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Fishing Forums => Open Water Fishing => Topic started by: Boar on May 05/01/19, 01:06:28 PM
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Heading to LOW, staying at the wigwam , what everyone else doing?? watchout lee im gona hit a walleye in the high 20's to start of the challenge
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I live so far from the lake that we probably won't fish. Have not done an opener in many years. Good luck.
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lol :crazy:
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Gotta be cuckoo to go out on a lake for opener.... the lines...the idjits........:doofus:
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I live so far from the lake that we probably won't fish. Have not done an opener in many years. Good luck.
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i'm more then likely gonna be working in da garden, like Reb said..............staying away form the insanity. :surrender: :surrender:
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i'm more then likely gonna be working in da garden, like Reb said..............staying away form the insanity. :surrender: :surrender:
2nd that!!!
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Prolly be snowing heavily down here. :rolleyes:
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Prolly be snowing heavily down here. :rolleyes:
good place for it!!!
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Prolly be snowing heavily down here. :rolleyes:
good place for it!!!
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: I agree!! :snow5: :snow5: :snow5: :snow3: :snow4: :snow2: he can take da red rocket out to mow it!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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There is a reason I always turkey hunt during opening fishing.
I can't take all the idiots at the landing and on the water.
I admit, I have a very short fuse (it has gotten better with age) but, why put myself through the stress?
I will be on the water shortly after opener, when they all have to go back to work.
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I'll be out, usually lots of people on the water but most know how to control a boat in traffic so its actually a good time. Lots of talk between the boats and some heckling. 2 years in a row a bog has forced us to trailer to the other lake, not one rig had issues, like clock work at the landing on and off. But ya most years its hit tge button on the boat lift and 15 minutes later the lines are in the water..good luck!!
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We have one ONE narrow one-lane boat landing down here to get on the river or Lake Zumbro. It's a zoo, with trucks/boats backed up for a block or more on a nice day. Opener? Forget it! That's when I want to live in areas like you guys.....why we only have one dock-out, and it's OLD, not maintained, is a mystery to everyone.... :confused:
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like mystery cave then!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'll be out, usually lots of people on the water but most know how to control a boat in traffic so its actually a good time. Lots of talk between the boats and some heckling. 2 years in a row a bog has forced us to trailer to the other lake, not one rig had issues, like clock work at the landing on and off. But ya most years its hit tge button on the boat lift and 15 minutes later the lines are in the water..good luck!!
back in the few years when we fishex Norway yea it was boat on boat but most where pretty respectful.
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Up here it seems like the later in May is when the fishing gets better. Plus sometimes the ice i snot off of the lake yet. Opener we will probably be putting in the dock and rail system for the boat.
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Up here it seems like the later in May is when the fishing gets better. Plus sometimes the ice i snot off of the lake yet. Opener we will probably be putting in the dock and rail system for the boat.
You got a trolley for your boat, JB? There's a couple of 'em on our end of the lake here, looks to be a good system. How hard is yours to set up? :scratch: I know 1 here is self installed & the other he pays someone to do it. I know the guy who is hired to install the 1 & he says it takes at least a couple guys as well as his skid loader. He said the rails are pretty heavy & can be a pain sometimes to get it lined up right. As far as opener, I was out last year for a couple hours as it was so nice & all I had to do was spin the crank to lower the boat into the water. No motor on our lift.........................yet.
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I have the floating dock so it is always in the water. I don't have the boat or pontoon in yet but will by then. We fish for awhile here on the river and then the wife likes to have a fire so I drop her off and I fish some more. Depends on the weather though. I am hoping for a nice warm opener.
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Yes, we have a shore tracker system. The wife and I put it in and take it out. We have a cement ramp, so I just push it in with my skidsteer as we bolt the sections together. My Grandparents had one when they had a place on Millelacs. We would put a hand winch on the end of the dock to pull it out as we bolted it together. It is some work in the spring and fall. But it is nice that the boat is out of the water when not being used.
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Yes, we have a shore tracker system. The wife and I put it in and take it out. We have a cement ramp, so I just push it in with my skidsteer as we bolt the sections together. My Grandparents had one when they had a place on Millelacs. We would put a hand winch on the end of the dock to pull it out as we bolted it together. It is some work in the spring and fall. But it is nice that the boat is out of the water when not being used.
