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Name: paul Upper_Red_LakeWent out of Hillmans friday night.accsess was not for the fiant of heart.Caught our limit in two hours,between two of us.Went back Saterday and fished same spot and caught one crappie.Dont know if the fish moved or if it was all the noise. Only trip up this year but friday night made it well worth our while. Name: Mike Upper_Red_LakeWell, took our last trip for the season to URL this last weekend (3-22, 23)- Lots of fun but few fish. 4 crappies, 6 people all weekend. We were out a bit further than most, 5.1 miles out, so that may have affected action. Had my mini-van and trailer out there, and we worried all weekend about getting it off the lake. We had a 4x4 in the group and he ended up towing us through the final muck and mud on Hillman's. Small walleye were the fish of the weekend, but they were fun to CPR. Was amazed at the amount of garbage left on the lake by un-caring anglers. Beautiful weekend to be there, though. Thanks to all the people who post info here. It has been a great help!!! Name: Tim Leech_Lake1st time to Leech Lake and need some advise on fishing holes for walleye. We're staying by Stony Point. Appreciate the help! Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeThe wife Kellie and I made are last trip on the ice last night,I will not be driving on the lake with truck again untell next season Went out with Scott,Bob,and Scott yesterday morning to find Mike as he went out late the night before. Found him with Telly,Todd,Mike and Dave. A lot of parting this weekend hard to use common sense when your all liqured up. Glad to see Mike was OK, Telly and the boys went home with only 12 fish if they had a fish for every beer they drank they would have caught 240 fish in 3 nights.They said they had a good time and any fish was a bonus. Went out 6.5 miles with Mike and Scott to the area they caught 46 fish the night before,dropped a line and started catching fish right away 2 over 14 inches 6 total,they ended up getting 14 more to finish there limits and came in. We went to same area last night and not 1 bite, must of been a day spot as no fish were taken there after dark in 2 nights. Had a huge fish fry last night a fitting end to the ice fishing season, not sure if I will be on the ice again as it is getting dicy out there, sounded like some were having trouble along the shorline last night after dark, so would assume no more trucks will be going out. Not sure about atvs will know later today. Sure met alot of nice people this year and made some new friends, hope to see some this spring and summer and again next winter. Kellie never landed that big crappie but would think this spring or next winter she will, she is determend to get that wall mounter and is putting the time in to get it. I personly let many fish over 14 inches go in the last 2 years so they are out there. Saw a fish just shy of 2 lbs. at westwind saturday night. Wow what a fish. , I would like to thank Pete for all his help this year and thank all the fishermen that stayed here for respecting are place here. Look forward to seeing you all in the future. COOKIE Name: scott holk Lake_of_the_Woodswent to warroad and springsteel on sunday. warroad is a bit sloppy, but slush holes no more than 2 ft deep, trucks and trailers were navigating the heave. once past the heave, just a thin layer of surface slush. got rained on for about an hour yesterday too, that didn't help. could see the warm breezes shimmering over the ice across the lake, like pavement in the summer heat, pretty wild. still about 4 feet of ice, but the quality of the ice has degraded. ice shavings coming from auger were really wet all the way through, and HEAVY, will definitely buy a 3 hp next year, the 2 hp was overworked! springsteel was very very sloppy right off the landing, but not bad once out there, lots of people off the river in warroad, very few at springsteel. everyone i talked to had limited success. i brought my 7 year old, and his cousin,8. they had fun, but we only had 1 flag, a 35 inch pike, and 3 small walleyes, but not very often you can sit on the ice in a t-shirt and get a sunburn!! hate to say it but time is running out for this ice season quickly. good luck all!
Name: John Blong Brainerd_AreaThe warm weather continues to amaze me. Today the temperatures reached 67 degrees at my house. The ice won't last long if this warming trend continues. The ice conditions in the Brainerd Lakes Area are changing rapidly. Many of the area lakes are starting to turn gray. Many lakes are still safe for foot and ATV traffic, but I would advise against large vehicles The sunfish action was excellent this week on Round, North Long, Upper Cullen, and Lower Cullen Lakes. The key locations continue to be in 8- 12 feet of water on the backside of good weed beds. Just drive past any of these lakes, it won't be tough to see where the action is. Many, many people are standing on the ice enjoying the warm weather and catching fish. Euro Larva and wax worms on small tear drop jigs have been working well. The crappie fishing remained strong as well. Many reports of pound and a quarter crappies are coming from Round, Gladstone, Upper Cullen Upper Gull, and Hubert are still producing numbers of crappie, but the size has not been a large. Small minnows on light jigs have been producing the most fish. Key locations have been deeper water areas next to fast breaks. The water depths have been shallower, with 18 to 25 feet producing the most fish. Spring IS Coming! Take care until next week! John Blong Brainerd Guide Service www.brainerdguide.com Name: Perchjerker Lake_of_the_WoodsAnybody know how the approach is to buffalo out of springsteel thinkin about goin this weeknd thanx. keep um tight! Name: Big Tuna Lake_of_the_WoodsFished 16 Mile on Sat with NorthStar and Trav and company.It is getting sloppy and crossing some breaks is getting rough. NorthStar and myself picked up a few nice perch, few smaller walleyes and saugers. A group north of us did really well after a day and a half of fishing.NorthStar and I left Trav and company to head to URL, checking with Trav they had a few and were waiting for the walleye bite. Name: Big Tuna Upper_Red_LakeMyself and NorthStar(copyright pending Fargo approval) met the Fargo Masteranglers Sat afternoon west from Hillmans. Very sloppy getting on and to your spot. Northstar boated the first slab about 6:40 and Team GrandForks took a hugh lead over Fargo. By 8pm I wasn't 100% and had to bench myself to a warmer area and NorthStar had to fish one against two. By about 9:30 Team Fargo had 22 Crappies while Team GF only boated 12. Watching people leaving the ice at night is like watching the release of a 1,000 chickens at the same time. A rig pulling a trailer got stuck coming out of Hillman's and slowed things down for a bit. Ice is think but honeycombed.
