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This years ice season....

Dan Thiem

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Well, how was your season? I know there is still some good days left, but what about the rest of the ice seaon this year? How did ya do?

I got to fish on Lake of the Woods with Fisky, went to a couple of FM Get Togethers, a p.b. gill at just a fin over 10". I also got to fish an area contest where my son won $500.00 with the biggest fish of the day. A 1/3 pound perch. crazy.gif And, only caught two black cats with white stripes all year. I went ice fishin a lot too! blush.gif

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Eric Wettschreck Grand Master

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I didn't get out as much as I wanted to. I could go ice fishing every day and not get out as much as I wanted to.

HOWEVER

What a cool season. Along with my older brother I won one of Matt Johnsons panfish tournies on a lake I've never fished before. I got to fish Winnie for the first time in my life, then go back a couple weeks later with the whole family and do it again. I fished Slabfest and stayed the weekend with a totally fun bunch of guys in a really cool cabin. The local fishing was a hoot with all the "Ususal suspects" on some of my favorite lakes. The only downside was I really wanted to hit the Zumbro zinger and I didn't make it.

All in all I say the season was a success.

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Mine was good Dan! Much better than I ever could have imagined. smile.gif

What was different this year from last year is I consistently got into fish, and nice fish, darn near everywhere I went fishing every weekend of the winter. I didn't get into too many trophy fish (other than URL crappies) but the average size of most fish was pretty good. You could say I didn't have a bad weekend fishing at all since mid-December.

Here was last weekend on Upper Red. smile.gif There's another pig for the wall in my left hand.

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I ended up tucking (3) 14 3/4" - 15" URL crappies in the freezer for a visit to the taxidermist. I've been on a mission for 2 years to find a few "honest" 15 inchers up there and it finally happened this year. Thats 15" with the mouth shut and tail pinched. If you open the mouth and measure, those fish are over 15 3/4" long. LOL! smile.gif I had to sort through about 100 crappies over 3 weekends to find 3 over 14 3/4". They aren't 'that' common. blush.gif

Good times! I can't complain about anything and am content to move into spring and open water fishing now. The best part? I never had to travel in winter storm conditions all winter. smile.gif Makes trips less tense that way!

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Overall, I had a good walleye year, but crappy panfish year. Which is odd, because prior years it was the exact opposite. Had a blast breaking in the fish-house. Fished Mille Lacs (with my son) and LOW for the first time. Caught my biggest walleye, a 29" 9#'er, but didnt get to take a good picture. Dropped it down the hole trying to get a picture taken.

Now, hopefully, I'll be able to buy a boat this year and do alot more summer fishing.

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I had an exceptional season with all species except pike. Bluegills continue to be very good with today's outing catching around 40, keeping 12 8-9 inchers and releasing 10+ over 9 inches and the rest smaller. Walleye fishing was great with lots of quality fish, 100+ over 17 inches with the largest ice eye measuring 26 inches. Only downside to the ice season was, I can't think of one. Oh yeah, missing out on COOL CATS!!! Truly anothter enjoyable chapter of ice fishing. I'll take the ice to the end, looks like 2-4 weeks left. I'll start my open water on the river first of April, give or take. For those still out, good luck! Brent

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Jim Hudson Veteran

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Pretty decent year so far.. grin.gif

In reality, for big fishes, especially walleyes this year has been superb..

But its not over yet.. Am looking at putting a few 40" pike through the ice and some big steelhead...

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Do you guys know the song "We are the Road Crew" by Motorhead? That was pretty much the story of my ice season which started Nov. 27th. I fished almost every single day up until 2 weeks ago.

I have been almost everywhere- LOW, URL, Winnie, Vermilion, Ontario, Bemidji, and everywhere close to home. Fished every species I could and did real well on Walleyes, Crappies, Rainbows, Splake, Brookies, Lakers-crushed 'em all. A 22 Lb. Lake Trout was my biggest fish so far this season with one last weekend of fishing coming up.

Can't wait till November!!!!!!!!!!!! cool.gif

Justin

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I too, had a great season, and accomplished many firsts!!! Didn't have to just bucket fish as I bought a great new portable flip over Frabill. Went to LOTW for the first time and had a hoot. Caught the biggest perch ever in my life, who would have thought it would be in SW Minnesota on a puiny little lake I had never heard of 20 miles from my house. And last but not least I fished a total of 9 new bodies of ice this year... love to expand the portfolio!!!! Can't wait till next year when the mission is to make my first FM get together and finally take up one of the many invitations to fish URL with buddies from around here!

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Each year I tell myself I want to get out more than the year before. For the most part it normally happens, but this year wasn't the case. The early part of the year made the ice a little tricker to get out. Then for the last several weeks either busy or snowstorms crushed my plans mad.gif I've got next year to look forward too!

However the times I did get out this year, they were productive and good fun with my good buds on the ice. Probably the best time I had on the ice at Mille Lac's this year. The number of fish my group pulled out on that day trip was amazing!

Looking forward to the spring now.

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