its funny because I just drove by the described body of water with my 89 year old grandpa and he said “now there is a body of water with a ton of fish in it. To bad they don’t let anyone out there.” That is a big kick in the nads that they don’t let people out there or it is extremely difficult to do so.
I have used the DNR website a lot this year. It have come in very handy especially for the guys who do not have a GPS. Pretty simple website just search for your lake and you can review a lot of info on all the lakes in MN
don’t come across those very often. Way to go!
When I was out two weeks ago it was 12+ inches. Full size trucks where driving around. After a week of warm weather like we are having I would not suggest it. Wheelers are safe and if you have one you are lucky because the walk can get a little long.
http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=44.200913,-92.481236&spn=0.022398,0.038581&t=h&z=15&vpsrc=6&hl=en&source=gm_el
there is a link that shows ryans bay. the closest place to get on is the Ponderosa. I walked it when i went last and the walk is not bad because the lack of snow. It took maybe 20 min from the Ponderosa to Ryans Bay.
Hope this helps.
I was out yesterday (Thursday) drilled a pile of holes and they all had at least 12″. there were a number of vehicles driving out including a couple of full size trucks. Ice sure did make a lot of noise when people where driving around on it though.
do they let you park and walk out from the ponderosa?
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I see on the map of the lake there is some decent depths up to 20′ or so. Can you share any insight on how deep the fish are at or all they just all over the board.
Anyone know how the fishing has been around Sheildsville? Thinking about heading up there tomorrow and going out on Sheilds for some blue gill or mazaska. Any updates would be great
Thanks for the help guys. I am really excited to get out there and try it.
Eaters? my opinion of eaters is about 8″ers and that may be different than everyone else. But I think it may be worth a try. Do the fish come out pretty clean or do they have the black spots or worms in them there?
that is a link from mapquest with the location that i think is correct. can anyone confirm?
Just to inform you guys that you probably won’t be fishing through the ice out at Silver Creek anymore this year. Walked out there today and there is about 8-10 ft or water around the shoreline. Bummer 
I hit the ice today and actually went to both places: Gamehaven and Silver Creek. Needless to say I caught plenty of fish in both places but everything was on the small size. I spoke with an older gentleman today at SCR and he did quite well for the day so apperantly i was just not in the right spot. I will definately try a differnt location there the next time I go.
Gamehaven would be great if you didn’t have to fight with all the litte blue gills. the walk isn’t as bad as what everyone thinks. If you can pack light like i was tody it wasn’t bad at all. Hopefully they can do something there to curb the population a little and allow for some of the panfhish population to grow to “keeper” size.
I am new to this forum and I have been doing a lot of research on the Rochester area and I have also been doing a lot of guessing on where to go. It is great to see people having some candid conversation on how this are going in the area. My ole man is coming to visit me this weekend and we are planning on doing some fishing and would like to stick around the Rochester area. Any advice on where to go and catch enough fish for a meal?
I have fished in the Farbo area for the past couple of years and have had good results there pretty much wherever I go but it makes for a little longer trip and do not prefer the drive as much.
Any help you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.
