I just returned from the grand tour of the ramps while dragging the boat and 494 is iced in with the south wind holding a bunch of ice against the ramp. If you busted out to the channel, the ice would close in behind you. Hidden Falls has 20 feet of ice and the Cedar ramp on the Mn has 15 feet of ice and the ramp is snow covered. LillyDale would totally locked in so I didnt bother looking. Maybe todays warm up will change things for Wednesday, before the cold comes back.

I fished that big bar last week and it was slow with only a couple of lookers. Was surprised to find a house on the tip and as I was leaving the owner showed up driving his truck. Not what I might recomend with only a foot of ice on that bar. He parked a couple of hundred yards away but it still looked too danderous for my thinking. He said the action has been slow with a flurry at sunset. I was on my snowmobile out of Prescott and made it up past the open water north of the Kinnie but the Shad were very thick. Fished my way down river but the Shad were everywhere and pretty heavy down by Prescott. After several trips to that end of the river I have given up for this season and am back up to Bayport. I am not sure I would make that hike from what I saw.

Thanks!, my Java was messed up.

I have been fishing upper P2 and the bite is slow, with a little of everything trolling but no size. I have been having better luck on P1, trolling Tots and shadraps in the upper sections. Less Walleyes and more SMB up there, along with nice cats. In my last 4 trips up there I saw only a couple fishing boats and a lot less “Wakemasters”.

I am interested. Rotating boat ramps sounds like a good idea.