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#1669282 - 12/29/08 08:55 AM
Trout Opening Date
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 01/10/08
Posts: 34
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Can someone explain to me why you would have an opener on a Thursday? And why wasn't this corrected prior to the date being set?
I'm inquiring due to me and a whole lot of people now having to take time off from work to hit the opener. You ask why, if you have any experience trout fishing through the ice, you know that the bite will drop dramatically after a couple days, and thus it's an opener that shouldn't be missed...
I've been a participant of this opener for some 20 yrs now and to me, it would be like having walleye opener on a week day....
I feel sorry for the conservation officers patrolling this weekend, their going to get an ear full, if they haven't already... To bad for them, since they had nothing to do with this date....
I'm still going to have a blast on opener... always do... no matter what type of fishing or weather we encounter..
Just so all of you trout anglers know... as mentioned in the response... This will be the date for Winter Trout opener.. Jan 15th... Unless people voice their opinions this will not change... I favor the opener being on a Saturday... like every other opener in Minnesota....
Avid Trout Fisherman...
Edited by Northdrifter08 (12/29/08 10:34 AM)
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#1669606 - 12/29/08 11:18 AM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: Northdrifter08]
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Sr IceLeaders Family
Registered: 05/01/02
Posts: 2231
Loc: Babbitt, MN
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You may want to contact your state government reps on this one. They changed it this summer.
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#1669608 - 12/29/08 11:19 AM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: caseymcq]
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FishingMN Family
Registered: 06/09/08
Posts: 136
Loc: Duluth, MN
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One other plus...its easier to say to my wife "but its opener, I need to leave Thursday morning".
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#1669817 - 12/29/08 12:46 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: Steve Foss]
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Sr IceLeaders Family
Registered: 08/11/00
Posts: 1486
Loc: Cloquet, MN
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Steve, 15th is now locked in, well, ice  When we get closer just let me know where and when to meet ya. Will have the sled and otter ready to roll. Also looks like I wont have to be back to pick up Junior after school so I can stay all day, yeah!! Chris
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#1669842 - 12/29/08 01:01 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: Northdrifter08]
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Sr FishingMN Family
Registered: 02/05/07
Posts: 1210
Loc: Isanti, MN
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I'm inquiring due to me and a whole lot of people now having to take time off from work to hit the opener. You ask why, if you have any experience trout fishing through the ice, you know that the bite will drop dramatically after a couple days, and thus it's an opener that shouldn't be missed...
Makes no difference to me. The fish still bite after the first two days. Now the guides have a firm date to work with annually. To take time off work to fish????? Seems like a fair trade. 
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#1670153 - 12/29/08 04:05 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: splakeshaker]
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 01/10/08
Posts: 34
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Splakeshaker... Just checking to see who this is... I'm previously from Two Harbors and always looking for the next hot splake lake...
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#1670189 - 12/29/08 04:21 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: Wanderer]
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 01/10/08
Posts: 34
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I'm inquiring due to me and a whole lot of people now having to take time off from work to hit the opener. You ask why, if you have any experience trout fishing through the ice, you know that the bite will drop dramatically after a couple days, and thus it's an opener that shouldn't be missed...
Makes no difference to me. The fish still bite after the first two days. Now the guides have a firm date to work with annually. To take time off work to fish????? Seems like a fair trade. Sorry... I'm just a working stiff that only gets so many days of Vacation a year... And a trout guy who doesn't want to miss an opener... which I typically do a 3 day fishing trip for Inland Stream Trout and sometimes Lake Trout... With it being on the 15th it's going to be hard to make the openers that fall on Tuesdays or Wednesdays since this would call for multiple days off... This has been a traditional opener for my friends and I for many years...
Edited by Northdrifter08 (12/29/08 04:22 PM)
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#1670457 - 12/29/08 07:09 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: BRULEDRIFTER]
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 05/27/04
Posts: 34
Loc: Bemidji, MN
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May 15th... Good Idea... Then the guides would have a firm date... (Not that the dates aren't published a year in advance..)
Edited by Northdrifter2 (12/29/08 07:10 PM)
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#1670671 - 12/29/08 08:35 PM
Re: Trout Opening Date
[Re: Northdrifter08]
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IceLeaders Family
Registered: 01/08/07
Posts: 191
Loc: Two Harbors, Mn
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Splakeshaker... Just checking to see who this is... I'm previously from Two Harbors and always looking for the next hot splake lake...
Grand Marais, Finland, Isabella. Gotta do the homework, and put some time in.  Some nice lakes up the Arrowhead trail if ya got a sled and a couple days. I'm pretty pumped! I'm burnin up a week of vacation for opener. I'll try to post some pics after I get back.
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