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Jordyn Kaufer

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with the 7 day forcast, theyre forcasting till like sunday its going to stay below freezing and drop severly at night! that means........

ICE SOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gonna be awsome walking out on a lake with 3-4in of ice! WOOT!

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I wish the highs were in the teens and the lows were single digits or below zero. Now that would put real nice ice on the lakes rather quickly. But I suppose, beggars can't be choosers. Hopefully by the end on Dec we can be driving out on most lakes.

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I'm just surprised the cold they forecasted a week ago is actually coming this time. They've been forecasting cool downs all month and it would just get pushed further and further back.

ICE CAN NOT GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!!!

I've been using a jar of water to test out which jigs and jig/plastic combos look the best. So far, flutter jigs look like they could be very deadly. grin

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I've been using a jar of water to test out which jigs and jig/plastic combos look the best. So far, flutter jigs look like they could be very deadly. grin

Flutter jigs are the only thing I'll catch crappies on when the fishing is slow. Doesn't seem to work as well on aggressive fish, but for whatever reason it works great when the bites slows.

A local pond that I fish was half covered in ice on Monday, I'm going to check it out again today. If I'm lucky I'll be fishing by the beginning of the week. I love Arctic Armor for early ice.

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Lol ya I guess a jar works. I like the bathtub.

It should be pretty decent if it keeps holding out. I am thinking the 12th will be the first safe day out for me. Last year we snuck out on a little puddle on the way to the ice show but I think its gonna be a little later than that this year. The 12th should be prime ice time.

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I just looked at a ice fish log I started 2 years ago and I was fishing on Nov. 29th last year, and Dec 7th the year before, and it was -11 that day. We could have had ice a bit before these dates but I would have had to wait for the weekend to get out.

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i am also in the anoka county area, if i want to feel good about the lake im going too i usually go to the chisago chain and fish out there, a ton of lakes that way. theres not much by us, other than the 2 you mentioned(i have wasted a lot of time on), ive heard peltier and centerville are ok...

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I live about 5 or so minutes from Crooked. I have been out there a few times in the last couple years with limited success. Blainebob, where do you go on the lake? If you don't want to say here you can email me at my login name @ yahoo.com

Thank you

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