Favorite Place To Ice Fish

  • bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    February 1, 2007 at 1:12 am #1317960

    Its still winter so I’m going to ask where is your favorite place to ice fish? And why do you like the place that you chose?
    Thanks, Bill

    JonathanTegeler
    Manchester, Iowa
    Posts: 127
    February 1, 2007 at 1:41 am #531025

    the back waters of the maquoketa river because it is right in my back yard and easy to get to lol. i also like fishing the river and Volga lake

    deerwoody
    Deerwood,MN.
    Posts: 285
    February 1, 2007 at 1:44 am #531031

    Mille Lacs,it is close and the bite has been good to me.

    col._klink
    St Paul
    Posts: 2542
    February 1, 2007 at 1:50 am #531040

    Red. No other place in the state like it.

    The guy next to could be getting nothing and you could be puonding them or the other way around.

    Huge Pike and Crappies. Walleyes are allways on fire…..

    Pikester
    Posts: 80
    February 1, 2007 at 1:53 am #531042

    I agree, Red. You have a good shot at a trophy Pike, Crappie, and Walleye. Easily my favorite place to be.

    fishinallday
    Montrose Mn
    Posts: 2101
    February 1, 2007 at 2:30 am #531055

    Gull/ Beauty, a ton of structure and alot of sentiment. Boy do I miss it up there.

    Sugar….

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    February 1, 2007 at 3:27 am #531095

    Any where on the backwaters of the mississippi is what I would have said 2 weeks ago until I hit mille lacs,man,did that place light a fire under my Actually,any body of water that has big fish potential

    david_scott
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 2946
    February 1, 2007 at 5:10 am #531130

    Favorite place to ice fish… where are they biting?

    In all reality, I like the Calhoun chain of lakes right in Minneapolis. 3 lakes all very different connected, each with good populations of fish and size structure, and very challenging to fish some days. A person could fish these lakes every day of the year and learn something new about the lakes, or structures. Its like having 30 lakes crammed into 3.

    Only problem, no catfish

    wallclimber
    Stoddard WI
    Posts: 73
    February 1, 2007 at 6:50 am #531154

    lake of the woods cause its only ten min. from my back door and fishing is always good in shalow in am and pms. The window is small but some fish always come threw, tonight 3 walters and three norterns can i say anything more. o ya i only got a 12 ft, boat so summer is confined to the river. red is a very close 2.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 1, 2007 at 2:17 pm #531186

    Browns Lake, near Richmond. Grew up on the lake, have good knowledge and memories. That’s the first lake I ever fished with Calvin…

    big g

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    February 1, 2007 at 4:39 pm #531249

    NE SoDak, where I grew up.

    icemac33
    Posts: 66
    February 1, 2007 at 6:16 pm #531316

    Either Red or Red, or maybe Red.I feel like I’m home when I pull on to the lake. Backwaters next. World class fisheries either way and I always appreciate living where I do.

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    February 1, 2007 at 6:41 pm #531338

    Most people that know me realize that I really like to ice fish – just about anywhere. I’ve been thinking about what place I would call my favorite and really having a difficult time coming up with one, but it finally occured to me that there is one place where I am always warm, where the fish are always large and biting well…..

    In my dreams! Sorry, just couldn’t resist.

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    February 1, 2007 at 6:42 pm #531341

    Lucky for me, I’m doing the backwaters this weekend, URL, next, and SoDak the next.

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    February 1, 2007 at 10:12 pm #531431

    For fun…Foster arends on lite lite tackle panfish would be back water hanuts and chisago lakes…Walleyes is Mille lacs hands down might be up there again next week

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    February 2, 2007 at 12:43 am #531521

    I’m going to have to say the backwaters between Wabasha and Nelson and then Fosters for a close quick place. But it is pretty hard to beat HOF’s choice [where the fish are biting].
    Thanks, Bill

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    February 2, 2007 at 12:47 am #531522

    Quote:

    Most people that know me realize that I really like to ice fish – just about anywhere. I’ve been thinking about what place I would call my favorite and really having a difficult time coming up with one, but it finally occured to me that there is one place where I am always warm, where the fish are always large and biting well…..

    In my dreams! Sorry, just couldn’t resist.

    So Mike does that mean that whenever we see that you have been up in the middle of the night posting on IDA that its because you had ”a nightmare” because the fish you were catching were ”small” ?

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    February 2, 2007 at 12:53 am #531525

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Most people that know me realize that I really like to ice fish – just about anywhere. I’ve been thinking about what place I would call my favorite and really having a difficult time coming up with one, but it finally occured to me that there is one place where I am always warm, where the fish are always large and biting well…..

    In my dreams! Sorry, just couldn’t resist.

    So Mike does that mean that whenever we see that you have been up in the middle of the night posting on IDA that its because you had ”a nightmare” because the fish you were catching were ”small” ?


    Nope, the fish are never small and always bite well. I’ve caught several records! Up in the middle of the night can usually be blamed on eating something I shouldn’t have…

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    February 2, 2007 at 12:59 am #531534

    Nope, the fish are never small and always bite well. I’ve caught several records! Up in the middle of the night can usually be blamed on eating something I shouldn’t have…

    Does that mean that it was your night to cook.

    hof
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2443
    February 2, 2007 at 1:55 am #531562

    Quote:

    Does that mean that it was your night to cook.


    That is a good guess!

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