FMr's at Ice Show, other get togethers..?

[mjhowe]

Greetings Minnesotans!

My wife and I are going to do an impromptu road trip and go to the Ice show!! I have a little vacation left, and we are discussing a possible move to Minnesota within the next few years so...why not hit the ice show and then do some travelin thru the state so she can see what winters are like there?

Would love to take an afternoon at the show and get together with any FM ers who might be there..Any plans for any organized meet and greets at the show?

I know its early in the winter...but what the heck. I would love to know if any one would be willing to host a day or 2 of fishing after the show, assuming there might be ice somewhere. The plan is to drive straight thru to the cities...do the show then start loop north and then back west the following week....Brainerd, Duluth, Grand Rapids, LOW, Thief River Falls then west.? We will follow the ice if there is any.

I am hoping for some serious cold weather 'tween now and then!!!

[Ryan_V]

I will be one of the first ones through the gate on friday afternoon. I save my floating holiday for it every year, the holy day!!!

[Boar]

Hey MJhowe I live just south of Thief River Falls on hwy 32, if theres good ice you can certianly tag along with me up to LOW if youre coming thru on a weekend. Providing things work out with thing on my end, if not I could get to gether an powwow with you an certainly get ya pointed in the right direction on LOW. let me know. whens the ice show? Later boar

[deepportage01]

Hey Mike, I will be headed up to LOW/URL in early December if the time line works out you are welcome to head out with us.

[Captain B.R.K]

I plan to be at the show once again this year. I'm not sure what day I'll be there yet, but probably Saturday afternoon sometime. Always a great time at these shows.

We have talked about it before, but with everyone's schedules and some of the staffers working the vendor tables, makes it tough to do.

You are going to have a great time taking it all in!

As for fishable ice at that time of year, the northern part of the state might have fishable ice.

[BucketButt]

I can't believe you want to move away from God's country. My grandpa has a cabin on Middle Thompson Lake and we go up there every other summer. Good luck with your perch fishing this Feb. Most of the pike are gone but now some Musky have shown up.

[nytelyter]

i will be there on friday afternoon as well. i write the schedules at work and one of my perks is that i gett first dibbs on days off needed. heheheheh i.e. ice show, backwaters brawl, cool cats, portable fishhouse mod. ect.ect. gotta love it! i am kinda big and you see my av here. if ya see me there. give me a tap on the shoulder and introduce yourself. ... paul

[Matt Johnson]

I'll be at the Thorne Bros booth all weekend, stop by and say hi, it would be great to chat with you Mike..

[mjhowe]

lookin forward to it Matt!

Is this a big enough deal where it would take a day and a half or 2 days to see it all? Or would one solid day do it? I want to attend a few seminars if there are any, and if there are historically any days that the "deals" are better, would that be the last day so they dont have to pack up and haul everything back to the store?

I need some tips fellas!!?? Is there any kind of schedule out there that any one knows of?

Thanks

[gvg_uwec]

Speaking of the Ice show, does anyone know if Todays Tackle will be at the show? Heck I would like to see what sponsors of this site will be at the show too, I would much rather give my business to them than to someone else not supporting! So all of you sponsors out there that will be attending please sound off, I'm sure we would all like to stop and show our patronage!

[RobertELee]

Mike,

Yes usually the last day is the best for getting deals. Depending on how fast you walk and how long you talk depicts how much time you will spend there. One day should be enough to see everything.

[hanson]

gvg_uwec

The past few years, Bruce Mosher from Today's Tackle has been at the ice show in a booth with product. He's usually right behind the Thorne Bros booth.

Marcum Technologies has a booth.

Nilsmaster is usually there. The last few years, Troy "Mr. Bluegill" Peterson has been in the Nils booth. Stop and check out all the awesome lures that Nils carries that you don't generally see in stores.

I'll be at the show sometime. Normally a bunch of us FM guys try to hook up and talk.

[BigWadeS]

I missed something, when is the show and where is the show at?

[Matt Johnson]

Todays Tackle will be in the Thorne Bros booth again this year. Bruce usually sets up a pretty cool display and if you get the chance to pick his brain then I highly recommend it, the guy knows his stuff!

There is a lot to look at when going to the Ice Show. Just about everything and anything you could ask for when it comes to ice fishing. A very fun event.

[Northlander]

The Ice Show is DEC 1-3 at the St.Paul River Center.

Fri-1pm -9pm

Sat- 10am-7pm

Sun- 10am-5pm

If you do a search on agi events or Ice Fishing Shows or River Centre, spelled Centre, you will find all you need to know including directions from anyplace in the state.

Ill be there Friday all day.

[mjhowe]

Northlander,

You have mail!

Mike

[mjhowe]

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I can't believe you want to move away from God's country. My grandpa has a cabin on Middle Thompson Lake and we go up there every other summer. Good luck with your perch fishing this Feb. Most of the pike are gone but now some Musky have shown up.

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BuckettButt,

Middle Thompson is a GREAT spot, unfortunately, its also close to the Flathead Valley which is experiencing explosive growth. I cant take the way the place is growing, the kinds of people moving here and the big city problems and troubles they bring with them. Top that with the fact that NO-ONE can agree on how to handle the growth and the Last Best Place is quickly becoming The last place I want to be...

Anyone that wants it...you can have my spot!

[beef]

I will be at the show all weekend too working in the Northland Tackle Booth... Stop by and say hi...

Beef

[Deitz Dittrich]

I unfortunatly will be working Cabelas in Rogers that weekend.. If you stop at Cabelas on your way to the show, say hi.. I'll be with Aqua-VU.

[harvey lee]

I will be there to see Matt @ Thorne Bros to buy a new rod.Maybe there will be a Matt/FM deal for us.

[Captain B.R.K]

I would say if you took a good 1/2 day at the show, you could see it all. But that is me talking and I've been to the show regilously for the past 4 years- if not longer.

If you have the gift to gab or you are looking for a specific item to buy, then it might take longer. Otherwise if you give yourself a good 1/2 day at the show, you'll be all set.

Dietz- If I remember right, you had to do the same gig last year and missed out on the Ice Show?! I even stopped into Cabelas last year and said "hi" !

[Matt Johnson]

Tom,

Swing by, I'm sure we can work something out

beef,

I'll have to swing over to the Northland booth and chat with you for a bit..

[ike's tackle]

hi mike stop at the ikes bait and tackle booth say hi and check out all the new gadgets

[walleyedan]

I will be there for the 3rd (or so) year in a row. I will have my Sno Bear at the Nisswa Marine/Sno Bear booth. I will also have some cutting edge ice wear for sale.

Walleyedan

[Borch]

I'm hopiing to be there Saturday again this year. It's nice bumping into all the FMers there. I'll also stop by and say hi to Deitz again.

Cabelas is also a good place to stop in unless you don't have any money left after the first stop.