Saturday Snowstorm
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Northside Hawk
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Maybe ISM or Brandon Smith can do a Danan Hughes snow angel when they get into the end zone.
HuckFinn
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No, but 4” to 6” isSince when does 1-3" accumulation constitute a "storm"
Northside Hawk
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All depends on the wind/visibility.Since when does 1-3" accumulation constitute a "storm"
1-3" can cause a heck of a problem if the wind is whipping over 30 mph.
Street and highway crews today do a much better job than they did decades ago with modern equipment and technology. Its the less traveled roads that can get dicey.
Fryowa
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My son is in junior high and our school regularly cancels based on forecast. They don’t even wait until it actually snows. There were two times last year we were forecast to get blizzards that didn’t materialize, and kids basically just had a windy day off school.
Re: ice fishing, I’m 35 minutes from IGL and we should be walking out by middle of next week. Come on up and get some fishing in. I can PM you some deadly early ice crappie spots if you don’t broadcast them to the world
MelroseHawkins
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My son is in junior high and our school regularly cancels based on forecast. They don’t even wait until it actually snows. There were two times last year we were forecast to get blizzards that didn’t materialize, and kids basically just had a windy day off school.
Re: ice fishing, I’m 35 minutes from IGL and we should be walking out by middle of next week. Come on up and get some fishing in. I can PM you some deadly early ice crappie spots if you don’t broadcast them to the world
What's the perch forcast like this year for Spirit? What's the cycle look like for size and numbers? I haven't heard much like past years. I routinely view IceShanty.com. I've been pondering about maybe going up to Red Lake to get out of here for a while. THE DRIVE, though!!
The last couple trips I've taken with my bud who likes to Ice fish, we've had to drive in snow and ice the entire way. Driving 8 straight hours in that shit sucks. Like black ice patches with cross winds blowing across interstate.
Two years ago just went to Clear Lake. I grew up 1 hr from there but live in Iowa City area now. Buddy still from our home town though. Clear is having a down cycle in their yellows but the Crappie fishing is improving which is probably better. Caught a ton of dink perch with just the occasional nice crappie and of course a 13.999" walleye at night.
NCHawker
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Detailed Forecast
TodayRain, mainly after 9am. High near 40. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight
Rain before 8pm, then rain and snow between 8pm and 5am, then snow after 5am. Low around 31. Blustery, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Saturday
Snow, mainly before 3pm. High near 35. Breezy, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Chickenlounge
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KCRG saying 2-5, KGAN saying TR-2, and KWWL is saying TR-2. Plus we're on the very edge of the NWS weather advisory. I'm guessing rain, then a couple inches of wet snow, then rain to turn it into a mess. Either way the wind is going to suck. We'll see I guess.
Fryowa
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Perch forecast is good, the year class was decent last year but they were hard to find. Lots of moving. The problem with Spirit is that it's mostly a featureless bowl, so ice fishing can be tough with not much structure to focus on. Perch and walleye graze like cattle, and trying to find them and stay on them once you do is tough. That's one of the reasons Spirit is such a good trolling lake in open water, you can cover a lot of water with a boat and 5-6 rods at once.
I'm more of a bluegill guy than perch, I think they fight harder and taste better (to me). I'd rather hole hop on foot and coax bluegill out of weed beds than chase migrating herds of perch across a 6,000 acre lake. Walleyes are fun too, but again that's more of a stay put and wait game which isn't my style. But that's the beauty of ice fishing, there's something for every style under the sun.
I've been to Red Lake twice before, and honestly I wouldn't do it again myself. There are just so many other smaller lakes where you can get better results without having to fight the crowds and ice heaves, etc. Red Lake is definitely a place you don't want to be with a portable, it's a lake where you want to have a big permanent house. Here's how I describe Red Lake to people...It's basically like the Ozarks are in the summer but for ice fishing. People go for the experience and the huge towns of ice shacks...it's more for the party atmosphere and experience first, and fishing second. Also, if you go up there and it's the front end of a cold front or can't find fish, you just made a 16 hour round trip for nothing but a hangover
I don't drink so I don't even get that.Clear Lake is a lot of fun. We usually go a couple times a year. For a while there it was getting too crowded out by people after yellows, and the Yellow Bass Bonanza basically ruined everything else, but I'm glad the yellows are slowing down and people have gotten over the novelty of it. In 2015 I went with three friends and on a single Tuesday we went from sunup to sundown and filled a 33 gallon Rubbermaid trash can over flowing with yellows. We got a couple people to help and between the six of us it took till 3AM to clean all those fish lol. I remember it because I burned up the motor in my brand new Rapala knife.
