Pelican is right by Albertville, pretty shallow lake, its the one that the DNR is gonna lower the water level for waterfowl. Gets tons of pressure, last year was crazy from day one of ice to the end of the year hundreds of houses out there and im not joking about hundreds either. Some big pike caught out there and big pannies as well. Not sure on water clarity. thats why i was kinda joking cause no matter what you will probably have lots of randoms come up and see whats going on when a bunch of spear houses and a grill go up in a general area.

pelican is an awsome lake for spearing with a chance a real trophy pike plus thousands of eater size pike was out there last a couple of times and saw many pike. it is not a crystal clear lake but it is not hard to see the bottom in 7-8 fow.I know of a few guys that did very,very well spearing last year and one of the times I was out there pannie fishing I counted 70 plus spear shacks alone. the only thing would be the access if it is to early in the season could be iffy for getting out but atvs or sno machines would work very well just depends on the time of year.

I'll bring the brownnies again with no nuts

I'd second winnie. First ice, third river, it's not uncommon to see 50 pike in a day as long as you get away from the crowds. Not much for really big ones, but alot of 5-10lbers. There's always a few jumbos swimming around under the holes at first ice in there, too.

i would have no problem with winnie, but we cant do it for just one day, that has to be a 3-5 day trip IMO.

Pelican sounds like a nice lake to hit up for a outing!

And yes, no nutz in them things!

yep BNS your pan will have no nutz and who says we can't go for just one day?

Don't need anything bigger than that anyway.

im not going to drive to winnie for one day!

so stay for two whats up with that

noooo, need to stay like a week, make it worth it!

It's not that bad of a drive, maybe 2 1/2 hours. If anyone is interested in staying a few days, my folks have a cabin by Sand Lake which is about 10 miles from Winnie. It has comfortable sleeping for 6 (2 sets of bunks, 1 futon, 1 short couch) but we can fit a mess of people in there if ya'll don't mind sleeping on the floor. No electricity or plumbing, but we have gas lighting and stoves and a wood stove that works real good. However, if we have a bunch of snow it's not a real easy place to get into, you'd need a 4x4.

i would be interested in a 2-3 day stay on winnie.

fishuhalik, we are about 8 miles east of ya by spring lake. i know guys that fish little sand opener.

why dont we stay at your place glenn!

Might have to figure somethign out fish!

would be a good idea BUT, my mother would throw a huge fit. shes got issues with people knowing where the cabin is.

same here