deer river/talmoon area

[Gunner55]

Temps started dropping by mid-afternoon & we had some light rain move in ~ 4:30-5.

[mike89]

mist was here by 1pm, temps dropping from there here too...

[glenn57]

heard some news about Geigers resort on bowstring.

back where i hunt there's another group that hunts the area also...........there a great group i've gotten to know albiet through deer season. anyway talking to them at the end of the day they stay at geigers and got to talking about there webcam and how i watch it all the time  during the winter and how they might be the only ones that plow roads out on the lake.

the guy said it doesnt sound like she may do it anymore, doesnt really like doing it and by the way it sounded there closing up for the winter after deer hunting. he said she's a duck from a different breed and she wants to turn it into a bed and breakfast kinda thing???/ not sure how that'll fly up there????

[glenn57]

checked the cams this morning. from Geigers cam looks like ice as far as i can see. same with over on the narrows. Bowstring shores cams dont seem to want to cooperate!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

Our bay was ~ 2/3 ice by early Tuesday but the wind opened that back up by late Thursday. Lakewood has been better about keeping theirs up with the new owners too. It's in the drop menu under Blog on the top https://lakewoodlodge.com/

[glenn57]

Our bay was ~ 2/3 ice by early Tuesday but the wind opened that back up by late Thursday. Lakewood has been better about keeping theirs up with the new owners too. It's in the drop menu under Blog on the top https://lakewoodlodge.com/

thanks Gunner!!!!!! added that to my favorites!!!!!!!!1 NOW i can keep an eye on you too!!!!!!!! ...........

[Gunner55]

A post on Nextdoor from someone on the south shore by that resort said that they were surprised that all they could see early this morning was snow out on the main lake all the way up to the resorts in the NE corner.

[mike89]

Little Osakis froze over last night....   

[glenn57]

hey Gunner.......looking at the lodge webcam.......does that view show us the shoreline in front of your place??? trying to get a sense of directions????

[Gunner55]

That treeline on the left is the south shore of the bay & that weedy point on the right is just south of where the neighbor's lift & dock sit. So the camera is looking WNW.

[glenn57]

  kinda thought that!!👍

[Gunner55]

Actually, the neighbor's I phone's compass says that is very close to straight west.

[Kettle]

kinda thought that!!👍
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I see they let just about everyone on here eh? 😆

[glenn57]

kinda thought that!!👍
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I see they let just about everyone on here eh? 😆

got that right!!🤣🤣

[glenn57]

And welcome aboard kettle!!👍👍👍 Glad to have you!

[Gunner55]

  Kettle & I think I should warn you, he ain't changed much. We still have to tune him out, every now & then. 

[glenn57]

Kettle & I think I should warn you, he ain't changed much. We still have to tune him out, every now & then. 

[glenn57]

  ya know kettle now that your here there's things like fishing hunting and ice reports to clue us in on up there, not just giving me crap!!👍🙄

[Kettle]

ya know kettle now that your here there's things like fishing hunting and ice reports to clue us in on up there, not just giving me crap!!👍🙄

There's definitely been people out on smaller lakes. The lake I live on, probably 500 acers and roughly 70 ft deep froze over Tues. I work pretty steady until Dec 5th then I have some time off, hopefully get out. In all honesty, I ice fish out of winter boredom. Once I can take the snowmobile and otter out, I'll be out 2-3 times a week but by no means do I work super hard besides the occasional bushwacking into some remote lakes

[glenn57]

Kettle........are you hearing how much ice these guys are fishing on????????

as it looks now i probably wont be going up until right after christmas........... that is if i can wait that long!!!!!1

looking at the webcams most the snow looks to be melted off the ice, but the ice is still hanging tough!!!!!!!!

[Kettle]

2-5 inches, ice is starting to look dark after the past few days of it warming up

[Gunner55]

It looked like quite a bit of open water on The Narrows yday PM to me. The west side is better this morning but the east looks about the same to me. Nothing on Nextdoor on ice conditions on our lake yet either.

[glenn57]

looking at the 10 day forecast...... ice making should commence shortly!!!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

Some snow up there this AM the way it looks but it's not 'sposed to amount to much. In front of Geiger's look kind of iffy IMO this morning.

[glenn57]

curious if anyone's heard reports of ice thickness.  i dont care much about bigger lakes.....looking for the small not fished much kinda lakes!!!!!!! 

someone took a spin with a 4 wheeler out on bowstring from Geigers!!!!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

When I looked ~ 8, that bench in the middle of the ramp wasn't there, neither were the tracks out on the lake. There's been nothing on Nextdoor.

[glenn57]

When I looked ~ 8, that bench in the middle of the ramp wasn't there, neither were the tracks out on the lake. There's been nothing on Nextdoor.

my guess is the bench says stay off!!!!!!!!!

[Gunner55]

  It says that to me just by being there, even if there's no sign on it.

[Gunner55]

It looked like there's just a touch of open water on the NW corner of The Narrows today.

[glenn57]

seen that..also seen as it looks like there are more tracks out in front of Geigers today too!!!!!!