Super User FryDog62 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Super User Posted April 24, 2018 11 hours ago, MN Fisher said: We're starting to see some melting around the shoreline, but I'm still seeing people on the ice. It's still going to be a bit before we have open water on even the smaller lakes/bays of 'Tonka even with the 60s and 70s predicted for the next week. What’s the latest prediction for “ice out” date? Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted April 24, 2018 Super User Posted April 24, 2018 41 minutes ago, FryDog62 said: What’s the latest prediction for “ice out” date? No predictions yet, but Lake Pepin on the Mississippi has been declared ice-free - first lake in MN to clear. I'm thinking it's going to be at least a couple weeks for the main lake, week to week-and-a-half for the smaller bays/lakes. Once Emerald is clear, I'm taking the canoe out, I don't care about the big bays. 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted April 25, 2018 Super User Posted April 25, 2018 Man, that sucks. I was hoping to get out there to panfish in a week. Thanks for the update. Quote
punch Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Jmhalvo said: is FG knot best for leaders? FG knot is good! There's a lot of good leader knots out there. Blood, FG, and the RP (royal polaris) are popular. Try em and see which ones you like the best. I'm a RP knot kinda guy personally. Oh another note.. she's home! Let the rigging begin. 4 Quote
Jmhalvo Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 5 hours ago, punch said: FG knot is good! There's a lot of good leader knots out there. Blood, FG, and the RP (royal polaris) are popular. Try em and see which ones you like the best. I'm a RP knot kinda guy personally. Oh another note.. she's home! Let the rigging begin. Beautiful boat! How do you even sleep- very exciting Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted April 25, 2018 Author Super User Posted April 25, 2018 Awesome looking boat Punch! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 25, 2018 Super User Posted April 25, 2018 9 hours ago, punch said: FG knot is good! There's a lot of good leader knots out there. Blood, FG, and the RP (royal polaris) are popular. Try em and see which ones you like the best. I'm a RP knot kinda guy personally. Oh another note.. she's home! Let the rigging begin. Sweet Rig ~ A-Jay Quote
punch Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 It's a 2002 sx190 with a 150 vmax. It's in fantastic condition and was under 12k. It's my first fiberglass bass boat. Been a long time coming! 3 Quote
punch Posted May 2, 2018 Posted May 2, 2018 I snuck out for an hour today over lunch and ran the skeet, she's fast! I rigged a HDS12 and HDS7 gen 3's and everything worked, although I need to adjust the transducer angle a little bit. I'm surprised at how quick and smooth the hole shot is. 1 Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Super User Posted May 2, 2018 43 minutes ago, punch said: I snuck out for an hour today over lunch and ran the skeet, she's fast! I rigged a HDS12 and HDS7 gen 3's and everything worked, although I need to adjust the transducer angle a little bit. I'm surprised at how quick and smooth the hole shot is. Sweet - Time now to get the carpeting coated with a little fish slime! Quote
Jmhalvo Posted May 6, 2018 Posted May 6, 2018 On 2/26/2018 at 9:44 AM, FryDog62 said: South Dakota does too... just make it all C&R in Minn Right...we would have had this week, but I’m sure not that many other folks would be out. It’s all about the walleye as we know. But that also means we are a small group who’s concerns are not widely held. In other words: ignored. No one cares but us few bass guys, so.....doubt we will see a change. Please tell me if I’m wrong Quote
Willbroberg Posted May 6, 2018 Posted May 6, 2018 Hows it goin! I'll be coming up to Minnesota from Maryland this summer for an internship. I'm going to be situated in Winona, and was just wondering what the fishing is generally like on the Mississippi and little lakes. I'm mostly a bass fisherman but after reading through this forum a bit I see that a lot of the focus is on Walleye? Is the bass fishing still reasonable? Any general things I should know about Minnesota's fishing? Quote
Jmhalvo Posted May 6, 2018 Posted May 6, 2018 46 minutes ago, Willbroberg said: Hows it goin! I'll be coming up to Minnesota from Maryland this summer for an internship. I'm going to be situated in Winona, and was just wondering what the fishing is generally like on the Mississippi and little lakes. I'm mostly a bass fisherman but after reading through this forum a bit I see that a lot of the focus is on Walleye? Is the bass fishing still reasonable? Any general things I should know about Minnesota's fishing? MN bass fishing is awesome but It’s a big state- Winona’s totally diff than Central MN which is totally diff than Northern MN. But because everyone ELSE is after walleye...... 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted May 7, 2018 Super User Posted May 7, 2018 Well it looks like we have ice out pretty much everywhere in the metro on up towards St Cloud and towards Mille Lacs. Tonka tied a record that had been held for 171 years! Now the question is how many of these bigger lakes up north will be ice free by opener? I'm gonna say that the bigger ones still have ice by Saturday but go ice free a few days after that. I got my boat out yesterday for the first time this season just to make sure everything was running properly. I didn't find any issues and equipment was operating as normal. Water temp was 50.5 degrees. Quote
sully420 Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 15 hours ago, Willbroberg said: Hows it goin! I'll be coming up to Minnesota from Maryland this summer for an internship. I'm going to be situated in Winona, and was just wondering what the fishing is generally like on the Mississippi and little lakes. I'm mostly a bass fisherman but after reading through this forum a bit I see that a lot of the focus is on Walleye? Is the bass fishing still reasonable? Any general things I should know about Minnesota's fishing? The bass fishing is great. 1 Quote
nguggs Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 19 hours ago, Willbroberg said: Hows it goin! I'll be coming up to Minnesota from Maryland this summer for an internship. I'm going to be situated in Winona, and was just wondering what the fishing is generally like on the Mississippi and little lakes. I'm mostly a bass fisherman but after reading through this forum a bit I see that a lot of the focus is on Walleye? Is the bass fishing still reasonable? Any general things I should know about Minnesota's fishing? I went to college in Winona. Your best bet is going to be the river. Pool 7 (La Crosse area) is considered by some, to be one of the better bass fisheries in the country. Winona is on pool 6, which isn't too bad. If youre fishing from shore, there is access to some of the backwaters by the airport and Prairie Island Rd. Quote
Jmhalvo Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Alexandria (Mother’s Day weekend). Will hit Blackwell as well as the Chain Quote
punch Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Word is Mille Lacs is looking open'ish. Should be good by the weekend. Quote
dsidle61 Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Had the boat out on Tonka this past weekend to knock the dust off of it. Water temps in Grays and Wayzata were about 50-51, down in the lower lake it was down to 48-49. Will probably duck off to a smaller body for the opener, probably out in Carver. 1 Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Super User Posted May 11, 2018 Wife’s birthday Saturday, Mother’s Day on Sunday... do I dare sneak out?? Quote
punch Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 13 hours ago, FryDog62 said: Wife’s birthday Saturday, Mother’s Day on Sunday... do I dare sneak out?? i'm going out sunday evening for sure 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted May 12, 2018 Super User Posted May 12, 2018 There is still a significant ice flow on the west side of Mille lacs. Don't end up like the titanic fellas 1 Quote
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