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  • '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.

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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

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  • '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.

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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

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  • '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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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