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Stick in Mud

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So ready for the open water season. I've got all my rods and reels out in the living room that I impulsively play and tinker with.

Pulling a fish up a hole is so boring compared to fighting them in a boat. I live for the open water and stay sane in the winter on the hard stuff.

It's this time of year where I find myself reminiscing on all the memorable days (good and bad) on the water last year and think about how I could change my approach to catch more fish.

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The thaw can't come soon enough. I've been itching to see this thread since mid January.

I asked my wife if we can bring the boat home in a couple weeks. She looked at me like there was a foot growing out of my head. laugh

Have a reel dismantled on my bench waiting for drag discs. And this weekend I started making a formal list of upgrades to the boat, trailer, and gear for this summer.

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dan z Grand Master

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Hey this isn't Kohls or JC Penny where they start selling Bikinis in the middle of winter! You have to go on "Thread Read count" and it-ant there yet! grin

Dont count this as a post as it will up the count on this thread and topic.

Ice fishing should be at the top till 1 month before the opening of walkeye and pike. I'll be ice fishing till the end of march I hope. Then its game on for the Wiley flathead.

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Ice fish quite a bit during the winter but in all honesty I really don't like it that much haha, just something to do to pass the time until open water. I sure wish we would have had the mild winter that we did last year. I was fishing Pool 2 by mid March last year. I don't think that's going to happen this year. I might actually be taking my boat out of storage this weekend. Probably not the best idea since it will probably drive me crazy just sitting in the garage for a month.

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The thread is (mostly) in jest...I just wanted to express a bit of the angst that has already begun to build up.

I'll be out ice fishing until it's no longer safe to do so, as this is my absolute favorite time of year to get out on the ice. But....only 74 days 'til opener now. smile

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Darn near 26 inches of ice, right now, in southwest MN. I'm far from Jesus but I think I'll be walking on water for a while still.

Fear not fellers, open water (along with sunburn, bugs, lawn mowing, and skeeters) will come soon enough. Instead of sitting next to your smelly buddy in the portable, we'll be hanging out with our smelly and sweaty buddies in the boat.

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