I also agree that Trigger made a very good point. I sure am not in favor of the long split on the south zone as it is this year.
BTW, I heard possible snow flurries for the Cities Friday night. Accuweather's long term forecast is for a cooler than average Oct. Like I mentioned 2 months ago, welcome to a 45 day open water season for the South zone because of the long split. It is plain stupid with the change that the DNR did this year with the extra week of closed season in Oct. I sure would like to know where they got their feedback from to support the long split.