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By LakeofthewoodsMN
On the south end... Good numbers of walleyes and saugers are being caught this week, but a lot of sorting as lots of small fish in the system Most ice fishing is taking place between 23 - 31'. Jigging one line on one line and using a bobber with a live minnow on the other is the goto strategy. Electronics are helpful to show suspended fish coming through such as walleyes and tullibees. Popular colors... gold, glow red, glow white, pink and orange. Lures with a red light stick and rattle baits are also effective. Some big walleyes over 28 inches caught this week. Walleyes, saugers, jumbo perch, big pike, tullibees, eelpout and even an occasional crappie being caught on Big Traverse Bay.
On the Rainy River... Ice fishing on areas of the river continues to produce some walleyes mornings and evenings. Ice conditions vary greatly on the river as there is moving water. Work through a resort for safety.
Up at the NW Angle... With the border closure, there are four ways to travel to the NW Angle without crossing the border. 1. NW Angle Guest Ice Road (opening end of week). 2. Snowmobile trails across the lake are open. 3. Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (bombardier). 4. Lake Country Air.
Angle ice fishing continues to be very good with numbers of walleyes being caught. Walleyes, saugers and jumbo perch with an occasional pike, eelpout, or tullibee in the mix this week. Ice fishing taking place in 20-26'. Communicate with your favorite NW Angle resort for specifics.
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By knoppers
I bought a cabin on hand lake this year, and was woundering if there are any ice fishing reports for the area? I noticed that there are not any reports for this area for a long time, maybe thats a good sign, as its all secret. I was located in palisade, and just moved here this year, looking for general info, nothing specific.
I can say the ice seems good, if you stay away from the slush.
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By Eyesniper
Curious to hear what others are using or have had success when carrying their ice auger on a snowmobile. Currently my wheeler is in for a rebuild so time to set up the snowgo. As of now my best thought is a digger mounted on the front bumper to give the auger a smoother ride.
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By Dal72ice
Leech Lake. I am wondering what to expect. I think I might go out on Boy bay using the public landing on Sugar Point. First are there any safety concerns, ice conditions to worry about, Landing safe? Second what can I expect for fish? Kind of looking for some nice panfish during the day and a stray walleye or two towards evening
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By LakeofthewoodsMN
On the south end... A great week of walleye and sauger action on Lake of the Woods. Most ice fishing is taking place between 23 - 28'. Jigging one line and using a bobber with a live minnow on the other is the go to strategy. Popular colors this week... gold, glow, glow red, pink and orange. A lot of small fish to sort through to find keepers. Some big walleyes from 28 - 32 inches caught this week. A mix of walleyes and saugers with jumbo perch, big pike, tullibees and eelpout being caught as a rule.
On the Rainy River... Ice fishing on the river continues to be good overall. Mornings and evenings are producing the best walleye action. Ice conditions vary greatly on the river as there is moving water. Work through a resort for safety.
Up at the NW Angle... With the border closure, there are four ways to travel to the NW Angle without crossing the border. 1. NW Angle Guest Ice Road (open soon). 2. Snowmobile trails across the lake are open. 3. Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (bombardier). 4. Lake Country Air.
Angle ice fishing has been excellent with good numbers of walleyes being caught. Walleyes, saugers and jumbo perch with an occasional pike, eelpout, or tullibee is what anglers will see. Most fishing taking place in 20-26'. Communicate with your favorite NW Angle resort for specifics.
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By Robert Kaliszewski
I'm looking for ice thickness reports on crystal lake in Burnsville! I am not able to walk out on the lake, I'll need to drive out with my ATV or truck, therefore I'll need some good ice before I'm able to fish!
Any help on this info would be appreciated!
Bob
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By LakeofthewoodsMN
On the south end... Ice fishing is in full swing. Resorts have fish houses out and good numbers of walleyes and saugers being caught. Cold fronts can slow the bite some but be patient and work lures. Most ice fishing is taking place between 23 - 27'. One the jigging line, spoons with a minnow head or tail effective for jigging line. Gold spoons with a red glow stick has been effective. Other colors, gold, glow, glow red, pink. On the deadstick, a glow jig or plain hook with a live minnow. A mix of walleyes and saugers with some jumbo perch, big pike and eelpout this week.
On the Rainy River... Ice fishing on the river mainly by locals has been good overall. Mornings and evenings have produced the best walleye action. Ice conditions vary greatly, work through a resort for safety.
Up at the NW Angle... With the border closure, NW Angle Resorts and Community have pulled together and will have a guest ice road across the lake up to the Angle so anglers can drive to resorts. The NW Angle Guest Ice Road will begin when ice conditions allow, most likely early January. The snowmobile trail is staked soon across the lake. Another option, North Country Air is flying anglers to the Angle. Contact your favorite NW Angle resort for details.
Ice fishing reports continue to be excellent. A mix of walleyes, saugers and jumbo perch. Great bite continues with the morning - evening in 15-19' of water. Afternoons, 22-26' have been best. Communicate with your favorite NW Angle resort for specifics and safety.
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By Jughead
Good day everyone and I hope you had a great holiday.
I am taking my brother and nephew fishing tomorrow, Sunday 12/27. They have never fished winter time so it's more for the experience, we don't have to slay fish (would be nice though).
Challenge is I have to stay around the Roseville/Maplewood/White Bear area because time is limited. I haven't seen any ice reports for lakes like Johanna, Josephine, maybe even White Bear or Bald Eagle.
