Spent the am trying to find a deer. No joy, but we did see 8 darkhouses on lake Winnie. Also saw TONS of traffic headed for Red lake or lake of the woods. Had a friend that caught a limit on Red Lake yesterday in 7 ft of water - 8" of ice.

SO, the quest for red meat became a quest for white meat. Not for me, I fell asleep on the couch. My friend showed up while I was snoozing and didn't go in front of my place like we had discussed, so I didn't know he was out. DAMM! He and his son went out a bit after 3pm and came back a bit before 6 with 2 nice walleyes, and 2 perch. Lost a few more walleyes. His 9 yr old son was trying to spear northerns. He threw the spear at 7 fish without luck.

the early bite is on - go get 'em!