Fishing Slender Spoons tipped with fathead heads yields limits of first-ice walleyes on North Dakota’s Devils Lake for James Holst and Joel Nelson in Season 7 Episode 4 of “In-Depth Outdoors.” Watch or DVR the full episode on Fox Sports North, Sunday, Dec. 9, at 8 a.m.
The full show will be posted on this website following its television broadcast.
Glazed Doughnut! 
hahaha, why don’t you do that with Northerns, hahahahaha
Looks like fun, unfortantly we have 4-7 inches of snow coming to metro area so doesnt look like anyone will be doing this around here….
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Hoot Hoot !! Hoot !!!!
Looks like fun your two !!!
James, were you and Joel using the 5/16 slender spoons to better pound the bottom? Can’t wait to see the full show!
looks kinda chilly.
James / Joel are you guys using the TUC rods in this video? You gotta love the LX-7/9!!!
Just finished watching the show I wait for all week! I have two questions for James and Joel. Why no creepers on your boots ? Do they make too much noise under the ice or don’t you mind the occasional prat fall ? And how come you never carry a fishing towel ? You could have a black one with the IDO logo on it.
Duke
OH yeah! Great new logo a some black towels would look sweet in the wheel house!!!
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Just finished watching the show I wait for all week! I have two questions for James and Joel. Why no creepers on your boots ? Do they make too much noise under the ice or don’t you mind the occasional prat fall ? And how come you never carry a fishing towel ? You could have a black one with the IDO logo on it.
Duke
For me the challenge has been finding cleats for size 14 boots that fit and didn’t destroy my back after a day of wearing them. I’ve given up trying. Thankfully the balance is good.
As for the towel, I’m a bit of a minimalist I guess.
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Looks like fun, unfortantly we have 4-7 inches of snow coming to metro area so doesnt look like anyone will be doing this around here….
6+ inches of new snow sitting on a thin skim of ice won’t help ice conditions at all. 
As we drove south from Red yesterday we took a detour down past Leech, Gull and Mille Lacs.
Walker Bay on Leech was wide open as far as the eye could see with 75′ yards of shore ice.
Gull was completely ice free with very limited shore ice.
Mille Lacs was largely ice over with open water near Indian Pt. visible from the west side. We didn’t take a look over on the east to see what was happening.
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James, were you and Joel using the 5/16 slender spoons to better pound the bottom? Can’t wait to see the full show!
We started with the 5/16ths but the fish seemed to prefer the lighter 1/8 in the same body profile.
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James / Joel are you guys using the TUC rods in this video? You gotta love the LX-7/9!!!
Both Joel and I were using a TUC Precision when fishing spoons and Joel was using a Power Precision when fishing blades.
As for the new digital platforms from MarCum… they just keep getting more amazing and fun to fish with every time I use them.
Thanks James, I like the looks of the action on the Precision, it looks like it is a sweet stick.
I am surprised you guys didn’t show more of the lx-9 in action, or even use shacks for a cold day!!
what gloves were you guys wearing? on super cold days, i like to wear mittens to keep the heat to my fingers better. Haven’t found gloves yet that keep em as warm.
Great show this morning, I can’t wait until next week already.
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I am surprised you guys didn’t show more of the lx-9 in action, or even use shacks for a cold day!!
Water clarity was horrible.
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I am surprised you guys didn’t show more of the lx-9 in action, or even use shacks for a cold day!!
Water clarity was horrible.
understandable james. going to send you a pm…
Enjoyed the show James. Those TUC rods looked like they did
a great job, nice backbone on the Northerns. 
Thanks for turning me onto the slender spoons. Helped fill the hole in the ice many times yesterday. Caught some of everything with it and a minnow head and a silver and green.
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