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I put the house away for the season. Sees like just yesterday we finally had enough ice to travel out on. This year just went by way too fast, only managed to get out a half a dozen times. Guess its time to start planning for the open water season.

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I put the house away for the season. Sees like just yesterday we finally had enough ice to travel out on. This year just went by way too fast, only managed to get out a half a dozen times. Guess its time to start planning for the open water season.

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C'mon Opsirc......It's just gonna get good...head north if you must, but this here time of year is the absolute best ice fishing there is!!! grin.gif....See everyone on the ice!

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You might of put the house away but their should be several weeks of sittin on a bucket ice fishing. I'm in central Iowa and I just got back from two hrs. on a farm pond with 20 Blue Gills a crappie & a bass so its actually getting a little hotter bite now. Ice was still at 15 inches and no slop on top yet.

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I was out on lake mitchell today and had a blast. Today was by far the best ice fishing weather with out using a shelter so far. I didnt catch much but just being out on the ice with some lines in the water was great. Dont give up on the hard water season yet, there are still alot of fishing left.

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I just put together my new one man portable this weekend, I too was ready to hang it up after the first huge snow last week, but I am heading out there again tonight. my only problem is that the lake access closes at 10 PM, unless I wanted to walk a really long ways to fish, which I don't

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