MNO Question of the week.

[Realtree]

                                          Friday April 20th

What is your favorite vacation destination and what do you enjoy most about being there?

[Outdoors Junkie]

I love to go to our cabin in Waskish (Upper Red Lake).  I enjoy getting away and it's very peaceful up there.  Plus, you can limit out on walleye real quick.  ::

[Realtree]

When I was younger, my folks would take us up to Leech Lake a couple times a year. Some friends of ours owned a resort/campground up around Bena/Walker area. I remember spending all day out in the boat and then come back in and clean our daily catch, fry em up and sit around the fire all night til we feel asleep. Had to watch out for leaving stuff out though, as the bears would find it overnight and tear things up looking for food.

[WoodChuck]

 ???  never realy went on a vacation liveing here in the brainerd lakes area ? but spent a lot of time doing the huckleberry finn thing on the mississippi river and chaseing the fish in our many lakes .

                                            woodchuck  ::

[GirlGuide]

We take two weeks vacation each year.  The first week my husband and I and our three kids go up to my grandma's cabin for 10 days over the fourth of July, she is right on Rush Lake.  So it is a week of fishing, playing in the water, fish fry's etc.  It is a very enjoyable week for everyone.  The second week my husband and I take vacation is without the kids, we go up deer hunting in Garrison for 10 days.  Another great week of vacation, I couldn't really tell you which one I like better, I do know one thing for sure is that we look forward to both of them each year with great anticipation! ::

[Randy Kaar]

renee, you getting out today?
maybe see you in chat tonite!

randy aka bh

[rchaze60]

I try to make it back to Oregon twice a year to see my son but since I am going to go get him in june  and bring him out here for the whole summer then that is what I am doing just to spend my time with him is what I like best  :: ::

[Randy Kaar]

havent had a real vacation in over 3 years....
had to take vacation for a family member being
in the hospital...  yes i know,  whine whine whine!
  if everything goes right, will go to so.carolina
to visit sick brother then the other 2 weeks we will be
moving north.

randy aka bh

[Realtree]

                                              Sunday April 22nd

If you could spend a full day with any one person, alive or deceased, who would it be and why?

[Randy Kaar]

i would have a few,  john wayne  cause he was the Duke.
JFK cause he didnt take no crap from any country,,
dale earnhardt sr  just because!

randy aka bh

[Realtree]

I would love to be able to spend a day "away from the track" with Dale Earnhardt if he were alive. Since his death, so many stories have come to light of all the great things he did to help out others in his community with one condition...that they not tell anybody where the help came from. He was a fierce, determined competitor on the track, but a selfless, caring, giving friend off the track. I would love to be able to just see that other side of Dale that most of us were not able to know about until after his death on Feb 18th, 2001.

Dale was also an avid outdoorsman so it would be fun to spend a day hunting whitetail with him in Iowa.

[luvnlife]

I would definetly take a day with my grandpa.(He's gone now) I would ask the questions I never did and just get to know a little more about him.  I miss him and I wish my girls and my husband could of met him.  LUVNLIFE

[Outdoors Junkie]

MNO question of the day for April 23rd.

Where is your favorite place to go camping in Minnesota and why?

[guythathunts]

Sun Valley resort, Mill Lake in Alexandria. The owners are awesome, the lake is small enough to "know" but has a bunch of different structure. Most of all though is that I have just spent allot of great times with my family and friends there. The memories make it what it is for me!    :: 
~ Greg

[Outdoors Junkie]

I love to go camping at Itasca State Park.

[Realtree]

Bluff Valley Campground over by Zumbrota/Zumbro Falls along the Zumbro River. We used to have a seasonal lot there; just left the camper there all summer, built a deck out front, had a trailer shed in back for innertubes (for tubing down the river, and extra gear). We had alot of fun down there summer after summer.

[Woody]

East Bearskin Campground on the Gunflint Trail!  I have so many fond childhood memories of that place, and hope to make it back there someday! ::

[Realtree]

                            Wed, April 25th

How many times per week or per month do you get out fishing on the open water?

[guythathunts]

Every single day! IN MY DREAMS! 1-4 depending on what else is going on but in the peak times of the season 2-3 for sure.
~ Greg

[Outdoors Junkie]

We get out a couple of time each month (not as much as I would like).

[holdemtwice]

 i am going to try  to get out atleast once a week . but i am going to get out more  :: :: :: ::

[WoodChuck]

 ???  approximately 8 days a week ?  even if it,s just for 1/2 an hour as i could not live in a more accessable area to fish 3 rivers and 5 major lakes in a 15 minute ride. 

                                            woodchuck                     

[luvnlife]

We try to get out at least once on the week-end, this year with the girls being a little older we will have to visit the river in Sauk Rapids a little more. LUVNLIFE

[Mayfly]

I guess I am not sure?!Last couple years with the little one it has been tough. This year I will be up at the Lake on my days off every week! No exceptions. And then hopefully chase some muskies around town....Forest. You in MuskyManiac??

[Realtree]

                           ::                         Thursday April 26th                          ::

Do you have a favorite fishing lure or tackle that was handed down to you by someone in your family or a friend that holds some special sentimental value to you? What is it and what makes it special to you? Is it because of the person who gave it or a fond memory of that person on an outing with them?

[Grute Man]

I have the same rod and reel that my Dad gave me for my 14th birthday; it was the last gift he ever gave me before he passed away.  I used that rod exclusivly until about 2 years ago (Im 41 now) when I decided I'd try a bait caster.  It doesn't get used any more and one day it will be displayed nicely but for now, its in the corner of my garage and the bottom of my heart.

Grute Man

[guythathunts]

When my grandfather passed I recived his Cherrywood rod. I love it! I used it for a few years when I first got it, but I know grandpa wouldn't want me to go without an upgrade! .
~ Greg

[Realtree]

My Dad has all of my Grandpa's fishing stuff right now, but I am looking forward to that being handed down to me and my son someday. Grandpa had a lot of the old Herter's lures and some other old spinner baits and things that I remember him using years ago with great success.

[Outdoors Junkie]

MNO Question of the day for April 27th.

What are your plans for this upcoming weekend?

[Grute Man]

Trap shooting with Hockey #12 at Metro, some front porch work, and some fishing.  Got the boat out of storage yesterday with a brand spanking new trolling motor so Im itchin for some fichin   ::