Only county owned access is to be closed. State owned will remain open until further notice. It’s a silly train or thought honestly to think that this will stop the spread. The virus is here and isn’t going away anytime in at least the next 18months. If people would just learn to wash their hands and keep their distance it would be a non issue. Fishermen coming there are just as likely to bring it there as all the older people are of taking it back home with them from doctors appointments in the cities, etc. It is going to run its course either way. I do believe flattening the curve is a good plan in theory but unless the are stops all travel leaving the area, they shouldn’t try to limit traffic coming to the area either as it is just as counterproductive in slowing the spread. This is just the first round. If it mutates it will go away and come back, much like Spanish flu did, and each of the two times it came back it came back waaay more deadly than the last.

I’m shelter in place on lake of the woods. Pike action is consistent. I’ve got everything I need here for a few weeks.

It’s been very good so far. Swift ditch and warroad river gave up 4 fish each yesterday, largest was about 39 but FAT, and today zippel bay has coughed up two smaller 36inch ish fish. Still waiting for the big one. I’ll fish Morris gap area if zippel is slow

Just wash your hands and avoid large concentrations of people. You should be fine. Most report nothing more than mild cold symptoms. This big scare has been nothing but a phsy-op to take advantage of an election and manipulate the stock market. That’s about it. Covid 19 carries a 1.5-3 percent fatality rate among the infected. Most of who were elderly, and also with underlying health issues. Most healthy people are good to go after a couple weeks, a few rolls of t.p., and a few boxes of Kleenex.

A decent rule of thumb is if there’s water on top of the ice you should be ok to walk. If there is none it’s porous and I wouldn’t pick that day to be my last.

Thanks buddy I’ll try to post and update on the return. Hopefully pics to follow

Order a sheet of eight inch uhmw plastic and cut and form a sled on your own. A simple jigsaw, drill, and river gun are all that’s needed. Otherwise if you’re handy weld up or frame with wood a goal post type upper rack for your sled. House on the rack over the top of your gear. I’ve done both but far prefer the uhmw route.

Robbie’s is a decent area for around 50a person if snapper are ok by you. 4hour charter for 50 is a deal. Was just down there Feb. The gold reserve at the postcard inn is also great but ran about 750 for 4hours. You pick tarpon and shark, or offshore mahi and mackerel. In all honesty if your resort has kayaks, take those. Any simple yellow swim jig a quarter ounce with a zman deisel shad on medium heavy spinning gear with 20lb test will get you more fish than any charter. Lots of snook, tarpon, mangrove snappers, Jack’s, and grunts. Also anywhere is a good shark spot. If you prefer diy, worldwide sportsman will ship any rod you buy home for 13bucks. I buy a 7ft ugly stick spinning combo every year and just ship it home. Works good enough for any inshore fish and then I give em away once home to nephews or other neighborhood kids. Hard to beat for 65 dollars total.

There’s a few in these waters… They aren’t as easy to get as say the Minnesota river but for those know know and dedicate time to them they definitely are there in good fishable numbers. In my experience anytime during the day is mostly wasted time fishing them. Sure it can happen but don’t dedicate your days to fishing them much with any real expectation. It’s typically an 11-130 bite then again at 530 to 7am. At other times the river has piles of walleyes or sturgeon to chase.

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There are PLENTY around. I’ve found from Taylor’s falls to marine I do significantly better if I avoid deep water completely. Give me some nasty wood and rock cover in 4feet of water and I’ll consistently put quality 30pound and up fih in the boat from water temps at 59, all the way up to 72. Roughly two weeks after 4th of July. I’m out there nearly every evening 7days a week and have figured out a lot in that stretch in 10years time. If you’ve any questions feel free to mash me. They aren’t my fish so I’m more than willing to point you in the right direction provided you’ll be releasing them.

I agree. There are times when live bait shines, like calm water and under a big float. I’ve found the last 5or6years sheepies about 12-16inches long are my best bait. Cut the tail fin off, then riddle it with knife wounds and slashes. A 13/0 circle hook through the nostrils and I’m way better off. I’m ok not catching the little 25pounders and have no issue waiting an entire night or a couple for a true giant. If size is your main concern, go rediculously large and you’ll be amazed at how well it works.

Absolutely. For really any predator fish sensitivity I find is not very important. Most pike, lake trout, and large walleyes rarely hit a larger aggressively jigged lure softly. Usually a smash and grab type of game. And for set lines all I need to do is feel for weight since they’ve already taken the bait. Idk how they market these so cheaply but then some of their “better” rods are way more expensive. These to me feel like they’re of good overall quality. I mean 1pc fiberglass blank so really what else could go wrong? I can at any point cut threads and in an hour replace all the guides with a new set of they should ever fail me.

Notice I said walleyes, not scads of walleyes. I’ve grown up in the area and fished the lake and river all my life at least a few times per week in season. The average guy can go pretty much about anywhere in the basin and during a weekend stay, he can catch a few walleyes. If you fish metro waters, a hard day on lotw is still typically better fishing. Sure you’ll need to fine tune things to get on great numbers but if you go out into the main basin and don’t catch anything after a while, make a move to an area unlike what you just tried. It’s not magic but it works for most people.

Adrian’s roads are rough but drivable. No need to go 21miles out. The first break right off shore is good enough. Just get away from the road and target whatever you want. 35ft for sauger and walleye, 5 to 18 near shore for pike. You literally can go anywhere in the big basin, drill holes and catch fish so don’t sweat the small stuff. Fish the depth you want, move if you don’t strike it rich. I’ve never needed to move more than twice to get on walleyes. Trophy pike can take a bit more hunting.

I own 12 of these. The girlfriend and myself have for boys, ages 8,9,10,10. When we go out fishing we run these on our I fish pros. They’re phenomenal rods for the price and don’t fail in the cold due to the huge eyes. If used for big game sensitivity is the last thing you need to worry about. You want a decent tip, and backbone. Lots of backbone. For under 20 bucks each they’re hard to beat. I found them at reeds for 14.99 each and got pflueger trion size 30s buy one get one free there for 32dollars. Easy way to rig everybody with 2lines each to cover medium sized structure elements. We have every combo set up exactly the same with rod, reel, line, rig. I wouldn’t be afraid to jig with one either. They’re plenty light and tough enough for anything that swims inland, including sturgeon. Caught a 70lb fish and handfulls of 40s so far this winter.