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Author Topic: Latest snow storm will idle trout fishing for several weeks!  (Read 2411 times)

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Offline greatoutdoors

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The latest snow storm and winds will idle lake trout fishing for two to three weeks unless we get a miracle.
The plowed roads were getting a lot of water and slush all over them on Burntside and Snowbank Lakes before we got this dumped on us.
Ely area received about 12-14 inches of snow, which created 2-3 foot drifts on the lakes.
This is going to make travel next to impossible unless you have a wide track, high HP snowmobile or an ATV with Camoplast Tracks. :cry:
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The latest snow storm and winds will idle lake trout fishing for two to three weeks unless we get a miracle.
The plowed roads were getting a lot of water and slush all over them on Burntside and Snowbank Lakes before we got this dumped on us.
Ely area received about 12-14 inches of snow, which created 2-3 foot drifts on the lakes.
This is going to make travel next to impossible unless you have a wide track, high HP snowmobile or an ATV with Camoplast Tracks. :cry:


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I sure wish I could be there to share your misery Jimmy. :whistling:

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The latest snow storm and winds will idle lake trout fishing for two to three weeks unless we get a miracle.
The plowed roads were getting a lot of water and slush all over them on Burntside and Snowbank Lakes before we got this dumped on us.
Ely area received about 12-14 inches of snow, which created 2-3 foot drifts on the lakes.
This is going to make travel next to impossible unless you have a wide track, high HP snowmobile or an ATV with Camoplast Tracks. :cry:

Sounds like the perfect excuse to go buy a ranger with tracks to me. :happy1:
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Offline greatoutdoors

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The Ranger with tracks goes good through snow and slush, even crummy stuff like this. :happy1:
It's when you step out of it into knee deep, or deeper snow, that the trouble begins.  Then there's that 6-12 inches of water and slush below the snow that makes things interesting.
You can auger a hole to fish, but with all the water below the snow, it's like fishing in a toilet that never quits flushing. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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