hey latz

[lovemyzercom]

If memory serves me correctly, westwinds shacks are green and if you take the road off westwind's place you can't miss them. We set up around several of them hoping they had the spot dialed in, but we didn't have the luck with us this time. The restaurant did have the grill warmed up when we came off the ice though, and the beer never tasted so good!

[latz333]

Hey lovemyzercom thanks for the reply. As long as the grill is ready and the beer is cold I guess I will have no complaints.

[lovemyzercom]

No problem, good luck!

[kelly-p]

lovemyzercon,
Nobody on Upper Red that has permanent houses moves to a "hot spot". The "hot spots" are where the crowd is not. The houses are moved to get away from the crowd but then the crowd follows the houses and chases the fish away from there so the houses move again, then the crowd follows, the houses move again, the crowd follows. Again and again and again all winter.
When I set my houses up I look for the biggest opening in the people. Preferably where no one has been yet and where the crowd will not form. In or close to a cluster of people (or any people) is the worst place to fish on Upper Red.
One time in the 80's I had a house over 3 miles from anyone. The next Sat after I moved it I found a person fishing in a hole drilled right in the house banking. I asked him why? His response was. "The last 3 weekends I filled out right here by house #8"." I didn't tell him but "house #8" had moved over 14 miles in the past 4 weeks. From 8 feet of water out to 14, back in to 9 feet and then out to 12. The house had moved from the Sunny Beach area to the mouth of the Tamarac and up to Rocky Point. And he thought he was at the same place every time. I still wonder if he ever changed his bobber depth. Or how many hours he spent finding "house #8"?

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[lovemyzercom]

Thanks for the info Kelly. By the posts on last years forum, I kind of gathered that getting away from the crowds was the way to go, and had good success using that last year. I used the westwind shacks this time as a reference more than anything. I know what you mean about people setting up next to a shack. We saw some guys fishing almost the way you described the guy and your banks out near the pressure ridge on Tuesday. Couldn't figure out why people would be outside in that wind when they had a big shack next to them, but we came to the conclusion it wasn't their shack, they were using it as a wind break! Love this forum, and all you guys/gals in waskish do to make the journey from purgatory (the cities) worth while no matter how the fish cooperate.

[kelly-p]

lovemyzercon,
I had planned on getting down there to meet you Monday night but NINETOE and the others made me celebrete my B. D. a day early. I wasn't real lively Monday night. Kinda like the Vikings. Give a shout next time you're up and we'll get together.

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