Trout Season opens this weekend!!

[FireRanger]

Just a reminder that trout season opens this weekend!! Myself, Red and Finnpower will be hitting the ice all weekend long for Lakers, Browns and Bows (and whatever else may take the bait!). Been waiting for this for months now. We will be heading up to Grindstone Lake for the opener and will hopefully be able to ice some trout!

[22lex]

Good luck. We will be around the Aitkin/Malmo area this weekend and thought about hitting Grindstone on Sunday for a few hours on our way back.

[Go Big Red!]

Good luck. We will be around the Aitkin/Malmo area this weekend and thought about hitting Grindstone on Sunday for a few hours on our way back.

Stop by and we'll have an impromptu MNO get-together.

[DDSBYDAY]

Don't forget your cameras.  It would be fun to see some trout pics.

[FireRanger]

Hopefully we'll get some good shots with some kick*** lures hangin' out their mouths!! 

[Babes]

Ciscoes are in stock, shelves in the store are full and the fish should be hungry. Ely area has some great trout fishing. Burntside and Snowbank Lakes are tops for lake trout.

[FireRanger]

Well the opener has come and gone and it was nice to get back into trout after a 10 year hiatus. Saturday started with leaving a little late due forgetting the map....can't go to a new lake without having that. Got there around 0840 and set up in 17-19 FOW. Approximately 14-15" of ice. Best bite was between 1000-1130 and 1400-1530. We used white euro's and micro crappie minnows on a mixture of jigs. I was using a Glow White jig from ATI and it did not disappoint!(pics to follow) We ended up with 4 Rainbows and 1 laker . I made a rookie mistake and lost 1 down the hole .
Sunday was not a very good day at all on the lake for Big Red, Coach and Myself. 1 single bow over 8 hours between the 3 of us. We did have hits/bites but weren't able to capitalize. Almost lost a rod down the hole two separate times. Had the hands and eyes on the opposite rod on both occasions. The lake wasn't as busy on Sunday by far. Trout are fairly skittish at times and I would imagine the sudden mass influx of people on the lake probably got them a little shine shy.
Pics were taken of the trout on Saturday and Sunday and i will let Big Red take care of that since my wife and I together couldn't get them to load up, Red said he'll re-size them and ad them for me. Planning to head out again this weekend with the 'Shop Foremen' and specifically go for Lakers.

[Go Big Red!]

Here's FireRanger and the Rainbow from Grindstone Lake yesterday.  I got nothing except for a short nap until the DNR airplane flew overhead and woke me up.

[beeker]

cool.. hey fireranger.. did you make sure to bring lots of activities for Red? coloring books, fruit snacks.. sounds like you tuckered the guy out.

[FireRanger]

cool.. hey fireranger.. did you make sure to bring lots of activities for Red? coloring books, fruit snacks.. sounds like you tuckered the guy out.

  Very appropriate!! He did hold on in the car on the way home, no napping was had. We had a good time eventhough we only caught 1.

[Go Big Red!]

cool.. hey fireranger.. did you make sure to bring lots of activities for Red? coloring books, fruit snacks.. sounds like you tuckered the guy out.

 

[FireRanger]

Why is it when you moon people, your behind is always red?

[Go Big Red!]

Why is it when you moon people, your behind is always red?

Because everyone keeps busting my  about my height and the way Beeker makes it sound, I assume I'm 5 years old in age too.     Although I do still like "color by number" books.

[FireRanger]

Why is it when you moon people, your behind is always red?

Because everyone keeps busting my  about my height and the way Beeker makes it sound, I assume I'm 5 years old in age too.     Although I do still like "color by number" books.

  Love ya buddy!

[beeker]

bring it on in red.. who needs a hug?  I owe ya a beer...

 and I have to admit having kids helps when I want to go sliding or check out toy story in the theatres... 

hey fleetfarm has federals on sale for 5.59...

[Go Big Red!]

bring it on in red.. who needs a hug?  I owe ya a beer...

 and I have to admit having kids helps when I want to go sliding or check out toy story in the theatres... 

hey fleetfarm has federals on sale for 5.59...

I like hugs....  I need to add to my shell supply so thanks for the heads up buddy!  Nothing beats a slushie and a bag of popcorn.