The Ultimate Panfish League - Rochester (UPLR) - Ice

[Crickschop04]

penguin- I'll more than likely have some minnows, and you can take as many as you like. At the last event I think I only used one. I find its hard to fish actively with minnows, but you gotta have them in case thats what they want. Also, you can get the Oxygen bags at HOF for like .50 and they usually keep pretty well in there.

[Tyler Holm]

Yep, I'm sure you could get a few minnows from most anybody and I will have a few extra on hand as well. Glad you can make it Penguin. If you drop me an email I'll also put you on the email list that includes UPLR updates and announcements.

I will update the UPLR website and post here on FM the location of the "Mystery Lake" late Sunday evening. It will be late because I'll be in SoDak all weekend and I won't get home till midnight on Sunday.

[Tyler Holm]

We made the News Paper - Post Bulletin

[Scrod]

Nice job Tyler. Way to spread the word. I think you can count me in for monday... though I hope I can bring a friend with. That will help keep it a little warmer in my shack as well with the great temps coming!

Scott

[ikeslayer]

i don't know how willing everyone will be to do this but with some of the small bass tourneys i participate in the winner gives little ditty at the end on what the keys were to sucess. It is always educational and i don't think ever harmful of the winners sucess. I know i have learned alot by doing this. I think it would be great to have the winner keys posted up so guys like me that don't jiggle stick can hear the intesity of a competetor. What do you guys think?

ike

[Tyler Holm]

Ike,

I think you have a good idea and make a valid point. Of course, its up to the winner if they want to share their secrets, but I think this would be a helpful gesture. Thanks for mentioning it.

[C&R Guy]

Er-um where is the tourney?

[penguin]

I vote not Chester. I know people have been fishing on it, but it was scary seeing that open water. See my post on area ice. If it is Chester, I'll be fishing bottle bass on my couch and hoping everyone stays as dry as I will be. Seems like the smaller places are the only safe ones. My guess is it's going to be KR-7 or Foster.

[Tyler Holm]

Kalmar, KR7 is going to be our Mystery Lake location.

I've had a few sources tell me that the ice is 4-8" thick with most of the ice 4.5-5". The ice thins right around aerator pump, so I recommend keeping a distance of at least 25' from it. Play it safe on the ice at all times.

Registration will take place on KR7 at 5:15. We will meet on the water somewhere around the aerator (you'll see a small crowd). I'm going to run quickly through a rules meeting immediately after registration, and we'll be off and fishing.

Expect depths of 10' or less with weeds in many areas. It's quite a haul from the parking lot as well, but that's fishing.

Good Luck

tyler

[smg04]

well the fresh snow we just got should make the pull up the hill a little easier tonight, i'm planning on being out there around 3:30-4ish to get a few holes punched and get setup b4 dark, anybody else gonna be there early?

[Scrod]

Hey can someone throw some directions at me for KR7 I will be coming from the north...

Thanks

Scrod

[crazyice]

Exit off of 52 on 55th street, go west on it until it becomes west circle drive. Keep going south until you get to 19th street and take a right. You will come to a stop sign, go straight and watch on the right for the parking lot. It is off of the road maybe a quarter mile, and there is a sign, but it isn't a very big sign. If you need further instructions you can call me at 507-421-9963

[Scrod]

Crazy thanks for the help I knew it was over by the theatre somewhere now I got it.

Thanks,

Scott

[Tyler Holm]

The results for the 2nd UPLR event are in!!!

Congrats to the winners.

The next event is Monday Jan 22 at Chester Woods.

[C&R Guy]

Thanks to you Tyler for putting together another fun event. Keep up the fantastic work!

[Tyler Holm]

Take a look at this article in the Post Bulletin. UPLR in the Post Bulletin

The ball has been rolling and is picking up speed.

[Reservoir Dawg]

Holy cow! I just read the PB story about the UPLR and one quote stuck out to me."they were all young men (the oldest probably 35) "That would make me the elder wiser

fisherman.I don't think I can take that kind of pressure.

Tylor you've got to get C.T. out to the next location so I'm not the old guy out there.

R Dawg

[C&R Guy]

Hey, I kind of liked that line seeing as I'm 47! But everytime I pull a fish from a hole I feel 35!

[Tyler Holm]

Just a reminder...

UPLR will be enforcing the minimum size limit on Chester as well (7" for Bluegills & 15" for Largemouth Bass).

Look forward to seeing you on the ice! Check the website for updates.

[Scrod]

Anyone from Zumbrota/PI plan on attending mondays event. If so I have a few things that I would like to drop off with you to give to Tyler for the contest. Thanks

[Tyler Holm]

Our UPLR event last night was another successful evening at Chester Woods. We had 22 folks in the tourney which is our most to date. Of all the fish that were caught at least 95% of them were successfully released back into the water.

If your even remotely interested in fishing one of these UPLR events, drop me an email so I can get you on the email list.

I’ll have the results and some pictures posted this evening.

[Tyler Holm]

The results for the 3rd UPLR event at Chester Woods are in!!!

Congrats to the winners.

The next event is Thursday Feb 8th at Lake Zumbro.

[Tyler Holm]

Registration will take place on Lake Zumbro at the Ponderosa public boat ramp at 5:15. I'm going to run quickly through a rules meeting immediately after registration, then we'll be off and fishing.

If you plan on driving on the ice, please use extreme caution and keep speeds under 15-20mph for yours and everybody else's safety.

We will be having the optional big fish challenge for this event.

If have not been receiving emails about UPLR, please email us and we'll get you added to the email list. There's lots of good information we send out in email that is not posted on the website.

[Dan Thiem]

Well, it looks as if me and Al might finally get to enter one of these. Looking forward to it Tyler.

And, if and one is interested, we have room for one more person in our hard sided hut.

[smg04]

dan, i'll jump in a perm with ya if u got room

[Dan Thiem]

Sounds good! See ya at the registration.

[Rugbyguy]

So who's got a hot bite tip they're going to share with me so I can finish in the money tomorrow night?!?

[Buzzin']

Not me, I've been out there three times in the last 2 weeks and cannot get a pattern at all. The first time the fishing was hot, and the last two I was struggling to find fish at all and when I did they weren't biting. Tomorrow night should be interesting.

[ikeslayer]

Good luck Jonny (buzzin) i would love to see you go 2 for 2. i think it will be interesting as well. By the sounds of it from more than one person things have been rough out there lately. i think this is for a number of reason. Access has become easier and the human count has gone up and this makes all the fish a little wiser because the dumb ones have found themselves with a hurt face or in a tummy.

good luck to all of you. ike

[crazyice]

Just thought I would pass along some neat info, we made this weeks edition of Outdoor News. Page 31. It is pretty much just a repeat of the article that John did for the post, but I thought it was pretty neat though.