Haha yes I have read that we can get good action at this time but I didn’t know for certain how it related to our location (they’re always fishing in Manitoba or devils lake). I’ll bring a plank out there with me tomorrow, cheers!
An extension ladder works good to get on the ice. So I been told. 
Wow you guys really made me feel better with your responses thank you very much. I know it’s always a game at your own risk this time of season but if I’m not the only one still trying I don’t feel so discouraged.
Last evening I tried to fish a new lake called “Charley” in North Oaks and had no idea that North Oak was a private community until the Ramsey county sheriff showed up and promptly kicked me out!
I’ll probably head north after tomorrow where they’re getting snow instead of rain. I’ll roll the dice tomorrow morning around here maybe
Oh dear, you’ll be the talk of North Oaks for months I expect. For what it’s worth, the biggest natural deer I’ve ever seen in my life walks those woods too, or at least it did.
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Wow you guys really made me feel better with your responses thank you very much. I know it’s always a game at your own risk this time of season but if I’m not the only one still trying I don’t feel so discouraged.Last evening I tried to fish a new lake called “Charley” in North Oaks and had no idea that North Oak was a private community until the Ramsey county sheriff showed up and promptly kicked me out!
I’ll probably head north after tomorrow where they’re getting snow instead of rain. I’ll roll the dice tomorrow morning around here maybe
Oh dear, you’ll be the talk of North Oaks for months I expect. For what it’s worth, the biggest natural deer I’ve ever seen in my life walks those woods too, or at least it did.
Same goes for the fish in the lakes,.
We used to sneak back in to North oaks and fish. But always after dark
Same goes for the fish in the lakes,
Oh I know. When I’m feeling particularly masochistic I’ll take a look at the Lakefinder surveys for Pleasant, and realize that 5 minutes away might as well be the moon.
We had a nice string of customers in there for a while, hard to get in, but once you do word gets around quick.
I had an “in” for fishing them but never got to it. Believe the customer was a very casual ice guy and well I still don’t like ice very much
Same goes for the fish in the lakes,
Oh I know. When I’m feeling particularly masochistic I’ll take a look at the Lakefinder surveys for Pleasant, and realize that 5 minutes away might as well be the moon.
when you look at charley the survey is from like 40 years ago it doesn’t say anything about being closed to nonresidents so I wrote a email to the dnr saying that might be worth noting.
You would be correct in the fact that no public water is closed to anyone it’s strictly an access issue. With no public roadway or otherwise adjacent to the water you’re pretty much SOL to getting on it
It is not exactly just an access issue, Pleasant in part of the St Paul water supply chain. Water flows from the Mississippi near Fridley Across town underground and though Charlie, Pleasant etc…. before dumping into Vadnais and down into St Paul from there.
Charles Gilfillan created of the St Paul water company and this water supply system.
Regarding Fishing, it isn’t really just access because it is a water supply. There are strict usage rules that apply, residents can use non motorized boats in it and you can swim in it but they will haul even residents out of there if they are fishing. Trust me I know.
The best way to get a feel for the fish in there is to get connected to local High school kids Instagram accounts…. Thankfully there are still kids sneaking in there and having some fun fishing in very sneaky ways. My barber was in his 70s when he retired, he snuck in there. When he was a kid, I am in my 50’s I snuck in there, my kids the same. All of us got chased out or picked up by the Sheriff at some point. They will take some gear to teach you a lesson.
These lakes are a part of the water supply? OMG! Don’t even put a toe in there! Of course the Mississippi is also a part of the supply for MPLS, and what stuff goes into that water? That said STP water was just voted the best tasting municipal water in the country.
I think they still allow shore fishing on the spit of land on Vadnais, right? But only sometimes?
These lakes are a part of the water supply? OMG! Don’t even put a toe in there! Of course the Mississippi is also a part of the supply for MPLS, and what stuff goes into that water? That said STP water was just voted the best tasting municipal water in the country.
Exactly.
While I do appreciate the article and found it fascinating worm, the water issue is a ridiculous arguement imo. Just a fancy excuse to keep it private.
I’m really not worried about it but got to see it for what it is.
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