Hayward Lakes Ice Fishing Report for Thursday Marc
I went out ice fishing this morning just looking to catch fish for dinner tonight with friends. Went to a smaller weedy lake, right away in the morning the bite was fast and furious. got plenty of gills, and some crappies and some nice perch. About every other bluegill was to small for dinner, a...
Hayward lakes ice fishing report
monday, my buddy and I went out to try crappie fishing in a smaller shallow lake, fished for a couple of hours and no luck, then went out to LCO fishing was really slow, we fished for about 2 hours and got two crappies both 13 inches almost at the same time. in about 10 feet of water with weeds...
North Central Minnesota Late-Ice Panfish
It's no secret that the past few weeks of fishing across the ice-belt have been challenging to say the least. When James Holst and I headed north then to tackle a multitude of species, in various portions of the state, with tight schedules from locale to locale, I knew it would be an undertakin...
N-Metro-gills and crappies
Gills, crappies... and two young boys covered in fish slime at sunset, was how yesterday shook out for us on the ice. Momma was not very happy with me when we got home, I forgot to have Alex change coats, apparently school clothes should not smell like fish...my bad! My good friend Chad and his...
Big Creek Hardwater Open Results
It has been almost a week since the Recycled Fish Big Creek Hardwater Open was held out at Big Creek Lake in Iowa. As the tournament director, the fun never stops even after the last fish is weighed and the standings are announced. So I'm finally getting a chance to sit down and provide you all ...
North Metro Panfish with my boy
This afternoon was AMAZING! The best part was I got to share it with my son, Alex. I raced home to get him off the bus and the first thing he has to say to me is "Dad, will you take me fishing today?" Ah, YES!! We loaded up the gear and hit the road. The weather was fantastic today and the boy w...
Mississippi River Pool 8 Report
With the weather patterns making a tip towards the spring side it just doesn’t feel right not spending every waking hour on the ice! This is the time of season where any day now the lips sported by finned critters will start inhaling baits. Not getting out on the frozen waters as much as I’d lik...
BIG DONK SLABS!! Special Edition with Rainydaze
OK Big Donk Slab hunters!! Once again we're entering the Sweatshirt ice fishing season. Holes are being burned by the "Movin-n-Groovin team" with the Marcum search team following close by. These are the days we'll be talking about for many years. I know how special the bites are we've experie...
Pool 7 Crappie Report 02.20.10
I love fishing with new people, and this adventure was a great one as I was fortunate enough to spend the day with IDO member Pat 'gutone4me' Howard. I must say, there's a base of people here on IDO that are real wonderful people to be around, and Pat is one of those people.Pat met me at my hous...
Hackensack area...new lake...new adventure
New lake new adventures!!! Ice fishing a new lake for the first time for me usually yields great excitement, especially when looking online at MN Dnr Lake finder (see link in reply post) to see the size of the fish that have been surveyed as well as the number of fish surveyed. With a little b...
Pool 10 Ambro Slough
Been out the past couple days looking for some new water to fish..Put out and ran down to Big Lake. There is plenty of ice as the commercial fishermen are driving their full sized trucks down here..We did not find a pot of gold, but one of us did manage 3 species...walleye, perch and blue gill.....
Castle Rock Lake Report - 3rd times a charm!
Sticktoitiveness. Described a couple ways as 'dogged perseverance & resolute tenacity.' Big adjectives for fishing terms, but best suited for Bret & myself on our latest trip to Castle Rock.
I woke up at 4:45am and sat at the end of my bed wondering "Do I really wanna do this again...
Wisconsin bluegills and perch report.
With the barometer up high this week I was doing guide trips all week for the bluegills and perch. The meter read over 30.10 just about every day. Some days steady and some day it was climbing higher yet. But the fish just kept on the feed bag all week. We were fishing on Lake Puckaway up in som...
North Metro Crappies....Avoid the Crowds!
Luckily I've been able to get out to a close to home North metro lake recently and the results have been nothing short of fabulous. The size of the fish have not been giants, but for a hammered lake within the metro I can't complain about catchin 50-100 fish in a three hour period. Shortened Shr...
Chester Woods
Fishing Chesterwoods has to be one of my favorite places to explore & when you can introduce a young person to the sport of fishing I jump at the chance. So when I heard that a friend’s boy Matt had only went ice fishing a couple times with no fish to show for his effort, I knew I had to cha...
