I went out all day yesterday (yep braved the chilly morning). We went to two different lakes. One was Wasserman in Victoria and then Lake Waconia. Wasserman had about 9 inches, and to our surprise Waconia had 12 inches off the east side where we fished. There are a lot of active springs in that lake be careful. so I would think after this next bout of cold weather coming soon people will be driving.
I have both. The fusion I got last year (2019) for a red lake trip and was very satisfied with it. Also it handled a random 34 inch pike that came swimming through with ease. The precision was my first TUCR and I used it strictly for crappie when I got it. Can go wrong with either one. I’d lean towards the fusion though if you want a little bit more backbone for the walleye IMO.
Debating about going Saturday morning if we are getting this snow. Maybe it will slow some people down lol.
Good to know, I didn’t know they had an aerator in that lake. I figured since it’s 55 feet deep it wouldn’t need one. What do I know though? Besides cooking bacon and drinking beer 😁
Never fished for trout before, what bait would work best? Crappie minnows?
Is the weight of a half ton pickup and a 5500lb single axel wheel house going to be fine on 15, 16 inches of ice?
Going out on big sandy. I was up there on Saturday before this little stretch of warm weather. It was between 12 and 16 inches on this bay. The spot we picked out was about 15.
There isn’t a resort that I am aware, but there could be lol.
Good to know thanks RC. Going to precook some bacon tomorrow and freeze it to make less of a mess to clean up. Trying to plan with less clean up. 😁
Waban Bay. Was hoping for a pike to come through. Guess I’ll have to wait til next week when we are out there in the wheelhouse. Apparently, according to my moms neighbors up there, only things there are baitfish and pike. But I like to prove people wrong 😁.
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Just got home from a day trip to big sandy. I can confirm there is between 12 to 16 inches of ice. The 12 inches was near a stream in that bay. There were a couple of trucks driving around the bay as well. After some scouting and a little bit of fishing, caught a couple perch and a tuilibee in about 2 hours. Perch were decent size but didn’t keep them since it was just for scouting.
We rented the wheelhouse from a place here in the cities lol. We are choosing that bay because it’s close the my moms cabin. Not looking to steal info. A buddy and I are doing a scouting trip in Saturday this week to see what we can find.
We were thinking about fishing this bay and were hoping it will have thick enough ice since it’s off the main lake.
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Well that sucks. We were hoping at looking a wheel house out there in the north east bay. Sounds like that will not happen lol.
How’s the ice situation looking up there on big sandy?
Ahahahaha, that would be really funny to do. Would be easier in my portable since it’s a flip over.
Thanks for some of the tips! My mom and her bf/partner (whatever their relationship is called) purchased a place off of Indian Point (don’t know if that is Bill Horn or not. The maps don’t really tell much of a story. I have been scouting with my Navionics App and looking at the contours of the lake to try to get a feel. I plan on doing several weekends of ice fishing up there in my portable.
Yes sir I have, up on Red this past winter. Was amazing waking up to the rattle reels going off in the middle of the night. I don’t think my buddies have.
