Forum: Open Water

The ice went is out now on most or all of the metro area lakes. With a little help from my friends we got the dock put in this weekend and I'm ready for opener next weekend. Fishing could be a little slow with the cold water temps, but I'm sure we can find something willing to bite.

I thought the paint for my Ranger was dead and no point of cleaning it so last year, I went the whole year without washing it or doing anything with it after fishing trips. This year, I spent some money upgrading the boat. Put on two talons, rewired trailer, new tires, redid the hubs. Last thing on...

I can't wait for open water... What is everyone planning? I really want to get on the river but this snow and freezing temps is not helping.

Walleye's were active tonight instead of tilling the garden I hooked up the boat and was rewarded with a nice limit of eyes. Bite was good first drop with a jig and minnow fish on had a limit in 30 minutes and released a bunch. Fall bite is on and this spot should produce when we have good Ice....

The weather was beautiful this week (if you prefer open water fishing)! We hit the fifties Sunday, and this brought out a few more anglers. There were a number of trucks and trailers at the landings getting in some late Fall fishing. The bite wasn't on fire, but those that stuck to it, came...

I was chasing some skinny water smallies between William Obrien and the Osceola landing and decided to stop for a quick photo of the boat.. Enjoy!! :D

Congrats to Chad "UncleSmash" and partner for taking 3rd place in the Leech Lake PMTT Event . Their muskies of 50.75, 48.50. The 50.75 inch musky was the Big Fish of the day for Friday!!

We had our family vacation on Whitefish again this year and although this isn't really a fishing trip we get the kids out fishing quite a bit.. :D The walleyes were actually biting well for a change which is not usual for this time of year for us out there. We have been going there for 8?...

I start thinking about all of the crazy things I have seen, fishing the river and if there weren't so many witnesses, I would actually think I was crazy. One year there was a man eating tree out there, we saw it flip 7 out of 11 kayakers, several canoes, a few small boat and even I fell victim...

Does the height of the trailer tongue off the ground matter as to how easy it is to tow a heavy boat? One reason why I ask is because when I first bought my boat, I had a chevy S10. It towed the boat/trailer relatively easy and didn't seem to struggle as much as I thought it would. The boat/trailer...

Reading the Star Trib and this article caught my attention. First remove drain plugs, then a sticker, then two metro lakes have inspectors, now this. Too bad wake board boats can't empty ALL of the water out of their ballasts. http://www.startribune.com/local/west/159885555.html

Has anybody been to Fishtrap Lake near Cushing, MN? What can we expect?

Anyone know a local (pref NW Metro) service center that performs warranty work on Starcraft family of aluminum boats?

Ice update for leech lake Walker, Mn. I just returned from Walker and was surprised to see open water up to Breezy Pt. Walker bay at the park has open water. With the wind today I say Ice out for leech will Tues night or Wed morning. On that note we lost a couple weeks of Ice fishing because of the...

Other then opening day where will your first fishing trip take you? Mine will be the Ash River Trail. Looks like the ice hopefully will go out early this year. Still trying to justify the cost for structure scan units. Sure would like one but, I don't know that I want to spend that kind of...

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I had a little time between Visiting my Aunt, and Going to my Dads place so I jumped in the river for a bit and stuck a couple of shallow water bass!

During one of my trips I saw a "AnglerInsider" decal on a truck at Rainy One Stop. Just wondering how many of the members here fish Rainy? Do you motel it or resorts when you go? How often do you get up there? Anybody here regulars to the Namakin, Kabatogama, Ash River area?

I am really getting into taking underwater shots with my gopro camera. Here is a slab crappie I just put back in the water. Many more to come! :)

After a summer of insanely high and fast waters, things finally calmed down enough to where we decided it was safe to hit the river, so once Trav was off to school, we packed up the fishing gear, tossed Ling in a sleeping bag and headed out. This was the first time I ever put a kid in a sleeping...

We had a great time in Ken's pontoon and harvested a few of the N central MN lakes abundant small pike population!

Hey guys, Just found this site. Looks great so far. Can't wait to contribute! Looking forward to meeting some great anglers on here! Here is a Crappie fishing video a buddy and I filmed/edited this week. I'd love to get some feedback on it! -JaySiemens

I got invited to fish up north by Patrick, we went after huge bluegills and found lots of bass ready to intercept whatever we cast into the lake. If you downsized to a tiny jig, tiny bluegills would be non stop, so I stuck with my favorite big bluegill bait, a leech and caught many bass and pike,...