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3/16/07 Report

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Did not fish on 3/15 because of the nasty weather conditions. Heavy snow, 20+ mph winds, not a good combo for Lake Winnie. Did go out on 3/16. We fished the South end of the lake exclusively on 3/16. Fished Slippery's Corner and several areas of past success all along the dropoff down well past Judds. Also ventured out towards a large group on Sugar Bar. We caught pleanty of small perch, they were very active. A guy would catch around 10 five to six inchers for every keeper. We ended up leaving the lake with 17 nice keepers. Our best luck was in 26-32 FOW along the South end dropoff. No specific location, we picked up a few here and a few there. Must have drilled 100 holes. Fished with everything from a deadstick, plain hook fathead combo to gold and watermelon colored buck shot spoons. Again, tons of lookers, just coaxing the larger fish to bite was the toughest part. Did manage to land an 8lb Northern on my ultra light outfit. That was fun. Again, not many Minnesotans out on Winnie. Come on folks, we need to get out there and enjoy our Lake!! All of our perch are going across the border and getting fried up during Packer games!! GRRRR!! Good luck fishing!

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Come on Colt44, your a "Yooper", don't rope yourself in with the "Cheeseheads"!! I went to college and now work with some UP'ers, most of them are Vikes fans, except for one misguided soul from Ironwood! You don't wear your blaze orange deer hunting suit out there fishing too do you?? That is another tell tale sign out on Winnie - Orange suit = Wisconsin perch jerker!! confused.gif HAHA!! This is all in good fun, I'm not trying to upset our friends to the east. Anyways, let us know how the fishing is/was for you. I grew up on Leech Lake and Fished Leech and Winnie my whole life until my job forced a move to the Metro. Now I must commute for my outings up there. Looking foward to open water. I will be on Winnie playing bumper boats on opener with every other jerk opening weekend. Can't wait. Godd luck fishing!!

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Trust me, I do not include myself as one of "them"........How can you tell if a Packer fan has a girlfriend? (There are tobacco stains on both sides of the pickup)

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Trust me, I do not include myself as one of "them"........How can you tell if a Packer fan has a girlfriend? (There are tobacco stains on both sides of the pickup)

Now thats funny right there!! grin.gif.....Careful though, my viking jokes aren't this mild! smirk.gifgrin.gif

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Hey Vikings fans what does 0 and 2 mean to you?

I eat my Perch in Minnesota. I just add a little Green food coloring to the batter!

They taste so much better that way.

"Your bobbers down!"

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Hey Vikings fans what does 0 and 2 mean to you?

I eat my Perch in Minnesota. I just add a little Green food coloring to the batter!

They taste so much better that way.

"Your bobbers down!"

So what your saying is....There ARE viking fans??? grin.gifgrin.gifgrin.gif

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Let me rephrase my prior post

I cringed at the fact I was misunderstood

Vikings 0 Packers 2, if I’m correct that was the conference record between these teams in 2006.

I ate my Perch and watched my team win both games. They were however caught, cleaned and cooked in Minnesota So the answer is no I’m not a Vikings fan.

"Your bobbers down!"

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No problem. It's all in fun anyway. I heard the Packers were looking at Randy Moss. I refuse to watch any game he plays in regardless of what team he's on so I probably will have to be a Bears fan if it happens.

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No problem. It's all in fun anyway. I heard the Packers were looking at Randy Moss. I refuse to watch any game he plays in regardless of what team he's on so I probably will have to be a Bears fan if it happens.

"Your bobbers down!"

I couldn't agree with you more....but then a small voice in my head says...last year for Favre...needs help on the receiving core to balance the effectiveness of the offense, maybe a 1 yr deal for Moss??.....sheesh.....can't believe I even visualized that! confused.gifgrin.gif

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Sounds to me like mnvikings1 ought to pay more attention to finding his own spots to fish and less attention to where the other vehicles state of origin is. We were out in the Winnie area this past weekend and never set foot on Big Winnie and you know what, most of the plates we seen were from MN. There is so much good water to fish, if you don't like seeing all the WI people out on Winnie, go to another lake. People are going to take trips to go fishing, whats the difference if they come from Rochester or Madison? Now for the report, cause this is what this thread is for. We did try Little Cutfoot and hit some nice perch but most of them seemed like (and were) wormy, I've caught fish there in other years and they were less wormy. We moved on shortly there after. Found that the Gill's (sunfish as our friends from MN like to call them) were hitting most other lakes we tried, they fry up just as nice as perch! Yes, I'm from WI and I like to eat a few meals of panfish every year! Go Pack!

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The question is stinkeye, do you wear your orange deer hunting suit when you fish on our beloved Lake Winnibigoshish?? HAHA!! I knew one "Cheesehead" would get pushed to his limits by some of these posts (all very mild and in good fun by the way). Oh well, I grew up on this lake and have no problem enjoying her bounties, thanks for the advice about finding "my own spot to fish". Maybe some of us need to find our OWN LAKE TO FISH, IN OUR OWN STATE huh?? Colt44, he got crabby at me so I had to fire back, sorry!! Good luck fishing!!!

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hey mnvikings,

I was heading to highbanks saturday morning and I was about mile from the resort when i came upon 5 trucks pulled over on thee side of the road. Unsure what they were doing but they were all from WI. I was really close to rolling down my windows and cranking up the convoy song! There good guys looking for some good Perch, hope you found some on saturday I know I did.

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You completely misunderstood me.I meant Packer fans were stealing the road kill.I was with you all the way!

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No, I got it Colt44, at least you can joke around a little and have a sense of humor. Have you or anyone on here heard of anyone having any luck towards the South end of the lake yet? Moses, Sugar or anywhere else in that vicinity? Our luck this past week was pretty limited along the drops on the South end. Usually getting lake into March, the South end of the lake heats up too? Anyone?

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