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Grand Rapids Area Spring Fishing Report By
Jason Green |
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July 19, 2010 Summer Fishing
July 4, 2010 Summer Fishing
June 21, 2010 Summer Fishing
June 14, 2010 Spring Fishing
June 7, 2010 Spring Fishing
June 1, 2010 Spring Fishing
May 24, 2010 Spring Fishing
May 17, 2010 Spring Fishing
April 12, 2010 Spring Fishing
April 1, 2010 Spring Fishing
March 8, 2010 Ice Fishing
February 8, 2010 Ice Fishing
February 1, 2010 Ice Fishing
January 25, 2010 Ice Fishing
January 18, 2010 Ice Fishing |

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Grand Rapids Area Ice Fishing Report
12-11-2009 Jason Green |
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Just In Time For Christmas |
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For the past week now sub zero temperatures have
settled into Northern Minnesota. Quite the shock to the system when we
have seen fall like temps and then over night have it drop to –11 and
–14 plus wind chill.
The good news is we are making ice and making it quickly. Snow
cover in the Grand Rapids Area is minimal so there isn’t much
insu-lation to slow down the ice making process.
I myself have not been out on the ice but a few reports have been
coming in that many of the area lakes now have 5"-6" of ice and are
producing fish. Most likely it will be another week before I get out
on the ice but for now check out these great new products.

Northland’s Hexi bugs ’em to bite, and is the result of 3 years of
in-tensive re-search. The miniature insect features a hori-zontally
balanced SlabTorso that allows the bug to fly, dart and scoot when
jigged or dropped on a free-fall like a live water bug. The HEXI Fly
is designed to pick up 2X the sonar signal of similar sized bugs. It
bugs ’em to bite and fools ‘em!

Northland’s Macho Minnow is the boldest, most muscular
and lethal minnow imitating, jig-ging spoon ever developed for casting,
trolling or vertical jigging. Engineered from cut brass, the heavy-metal
spoon features a CutSlab beveled edge design that creates an erratic
tumbling, dart-ing action to imitate a crippled minnow. Hghly reflective
holo-graphic Baitfish-Image patterns, match the hatch, while a jointed metal
KickerTail Fin flickers, flashes, kicks and clatters to lure fish from a
wide radius.
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Strikemaster’s new super-duty but jaunty Glide-Lite gathers ice
fishing’s essen-tials and takes them on the road...and lake.
* Vertical rod holders molded into the base for quick access
* Removable seat cover fits on standard 5 or 6 gallon buckets
* Main compartment for flasher, underwater camera, and other gear
* Rugged roto-molded body and skis stand up to freezing temperatures

Strikemas-ter’s ultra modern Lazer Pro is the new yardstick in
power au-ger design and perform-ance. Forti-fied by a well developed
54cc, 3hp Solo motor, the Lazer Pro
Starts effortlessly and runs perpetually. A 40:1 gear ratio
converts that energy into a rapid paced, yet silky smooth race to the
bottom of the hole. Incredibly, power of this por-tion weighs in at
only 29 pounds. She ain’t heavy, she’s your auger.
Happy Holidays and be safe!!! |
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Grand Rapids Area Waterfowl Report 11-9-2009 Jason Green |
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Waiting For New Birds |
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Another Minnesota Deer Opener has gone down in
the books with mixed results. Most of the reports I have been
receiving have had most their luck in the late after-noon hours.
Since I don’t deer hunt the boys and I spent the weekend in the
duck blind. Leading up to the weekend, hunting was pretty descent.
Cold temperatures caused most the small pot holes to freeze which
pretty much guaranteed if you found open water you were going to find
ducks. Most of the positive reports came from small rivers with rice
or rivers flowing into areas holding rice.
As the weekend approached, 50 degree temperatures, blue skies, no
wind and lack of duck hunters made our hunts pretty interesting.
Pretty much the worst duck hunting
conditions one could ask for.
I must say that it has been a pretty strange season. In fact, it
has been strange since May. It seems like we are currently in mid
October waiting for new birds to show up but rumor has it that there
isn’t much to the north in Canada left to come down. Hopefully our
winter is a little more predictable.
Hopefully we get a few more good shoots and some solid ice around
Thanksgiving.
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Grand Rapids Area Waterfowl Report 10-26-2009 Jason Green |
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Hunting In The Northland Continues To Get Better |
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Another weekend is behind us in the world of waterfowling.
Judging by the reports that been coming in timing and location are
everything. This past Saturday I had the pleasure of taking my seven
year old son on his very first duck hunt. I made the mistake of
heading to bigger water for a mid day hunt while blue skies reflected
off the mirror like surface. I wanted Austin to be as
comfortable as possible so we took my big water rig. We know
half the excitement for any kid is being able to go fast across the
water. Needless to say I was right and ended up trading dicks
for a fast comfortable ride. But all in all we had a great day
and Austin helped rejuvenate my passion for duck hunting. In my
mind there is nothing better than educating your kids about the things
you love.
Sunday was a much better day as far as birds go. The down
side was I didn't load my sport boat into the trick so I was limited
as to where I could go. Instead I grabbed my gun and the dog and
headed west to several rice lakes.
The Grand Rapids Area definitely has good numbers of ducks in the
area. Sneaking through the woods I could hear the wings of
divers as they bombed into the near by rice lakes. Plenty of
opportunities for divers and mallards! In fact, you would think WWIII was going on by the number of shots at each lake I stopped by
and was lucky to pick up a couple myself from the shoreline.
At least for now your smaller rice lakes are still the best chance
if you are heading out to the blind, at least till we see more ice
forming.
Delta Waterfowl- The Future of Waterfowl and Waterfowl Hunting.
For more information on Delta and their projects go to
www.deltawaterfowl.org .
If Mother Nature agrees Hard Water Angling will be right around the
corner. Check back often and see all the new ice products from
Northland Tackle & Strikemaster. |


