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[hugonian1]

Out the living room window.

 

[Macgyver55]

[hugonian1]

Taking a break in the brother's back yard.

 

[smurfy]

wowzer thats a big daddy!!!!!!! look at the neck on that thing yet!!!!!!!!!

[Macgyver55]

Did some snowshoeing today... perfect day in the woods!
 

[chaffmj]

Yesterday it is -12 out and I am in my kitchen and this dam mosquito lands on my arm. [PoorWordUsage]!

 

[Wanderer]

Create your own caption 

[smurfy]

not a chance......i see nuttin but trouble iffin i do!!!!!!

[chaffmj]

 

 

[Macgyver55]

Frosty morning up north!

[Mike89]

looks like that here too!!  

[Canon Guy]

Some folks out urban ice fishing on Lake of the Isles

 

[Wanderer]

Lake of the Isles.... crazy muskie memories from there...

[Wanderer]

I missed my Ely - and apparently forgot how to fish.  Bite was suuuuuper tough for us but I wasn’t as mobile as I’d hoped.  It got to be a lot of work putting the home away from home on the 13-14 inches of Shagawa ice and moving it even once.

 

On the move. Sharing the fishing report with the guy that walked out the day before.

 

The drive home was pretty!

Yup, I put my rig on the ice but after I had the wheeler out scouting and measuring ice conditions.  Kept it under 10 mph.

[Canon Guy]

30 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

Lake of the Isles.... crazy muskie memories from there...

Those lakes produce some nice fish. It has been 20 years, but I used to fish Calhoun a lot. 

[Wanderer]

3 minutes ago, Canon Guy said:

Those lakes produce some nice fish. It has been 20 years, but I used to fish Calhoun a lot. 

Yes they do.  I fished Calhoun a lot also in the 90’s.  My grandpa used to WAY back in the day for pike.  I’ve only seen the B&W pic once but he had 3 huge pike on a stringer and the writing on the back said 100 pounds.  Were they really that heavy?  No way for me to tell but they WERE huge.  He lived in St. Louis Park at the time when the creosote plant was there.  I don’t know if you have any knowledge of that place.

[Canon Guy]

Three fish averaging over 30 lbs. surprises me, but who am I to say there were not some that big in there at one time? When I started fishing the lake around 1980 it was not unusual to see a shore fisherman pull in one that was 15 lbs. 

 

Yes, Republic Creosote left a terrible mess behind. Who knows what the real health implications have been? 

Edited January 4, 2021 by Canon Guy

[Wanderer]

14 hours ago, Canon Guy said:

Three fish averaging over 30 lbs. surprises me, but who am I to say there were not some that big in there at one time? When I started fishing the lake around 1980 it was not unusual to see a shore fisherman pull in one that was 15 lbs. 

 

Yes, Republic Creosote left a terrible mess behind. Who knows what the real health implications have been? 

Oh shoot, it was probably in the 50’s maybe 60’s at the latest.  He was a devout pike fisherman that had 8 kids to feed.  Yah, it would be pretty incredible if they were all that big.  When I saw the pic I was too young to judge with any accuracy.

 

No idea what the health implications were but the family of 10 is half gone now and none perished from anything traceable to the plant they lived less than 1 block from.  I’m sure it had to be an expensive mess to remediate that site.

[rundrave]

Went mining for some South Dakota gold yesterday:

Edited January 6, 2021 by rundrave

[smurfy]

dang nice fish!!!!!!!!!

[Duffman]

6 hours ago, smurfy said:

dang nice fish!!!!!!!!!

 

That's the inside of a red solo cup Smurfy.

 

 

 

 

[leech~~]

9 hours ago, rundrave said:

Went mining for some South Dakota gold yesterday:

Waubay?

[rundrave]

3 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Waubay?

Your close

[Driftless]

The view from Blackbird Rock Kickapoo Valley Reserve.

Edited January 7, 2021 by Driftless

[hugonian1]

These frosty days are really giving us some spectacular views.