I think what Walleye635 was saying is that Hunters Point posted a picture of 60 jumbos caught in one day on their sight. So critique of fisherman talking about bites could be warranted, but are you also calling the resorts and telling them to stop posting about it?
When we went out of red door the owner and or operator said that that pass could get us out of either red door or barnacles. Both mornings we went by barnacles it didn’t look like anyone was inside, but he specifically told us we could go back and go out of barnacles if we were trying to get to Carlsona. So maybe you have to get your pass from red door but can use either access??? Might be worth a call.
FYI you can’t get to the Calrsona break from Castaways, there is a heave. You can get close. You can get there from Barnacles, but that was before the snow came. I’m sure they’ll still plow out there because they had about 60 houses on that break.
Red Door told us if you want to catch 12 inch perch, head to the second break, you’ll catch 40 in a weekend. We ventured out to the mud, and did just as well. Walleyes were all smaller than 8 inches, perch were all 11-12 and super fat. I also know people that did well in the sand. I don’t think it really matters where you go right now. Not sure how long it’ll last but it was a fun time. Was a super light bite for us, you’d have to see if your rod would load as you slowly lifted away from the marks. Didn’t matter what was jigged, they’d hit everything, however we had no bites on set lines.
I’ve thought about the public access before, but like the idea of a “plowed road” that someone is checking ice thickness regularly. I realize there is no snow at the moment, but it’s also nice to support a few of the businesses that seem to be dying off up there.
I second Finny. Always go suckers on set lines over anything else.
Went out of the Mille Lacs Angler last weekend, they had 17 inches, little bit of slush under the ice.
North end was a sh1t show. Pancake ice, drilled through at the first break, pancake ice kept coming up the hole. Felt through with the spud bar, I was hitting more pancake ice 4-5 feet below the ice. Couldn’t even get a line through.
Any idea if they’re going to do regular ice updates? Last they have posted was from November! Doesn’t really help promote going out on the north end if you have no idea on ice conditions. One thing I love about Lybacks, you get a good report every day.
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For whatever reason, the Hornady SST in 165 grain groups the best out of anything for my 308. I’ve tried dozens of rounds over the years. So many half used boxes of ammo in my safe.
Christ I had an Atari when I was a kid…pacman, frogger, and the guy that jumped over crocks and swung on vines like tarzan. Sucks getting old.
I say take advantage of it. Eat nothing but protein shakes and kale. Get yoked. Don’t have to smell your own protein farts.
I stopped at the Casey’s in Ogilvie last weekend and I could swear their pump said 87 non oxy. I thought it strange at the time and wondered if it was a typo or a scam. Now I’m wondering.
Here’s food for thought. Rose had a lifetime ban. His life is over. Was there any mention of a posthumous induction to the hall of fame in the original punishment? As Mr. Jordan stated, baseball is embracing gambling now and it seems hypocritical at best. I believe that had he just admitted to gambling in the beginning, he would be in the HOF now.
I only know him as the Reds manager with a bad haircut so I don’t care either way. But you can’t deny his stats. You also can’t deny that Sosa and McGwire, juiced to the gills, probably saved baseball since the sport was dwindling in popularity after the strike season. How many lives did Lance Armstrong save by selling yellow bracelets for cancer research even though he was 90% EPO at the time? The ethical and moral versus “on field” accomplishments has always been at the forefront of modern sports. We just don’t seem to have any consistency in deciding who gets a pass and who doesn’t.
We ended up taking the docks out this past weekend. Bittersweet. The lake looked like Fourth of July weekend. Swimmers, kayakers, boaters. Insane for this late in the year. I would guess the shallow water on the north end was above 70 degrees. No bibs required this year.
As far as water level, I think it’s down from the spring. I saw a lot of lines in the sand from lower units dragging. I know I made a few as well trying to get out.
Ryan said everything. For my two cents, I would go with Lybacks. He’s providing regular updates on the ice and fishing, very safety conscious with his roads, and all and all runs a tight ship. You can get access to a lot of different structure from down there. And, it’s on the south end cutting your drive time down if you live south. Lastly, you’ll always get out a little earlier on the south end vs. the north. My second would be hunters point just because you can access any kind of structure from there.
