Rainy River Ice Out

Thank you for the report Mike.

Sounds like the county opened up Frontier this morning.

A co worker and I will be heading up a week from Thursday for 4 days. Trying to time the last push before it closes.
Hopefully things don’t get dirty.

Man one of these years I have to get up there for this.

You only live once and life’s short. Take off next week and go……..

John Rasmussen wrote:

Man one of these years I have to get up there for this.

Just wondering if anyone tried the ramp at frontier and how it is this year? bringing a 16.5 ft alumicraft up and wondering if enough water to load and unload

You should be alright but do not back in to far. From what I hear that ramp is a no go for many bigger boats. Good chance I’ll be using it tomorrow.

Bite was pretty much the same today. We spent more time working over fish we had found the last few days managed to hit 70 fish. Still mostly river fish. Water temps at the end of the day just below 37. Ice pack is down near Pinewood.

Next weeks weather looks fantastic. We are headed up Monday, we were going to go up this week to but the kid has trap league stuff he can’t miss and I have a coaches meeting for baseball I have to be at.
See you guys soon.

Coming up on thursday. Looks like the area is set to get 6-10” of snow. Do you guys think the ramps will be cleared off by Thursday morning?

Walleyeguy34 wrote:

Coming up on thursday. Looks like the area is set to get 6-10” of snow. Do you guys think the ramps will be cleared off by Thursday morning?

The county works hard to keep the ramps clear. If not, the people fishing work together as well. We’ve done a chain of trucks more then once to get boats in and trucks out. Bring a tow strap. Bring a shovel and start clearing if your the first.

Calling for 1″ snow in baudette and 4″ at Birchdsle. Hope they are right. Ice pack is about a mile down river of Pinewood. The bite was still pretty decent today.

Mike have you used Frontier landing or have you heard how it is? Thanks

I seen a video from Vidas taken this morning.
There is open water now.
It won’t be long and that ramp should be open.

Next week’s forecast looks pretty good so far. Wednesday through Friday are in the 50’s.

A week from tomorrow we will be heading that way. Hope to be on the water by noon on Thursday.
I tried to get my coworker to take Wednesday off but no dice.

Full draw wrote:

I seen a video from Vidas taken this morning.
There is open water now.
It won’t be long and that ramp should be open.

Next week’s forecast looks pretty good so far. Wednesday through Friday are in the 50’s.

A week from tomorrow we will be heading that way. Hope to be on the water by noon on Thursday.
I tried to get my coworker to take Wednesday off but no dice.

I’m thinking next week is going to be a great week. Great timing on the trip.

grizzly wrote:

Mike have you used Frontier landing or have you heard how it is? Thanks

I used Frontier landing the last two day. Good to go but heard just don’t back a big boat in to far.

Snowed all day up here but it didn’t amount to much. Wet and melting.

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Nice fish Mike.

Are any of the fish sliding up on the flats or are they all sticking to the channel depressions?

I would say there are more relating to the main channel now.