You got me :scratch: now. I know the 1 by me has no cement ramp but the other 1 may, gonna have to check it out a little closer. We were 1 of the 1st here to have a lift, the stamp on the winch says '99, for the same reason. :happy1:
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You don't need to have a cement ramp. We didn't the first 3-4 years we had it. In 2015 when they lifted the restrictions on the lake to repair the shorelines after the high water the year before we put in a cement ramp to the lake. Many, many ramps went in that summer.
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You don't need to have a cement ramp. We didn't the first 3-4 years we had it. In 2015 when they lifted the restrictions on the lake to repair the shorelines after the high water the year before we put in a cement ramp to the lake. Many, many ramps went in that summer.
We've had 8-10', maybe even 12' in some spots of rip rap along our shore for 15-20 years. Anti-erosion control, organized by the lake association, with some of help from the state/county as there was grant money available then. :cool: :happy1:
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That was done to our lot too before we bought it. The previous owner split the cost with the county(grant of some sorts) because of erosion back in 2001 when the water was high. Before that there was no rip rap. In 2014 the water was getting so high that the waves were getting behind the rip rap. We added another 36 yards of boulders to our shoreline that summer to help protect it. Of course there was no cost sharing this time. There were some lots along the beach that never did rip rap prior and I bet they lost 10-15 feet of shoreline.
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Lots of drain fields were even destroyed in that high water. Especially by Morris Point.
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Spent some time down at the shore early today gettin things ready. Looks to me like the water's so high that our normal length of dock is close to double what we need this year. So either the 40' gets taller ;) or we tear it down to ~24". :crazy: :rolleyes:
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Hey, good luck and stay safe if your one of them willing to battle the traffic on the roads and lake. May ya'all catch a lunker.
I'm going to drive past the horseshoe chain and check out the zoo
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It's not usually too bad :cool: here so if it's a nice day I'll probably go out, at least for a little while. :happy1:
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They are talking rain on the radio and on WCCO-TV for tomorrow but I just checked and now they upped the temp to 65 with no rain for us. Is this just weather salesmanship to get everyone out fishing? 65 sounds great!
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ill be up on LOW putting up some big number to lead team boar to victory!!
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Glenn gave me some tips to catch big ones. :sleazy:
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ill be up on LOW putting up some big number to lead team boar to victory!!
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boy....you aint got a life do ya?
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boy....you aint got a life do ya?
sure do...........to make yours miserable!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :rotflmao: ;)
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I'm figuring boober might of tipped over in his lawn chair but now!! :drinking: :drinking: :laughroll: :laughroll:
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I haven't gone to the opener for a long time. Yes the lakes are busy and the peace and solitude will be hard to find but can be done. I wait till the week after during the week. Not everyone can do that [and that was my case for years] but now I can. LOW Is a big and great lake and you can get away from crowds very easy if you want. What a treasure we have in LOW to go to such a great fishery. I'll probably not take my boat but fish off shore near Duluth. Something I did as a kid before we had a boat and always caught walleye's this time of the year. The spot is still there. good luck.
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Have fun Reiny!! :happy1:
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I'm figuring boober might of tipped over in his lawn chair but now!! :drinking: :drinking: :laughroll: :laughroll:
Let's just say, it's been a good day!! :happy1:
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I'm figuring boober might of tipped over in his lawn chair but now!! :drinking: :drinking: :laughroll: :laughroll:
Let's just say, it's been a good day!! :happy1:
:happy1: :bow: :cool: that's what it's all about!! ;)
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Pretty cool water out here, 51 ° surface temp. Ended up with a couple small eyes, 1 small Norten and a sheapshead. Gonna bobber up off da point tonight and go more vertical . Things should really heat up once the water temps get into the mid 60's..
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We only had 47-48* out on the main lake, pretty windy too. Hard to go slow enough out there so we came in to 1 of the shallower bays. We found 50* water there & less wind. Managed a couple nords there, 1st was too small to mess with & the 2nd was bigger but he didn't reach the boat as he spit the jig. Quite a few boats out, must've been another 5 or 6 at the entrance to our bay when we came in.