If you decide to head up to IGL this year gimme a heads-up before you go and I'll try and shoot you in the right direction to get on some fish. In the next couple weeks Templar Park (it's a sheltered boat launch onto Spirit) should be rocking at first ice, but that's a weird one and you have to hit it at the right time. The crappies come in there for about 4-5 days and like a light switch they're gone. As soon as first ice hits they come in and gorge themselves on bloodworms and larvae on the bottom and when that's all gone they split back to the main lake.
Triboji (north end of West O) is always a good bet and if you go south from there you can get into stationary schools of perch at Pikes Point (you'll see it on the map) The only thing is you're in 60-ish feet of water, so everything you catch you have to keep...there's no catch and release from that depth.
Emerson Bay is also a good place for ease of access, and there's plenty of room. Those two places are where I recommend non-locals start, and you can branch out to less busy areas from there. Smith's Bay is on the west side of the Hwy 71 bridge that separates East and West O, and you can get into gills, yellows, perch, and the occasional walleye. As you walk west from the bridge, there's a sharp drop off from about 15' of water straight down to 85'. That transition can get you some decent gills and perch if you want to walk out that far.
East Okoboji is killer for yellows, if you find a school you can catch hundreds if you hit it right and have a bunch of guys. Travis is the owner of Stan's Bait Shop, he likes chasing yellows and if he knows where they're biting he'll send you in the right direction.
Speaking of bait shops, stick to Stan's. Shuck's is closed now and for the last decade or so it hasn't been worth a shit anyway. Kabele's sucks, they are way overpriced and the service is pretty bad. They're focused on East O and Spirit anglers, and the owner's wife has been caught multiple times on facebook showing pictures of fish she says were caught on Spirit, but if you look in the background she's on West. Not trustworthy people at all. There's a new bait shop/outdoor store right across the street from Stan's, they don't know dick. It's usually non-outdoorsman kids working there trying to sell you clothes or boats who don't have a clue about fishing.
Stan's has great service, the owner and his employees are all avid fishermen/women, and they are great about helping if you have questions from out of town. Their fish cleaning service is great as well, they can usually get you out the door in less than a half hour and there's plenty to look at in the store while you wait. $0.50 per bluegill/crappie/perch and I think it's $2 per walleye, bagged. Add 5 cents if you want them vac packed.
okeefe4prez
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That right there looks like the absolute worst weather forecast we would ever get down here unless you go into the mountains. That would be at least 2 days of canceled school.
NorthKCHawk
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I remember the Purdue game in what, 2015? Snowed 8 inches the night before. I had 50 yard line seats 20 rows up with my then 9 year old son. They cleared the field well, but the seats were a mess. Giant guy came in late and was right in front of my son. He turned and looked at him and said, "hell no, we are switching. He picked up my son (who was not a small 9 year old) and set him in his seat and he moved back next to me. All without asking! He then took out a Fifth of Jack, set it on the snow pile on the seat and announced it was for everyone. And everyone partook. LOL. God I miss Kinnick!!!!
MelroseHawkins
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Perch forecast is good, the year class was decent last year but they were hard to find. Lots of moving. The problem with Spirit is that it's mostly a featureless bowl, so ice fishing can be tough with not much structure to focus on. Perch and walleye graze like cattle, and trying to find them and stay on them once you do is tough. That's one of the reasons Spirit is such a good trolling lake in open water, you can cover a lot of water with a boat and 5-6 rods at once.
I'm more of a bluegill guy than perch, I think they fight harder and taste better (to me). I'd rather hole hop on foot and coax bluegill out of weed beds than chase migrating herds of perch across a 6,000 acre lake. Walleyes are fun too, but again that's more of a stay put and wait game which isn't my style. But that's the beauty of ice fishing, there's something for every style under the sun.
