Is there any opportunity to fish from shore this time of the year?

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Rodwork wrote:

A good drag will be what helps you land the huge fish.

This is something I haven’t given enough attention to.

When shopping for a reel how does a guy judge drag functionality?

When you have a reel how do you know when your drag is set “just right”?

Deuces wrote:

After 10-15min of work w an ice chisel, it’s pretty neat watching an ice shelf drift off w the current.

Dragging fish over the shelf rarely works out, hook often gets caught on the ice in my experience.

Deeper into winter I’ve setup flags right on the shelf, far out as I can get em safely, shelf ice does not have the strength of sheet ice, but they tend to be right on the seam.

That’s awesome.

I sat down with my pen and paper and watched the next bite series. Love how they reference ghostbusters.

I get the idea that temperature and current influence the location of bait fish as well as the mood of walleye to determine how far they will travel from the deeper water onto the feeding shelf and closer to shore

As of this evening I regretfully inform that my honey hole has succumbed to an ice shelf….

Ive got a better idea what God’s mighty waters have in store for the next season and I will be better prepared !!!!

Haha yes it is different every time and always intriguing! These fish would actually pause in two fow and if I let the lure sit they’d strike it. This experience seeing them chase all the way in and striking like a northern… Then no action. I guess I understand when you say they become quite picky.

I think reaching these fish at their depth and speed of retrieve are definitely the answers. Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday look like good options to go try this “jig and minnow” you speak of…

Thanks!

Whoa I wasn’t aware that was happening. I clicked post and it kept bringing up this page that says “internet time out” so I tried a few times not knowing. Can’t figure out how to delete.

Wildlifeguy wrote:

Same goes for the fish in the lakes,

Oh I know. When I’m feeling particularly masochistic I’ll take a look at the Lakefinder surveys for Pleasant, and realize that 5 minutes away might as well be the moon.

when you look at charley the survey is from like 40 years ago it doesn’t say anything about being closed to nonresidents so I wrote a email to the dnr saying that might be worth noting.

Haha yes I have read that we can get good action at this time but I didn’t know for certain how it related to our location (they’re always fishing in Manitoba or devils lake). I’ll bring a plank out there with me tomorrow, cheers!

Wow you guys really made me feel better with your responses thank you very much. I know it’s always a game at your own risk this time of season but if I’m not the only one still trying I don’t feel so discouraged.

Last evening I tried to fish a new lake called “Charley” in North Oaks and had no idea that North Oak was a private community until the Ramsey county sheriff showed up and promptly kicked me out!

I’ll probably head north after tomorrow where they’re getting snow instead of rain. I’ll roll the dice tomorrow morning around here maybe

I just got my seasonal lay off yesterday and can’t stop thinking “oh great now I can fish!” I’ve only fished a few winter seasons and don’t really know when to call it quits late-ice. Will this rain end everything for the Minneapolis area season regardless of lake size?