Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

Recommended Posts

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

Headin up to Red lake sun at 1 am. comin back sun night or mon. day. Got room for 1 or 2 peeps. Split gas 4 ways. Degignated driver rides free which is still open. My truck, ex. cab Ford F150 ,4 wheel drive ,long box with topper. Also kids ride free. Meet 20 north of Duluth at Twig.

[This message has been edited by Surface Tension (edited 02-16-2002).]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

from duluth went URL on sat did not do squat. Went over hillmans bridge out 5.6 mi tried everything I had with Some pepole were getting a few here and there Did you have any luck

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

Well I left Twig at Sunday 1 am. with very little sleep and a first day bad cold.Went 6 miles out of WW. Was setup by 5am. Thought I would get into some craps in the mornin,didnt happen. Got 3 whitefish that I kept and a 36" Northern on 2 lb. test which was fun. That I through back. and of coarse 3 million perch. The wind started blowin like a mofo and I felt like crap with a slight fever and body aches. Decided not to move and honker down and for the 5 oclock bite.Didnt happen, A move now was out of the question with the and wind and blowin snow. At 9pm pulled the plug with no crappies. Got out of the portable and there was a 3 ft drift around the truck. Had my gps but had to go around snow drifts that where solid to get to my waypoints. Half way home started seein little animals and tumble weeds crossin the road that really werent there. The last 60 miles were hell to drive. Im getting to old for these long day trips I thought. Would I do it again hell ya.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hey surface,

you should have stayed for the evening run, i was there saturday night and 3 of us caught a 42 crappies between 5:30 and 8:00

Ely lake expert

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

I did stay for the eve. run. I started packing up at 9 pm. Maybe they bite @ 9:30.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, that's URL. First two times, I went right when I should have gone left or left when I should have gone right, or, well, you know. Got four fish each time, while some got completely skunked and others brought home limits of 13-inchers. Last time it was my turn to bring home a limit, plus a nice whitefish and a pike for pickling. Never had hallucinations like Surface Tension, though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey surface tension we must have been fishing next to each other we pulled around 9.00 to with the same story Going back on the 1st better have some luck this time I know the object is to enjoy BUT a fish or two would be nice = Gots lots of perch

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i'm no pro on red but i think the key to finding crappies is... find where the perch are biting during the day the crappies are there too but they will seldom bite until dark. if youre not catching perch during the day MOVE!!!! and stay away from the crowds 1/4 mi or more.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
    • jim curlee
      I had a guy hit me with a lightly used 1969 BAR, he wanted $1650 with an older Leupold scope. More than I think they are worth, I made an offer, he declined end of story.   You know if you look at the old brochures, a grade II BAR sold for $250 in the late 60s, $1650 would be a good return on your investment.    Why would anybody want a 50 year old gun, they are heavy, have wood stocks, and blued metal.  I guess mainly to keep their gun safes glued to the floor. lol   You can probably buy a stainless rifle that you never have to clean, with a synthetic stock you never have to refinish, is as light as a feather, and for half as much money, perfect.   I'm too old for a youth gun, although I've shrunk enough that it would probably fit. lol   No Ruger 10/44s.   Jim      
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.