Aitkin Jaycees Mille Lacs Ice contest

[Guest]

Grabs,
Are you staying up for the weekend???

[Guest]

Maybe I missed it as I was skimming the posts, but what time does the event start and finish? Secondly, I know it is last minute, but does anybody have any suggestions for ice house rentals in that area for Sat.? Thanks in advance!

[Guest]

Noon to three. Dickies Portside always gets my vote for rentals. There are many other fine resorts that have rentals...click the resorts link on the FM page!

[Grabs]

Yes we will be staying at my perm on the SW side.

[Guest]

Grabs, other FMer's,

I am planning on moving the shack to the gravel bar past hennipen on thursday so if your up this weekend and in that vicinity stop in and say hi. My shack is white tin with tan corner tin and will be approximately at N 46D 10.748M W 93D 34.769M.
And as the sign on my door says, "The only thing left in this shack when I am gone is frozen turds, so if you wanna break in for that be my guest"

[ICEGRIPPER]

Chiro, Lost track of your posting until now. I have your address and my donation will go out Wednesday A.M. Hopefully it will arrive on Friday.

[Grabs]

How is the contest run? Largest fish by species? Or largest overall,...Chiro can you explain. I have people going with me that are asking.

[Harmonica Bear]

Are there a lot of FMer's that plan on attending?

[Guest]

Grabs,
Largest fish overall, not by species,hmmmmmm maybe some folks will be targeting the elusive 'pout! If you catch a walleye that is not in the slot it will not be weighed. Remember, even if you have a bad day and end up with the 25th biggest you'll go home with the snowmobile!!

[Scott]

Kolt, give the Red Door a call they may have a house available this weekend and they're only a mile away from Barnacles.

[humpback]

just wondering if anyone fished this contest and if they froze thier butts off.we were listning to it on the radio on another part of the lake and at one point a guy they interveiwed on the radio said they were catching lots of fish but nothing was registered yet.lol how does that work.now im sure they could only register slot fish and with fishing as slow as it has been what kind of (lots of fish) were they catching and not registering?

[IcePro]

A total of 5 fish were weighed in. All 5 fish were tulibees.

5 fish per hundreds of anglers not good.

[Guest]

Icepro,
Please tell me that you are joking??? I just got off the south end this morning so I have not heard how it went???

[IcePro]

Chiro:
NO JOKE!

[big_fish_guy]

I was out there last weekend fishing on the "dead sea" and we caught nothing and only saw 1 little perch on the camera. It would have been funny had someone caught a little 4 inch perch and took 6th place with it.
it truly was miserable.

[Grabs]

He is not joking, it was truely miserable. Not to slam or demote this event because it was well run, but the weather and fishing just did not coorperate at all! People began leaving around 1 or so and there were very few left by the end of the event.