Has anyone been on or know what this state of the ice for these lakes? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Jug
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OutdoorMN News - DNR seeks input on potential waterfowl hunting changes (published January 11, 2021)
By gimruis · Posted
I did not participate in the youth hunt growing up because it didn't exist. I went on opener like everyone else. The early seasons and special youth regulations are relatively new. Do I think that having the youth duck season a couple weeks inhibits my success as a duck hunter? No, not likely. I don't think there's enough pressure to have an impact. But that's not the point. I believe that every hunter or angler that wants to hunt or fish should be able to. You buy a license and you can do it. You can make opener about teaching your child to hunt too. I know this because that's what happened to me. The early deer season is another topic for another day. Duck hunting has really gone down hill in about the past 8-10 years. When I first starting doing it, I'd see flocks of mallards that I haven't seen anymore. Hundreds of wood ducks early in the season too. Recently its just a fraction of that now. In the same spots I hunted years ago too. They just aren't there anymore. Its partially my own fault because I don't scout anymore and try to find new, more productive spots. I think many of the ducks that used to migrate through here have changed their migration route to the west. Something is going to have to change dramatically for me to start doing it again. Thanks for your work in the health care field this past year, Kettle. We are greatly appreciative of your work more than ever. -
By gimruis · Posted
OK so where do they park if the ice isn't thick enough to drive on then? -
By Wanderer · Posted
Yah, no kidding! Heading the Winnie this weekend. Wife signed us up for a GTG for a wheelhouse group. About 100 confirmed attendance. 😲 The most important thing I packed was the 4 wheeler! 😄 -
By monstermoose78 · Posted
Looks like we lucked out with the weather compared to what they were talking about. See you all on the ice this weekend!! -
OutdoorMN News - DNR seeks input on potential waterfowl hunting changes (published January 11, 2021)
By Wanderer · Posted
Since y’all are weighing in. I don’t have a grand opinion either way on the youth season. Honestly for those I know, it seemed more important to the adults than the kids they took. I understand that’s not universal with all kids so I doubt I’ll stand against it even though I do prefer level playing fields for everyone as @gimruismentioned. Teaching kids to earn something is a life lesson in itself. Teal - I still see a good percentage of BWT on opener compared to other ducks so I know there’s still plenty that haven’t left. I’m more worried about the misidentified young of the year others that will get tossed or not retrieved when shooters realize they dropped non-teal. Look no further than the splash duck rule for support. A couple bonus teal so we can get “our fair share”? OK, doesn’t sound too bad. Same difference as shooting them for more days. No trolling motors in WMA’s. Paddlers still want to have a place to get away from motor hunters. We’re supposed to be creating or at least maintaining opportunities in this state. Don’t take quiet enjoyment away completely. And by quiet enjoyment, I’m speaking of pressure not the noise of a trolling motor... Spinners OK all the time, sure, why not everyone has them by now. Again a level playing field. The statewide open water rule is the single change I’m most interested in. I’m all in. Oh yeah, split season: I’m fine with it. I’ve given up firearms deer hunting for ducks before and will keep doing it if I have ducks to chase. -
OutdoorMN News - DNR seeks input on potential waterfowl hunting changes (published January 11, 2021)By Kettle · Posted
I definitely appreciate your opinion and can see your point of view. Can I ask if you were as a youth able to participate in a youth hunt as I know relatively speaking it is fairly new. You are definitely right, hunting is not what it used to be. I myself don't even waterfowl hunting in MN anymore. Ironically speaking I grew up hunting a faimly farm. On bad years my family would attribute the poor numbers to me youth hunting but there were years where I hunted the youth opener and on the standard opener we had limits for 12 individuals, seeing this and reading data I do believe that the youth opener has minimal to zero impact on hunting outcomes two weeks later. To this day I can say I harvested one wood duck, one mallard and two teal in my three years of youth day and didn't even shoot a box of shells in those three years. I have hunted early teal in Iowa in early September and saw large migrating flocks of teal, hundreds, bluewing teal, the mass majority are out of MN by our main opener and if lucky enough some individuals harvest green wing teal as they are late migrators compared to their cohorts. Covid definitely pushed more people into the outdoors but as an emergency medicine physician assistant and former paramedic I am glad people got out and enjoyed the outdoors versus congregating indoors. -
By Wanderer · Posted
I’d re-check the connections. I had a bad terminal on one of mine I couldn’t see the bad spot under the plastic insulator. Re-check the power connection on the back of the unit for tightness and the prongs in tact. If you have a meter and can ohm the power lead out, do that. If it comes down to having to open up the head, send it or take it in. -
By Wanderer · Posted
Winter access. I’ve never launched from a south side access. I always used Wayzata, Spring Park, North Arm or Maxwell Bay when boating. There were a few winter access spots scattered around but they were never marked. And who knows, they could’ve been shut down since the last time I was on Minnetonka ice. By the looks of the feedback, I’m either posting too much about this for some people or experiences with the lake have really gone down hill over the years. I’ve sometimes considered going back to the Cities just to fish my old spots out there. At one time I could’ve drawn a map of the lake from memory. Of course looking at Navionics I see I was still missing a lot! -
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By gimruis · Posted
I used that access one time in the spring but there's nowhere to park. There's no lot and the parking on the shoulder of the road requires some kind of designated parking pass. Needless to say after I launched my boat and realized this, I had to load back up and go to another access.
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