got hung up at Hillmans and slowed things down. Ice was think but very honeycombed Name: Judds Resort Lake_WinnibigoshishWe closed our landing down this morning, just ATVS now. A person can still drive out at Richards Townsite but not for much longer. The way our weather forcast is the ice will go pretty fast. We should still be going out with ATVS next weekend. Name: adam Leech_Lakethe tullibe are starting to bite. I caught a bucket full over the weekend out across the pressure ridge but now the ridge is bad. pulled a fourwheeler out of there on sunday and it is only getting worse. a lot of open water around it Name: HARD WATER Debatable_IssuesI think the use of lead sinkers should be around for many years too come. Ihave about 10 lbs of them what am I going to do with them?.I cant just dump them out can I?. Name: HARD WATER Debatable_IssuesI think the use of lead sinkers should be around for many years too come. Ihave about 10 lbs of them what am I going to do with them?.I cant just dump them out can I?. Name: Thanx Upper_Red_LakeCrappie thanks for pointin out the obvious, checking with the access owners. Called four of them today, talked to each not just about the access but also the lake itself further out. They go out not just to fish and see how others are doing for a where to go and numbers report (got that too) but they are checking the ice itself. We went with the one who gave me the best sounding one and it was really smooth driving and the fishing was good too, the kids especially loved it, always want to extra careful with kids.
Name: boss Upper_Red_LakeTo: "I love fishing" from "Grand Forks", there you go again with your ridiculous posts. Please quit why your ahead. Must be a kid or something playin games. Name: wangberg Upper_Red_Laketonight me and my dad went out at 3 pm til 8 30 pm, caught only 3 crappies, 1 walleye and 11 perch, had to move and drill holes then caught one right away then nothing then i drilled another hole drop a line caught one but then nothing after, had to keep moving to find them but had a fun day, nice outside, everyone fishing outside except for the people using houses, wussies. it wasnt my day tonight, last sat was, caught 19 crappies 5 walleyes, anyways hope to go again next week with 4 wheeler. good luck to you all. good fishing. Name: Baumer Upper_Red_LakeMe and the little lady fished all day Friday (15 hrs total). Started out just under 4 miles out of Hillman's. Lot's of Perch and a hand full of Crappies during the day. When 7:30 pm rolled around, we hadn't caught anything in a while and heard everybody elses augers fire up so guessed others weren't doing well either. Pulled stakes and moved West about 1 mile. Dropped a couple of holes and had two right away. Only had 1 more in the next 45 min, so we picked up again and went out about another 1/2 mile or so and then got into them good. Pulled the last one thru the ice at about 1:00 am when we had everything but 1 pole packed in the truck.. Move till you find them, you gotta put the time in, it can't be easy everytime... Till next year! Baumer Name: Baumer Upper_Red_LakeMe and the little lady fished all day Friday (15 hrs total). Started out just under 4 miles out of Hillman's. Lot's of Perch and a hand full of Crappies during the day. When 7:30 pm rolled around, we hadn't caught anything in a while and heard everybody elses augers fire up so guessed others weren't doing well either. Pulled stakes and moved West about 1 mile. Dropped a couple of holes and had two right away. Only had 1 more in the next 45 min, so we picked up again and went out about another 1/2 mile or so and then got into them good. Pulled the last one thru the ice at about 1:00 am when we had everything but 1 pole packed in the truck.. Move till you find them, you gotta put the time in, it can't be easy everytime... Till next year! Baumer Name: i love fishing Upper_Red_Lakeon friday me and a friend were out on the lake the fish were bighting steady and a couple walleye too i filled out on walleye and crappie i had 5 walleyes over 191/2 i had about 50 crappies it was awsome fishing Name: Just Me Upper_Red_LakeCrappie Fool, thanks for your post, that made sense when you mentioned the traffic making a difference also. And for mentioning it was the lake itself not just the accesses. Took your advice and talked to the access owners and they were a bundle of info, and talked like you did about the middle of the lake, not just the landings and the honeycombing. Wish I would've done that last week, had heard that the ice was thick, etc. but no one said that one of the accesses has been four wheelers only for four days, fortunately there are six other accesses. Best & SAFEST advice is like Crappie posted, talk to the access owners, they know their roads and the ice on them (not just the landings) and they have experience, with many of them working it all their lives so they know how it goes. Name: John Logan Kabetogama_FishingWe are comimg July 19th and was wondering if we could get some tips on where to fish. We know it isn't the besr time but was the best reservations we could get. Staying at Pine Tree Cove Resort. