any boats in rainy river yet?

[Guest]

Just wondering if any boats in Rainy River yet. I heard the shores are still ice, but a fishing friend here told me he was taking the lil boat up to push of the ice. I am sure he has changed his mind. Just pop a hole and fish the edge. I don't think he found that funny. He seems REAL bitter that the ice is still around. Maybe I'll do opener in my portable and 4 wheeler out on L.O.W. Good luck to all lines wet.

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[ethan77]

I heard at the local bait store that they are going out there and portaging over smaller pieces of ice. but you know how that goes... " I heard for a friend......"

[Guest]

One of the guys from my office was up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 5,6,7th. They got a lot of males and only a few females.

Good Luck

Ukes

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Cali,

Try this link, Sandee and Tom will keep you up to date on current conditions and are more than happy to answer any questions.

http://fishingminnesota.com/cgi-bin/forums/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Rainy+River&number=22&DaysPrune=5&LastLogin=

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[Capt'nJosh]

I was up 5,6,7,8 and boated 130-150 eyes. We lost track one day when we were really hoppin. I'd recommend the trip to all of you (although there were so many people there that I probably fished next to a few of you!) The trick that we found was to use shiners (Lucky's Bait in Baudette has really nice BIG shiners!) on a 3/8 gold jig head with a rattler and a stinger. We had to leave at noon on Monday, but the action was really heating up the last couple of hours. The big females were just starting to show up, our biggest was 6.9 lbs on our last day. Good luck to any/all of you who get to experience this springs frenzy!

Wish'n I was Fish'n
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[fiskyknut]

With the cold and the crowds I've still been doing the ice thing, been fishing the river thru the ice since monday evening, way good!!!

Love the late ice this year!!!

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I agree with you fisky. There is no ice like late ice right now. Especialy when boats are packing in close enough to hop boat to boat. I hate dealing with all that traffic, and waiting for a chance to hit the launch & load up. If it is possible, I am on the ice. I live in the north metro area and now I have my near by fishing hole to play with for a month. Extreamly nice walleye fishing there now. Right out from shore, a short cast into the " V " edge of the ripping current, and you usually can't tighten your line for retrieval without having a walter on the other end. Once they move out, them loveable smallmouth bass are in there and for a short period, you can average about 20-30 per hour. I have had some nice 4lbs. plus out of there! That would be the Ole mighty Rum River in Anoka county.

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