FARIBAULT ICE FISHING

  • davebmork
    Hayfield Mn
    Posts: 108
    December 24, 2004 at 11:00 am #1292169

    HOW IS THE ICE FISHING GOING ON THE LAKES LIKE CEDAR, FRENCH AND SHEILDS.

    Chris
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1396
    December 25, 2004 at 3:00 am #333355

    Please please someone try these areas and let us know I would like to head over there and not waste my gas. Thanks much!! Merry X-mas
    Chris

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    December 27, 2004 at 3:13 pm #333523

    I heard the bay by the gravel road on Sheilds, where people used to park off the road now has a no-tresspassing sign. I haven’t been there to verify if this is true or not. If it is true, it will make travel a little slower to get to that hot area. If you do travel accross the ice to get to that bay, be carefull, as there is a spring that comes out on the northwest corner of the point that goes into that bay. The ice gets thin there.

    As for the bite, crappies and sunnies are being caught at all the typical winter haunts. Look for weeds in the 8 to 12 fow range.

    tgif
    Posts: 180
    January 3, 2005 at 8:49 am #334487

    Actually I heard there’s a barricade up now.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    January 3, 2005 at 1:46 pm #334510

    Thanks. Would sure appreciate any fishing reports anyone could provide this ice fishing season on these lakes as there are alot of good lakes and I’m sure there are alot of fisherman waiting to hear how the bite is. Thanks, Bill

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    January 3, 2005 at 6:53 pm #334565

    TGIF

    Have you been there yet this year? How is the pike bite over there? Are they catching any decent crappies in that bay??? It is not uncommon to drop the camera at 4am to see about 50 crappies all schooled up under your hole!!!

    bigwalleye
    Ellendale
    Posts: 16
    January 12, 2005 at 11:00 pm #336287

    Anybody fishing cannon in the winter? Walleyes biting?, Just wondering, It can be great in the spring!
    Good luck

    qteststud
    Posts: 1
    February 22, 2005 at 7:38 pm #344991

    Sheilds was great early on averaging 10 to 11” crappies.
    I put my house on mazaska and was catching 11 to 12” crappies and some 15 to 18” walleyes in 10′ of water. On cedar you can catch hundreds of 5 to 8” crappies. The northern bite is on full, i even got a 14” crappie on a tipup with a shinner. on french they are getting alot of nice crappies in 40′ of water from 1pm to 2pm but i think that bite might slow down soon.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    March 2, 2005 at 2:33 am #343410

    Welcome Jigmaster. Glad to have you with us. Please feel free to share and post all you want. Thanks for the report.
    Thanks, Bill

    ps. You have a pm [private mail, just click on the flashing icon just to the left of the tabs at the top of the page]

    Pig-hunter
    Southern Minnesota
    Posts: 600
    March 2, 2005 at 5:47 pm #346536

    Was out to Shields last Saturday and it was slow for me. Only caught a few small sunnies and perch. Then we went over to French for about a 1/2 hr. before we found the bar . Didn’t fish reel hard on french and only caught a few small crappies. There sure were a lot of houses out there though!!

    Anyone else been out in the area? What about Roberds?

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