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:sleazy: i'm betting my brudder and a couple his friends are on your system. :rotflmao: :rotflmao: more then likely though on the north end. they like to hit little sand and up the river. think it the rice river :scratch: that goes towards squaw lake.
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The wife and I went out for about 3 hours. Pretty windy and lots of current so anchor slipped some. Caught 5, kept 3. Here is the woman I love and my favorite fishing partner.
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Atta boy lps!! Fishing was definitely slow, bobbered up with shiners last night and the 3 of us kept 7. All smaller males with the biggest at 17, it was strange though, they weren't willing to chase a Lindy but I picked up 2 on a rapala.. all in all it was good to get back out. :happy1:
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Love a fresh walleye meal!! Nice being out in the north country!! I'm going up to fish around Duluth Thursday. Either for walleye's and crappies or drive up the north shore for steelhead. I'll let my brother decide. Good either way. good luck.
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Love a fresh walleye meal!! Nice being out in the north country!! I'm going up to fish around Duluth Thursday. Either for walleye's and crappies or drive up the north shore for steelhead. I'll let my brother decide. Good either way. good luck.
gotta love that mid week fishing when you get most the spots to yourself!!!!!! :happy1:
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I went on a Launch once and we caught 1 Steelhead, 1 Pink Salmon, 1 Lake Trout. Over by DeTour Michigan. I loved it. I thought that was so fun catching different kinds of fish. I smoked them when we got home. Were great. I think of that when I hear you talking about your fishing up there RH. Do you shore fish on Lake Superior or a secret spot on a river?
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gunner must be cleaning his limit of rock bass!!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :moon: :moon:
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:tut: :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: Nope, they're too easy to catch, like those LITTLE sunnys you like to catch. ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :nerd: :nerd: Besides we don't keep 'em, don't like the way they taste & haven't cleaned any in a long time. Plenty of those 12-14" crappies, walleyes, & would even rather keep a couple of those just under 22" nords @ times.
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:tut: :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :mooning: Nope, they're too easy to catch, like those LITTLE sunnys you like to catch. ;) :rolleyes: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :nerd: :nerd: Besides we don't keep 'em, don't like the way they taste & haven't cleaned any in a long time. Plenty of those 12-14" crappies, walleyes, & would even rather keep a couple of those just under 22" nords @ times.
:mooning: :mooning: :mooning: you can give all the crap ya want about little sunfish!!!! :moon: there the best eating fish there is......walleyes and crappies, the best part of them is the flavor of the breading one uses!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :mooning: :mooning:
actually didnt really know sand had rockbass???????
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Only thing I can taste on them sunnys is the skin as there ain't no meat on 'em. :tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: Besides, I already told ya I ain't cleanin the messy little things & I ain't buyin no $100 machine that helps me scale 'em. :bonk: ;) :rolleyes: :smiley: Yeah, we got lots of Rock-o's. Why don't you come catch some of them & tell everybody they're sunnys. :confused:
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:doah: :pouty: the pail is only 50 bucks!!!!!! :doah: :pouty: :pouty: one less nite in Inger and its paid for!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
more sunfish fer me!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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When I googled it,that time, somebody wanted $90 for 1
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When I googled it,that time, somebody wanted $90 for 1
so your a closet sunfish eater!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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:rolleyes: :scratch: :doah: :smiley: You don't need to know ANYTHING about what goes on in my closet!! :bonk: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Just looked again & FF wanted $80 for theirs, did see 1 for $55 though & NO, I'm not lookin to buy 1. :bonk: :pouty: :crazy:
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:rolleyes: :scratch: :doah: :smiley: You don't need to know ANYTHING about what goes on in my closet!! :bonk: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Just looked again & FF wanted $80 for theirs, did see 1 for $55 though & NO, I'm not lookin to buy 1. :bonk: :pouty: :crazy:
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so who hit the lake today? :doofus: :doofus: I sure as hell didn't!!!!!!!
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so who hit the lake today? :doofus: :doofus: I sure as hell didn't!!!!!!!
I blew up a beaver damn.... :confused:
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i like hotdogs.