deer river/talmoon area

[Gunner55]

We're ready!!                

Maybe, just a few flurries now.           

[glenn57]

  you aint scaring me!!!! hoping to be there by 6 tonight!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

                                         

[glenn57]

the webcams are starting to show some pretty crappy ice today!!!!!!!!

inthe mail today i received the Jessie Lake Watershed Assoc......newsletter called the jessie jabber!!!!! although i wasnt specifically named  they did have discussions on stocking our lake this spring!!!!!!!!!

[glenn57]

Just seen on fartbook that kim and Rick sold highbanks resort and headed to south Dakota! 

Wonder who bought the resort???

[Gunner55]

 We had somebody posting about being out & checking the ice Saturday. They had a lot of slush for 20-25' but it was much better after that. They went out 100' & found 22" of good clear ice yet then. Posted a pic too & you could see his tracks getting out there. Looked but I couldn't find anything on the new HB owners.

[glenn57]

Over on IDO someone posted a shot of the new owners. The guys name is Evan, pretty sure he was working for highbanks and I had heard this was in the works for a while!

[Gunner55]

The neighbor's youngest usually goes over there quite a bit that way he can leave his house over here & not haul it home all the time. He said they were pretty busy this year. 

[Gunner55]

   It's ~ 1/2 way open down at the little bridge this morning. If the rest doesn't go out today, it should tomorrow IMO. Seen my 1st Loon down there today too.

[glenn57]

  the webcams are showing more open water and darker ice every day.   

Can't be a whole lot of snow left in the woods either???

[Gunner55]

 I see where Sundin has been talkin to your buddy ...........................Weitzel & he told Sundin that it'll be at least this weekend before they start to set up the stripping operation over on Little Cutfoot.

[glenn57]

I see where Sundin has been talkin to your buddy ...........................Weitzel & he told Sundin that it'll be at least this weekend before they start to set up the stripping operation over on Little Cutfoot.

i read that too!!!!!!!!

a landowner on Peterson, he's from Alabama is on the board of the Jessie Lake Watershed, he and i have been having email conversations lately. i happen to get there newsletter in the mail and noticed that they are going to try and get him there at the picnic or fall meeting in Aug. since they got he fisheries talked into stocking peterson.i'm going to join the watershed group.......and plan on going to a meeting he is at to meet Mr. Wentzel!!!!! 

[Gunner55]

I've talked to him a couple times when he came to our meetings & he's a nice guy. It was quite a while ago now though & he was just the regional biologist instead of being the lead guy, like he is now.

[glenn57]

Found out that many lakes in the 500 acre variety went ice free today. The ice in front of Geiger sure took a beating. 

[Gunner55]

I checked the satellite late Tuesday & some small lakes around Emily still had ice then, so it's going fast. Now only the mid-sized lakes just south of Leech show any ice. There was still a little down in the channel yday ~ 2, but we had 25-30' of open water along our shore by yday PM. The weed bed leaving our bay has gotten real dark in the last couple days too. With some wind & rain in the forecast we should be open by Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest IMO.

[glenn57]

looks like the wind pushed the ice sheet around on bowstring!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

It didn't look like we lost much ice yday IMO but this morning it's pushed everything away from our shore, big time. The weedy point leavin the bay is open all the way across today too, so it will really be movin now. No ice down at the little bridge yday either. Today's wind, rain tomorrow & possibly Monday & a good share of our ice could be gone by Tuesday or Wenesday.

[glenn57]

looks like most of the ice is gone out of the narrows cams, the bowstring cams show alot of really black ice!!!!!!

[glenn57]

reading Jeff Sundins report, according to my buddy in the rapids fisheries dept!! Wentzel said they wont  be doing the egg collection at cutfoot this year. apparently 2 other collection sites got plenty!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

Checked our PA on the way home & there's still a little ice in the NW side of our Narrows. A bit in the NW corner of the Boot too, so I'd imagine the north end of the big lake has some as well. Quite a bit of pretty black ice out front of the CR 35 access on Bowstring & on Geiger's webcam this AM too. Wentzel? If your gonna be buddies you might as well get his name right, & it's Weitzel.              

[mike89]

Checked our PA on the way home & there's still a little ice in the NW side of our Narrows. A bit in the NW corner of the Boot too, so I'd imagine the north end of the big lake has some as well. Quite a bit of pretty black ice out front of the CR 35 access on Bowstring & on Geiger's webcam this AM too. Wentzel? If your gonna be buddies you might as get his name right, & it's Weitzel.              

oh boy!!   

[glenn57]

  whatever, weasel, wentzel, weitzel, all the same!!! once I get to personally meet him, then I'll decide!!!

[Gunner55]

  He takes 1 look at you & he'll RUN the other way  .......................... if he's 1/2 as smart as I think he is.

[glenn57]

He takes 1 look at you & he'll RUN the other way  .......................... if he's 1/2 as smart as I think he is.

ha!!!!!!! i'll dazzle him with     

[glenn57]

Rumor has it, well I did see a picture taken from a pontoon, the ice is out on Roosevelt in Outing.

And the ice on bowstring took a beating today.

[Gunner55]

We weren't at the 35 access very long but there was quite a bit (15-20') of open water between shore & the ice. The ice looked like it did here yday too, pretty dark.

[glenn57]

Gunner, what's in your mind is the water level at?? My brother likes to dump in on little sand and head up rice to that rice lake! If it's low he can't get there

[Gunner55]

He won't have any trouble as it's as high as I can ever remember seeing it. In fact, we may need to take a 16' section off our 40' rollout dock. We only had 28' out early 2-3 years ago & that was ~ as high as I remember seeing it since the late 70's. We may be even higher starting this season.

[glenn57]

he'll be glad to hear it. when he can get up there he does pretty good for walleyes......by the time i get there walleyes are usually back in the main lakes!!!!! 

[glenn57]

looks like the ice is gone on bowstring. maybe just a tiny bit along geigers shoreline!!!!!