Sloppy Joes

[Guest]

I see a lot of reports but not one from sloppy's, 4 mile or 5 mile. Anyone venture out there yet. It is where I will be over the next couple weeks, then mud here I come.

[Insp Gadget]

Was out near Spirit Isl yesterday and it seemed that there were many houses albeit smaller ones, out on Sloppy. I'd call jerry Brandt's to know for sure.

[Guest]

we fished the five mile gravel last friday afternoon. We caught about a dozen small walleyes (8" - 10") and one 20". Not quite sure why we caught so many little ones. Maybe the rocks would be better after hearing and reading all the posts about the big walleyes on the rocks??

[WalleyeSnob]

i was out today with some buddys and we were on 4 mile gravel and 5 fishing both rocks and gravel
it seemed like on the deep rocks we saw the most walleyes on the aqua vu
we saw 12 and most were small and caught two small ones also
make sure when you are going out there to cross where the green bucket is laying on the breaker that is the only way to get across
we jumped some open water today with the snowmobile
so be cautious

[Guest]

I would agree the green bucket is the best place to cross the breaker. There was alot of spots with water coming up the crack that did not look to safe to cross. seems like we were not alone with the small walleyes

[Guest]

Walleyesnob,

Did you have any problems with the hifax heating up and sticking to your track with no snow on the ice?

I plan on heading out, but I'm not sure if my sled would be ok with no snow.

Thanks

[WalleyeSnob]

yes i did have problems on the way out because there was no snow on the ice so we stopped at a snow patch and threw some snow on their
but than we got a light dusting and we were just hitting little drift after little drift and the way in was just fine
it is also a lot easier to jump ridges with a sled than a 4 wheeler

[Guest]

My sled is fan cooled, so overheating souldn't be a problem. I just wasn't sure about the skidframe sticking to the track.

Thanks

[Scott Steil]

As of last night there was a pretty good dusting of snow on the ice. However, today it all got blown off or into drifts. There should still be enough for a snowmobile though.

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[This message has been edited by Scott Steil (edited 12-31-2003).]