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Headed up to Northern MN for a four day weekend on Wednesday, hope the fish are biting.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." TJ
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". EB
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After chainsawing new water holes in -40 temps for the cows every day, there’s no interest in cutting more ice for a damn fish.
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Headed up to Northern MN for a four day weekend on Wednesday, hope the fish are biting. Good luck! Either way it should be a good time!
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After chainsawing new water holes in -40 temps for the cows every day, there’s no interest in cutting more ice for a damn fish. Drilling one hole and catching a fish sounds like more fun! Give it a shot, you might be surprised.
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Beautiful fish… well except for the burbot.
It’s been a warm winter here. Hopefully the colder temps we have right now will last long enough to make ice. The burbot is the brst eating of the bunch. Ugly don't matter on the plate. Never mind the Eskimos call them "mud sharks" There's a joke in there somewhere- you can figure it out. 
Last edited by las; 01/14/24.
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Headed up to Northern MN for a four day weekend on Wednesday, hope the fish are biting. Lake of the woods?
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Burbot, ling, cusk whatever you want to call it depending on where you live. Definitely eelpout. 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Love me some burbot. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/YYvmzHz.jpg)
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Headed up to Northern MN for a four day weekend on Wednesday, hope the fish are biting. Lake of the woods? Winnie, have a cabin on Cutfoot.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." TJ
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing". EB
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Love me some burbot. Nail their heads to the outside wall of the fish house and take out the "back straps". Cube it up in chunks, boil it and dip it in melted butter, like Torsk. Freaking delicious.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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Love me some burbot. OH! And nice pants, Urkel! LOL ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/vHTxMg5Z/046111473580be34658a01f661a946b5-steve-urkel-tv-movie.jpg)
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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First outing of the year for me... sloooooow day. The water was really murky from all the rain we got Friday before it froze up. Only managed one dink bass and a gill. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/svxqQ7r9/IMG-20240115-140143.jpg)
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Ice fishing in Kentucky requires scuba gear.
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Unusually, not yet this year !
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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The bite was a lot better today, but the wind was nasty. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/5NyJgjSG/IMG-20240116-102840.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/rwp9K2c5/IMG-20240116-083245.jpg)
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The bite was a lot better today, but the wind was nasty. Nice! That sure beats being at work! I'm hoping to get out on Saturday, depending on the weather. It's supposed to be zero in the morning, which isn't bad as long as there's no wind!
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I took a couple vacation days to fish. You never know how long the ice will last down here (usually not very long most winters) so I always take a bit of time off when we get our first ice.
It's supposed to turn really warm again here next week, so the ice will probably be shot before long. 😕
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No safe ice yet on my local lake. Maybe by weeks end.
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Not yet, but we will be soon.
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