We were up ther last weekend and the river opened up very fast. Fishing was O.K. ,but the big ones weren’t i yet. I bet this weekend is awesome. The ramp at Birchdale is plowed open now. They are taking small boats out at Fronteir. The river just opened past Fronteir yesterday I think. There is not much ice on the river and what is is bad ice, so it will continue to open quickly. Back to fishing, last weekend the afternoon was better than the morning. We caught many eater fish and only one large one, a 28 incher. Like I said before I am sure this weekend they will get into the big ones and I hope that whoever goes up there does catch some.