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brant	January 29 2009 10:30AM
Status: offline Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 45	dtdg 01, I know we are driving on the lake to our sleeper. It sounds like there are well plow ice roads alot of places up there, but you have to pay to use them if you're not fishing out of the resorts access. I've read where you can usually rent vexilars form different resorts and most supply "rattle wheels" for fishing. But I think those are better for when you fall asleep and still want your minnow wet. I guess I will know more when I get back Monday. I'll post a report.
vexilar	January 29 2009 02:04PM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 12/10/03 Posts: 387	We drove our car out.I would say a sleeper is the way to go.They have streets signs and everything up there on the ice cant get lost.We used fathead minnows under a bobber not as much action on those as frozen shiners.Advice only use one rattle wheel at night we put down three and had a eelpout on one and tangled all three lines up.Bring an extra light source we only had 1 propane light in our house not quite bright enough.
brant	February 02 2009 08:40AM
Status: offline Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 45	I wanted to report we had a good time. Got up there Friday morning and caught a fair share of fish that day. Saturday was really slow, but a front came thru. We caught just enough to have a fish fry Saturday.
njjisu	January 30 2010 06:36PM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 09/23/04 Posts: 307	Quote by: iowavf http://www.965ksom.com/index.php The local radio station, miller light, and several area businesses sponsers a trip there every year. They are there now and post pics on the website, just look for 2009 fishing trip in the photo section. I was on that trip. We got back Thursday. The bite was a little slow as a cold front came through the day that we got there (the same storm that shutdown I35 from Ames to the MN border on Monday). There were six of us in our group. We ended up with 87 keeper walleyes/saugers and one nice perch (ate fish a couple of nights for supper and brought our limit home with us). We had a couple 10 lb eel pouts and a few tullibee as well. The walleyes/saugers we got into were just good eater size - nothing really big. I think our biggest was about 18 inches (most were 12" or so and threw back a lot of smaller ones). Before the cold snap, they had been hammering them and the sizes were much better. We had about the same luck last year as well. Two years ago however, we had our limit every day and weren't keeping anything under 16". I think that year spoiled us a bit. That year though, we were out about 29 miles (from Wheelers Point - Ballard's resort). This year was about 12 miles. Last year was about 9. That 29 mile trip out sucked as it took a couple hours but the fishing was much better. Here are some of the pics from the past few years: 2010 - http://www.jensenz.com/Hunting-Fishing-Etc/2010-Ice-Fishing-Trip-at-Lake 2009 - http://www.jensenz.com/Hunting-Fishing-Etc/2009-Ice-Fishing-Trip-at-Lake 2008 - http://www.jensenz.com/Hunting-Fishing-Etc/2008-Ice-Fishing-Trip-at-Lake
holdem	January 30 2010 07:00PM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 08/10/06 Posts: 383	Pics of 2010...Gas to get to LOTW $300...beer and food for the week $500...pic #82 priceless
njjisu	January 30 2010 07:11PM
Regular Contributor Status: offline Registered: 09/23/04 Posts: 307	He just got lucky that we happened to have an empty ice shack right next to us!
tla100	January 31 2010 09:42PM
Status: offline Registered: 01/02/10 Posts: 42	LOW is great, we stayed @ Lyons Sleepers last year. they are great, tim and his wife run it with a few other guys running around. Bring beer, pillow and shore lunch. Caught a lot of walleye and this year, hope to go back. gonna bring power pack or marine battery with inverter to run lights n chargers. Great time. L8er Timmy
iowawaterfowler	February 01 2010 02:15AM
Regular Contributor Status: online Registered: 02/06/08 Posts: 300	Quote by: holdem Pics of 2010...Gas to get to LOTW $300...beer and food for the week $500...pic #83 priceless The guy in the background looks pissed!

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