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, God bless. The dummie Name: cooikie Upper_Red_LakeTHe Good the bad the ugly. The good the temps 27 degrees and no wind,The bad no cloud cover and temps predicted above 50, the ugly the lake accesses. Tonight could get real ugly will be checking accesses a little later, all the traffic is wiping them out. I would think wheelers will be the ticket. COOKIE Name: Crappie Fool Upper_Red_LakeBEFORE heading out check with the Access Owners for their restrictions. There is a difference on the ice (the lake itself, not just the landings) from this morning to this evening, honeycombing happening. Some access are thinking atv's only tomorrow..no problem getting out but with 50 degree plus day & if traffic on the ice is like today the problem may be coming in so they're trying to plan for no problems coming in. check with the access owners directly, they work it and are experienced with how the ice goes at the end of the season Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeWhat a beautiful night on the lake 36 degrees and no wind.Kellie and I went out and checked on are guys. Todd,Telly , and Dave only have 7 crappies so there not doing to well, looks like there having fun though. Some guys set up within 10 feet of them and they were not to happy about that. Found Darrin, Les, Mellisa,Dan and the other guys. Dan had 14. Darrin and Mellisa only had 3 but they will stay out late. My theory paid off big time for Mitch ,Jerry and Scott they are in the cabin and filled out plus released many fish. The raod was pretty rough coming in the last 1/4 mile very bumpy ,but we did make it in and there were vechicles going out. COOKIE Name: Harvey Cochrane Rainy_RiverShouldn't be to long before the ice goes...can't wait here. Is anyone interested in fishing a tournament on the river in Emo just east of the Manitou Rapids, its a qualifier for the RCL championship in October. check it out www.emowalleye.com Name: mingo jose Upper_Red_LakeA word of warning. After you leave West Wind acess and are on the ice you are on your own. Name: timmy Upper_Red_Lakehow is the ice and how much water is on the lake Name: Judds Resort Lake_WinnibigoshishWe are still getting some 12" to 14" Perch on the rock pile south of Ravins point. East end of Sugar bar, in front of the west Winnie summer homes. Fish from 24' out to 32'. Best baits are still the (fire tiger glow)rattlin spoon, Forage minnow jig (any glow), Angle eye (glow blue). Tip the jigs with a half a fathead minnow. Shore line ice is starting to draw water in places. Best to call any resort before heading out on the lake. I look for ATV travel to start any day now. Name: Trent Upper_Red_LakeSounds like 4 wheel drive pickups are still ok to drive onto the ice? Are auger extension still needed? Name: Brandon Upper_Red_LakeCookie, I wish to Thank You for all the updates. I am sure I am not the only one. Thanks for all your time and input on conditions of the lake. It is very much appreciated!! Best of luck to all this weekend! ~Brandon Name: cooikie Upper_Red_LakeJust came off the lake, used Hillmens acces little muddy,saw a full size chevy van pulling a small trailor so he made it through the mud, plenty of ice a little bumpy the first mile, also saw a carvan cross the bridge. Todd and the guys only got 5 fish but pulled in around midnight. The bridge seems fine at this time a little standing water but not bad. Talked to Hudecs they are recommending 4 wheel drives ,Same thing a little bumpy but plenty of ice. The temp is 36 in waskish and cloudy, a north wind making it a little brisk on the lake. COOKIE Name: Dan B Gunflint_TrailCan anyone offer insight into Fowl Lake (North/South) on the Arrowhead Trail out of Hovland? Planning a trip the end of May. Is it worth the journey? Name: Sam Long Detroit_Lakes_FishingIf anyone wants to catch purch they will bite on ottertail in the sunlight. Go off the northeast access go out a few miles and find a good brake then fish off the brake in 40 foot of water jumbo purch are there. Name: G-Man Lake_of_the_WoodsStill looking for information on access conditions out of Warroad. Any info would be appreciated. Name: cooikie Upper_Red_LakeJust talked to Shorty Hillmen and they are still driving out at this time,more details to follow COOKIE Name: cookie Upper_Red_LakeAs far as I know at this time ,report is same as yesterday."SEE POST FROM YESTERDAY" Had a little lite snow last nice and the temp is 34. Will go and check accesses a little later and let every one know what i find out. COOKIE Name: red Upper_Red_Lakefrank its illegal to keep walleye on red lake your not too bright if your telling people about it DUH!!!! Name: Brandon Upper_Red_LakeFrank Himmingway, Fishin Master,whatever you call your self(by the way I can tell you are the same person by your remote name), Please, if you have nothing valuable to contribute to this forum then don't even bother writing. I would hope you could find something better to do with your time. I think most of us appreciate all the input a person can get here but comments like yours make us wonder why you would even take the time to write them. Name: fishin master Upper_Red_Lakei went out on tues the 18 and drank a 18 of beer and brought home 18 fish. its just a tip
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