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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

Will be April 10th

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

Whats your guess?

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

"April 20th"

You'll be in last place with that date Mr.

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

I had open water around the shoreline before the snow came. Now its ice again. With 0 degrees this morning I think it'll be closer to May 10th then April 10th.

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Well I said april 20th and you told me I would be late confused.gif. Well my date look's close now smirk.gif. oooppss sorry good thinking.

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Well I said april 20th and you told me I would be late
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. Well my date look's close now
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. oooppss sorry good thinking.


Blind squirrel/nut thingy.

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Dateline: 8:00 AM, April 6,Duluth, Lake Superior: The lake is building ice.

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LOL Frank, I think you will be more so looking at the last week of April now. My money is on the 26th.

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Frank, I think you might be right about May 10th frown.gif

I now think April 25th...

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There was someone fishing out from Fish Lake Dam last Thursday night about 10 feet from open water confused.gif We should be lucky to fish opener if we get the 6" of snow tomorrow like they are forecasting... Bring on Spring

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I think I'm going to change my date to the April 22 8:17 am I think I was wishful thinking before. smile.gif

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Why am I getting the feeling that I'll be using the Jiffy and ice rods for the opener at Lake Vermillion...now will I need my extension???

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

I predicted April 10 and the ice is still "Out" there. grin.gif

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I predicted April 10 and the ice is still "Out" there.
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My grandfather and mother moved on Pike Lake in 1949. He kept a journal on the ice out days since then on Pike Lake(near Duluth). Whether the winter was mild or harsh, the ice was always out by April 27. That's in the same Lat and Long as Fish, although from my experience, Fish Lake ice out is sooner than Pike for some reason

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Then again my wifes birthday is April 16 and she claims other then a few pockets of snow in the woods the snow is always gone by her birthday.

Maybe this is the year...

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what do you think this will do for fishing opener?? Do you think that it will improve or worsen it?

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  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators

A lot can happen between now and Opener but assuming there'll be a late spawn it won't have any effect on fishing. After all we've been to this rodeo before.

You'll still have to locate the eyes whether it be an early or late spawn. Granted theres a chance you might have some post spawn fish hanging around current areas. Thats usually because those areas have warmer water. That'll be what your looking for, warm water. The feed will be there too. Looks like the water will be low in area reservoirs.

I know one inlet that'll be a falls and another that'll be a creek bed instead of a bay but we've seen that many times so that's nothing new.

If the surface water is being warmed, follow it to the shoreline. Large shallow bays warm faster, get a wind blowing that water across a point and into the main lake and you have something to check out.

So the fish will be there, you just gots to find'um.

Will it be better or worse? Fish are more congregated with late spawn/cold water. Why because they're drawn to a limited amount of warm water. So it can be very good or very bad. Get a cold snap and the wind blown shorelines don't work. The fish don't shut off they move deeper to stable water or if you that cold front isn't too old you hit that shoreline that had the warm water. It'll be cold on top and push cold water in but if you drop out to the first break it'll still have a pocket of warm water.

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