Minnesota Ice Fishing (non-yak)

Awesome report! I'll be ice fishing next week up at Eagle lake! The ice is usually only 3-6 in thick, so you can only walk out to your spot.

Awesome report! I'll be ice fishing next week up at Eagle lake! The ice is usually only 3-6 in thick, so you can only walk out to your spot.

And you probably don't need a big gas powered auger either! We used both a 10" gas auger and an 8" battery auger. I had my doubts about the electric one, but it performed pretty great. Check out the videos showing how deep we needed to dig before hitting water!

(ignore the ending on the gas auger - for some reason this hole was having a tough time punching through - usually not the case...)

Hey Black Peter
Looks like fun. Did you show your Bro the pics showing how you got your nick name? Those pics will have him jonesin to try the Bean

Merry Christmas
Kirk

yea those hats remind me of the movie "Fargo"


" o yaaaaa"

yea those hats remind me of the movie "Fargo"


" o yaaaaa"

you betcha!

They're lined with rabbit fur and warm as hell though.  I think the brand is "Mad Bomber"

Here's another video of a "tip-up". It's just a minnow on a deadstick which when moved will trip a spring-loaded flag to pop up. When you're jiggin a hole 20-30 yards away and you see the flag go, you take off running! Then as you get close, the spool is spinning and you're just thinking about how to grab it and set the hook.

It's a great way to cover a little more area on the ice, and here is a brief video showing how the tip is set.

great report peter. the walleye looks like it might be a sauger.  but i am reaching way back in my fish nerd memory!

Good report.  Brings back memories.  In WI you could have three lines out per person, so with a few guys, you could have a whole bunch of tip ups strung out which generally meant plenty of action running for flags.  Much fun.

Dear obkook,

....is having a propane heater really safe to have in this kind of environment? 

Confused guy from the Islands,
 


mooch

That looks like a blast!  Nice pix and videos also!  A few years back I played in a golf tournament on Lake Minnetonka in febuary (actually just an excuse for 2000 people to drag sleds full of beer around the lake), and we got to check out some of the ice fishing huts that people had out there.. some were actually small travel trailers that people had dragged out.

Ive seen people ice fishing up at Caples lake many times on the way to kirkwood.. keep saying one of these years I wanna try that!

Thanks for the report and videos.  You sure travel a lot. 

and we got to check out some of the ice fishing huts that people had out there.. some were actually small travel trailers that people had dragged out.

Here is a pic of our "permanent ice house". A Honda generator completes it. But we're behind the times now - no satellite TV or internet!.

@ Mooch - it's called "acceptable risk" - the alternative is having your beer freeze and become undrinkable. Unthinkable!!

My one regret is that I didn't pull the old man's yak from the shed and get a pic on the ice with it. Then it wouldn't have been a "non-yak report"! This is a great lake for yak-bass fishing. There are several other linked lakes that are inaccessible by PB.

Good Times!  Thanks for the cool report.   

and we bitch about cold when it goes below 50