Having said that, the last 2 years have been dog$h1t like mentioned before. To much snow or not enough ice really hampered the last tow seasons. We’re on the north end and I don’t think Red Door/Barnacles even opened up to car travel last year, and the year before I believe it was only for season pass holders and that only lasted a short time if I remember right.
I didn’t notice much shoulder over the past weekend.
I was fishing walleyes, yes, but the baitshop said a lot of people had switched to trying to catch smallies. I haven’t heard any reports about that.
Yea you’d think mid to late September the water temps would be much lower, but we’ve had basically August like temps for the past several weeks. Water levels have really gone down as well. I noticed it was down at least 4 inches from mid summer. High temps and no rain…
Went out Sunday morning. The north end was still 68 to 69 degrees. Marked lots of fish, still not much happening. The bait shop lady actively tried to talk us out of fishing lol. Everyone I talked to said the bite is super slow.
I’ve been to Craigs and know others who have used him. He’s legit.
I also had some work done by Matt’s Firearms in Chisago City. Brand new AR would only fire one round then it was done. Something was not in tolerance and he got it squared away.
I still have an A-Team lunch box from when I was a kid, no dividers but it has a pretty sweet Mr. T thermos. 
Spinner rig or plain snell work better? That answer will probably answer my next question, but what speed are we thinking?
Appreciate the insights so far.
I was up all last week and the wind kept me off the lake most of the week. The few times I did get out, it was tough going. Pulled lead, fished bobbers, rigs, spinners, everything you could think of, only caught a couple of nice perch and a couple small walleyes. I’ve got a picture on my phone of 50 marks on the Helix, but nothing was biting. Beginning to think those are more perch marks but I marked the same everywhere I went.
I’m thinking 4-8 or 5-7 with a quick glance at the schedule. Not having OSU or Oregon on the schedule helps, but this was a bottom to middle tier Big 10 team before the expansion. I don’t follow Oregon enough to see how they lose Bo Nix and are supposed to be better. OSU returns everyone except their sub par QB. Michigan lost a ton of NFL talent but still look scary good, especially on defense. Penn State looks like a top ten team.
I was at the U of Iowa when adding Notre Dame was the big talk…we’ve added 6 other teams since then from both coasts. Not the Big Ten I grew up with but will be interesting to watch.
We all have to sacrifice. Better add a squatty potty to the end of the dock
Our cabin is on the north end. I’ll whip up some chili for the family and see what I can do.
I use the same setup on my bobber rod, but maybe consider using a drop shot. Several advantages include you’re always off the bottom as long as you keep the line tight, you can change how far you’re off the bottom in seconds, you can actually feel a bite rather than just watching a bobber go down, and you can retrieve/walk it back to you to cover a little more ground. I have a buddy that fishes exclusively this way both open water and ice, and I’m just getting used to it, especially walking it back to the boat, but it’s effective. It also allows me to fish sharp breaks without having to worry about casting too far on top of the break. Even if you’re 3 feet off the bottom with a bobber, sharp enough break could be more than 3 feet of depth change in 20 yards distance. Plenty of videos out there on how to do it.
Well apparently there are multiple Master Angler lists out there. This is what I was looking at.
I noticed there must be a difference when Gimris mentioned the difference between large and smallmouth. This list has them the same.
As I go down the list that I posted, I’ve done the walleye several times, bluegill once, pike once, and largemouth once. But like I said before, I don’t think you could ever achieve the perch master anlger status from this list in MN. Possibly on a private farm pond somewhere…which is how I caught a 21 inch largemouth, or LOW. But I feel these need to be difficult yes, but attainable.
I found no luck on the flats this past week. I did do well on the deeper sand breaks though. I actually caught 6 perch over 11 inches, one of them was 12. I haven’t caught a perch out there in several years. I didn’t keep any, mostly because I didn’t believe I would catch another. I would have had a nice fish fry had I done so. Walleyes were all cookie cutter 16 or 18 inch fish, but we caught too many to keep track. It’s by no means 90 fish days out there, but 30 fish days are pretty easy to do.
I took some nubbies fishing on Saturday morning with bobbers. I set one of them up, set my rod up, and still had 2 rods to go by the time the first rod had a fish on it. I’m running up front to help with that as I look back to see my rod loaded and precariously balancing on the railing. Luckily a cousin grabbed it before it went in the drink. We had 2 bites in less than 2 minutes. I think we caught a dozen in an hours time. Everybody caught 1 at least so it was a successful guide.
