Prescott

Has anyone been out, or is there fishable ice in Prescott yet? I need a place close that I can run to before and after all the family get togethers this weekend, sanity check.

Might be hard pressed to find “walkable” Ice on the river, Isabels got a good 5-6″ on it. Not sure if thy’re catching anything there yet.

Jami, I think the Bayport area will have better ice earlier than Prescott. I plan on driving over today to see if there’s any other wackoes out there…and what the thickness is…

I’m almost sure it should be 4 or better…I’m hoping 5-6…’cause I’m chicken pa-toooy

Brian, thats like the 3rd picture for you in the last week. Someone messing with you again?
Where do you park to get onto the ice in Bayport, never ice fished down there. What species are people targeting there? I may have to drive down by prescott today, see if there is ice and if anyone is on it. If it is froze over I might have to venture out there with the spud tomorrow after work.
chappy, I fished rebecca last week, some parts had 4 inches, the south side behind the fishing pier only had an inch or so on thursday morning. Caught a few crappies, but there were many people out there, so I headed down to north. 4 solid inches on saturday morning. Only mustered one crappie, dang wind was blowing like a madman. So I packed up at 9. Brian, if you see people down there, let me know, I’ll have to venture on down.

Thanks

Jami

There is ice, but there can’t be more than and inch or two. Proceed with Caution.

Bayport has ice. I talked to a buddy for the bait store. They pulled a perminent out on Saturday to the Ws Side. They figured it was 1000 lbs. This was Satuday they said they had 3-3 1/2 inches. But Saturday night was cold and so was Sunday. If i had to “guess”(not a fact) i waould say there is at least 6” of ice. This is good ice, but proced with caution. I will be out there Thursday morning on the Ws Side, with plenty of because I finally graduated from college. No coments from the peanut gallery, meaning BRIAN K.
See ya in Bayport, fish on.

Ritt,

Bayport on first ice has good jumbo crappies and good sauger action. We park at the bayport park. Take highway 95 north towards Stillwater, when you get into bayport you will see a bar called Woody’s take a right and you’ll see the park. I’ll be there Thursday.

Congrats on graduating Has. Welcome to the real world. Good luck drinking, I mean fishing.

Since I can’t comment on Eric’s graduations…(ps Congrats )

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when you get into bayport you will see a bar called Woody’s take a right and you’ll see the park. I’ll be there Thursday.

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Eric meant on the river…not Woodies bar….(I think)..

congrats on graduating Has, and thanks for directions. I’ll be out there on Thursday also, I’ll probably wait till just about sun up, being first time out there and all. i will be fishing out of a green otter. Stop over and say hi, i’d be willing to raise one of those beverages with you, to celebrate your recent accomplishment.

Jami

Stopped down there last night and there was a good 6 inches.
I didnt drown any minnows but hopefully can get down there by the weekend.

Hey Bush! 6 inches at Bayport or Prescott?

Bring a minnow…there should be a few of us freezing our buutts off in bayport!

Hey Brian, I stopped down at the park by anderson point. Went out past the point and back and it 6 inches plus all around.There was one shack out there.
I am hitting a little lake down by home tonight and will be up in cheese country this weekend but should make it out to anderson monday or tues

Good luck this weekend

Any report on the fishing at Prescott? Anybody been out lately?

Welcome to IDA TooTall! (too tall for what? )

I haven’t heard of anything going on down there…have you seen any houses out?

I was in Bayport last night…one other guy out there…with me…it’s a dead sea…I guess we didn’t have any first ice…when the fish were biteing at first ice

Ritt fish’s that way and should respond to you about that area…soon.

Again welcome to IDA!

I drove past prescott on saturday while heading up to Amery. There wasn’t anyone on the ice at that time, or any other time I have ventured down there. I haven’t wet a line down there yet, I’ve spent most of my time in Bayport and North Lake. haven’t had much or success at either place, but in the outdoor news they said bayport is kicking out crappies and saugers in 30+ feet at night. I haven’t experienced that myself yet.

Since I haven’t seen anyone on the ice past 7pm in Bayport, I asked a very experiance guide about the night bite…it was news to him.

I wish they would start there…It’s an hour up to Lindstrom for me…(time that could be spent fishing)

Thanks for the welcome Brian! I would have responded earlier but had some computer problems. TooTall is an old nickname regarding my height, or lack thereof. I haven’t fished Prescott for a couple of years and most of my friends that live around there have kind of given up on it.
I enjoy the web site and look forward to my ongoing membership.

There’s a few members that have good luck either at Prescot or near by…in the soft water time.

Where do you normally fish?

Brian, I haven’t ice fished Prescott recently, but I fish the lower St. Croix from the Kinny to Prescott, Pool 3 around Hastings and Pool 2 around Hidden Falls, during open water season. I get in some trips to Lake of the Woods also.