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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:40 pm

Sippi river froze

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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:11 am

Not in IA. I have a friend hunting the backwaters this AM down there 6.5hrs SE of me
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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:21 am

h2ofwlr wrote:Not in IA. I have a friend hunting the backwaters this AM down there 6.5hrs SE of me


It's probably still open on the WI/IL side as well. Crazy.

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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:38 pm

I started the morning with a good laugh.
Turtle Lake in Shoreview froze up over night. My wife noticed this and the 2 dozen stationary geese on the ice.
"They aren't moving", she said.
"They are frozen in place", I replied.
"Can that happen? I suppose it's possible." she said.
I almost fell off my chair laughing.

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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:00 pm

Riley in Chan/EP is mostly open. 100+ geese, and what I'm guessing was a nice flock of about 50 bluebills landing off the North point. Other ducks mixed in.

South of 212.... but the hunt ability might be a challenge.

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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:23 pm

An awfull lot of bigshot homes were built on there in the last 20 years. I would not be suprised if you got a visit from the Sheriffs Dept.

I know of a field a mile north of there where they used to slaughter the honkers all season long. Now it's all homes....
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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:28 pm

WGAF about what ornamental landscape lakes in the metro are froze over. Those lakes aren't huntable regardless.
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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:34 pm

You mean you don't want to hear about fields h2ofwlr heard about guys shooting geese out of decades back?

Hey h2ofwlr, I know a field north of that same lake that I heard guys used to stack up greenheads like cord wood back in the day. I wonder if it's the same field?
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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:18 pm

The chisago lakes area lakes are frozen over completely. The sunrise river is froze over with few openings in corners.

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Re: Open water and iced over reports.

Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:39 pm

all these reports of where the ice is and places where you can't hunt?

How is a guys supposed to figure out where to go? LOL

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