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Location: ROckford IL | Any of the lakes locked up yet boys in the Madison chain |
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| I doubt it. I saw couple 4-5 acre ponds today that weren't quite frozen all the way. It won't be long though |
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Location: MN | it hasnt been cold enough yet, plus its been windy so they are still open. |
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Location: ROckford IL | be careful if you park in the wingra parking lot by the woods, someone dumped a box of nails right in the parking lot
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Location: Oregon, WI | Bigman, any luck? Did you have to break ice to get out on Wingra? May give it one last go tomorrow, unless we have a late warmup that is. |
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Location: ROckford IL | I was there on monday and we did not have to break ice but water temps were 37, we had one pick up all day and my buddy blew it |
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Location: Oregon, WI | Didn't get out on Wingra (probably should have), went to Monona (10:30 - 4:00) instead. Piers are out at Olin Landing making launching difficult by yourself. That should have been my first clue to go somewhere else. Anyway, No nothing... Highlight of day was the anticipation of watching the suckers getting nervous a couple of times. |
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| There was a guy fishing Waubesa this morning in a Ranger (I drove by Babcock and saw the truck parked). |
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Location: Oregon, WI | There were 4 rigs there friday afternoon. I was on Monona Wednesday, there was 1 other boat out also.
Edited by V18 12/18/2011 9:06 PM
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Location: North Central IL USA | hobeybaker - 12/17/2011 12:06 AM
There was a guy fishing Waubesa this morning in a Ranger (I drove by Babcock and saw the truck parked).
are the piers still in there? |
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Location: Oregon, WI | Here's a quote from someone on Lake-link:
"I don't think they pull the piers from Babcock but the idiots lock the gate to the parking lot. When I asked about why they did this a few years ago I was told because "kids" go back there and party and it easier to lock everyone out rather then patrol it. Guess the kids don't party the other nine months of the year."
Edited by V18 12/19/2011 8:18 AM
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Location: Hayward WI | Babcock was open with piers this morning when I drove by. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Got an email from a Cap City member yesterday and they couldn't launch out of Lake Farm Park on Saturday. So they headed to Olin on Monona and did well. Pics are post on the Cap City web site. |
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| Waubesa is mostly ice. Was on Monona today the bays are mostly frozen and there is large sheets of ice floating in middle, when i looked out and saw my planner boards and baits dragging on top of ice it was a sign to hang it up for year. Alot of ice broke up when wind kicked up but will ice over again tonight.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com
Edited by Jeff Hanson 12/20/2011 6:24 PM
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| Monona's still open, just saw couple of guys pounding the shore by John Nolen Drive about an hour ago. |
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Location: Northern IL | No muskies today but caught 6-7 kitties, pretty slow. 38 degree water. caught 5-6 pike as well, deepest one at 54'. This is what happens when you drop something "small" down when we mark fish but won't hit a trolled, or fast moving, or large bait.
Edited by jerryb 12/21/2011 9:56 PM
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| There were some guys kitesurfing along the north end of Monona yesterday. Nobody fishing though.
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