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JZ

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Tim and I plan on driving up to the Angle over Thanksgiving to hit the ice any ideas on where we should go and should we bring sleds or weelers? Any help would be apreciated.

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I'd say you'd be better off leaving the machines at home. Bring your survival suits and lifejackets instead.

Who's gonna be the first thru the LOTW ice this year??? It's a very rare year to see Wheelers out on the ice by Turkey day weekend. A walk out on to the ice may be doable if it gets cold enough to make good ice between now and then, and be sure you know what areas to avoid.

Be waaay careful iffin you do go. Being your from Fargo you may want to wait till you hear of some locals venturing out onto the ice before you drive all the way up.

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I'm 100% with fisky on this one. Might be doable, but I'd be dang sure of it before I drove all the way up there. Personally, I'd wait a couple weeks from the date you mentioned regardless of what I was hearing about ice.

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JZ,

Even though I see you are wearing your life jacket, I don't think it would be much help.

The water is still wet, and the temps. tell me it will be for some time.

Best thing you can do is wait till a local professional like rbach gives the big OK.... then stop by Flag with your friend and buy him a beer shocked.gif

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Tim and I have been on this lake for the last 5 years and know the ice well. By thanksgiving it will be ready. Still wondering if i should use sleds or ATV! Any ideas??? cool.gif

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JZ,

I have read many posts on FM that have been posted by rbach and Hemlock, they both are truely "wise" men when it comes

to LOW. If they say no... then no it is....

If you still think you can go, then, before you go I would pay off any bets you might have made...and another word of advice...

make sure Timmy goes first blush.gif

rbach/Hemlock, what is the latest ice conditions?

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Tim and I have been on this lake for the last 5 years and know the ice well. By thanksgiving it will be ready. Still wondering if i should use sleds or ATV! Any ideas???
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There are guys with more that 5 years on this lake telling you it is a bad idea. I would listen to them. No fish is worth a cold swim. The one thing you need to remember also is there are guys that live in the area telling you there won't be ice. I see you are in Fargo so you can't used past history as a guide you need to know what is going on now. They are telling you it isn't making ice.

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Hey I am from Valley City ND and I have a Duramax but I really like my truck and I really like my life so I think I am going to wait until the Local fellas start to fish and say that it is a for sure thing. I got the dump scared out of me a couple years ago pushing the early ice thing. I was lucky but I saw enough 4 wheelers sitting on the bottom of 4 Mile Bay to make me ask myself what am I doing out here.

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Well, we drove up there with the weelers behind thinking there is no snow so we should be good to go. Not the case unfortunately there was not enough ice to support the weight of the weelers. Maybe next year laugh.gif

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JZ,

Glad to hear you and Timmy stayed safe this weekend.

A good freind of mine flew over the lake on Friday, he said there was a boat with two fishermen in it fishing just south of Flag Island, Was that you and Timmy???? If so... Where did you launch??

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