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Nice glenn. I’m up here now and may go out and troll some cranks this evening. Haven’t seen any ticks yet surprisingly, but the skeeters are bad yeah. Have a good one!

Glenn, I was up over the weekend and fished big W all weekend. Graphed a lot of fish almost anywhere I went but took a while to find the cooperative ones. The weekend was mostly a grind with a few here and there but did find one really good bite later in the weekend and had it to myself… Great weather weekend up there but the skeeters were out in force.

Yea there most certainly no shortage of skeeters. Hopefully they simmer down by mid June.

got back today, fishing was pretty good, skeeters were agressive in the mornings. horse and deer flies werent all that bad.

Got some fish.

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Some smoking and pickling material.

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Dad bought this eagle for mom years ago. I’m cleaning it up and it will go to the cabin when I am done. Not sure why it’s so red in the picture?? Used a redwood wood sealer. Gonna throw some polyurethane stuff on it yet..

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Spent 4 days up there. Set the eagle in place. Yea the cooler is bottled water. fishing was ok. Bugs weren’t bad at all!!

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Unfortunately I also put our sheltie to rest up there.

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Sorry for your loss glenn. That’s makes for a tough week.

just got back from the cabin today, went up monday afternoon. my kid was there over the labor day weekend, he used the portable AC unit we have for 2 days…..tuesday afternoon……i turned the furnace on!!!!!

we did well fishing pike and sunfish. seen some deer!!! not near as many hummingbirds and the leaves are changing and dropping!!!

Awesome, Glenn. Sounds like you had a great trip. I’ve been up for 11 days and headed back today.

Got into some sunfish too this past week. The walleyes were mixed in with them. Didn’t see any pike, but I did get snipped a few times.

dang………just read on bring me the news a pedestrian was killed sunday morning real early on Hwy 6 north of deer riversomewhere between deer river and cty rd 19….the road that goes towards deer/moose lake!!

Yeah, heard that too. Terrible situation there.

Spent 6 days at the cabin coming home Wednesday. Windy the first 2 days. Saturday afternoon was pretty breezy too, to much to fish a lake by myself. Did a bunch of trail walking chasing grouse. Definitely gotta my cardio. Seen plenty of grouse but damn they were spooky. Did get a couple shots but I swear my shells didn’t have BB’s in them.

Dropped some dead trees before ma nature decided to cause damage.

Sure isn’t much for deer or deer signs.

Have been up on big W the past two weekends and the bite has been fairly good. Decent numbers of eaters with healthy looking slot and over fish mixed in. Hard to find much other than fatheads for bait but the fish don’t seem to mind.

CBMN wrote:

Have been up on big W the past two weekends and the bite has been fairly good. Decent numbers of eaters with healthy looking slot and over fish mixed in. Hard to find much other than fatheads for bait but the fish don’t seem to mind.

where did you go out of CBMN???

i’m headed up in the morning…….my summer fishing gear is put away. time to play with guns and get ready for deer camp!!!!!

if anyone is headed in the general area this weekend fishing…….i’d sure appreciate an update on ice thickness…purty please!!!!!!

going to be one smaller lakes in shallower, 8-10 ft of water on 2 differnet lakes. iffin there’s enoiugh ice i may try crappies deeper???????

Sorry I didn’t see this back in October Glenn but I was on the North end of Winny almost all fall.

I am of no help on ice as I am trying to stay off of that slippery stuff and in the boat all winter again this year.

I should be up this Sunday and will try to remember to measure and give a report. If you are walking a majority of lakes are good to go. I live south of there about an hour and lakes have 6-10 inches. I’ve seen atv’s out and even a handful of small wheelhouses and aluminum skid houses.

Glenn is hoping to get his spear chucker house out, so he needs a little more than walking ice.

John Rasmussen wrote:

Glenn is hoping to get his spear chucker house out, so he needs a little more than walking ice.

got that right John. but its a collapsible so not that heavy. need ice thickness for my wheeler as i aint pullin by hand no more!!!

that chart that Denny posted elsewhere really helped !!!! feel more safe and confident knowing the lakes i plan on hitting.

Finny……..i’d sure appreciate that!!!! does look promising!!

CBMN wrote:

Sorry I didn’t see this back in October Glenn but I was on the North end of Winny almost all fall.

I am of no help on ice as I am trying to stay off of that slippery stuff and in the boat all winter again this year.

no worries CBMN!!!!! talkin to you a bit at the GTG…i could tell your a busy guy….fishin!!!!

Bowstring Shores reported 8″ out front of their resort. Smaller lakes probably have at least that too by now in that region. You should be good to go Glenn! I can’t get up there until after Christmas

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Bowstring Shores reported 8″ out front of their resort. Smaller lakes probably have at least that too by now in that region. You should be good to go Glenn! I can’t get up there until after Christmas

thats when i’m going…leaving the day after christmas!!!! there wasnt enough ice for me 2nd weekend in dec, so my first ice voyage !!!1

Sounds good! I’ll be up on 12/26 too. May try to walk out somewhere too. That’s my only option right now. Also hoping ice is thick enough not to crack when I drop a tree on it…

Let me know if you want to meet up for a toddy or something.

Erik Swenson wrote:

Sounds good! I’ll be up on 12/26 too. May try to walk out somewhere too. That’s my only option right now. Also hoping ice is thick enough not to crack when I drop a tree on it…

Let me know if you want to meet up for a toddy or something.

tats a possibility!!!

i decided to make a couple phone calls. called the talmoon spur and bowstring store. guy at talmoon spur said he only works weekends. hasnt heard any ice report on little turtle, right behind the store. said little jessie had 6 inches now down to 4. he did say people are coming in and buying bait so there going out somewhere.

bowstring store only had info on jessie and bowstring. bowstring had 6 inches, jessie has 4-6 and in deeper water only 3.

i’m going up anyway. got things to do i’d rather do when its 30 not -10. bringing hte shotgun to chace grouse if i even remotely dont like what i’m seeing for ice conditions!!!!

Glenn I was up Sunday on about a 300 acre lake that gets to 32 feet deep with at least half of the lake 20+. Ice was 8-10 inches and super solid. I don’t think this weather is doing much to deteriorate ice at all. As long as you aren’t going on a super deep lake you should be good but obviously use caution.

The panfish were biting well.