Sweet!

Thanks for sharing! That’s an inspiring scene, sir!

Nice walleye! Sure looks like fun Shock.

2nd time out for me,, two 18"ers #2-1 #2-5 :) a couple of nice eaters(waconia). hopefully we gain some ice before this next big snow fall coming , it's close to driving but not with full size trucks quit yet.

I got out last night on Nokomis in south mpls, my first time EVER ice fishing. Didn't catch anything but I was just happy to get out there, drill a few holes and familiarize myself with all this new-to-me gear, and of course get back safely.

I measured about 8" of ice everywhere I drilled. Nice work for my handheld mora. Was actually surprised at how easy it was to pop thru.

Now that we're getting rain and warm temps today, I'm curious to see how this will affect the ice around the twin cities? As I said, I'm totally new to this. Have all the safety gear but not really hoping to put it thru its paces if ya know what I mean.

Shock -- any pointers on Waconia? I live in Mpls and am looking at a few lakes just outside the city, this looks promising.

Sure , more than willing to help , been fishing Waconia since the late 80's , hit me up with an e-mail, last night my buddies popped 3 more eyes(17"-20") on the front side of the storm. I had to work :(

shock... How far is Waconia from Shorewood. Im planning on coming up to fish after the new year.how late you fishing?

yogi59weedr: "shock... How far is Waconia from Shorewood. Im planning on coming up to fish after the new year.how late you fishing?


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10-15 minutes away , when we go out for walleyes most times almost all night ? our shacks should be out by then , getting very close to driving waiting for an update report from intowne marina , where you coming up from ? once the shacks are out somebody is there almost daily ,

Buddy lives in Shorewood I got about five and a half hours I live up in Northwest Illinois Quad City area

i'll add this , a friend of the Ice Ninja , fished with him the other day , caught the three eyes 17"-20" he went out the next day completely otherside of the lake (RESPECT) and CPR this beauty 28"

yogi59weedr: "Buddy lives in Shorewood I got about five and a half hours I live up in Northwest Illinois Quad City area"

Yogi if you want to spend some time on waconia , i'll give you the keys to my shack and drive out to show the way......, but your tonka buddy has to be discreet . JS

double post

Nice fish shock. I've been chomping at the bit to get out. Holiday stuff, work and bad ice have kept me from going. Worse yet is I got a new 2 man flip over shanty for Christmas from the wife that I'm dying to use! I've set it up 4 times in the garage and customized it a little with lights and rod holders. I've gone through 4 sets of auger blades trying to drill through the garage floor!

^^^ I feel your pain Cowdoc , i use to have dreams about drilling holes in a grocery stores and saying stuff like , drill a hole by the tomato's that area has been hot, LOL , but we(metro) were very fortunate that we got more rain then snow , it sounds like there having issues up north with a lot of slush , even for sleds.
we'll be driving very soon on Waconia , open for ATV and wheelhouse right now.

Maiden voyage back when wheelhouses were fresh to the market 7 of us sat for 5 hours without even a bite, of course we never left the driveway but we broke it in right....

Thank you shock.
More than generous.
I will keep In touch via email.
I'm close to fishing down here. 1 man clam and gas auger in the back of truck.

got window service today ;)

Shock.
How's the fishing been lately?

I'm heading up to my buddies in Shorewood on Wednesday morning. Plan on fishing Waconia Wed and Thurs nights.
Hope to hook up with you .

i put some time in this last weekend (12 hours friday-sat. and 8 sunday night) SKUNKED ! i only target pike/walleyes , but my new found neighbors (thanks to my stepson UGH) were killing the crappies sunday after dusk.
they were very nice guys i just like to try and keep it more low key ;)
but the previous week #6-4 #4-8 #4-8 eyes(with some 16"-17" and #10 pike
you want to use the shack those days ?
i have to be on the road by 1:45pm for work , so if you show up at my place by noonish, i'll drive you out to the shack , hit me back

Shock....
8inches of snow last night put the kabash on my trip. I'll keep in touch,watch the weather and look at the calender and plan another trip. I really needed a road trip too. Got the ex wife ,kid and girlfriend mad at me the same day. They all think they're problems automatically turn into my problems.... arugh.......

with temps dropping below zero , you probably pick a good time to reschedule your trip , keep in touch ,

shock: "with temps dropping below zero , you probably pick a good time to reschedule your trip , keep in touch , "

Emailed you ...

Cretbo