a great time.     Was this the Out of Beer signal? 

[eyeguy 54]

bring pie! 

 

[DTro]

Here's a video from yesterday. 

  

Edited February 25, 2018 by DTro

[mrpike1973]

Nice video!! Wow I'm famous my 5 seconds of fame!  Nice job! Great time and great people! It was fun to see the younger generation out there.

[Tom Sawyer]

Fishing was pretty decent in the morning, with several doubles once the hot area was dialed in by Chris (IceHawk) aka for the day "Yukon Jack".