I've been to Red Lake twice before, and honestly I wouldn't do it again myself. There are just so many other smaller lakes where you can get better results without having to fight the crowds and ice heaves, etc. Red Lake is definitely a place you don't want to be with a portable, it's a lake where you want to have a big permanent house. Here's how I describe Red Lake to people...It's basically like the Ozarks are in the summer but for ice fishing. People go for the experience and the huge towns of ice shacks...it's more for the party atmosphere and experience first, and fishing second. Also, if you go up there and it's the front end of a cold front or can't find fish, you just made a 16 hour round trip for nothing but a hangover
Clear Lake is a lot of fun. We usually go a couple times a year. For a while there it was getting too crowded out by people after yellows, and the Yellow Bass Bonanza basically ruined everything else, but I'm glad the yellows are slowing down and people have gotten over the novelty of it. In 2015 I went with three friends and on a single Tuesday we went from sunup to sundown and filled a 33 gallon Rubbermaid trash can over flowing with yellows. We got a couple people to help and between the six of us it took till 3AM to clean all those fish lol. I remember it because I burned up the motor in my brand new Rapala knife.
If you decide to head up to IGL this year gimme a heads-up before you go and I'll try and shoot you in the right direction to get on some fish. In the next couple weeks Templar Park (it's a sheltered boat launch onto Spirit) should be rocking at first ice, but that's a weird one and you have to hit it at the right time. The crappies come in there for about 4-5 days and like a light switch they're gone. As soon as first ice hits they come in and gorge themselves on bloodworms and larvae on the bottom and when that's all gone they split back to the main lake.
Triboji (north end of West O) is always a good bet and if you go south from there you can get into stationary schools of perch at Pikes Point (you'll see it on the map) The only thing is you're in 60-ish feet of water, so everything you catch you have to keep...there's no catch and release from that depth.
Emerson Bay is also a good place for ease of access, and there's plenty of room. Those two places are where I recommend non-locals start, and you can branch out to less busy areas from there. Smith's Bay is on the west side of the Hwy 71 bridge that separates East and West O, and you can get into gills, yellows, perch, and the occasional walleye. As you walk west from the bridge, there's a sharp drop off from about 15' of water straight down to 85'. That transition can get you some decent gills and perch if you want to walk out that far.
East Okoboji is killer for yellows, if you find a school you can catch hundreds if you hit it right and have a bunch of guys. Travis is the owner of Stan's Bait Shop, he likes chasing yellows and if he knows where they're biting he'll send you in the right direction.
Speaking of bait shops, stick to Stan's. Shuck's is closed now and for the last decade or so it hasn't been worth a shit anyway. Kabele's sucks, they are way overpriced and the service is pretty bad. They're focused on East O and Spirit anglers, and the owner's wife has been caught multiple times on facebook showing pictures of fish she says were caught on Spirit, but if you look in the background she's on West. Not trustworthy people at all. There's a new bait shop/outdoor store right across the street from Stan's, they don't know dick. It's usually non-outdoorsman kids working there trying to sell you clothes or boats who don't have a clue about fishing.
Stan's has great service, the owner and his employees are all avid fishermen/women, and they are great about helping if you have questions from out of town. Their fish cleaning service is great as well, they can usually get you out the door in less than a half hour and there's plenty to look at in the store while you wait. $0.50 per bluegill/crappie/perch and I think it's $2 per walleye, bagged. Add 5 cents if you want them vac packed.
Thanks for the info. My bud and I took a trip to W. Okoboji ice fishing several years ago. I thinks we probably ended up going towards mid winter which wasn't worth a shit. Tough going. Boji is tricky as is so clear and can spook them. We fished in Emerson's I believe. It was during a snow storm and there was a lot of snow on the ice.
Yea, I got a story about Kabele's to. Not impressed and I also though the woman was a total beeeootch. I booked rooms there for my family and my parents. It's a smaller 4 or 8 plex with stairs going up to the upper rentals. Very nice rentals I'll have to say but ya got to put up with the owners. Anyway, I booked lower rooms as we had a couple in are party that couldn't navigate steps. They booked our lower rooms for multiple days. We had a night and day left in our vacation and rental time. The lady notified us that we had to leave as she had others coming in. We had to cut off our vacation short (Our boys were like 8-9 yrs old at the time). We explained we had the rentals until the next day but she would not have any part of that or even discount the room for the time we would not have it. Left that property and never stepped on it again.
Thanks for the recommendation for Stan's. Yea, been to Shucks when we went.
