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Winnie on opener anyone?


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So who is gonna be there? I am thinking my girlfriend and I will be on the NW corner by Mallard Pt. Not 100% sure yet, but close.

I have a Skeeter tiller w/75 Yamaha, white with red/blue accents. If you see me say hey- and tell me where they are biting! lol

Might head to Mille Lacs on Sunday though-

Michael

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I will undoubtedly be up there! We have a private cabin on the Four Seasons resort, and im sure we will stay on the west side. If you are looking for specifics, I will be fishing right off of the point out from the pine tree grin.gif

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I will be out for sure, we stay at the cabin with the bird houses (West side). I'll be in that neck of the woods. It sounds like there will be plenty of fish to go around! lets just hope the water levels come back up. Good luck to all!!!

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will be there. parents have place at Nodak. wind will play a factor on where we will be.

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I'll be there on sat. more than likley I'll be at Mallard or I guess I could be at stoney or the gap well then there is the highbanks/birches area or sugar confused.gif All I know is I will be on the lake bright & early!! Black alumacraft navigator 185 with 150 & T-8 yamaha's. Good Luck!!!

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Might be there Sunday of opener, will for sure be there for a while on Monday. On the north side somewhere ....

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Well good luck fellas. Looks like the g-friend has to work on saturday, so I may be by myself if I can't talk her brother into coming over from WI.

Michael

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*** Winniewalleye777 ***,

My Dad owned a Cabin at Four Seasons Resort from the 50's to the early 70's !!! It is White with Blue trim along the river midway in.

ANY chance you have my Dad's cabin.....????????? grin.gif

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I dont think we have your cabin, however, we do have a white cabin with blue trim. It is the last cabin on the left as you come in. It is right on the resort fenceline. It was previously owned by my grandmothers (cousin, uncle?) relation named Ted Hensch. He once owned and operated the resort. I think he ran the resort in the 40s and 50s. Im sure my grandpa (Don Steve) knew your dad.

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BTW: Yes, I will be on Winnie for opener - been doing it for 39 years now.......

I seem to remember that name!

Is your Grandpa still alive?

My Dad was on Winnie fron right after WWII to when he died in '94. Honest a top of the line fisherman. Before depth finders, he "lined up" certain trees or valleys in tree lines to get us on the edges of the bars.

Resort owners used to follow our spear houses out because he secretly lined up trees that he notched and walked out about 500 paces from the Sugar campground.....

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Yes, my grandpa is still alive, however, he does not make it up too much anymore. have you been up to see what four seasons has done lately? It looks really nice. I think that your dads cabin is now owned by a couple from milwaukee.

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camping at nodak, first time up to the area looking forward to a great weekend rain or shine.

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Good luck to you all on opener and let me know how the fishing was. I'll be truckin around the US till may 29th then will be up for a week of fun and frolic on the water from 06/02 till ????

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