The Burntside Bash should be interesting!

[panic milt]

After several days of incredibly warm, record-breaking weather, we woke up to high winds and 0 degrees!! Makes for some great ice, though. stfcatfish is out there prepping things so everybody has a great time.

I'd say I wish I was there too, but I just have to be honest, I HATE WIND! That's why I left North Dakota, for heaven's sake!! I can put up with the cold here — like I have a choice — but when it's windy I will NOT be playing outside.

Go ahead, call me a wimp.

But hey, everybody who's heading to the bash, you'll have a GREAT time!!

[Mrs Boilerman]

I wish I could, but I have to work this weekend

Everyone else have fun fishing - I'll be out covering a bowling tournament and typing obits.

I'm hoping to find a few hours Saturday afternoon to get out on one of the lakes down here in southwest Minnesota, but that depends on what the hubby is up to when I get back from the bowling tourney. With him, you never really know, ha ha.

Then again, there is that huge pile of laundry in the basement that seems to be growing at an alarming rate...

[Lisa Almquist]

I'm a bit bummed because the Burntside Bash is the most fun get together I've attended through HSO and I won't be attending. The people are fun, great food and the lakers rock my world!

One nice thing is that there won't be that nasty slush issue because of the melt and then sudden cold snap. I'll get my laker fishing in hopefully next month. I'll let you gals know when I go!

Laundry be darned though-this doesn't stop me from fishing. The best rule we ever implemented in this house is that everyone does their own laundry. Sweet deal huh?

[Steve Foss]

We could have used some of you fisherwomen out there today. Nevertheless, even though it was a bunch of guys, we had a good time.

You can read about it here.

I'm trying to get panic milt out on the Bside ice with me tomorrow, but it's gonna be windy!

[Mrs Boilerman]

Boy, I wish we could have made it, but considering the fact I can barely see my neighbor's house right now, I think we may have had a wee bit of trouble trying to make it home! That and I had to work yesterday morning.

After carefully avoiding looking directly at the pile of laundry that needed folding and ignoring the way my boots stuck slightly to the kitchen floor, Eric and I did blow off all household chores and head out to a local lake for the afternoon. We ended up having chicken for supper, though. Not that we wrangled any chickens, we just didn't catch any fish. Totally skunked.

And the laundry and sticky floor waiting patiently here at the house for me. I dealt with them while the chicken cooked and Eric napped from the exhaustion of fishing, ha ha.

[Gordie]

It was nice to meet you Panic it was a real fun time cant wait to get back up to Gods country

[panic milt]

It was great to meet you guys too! I had a terrific time at the Boathouse ... haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Hope to do that again sometime. Maybe not until next year, though. I hope everyone heading back to the cities made it home in one piece. That much snow is some scary stuff.