Opener Update.

  • jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    May 9, 2009 at 5:10 pm #1288539

    In for a bite to eat. Hit the water at 5am with brother Todd. Brisk NW wind, a nice chop to the 49 degree water. Morning temp at 37. Burrr! Drifting the NE sand rigging leeches. Handfull of short bites and shakers that got off. Two cookie cutter males that went 23. (Believe me, they were males… ) One for the box so far.

    Seeing a lot of toss backs today. Radio is a mix of “We got a few” or “Still looking for a bite”.

    I’ll check back later. Great to be back on Milly!!!

    -J.

    wheres_waldo
    The Big Pond
    Posts: 478
    May 9, 2009 at 5:35 pm #775306

    Thanks very much. Good luck on your next trip out.

    brian_peterson
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 2080
    May 9, 2009 at 7:04 pm #775316

    Nice job Jon, save some for me next week!

    dinosaur
    South St. Paul, Mn.
    Posts: 401
    May 9, 2009 at 9:41 pm #775330

    Just had to post in memory of Dean. Hard not to think of him today. Today he would of been out there fishing with you all and having a great time. Fish or no fish he would be having a blast.

    Be safe out there on the lake and have a GREAT time!

    Fishing Hugs…Mary Ross

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    May 10, 2009 at 3:06 am #775376

    Hi Mary,

    Yes, Dino’s name has come up a few times this weekend. Sure miss him and Hooks too! Hope everyone is here for the next opener. But ya never know…..

    The afternoon bite was definetely better than round one. Four slots and a hand full of overs. The fish are deeper than expected. Our best bite was in that 18-20 foot range. Just an observation. Looked like many boats were getting over slot fish in that 4-1 ratio. No complaints here, lot of fun!

    Couple shot from the afternoon run.

    -J.

    -J.

    dinosaur
    South St. Paul, Mn.
    Posts: 401
    May 10, 2009 at 3:31 am #775386

    Sweet pics! Love the sky and water in the background. TFS

    Have another great day tomorrow!!!

    Mary

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 11, 2009 at 6:55 pm #775714

    Great pics of you and Todd JJ!!
    Good to see you guys Friday at the “Elimination of the possession limit” fish fry at Big D’s!

    I am officially out of fish! Time to go get some eaters!

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    May 12, 2009 at 2:28 pm #775992

    Quote:

    the “Elimination of the possession limit” fish fry

    now thats funny…

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    May 12, 2009 at 8:58 pm #776164

    Quote:

    Quote:

    the “Elimination of the possession limit” fish fry

    now thats funny…

    It’s a great tradition. Any and all fish left over from the ice fishing or river season get consumed the night before opener. Brings good luck from the fish gods….

    -J.

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 12, 2009 at 9:38 pm #776177

    Problem with cooking is you never get to try much of the other stuff! Although no one went hungry!!!
    I did miss Kooty’s Habenero baked beans. I heard they were pretty darned good, and didn’t last long at all! Maybe he could put those in the Member’s Recipes???

    HooksWife
    Crystal, MN
    Posts: 683
    May 12, 2009 at 11:46 pm #776204

    Quote:

    Problem with cooking is you never get to try much of the other stuff! Although no one went hungry!!!
    I did miss Kooty’s Habenero baked beans. I heard they were pretty darned good, and didn’t last long at all! Maybe he could put those in the Member’s Recipes???

    Chris speaks/writes, Kooty listens he did just that, post the receipe that is!
    Chris, there was plenty of my pasta salad left over!
    It was great as usual, and wonderful seeing all you guys, smack talk and all

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    May 13, 2009 at 2:06 am #776242

    hmmm…my invite must have gotten lost in the mail…

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 13, 2009 at 3:32 am #776266

    Quote:

    hmmm…my invite must have gotten lost in the mail…

    That’s OK…the waiting list is long and legendary. The Linder Bros. are still waiting for theirs as well.

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4042
    May 13, 2009 at 1:38 pm #776321

    Don’t bother Perch, they have a crazy initiation process. Thats why they’re all a little off.

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    May 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm #776337

    must be that bunch of rif-raf I heard about around the big point area Friday night!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 13, 2009 at 3:07 pm #776349

    Nope…they are Waaaay south of us…
    We have been banished deep into the woods on the east side of 47.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    May 13, 2009 at 4:09 pm #776376

    I’ve heard the bears don’t even venture close to you guys! the smell coming from the crapper the morning after a bowl of Kooty’s mean beans would be enopugh to keep anything away!

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    May 13, 2009 at 6:44 pm #776431

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 13, 2009 at 7:05 pm #776447

    Quote:

    I’ve heard the bears don’t even venture close to you guys! the smell coming from the crapper the morning after a bowl of Kooty’s mean beans would be enopugh to keep anything away!

    That would be because of Matt Grow.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    May 13, 2009 at 8:40 pm #776487

    I’m not a big game tracker, but I think the unmistakable tracks from a small herd of sheep were found near your compound. Most tracks looked like the herd was running, and had a larger distance between foot strikes, but there was one set of track which appeared to be at a casual walk. What was that all about?

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    May 15, 2009 at 2:16 pm #776978

    Judging by the condition to some of the participants you may be referring to…I don’t believe they would be running as the participants in question had a hard enough time standing, let alone chasing anything larger than 16 ounces.

    Although I did hear something outside of a fish house that sounded like a “Yak!”

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    May 15, 2009 at 2:51 pm #776997

    Ya my partner was a mess this year. Poor kid graduated on Sunday of fishing opener and couldn’t even celebrate. It did keep me in pretty good check though. And he’s pretty handy at lighting the furnace on an empty stomach.

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