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Offline MT_BINX

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farewell to the ice
« on: Mar 06, 2020, 01:29 PM »
Looks like this warm snap with wind has done a number on western MT ice.....think its time to prep the boat.
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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #1 on: Mar 06, 2020, 01:55 PM »
I plan on 4 more weekends of ice fishing  ;D
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Offline Nockdown

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #2 on: Mar 06, 2020, 01:56 PM »
Woohoooo! Now if we can say farewell to the wind for a few days.
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Offline MT_BINX

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #3 on: Mar 06, 2020, 02:54 PM »
Quote from: Nockdown on Mar 06, 2020, 01:56 PM
Woohoooo! Now if we can say farewell to the wind for a few days.

that would be nice...everywhere i could throw a boat in has whitecaps too!
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Offline PerchPounderMT

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #4 on: Mar 06, 2020, 03:11 PM »
Gates is OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
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Offline Nockdown

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #5 on: Mar 06, 2020, 03:26 PM »
Changing lower unit oil as we speak. New stickers have been stuck. 72 degrees. Sorry hardwater purists, this is a great day.
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Offline MT_BINX

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #6 on: Mar 06, 2020, 03:54 PM »
Quote from: Nockdown on Mar 06, 2020, 03:26 PM
Changing lower unit oil as we speak. New stickers have been stuck. 72 degrees. Sorry hardwater purists, this is a great day.

IM TORN! LOL was such a short season for where im at i want more hard water, however.....i hear big pike calling my name in the rivers
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Offline slickice

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #7 on: Mar 06, 2020, 04:26 PM »
Stick a fork in it.  Well done 4 me.  Going to the Columbia River next week for walleye . . . in a boat.
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Offline lundin-loading

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #8 on: Mar 06, 2020, 05:00 PM »
Quote from: slickice on Mar 06, 2020, 04:26 PM
Stick a fork in it.  Well done 4 me.  Going to the Columbia River next week for walleye . . . in a boat.

Try not catch a virus
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Offline slickice

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #9 on: Mar 06, 2020, 05:41 PM »
Two things I plan on catching are a pile of pre-spawn "eyes" and a good buzz. 
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Offline deadstick81

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #10 on: Mar 06, 2020, 07:55 PM »
Farewell to hot spotting. Thank goodness
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Offline Papa John

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #11 on: Mar 06, 2020, 09:17 PM »
Quote from: missoulafish on Mar 06, 2020, 01:55 PM
I plan on 4 more weekends of ice fishing  ;D

Meee tooo, Zoola. Still good and solid on a few of the local lakes and i plan on making the most of it!!
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Offline mtcommonwalleyeguy

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Re: farewell to the ice
« Reply #12 on: Mar 06, 2020, 11:47 PM »
Been thumping walleyes on the river for a couple weeks now! Thank goodness for spot lock on the trolling motor with all this ridiculous wind!
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