Winona dam that is.

The landing is open but had alot of ice floating around should improve with this warmer weather

Historical Crests for Mississippi River at Red Wing

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

(1) 20.70 ft on 04/18/1965
(2) 18.80 ft on 04/17/1969
(3) 18.20 ft on 04/28/2001
(4) 18.10 ft on 04/17/2001
(5) 17.18 ft on 04/12/1997
(6) 17.00 ft on 04/18/1952
(7) 16.40 ft on 04/17/1951
(8) 15.30 ft on 06/28/1993
(9) 14.91 ft on 05/01/1975
(10) 14.90 ft on 04/07/1986
(11) 14.72 ft on 04/15/2011 (P)
(12) 14.30 ft on 04/05/1967
(13) 12.93 ft on 03/26/2010
(14) 10.34 ft on 06/27/2012

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

I thought 2001 flood was higher?

Exactly Tom, people need to stay current on regs for areas they r fishing, its those gray areas in the regs that need support.

Hard to get a ticket if not caught in the act…I dont feel nothing wrong is done here by the dnr

Good enough reason to run a thirty year old jiffy auger….buy american

Should of added the swivel is added weight also.

I clip the tails on shinners and use small split shot sinkers along with the weight of the tip-up line works very well….lighter is better.

May need to drive across some land and I don’t think that would be legal

There are areas that could be good

Fished out there a few times…never found much for northern…few gills and some crappies

Take a boat when the river opens up…long walk from Merrick park

Followhwy 8 to norway take a right on hwy 2 all the way to escanaba….

Eau Claire take 29 across to wausau then 51 north to hwy 17 which goes to rhinelander then follow 8 across to pembine will be the quickest route…..

Silver carp have been caught in nets by commercial fisherman on pool 6 already…so not surprised.

Ace Hardware did have some a few days ago

Was up there early spring and caught a few in some of the spots we fished in years past…..been catching alot of small ones on 5a but very few with any size to them…..good luck

Belvidere landing may be a option….not sure on the water levels

Make sure all connections are clean….battery cables,solenoid,starter

Possible battery might be drained to low… i have a 25 evinrude that does that when it got low….also it would turn over slower…..

Deep cycle batteries are typically used for trolling motors where you can drain them 80% then recharge them…not what i would want if my main motor is hook up too.
Starter batteries have higher amps and should remain fully charge for long life out of them

If the battery is just to start your boat your good to go

found the same ice varied alot in depth around Winona also with the snow on it, some venture around without knowing the true thickness they stood on…caution is advised its early yet.

i think most people just want a auger to run and drill a couple holes when needed to have a good time when out on the ice…

my jiffy has been running 25 plus years… a little heavy but will cut as many holes in a day as any auger out there…if you bring a couple buddies along to share the pain

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have you tried calling Uncle Josh in ft atkinson???

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been awhile since i looked them up…Uncle Josh may be the go to site now….didnt see much info there, you may need to call as said above.
dont have time to look now its Christmas

they r made in Beaver Dam, Wi….search them on the web you should find the site fairly easily.

has to be a better than what we have going on now!

Minnesota map of west nile cases:

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/westnile/wnvmap12.pdf