Fishing in the St. Paul Area

[Goddard]

Hi Guys!  I am heading up to St. Paul this coming week for a wedding for one of the wifes friends.  I am planning on coming up early for 3 days of fishing. Really looking forward to it as we don't have any ice here in Kansas City and not sure if we will get any this year.

Last year I came up for Christmas and had a good time on White Bear.  Just wanting to make sure you have safe ice up north and if there are any good pieces of water to check out…..dont expect ya to give up your secret spot 

Thanks guys. Want to be safe and get a game plan put together to maximize my time!

[Skipper]

I sure hope some of the metro guys chime in, but I am on about 10'' in my area.

[IceKrystal]

North east metro lakes have about 8 inches of good ice, including White Bear. I was out on there the past couple of days fishing the west bay, slippery wet ice with no snow. Bring cleats and a sled, the forecast calls for the same conditions. Saturday and Sunday looks to be good.

[minntrapper]

I was on around 8" just south of st. paul last weekend.  When in doubt, drill a hole and check.  Supposed to be mid-30's this weekend, so the ice will likely be good and slickery still.  No snow in the forecast until the middle of next week.

[Goddard]

Thanks for the info guys!  The sled and cleats will be in the truck for this trip north! 

Now, if I could only figure out a way of not going to the wedding and fishing 4 days…….. and live to fish another day!

[Desperado]

Goddard
NE metro is my home turf, I know of two good bites happening right now (crappie and wally)  They're both on spots with five inches of good ice, and can be reached from areas with seven inches of good ice.  The kicker is there is dangerous ice within 10 to 20 yards of both of them, so I won't post the locations (and send every web lurker to those areas).  But if you PM me, we'll talk.

BY THE WAY ...
Where you from?
What days you planning to fish?

[Goddard]

Desperado

Thanks for reaching out!  I just sent you a PM.

I am originally from NY, but now live in the Kansas City area. Overland Park to be exact.

We had 3-4 weeks of solid ice last year,but does not look like we will get out at all this year. Took the boat out on Saturday for some crappie fishing, it was 52 when we got off the lake at 1:00.

How the ice holding up with this warm temps you guys are getting during the day?

 I will be fishing Wensday, Thursday and Friday and possibly could get out on Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon-evening.

[minntrapper]

Bringing the cold weather with you too!  Suppose to start dropping tomorrow, with some wind and snow possible.  Then be much more seasonable the rest of the week/weekend.  Good luck!

[Desperado]

Well I went fishing with Goddard yesterday and we got into 'em

caught and threw back more eight inch crappies than we could count; never got into any bigger ones

I hooked a walleye and got him to the bottom of the hole, but couldn't get his nose up the hole with my 2lb line
we saw him swim under the hole three times before the line broke and he (probably she) appeared to be between 24" and 28"

Goddard got slammed by something that immediately began stripping line like a freight train and never slowed down, so we never saw it
but had to be a good northern or maybe a tiger musky (the lake we were on has  a decent population of both)

all in all a fun day
he had never fished with spring bobbers before, I think he's sold on them for a crappie fishing tool

[Rebelss]

Anyone have an ice report on Centerville and Peltier lakes?