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Grand Rapids Area Waterfowl Report 10-18-2009 Jason Green |
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Plenty Of Birds In The Northland |
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What a great weekend to be in the blind. We had perfect
conditions for waterfowling. A little bit of ice which seemed to
push many of the birds to bigger sloughs and enough wind to keep them
moving. There are plenty of new birds in the area. Most of
them seem to be Ringers but we did see a few Teal, Woodies and
Mallards. It is surprising to see Teal and Woodies this time of
year. Normally they are the first to leave the area which in
some years can happen before the season begins.
At this point in the season we are still seeing birds mainly use
the rice lakes in the area. To our advantage many of the small
rice lakes have a thin sheet of ice on them pushing the birds
together. Saturday morning we were fortunate to see a flock of
ducks that from when the front of the flock flew by till the time that
the last few had straggled through roughly two hours had gone by.
I am not even sure how one can put a number on how many ducks were in
the flock. 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, etc...Either way, it was a
lot of birds.
This is a perfect time of year to get the kids out in the blind.
Mild temperatures and plenty of ducks to keep them interested.
You never know, they might get hooked and you will have a hunting
partner for life.
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Join today, lots of great projects happening in Northern Minnesota!
www.deltawaterfowl.org .
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Plenty Of Birds In Northern Minnesota Right Now!
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 10-11-2009 Jason Green |
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Final Open Water Report Of The Season |
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It is very sad to say that I just finished my last
open water guide trip for the year. Not to say that I might not
sneak out for an afternoon with friends but most my time will now be
spent in the blind chasing down ducks. The past couple
of days on the water, surface temperatures were mainly in the low 50's
but we did see a morning that was 48 degrees. This past week we
have had just terrible weather for being outside. High winds and
cold temps have made fishing difficult but still productive.
For walleye and perch we have spent most of our time looking for
shoreline vegetation. Once vegetation has been found we have had
to pitch a Northland Fireball tipped with a shiner into the weeds and
pop it back. Cold temps and lack of algae have given us
incredible water clarity so the boat easily spooks the fish. On
the larger patches of vegetation we have been able to drift and long
line our jigs and still have success. Crappie have now
moved into their deep water haunts. You can find crappie
suspended in 28-35' of water. What has worked best for us is
vertically jigging a Northland Crappie Thumper with a small swimin'
grub tail.

Beautiful Fall Colors Can Be Seen In The Background.
It Won't Be Long And They Will Be At Their Peak. |

Walleye Have Their Feed Bags On And Getting Fat For Winter.
Locating Shoreline Vegetation Has Worked Best
For Us When Trying To Locate These Pigs.

Water Clarity Is Unbelievable Right Now Allowing Us To
See Down Over Ten Feet. Sometimes You Can Actually See
A Walleye Inhale Your Jig. |
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Grand Rapids Area Waterfowl Report 10-4-2009 Jason Green |
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Minnesota Duck Opener |
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Another Minnesota Waterfowl Waterfowl Opener has gone
down in the books. Reports have been coming in the past few days
from all over the Northland with mixed results.
For us
I would say we had plenty of opportunities to bag our limits but were
a little off. Some hunters I have spoke to had their bag limit
before noon while others hardly fired a shell.
The are
several things that seem to be working against us in the Northland
this season. 1st being the lack of wild rice. Hunters
normally key in on the rice lakes for early season hunts but the lack
of rice has birds spread out. 2nd, our season started a week
later this year. If you recall last year from the 2nd to 3rd
week we had a little lull in the action while waiting for new birds to
show up. 3rd, a massive cold front moved in the week before the
opener with extreme winds from the north. This made it very easy
for locals to start the trip south. The good news is
that there is plenty of action to come. Reports of cold weather
in Alaska have pushed the birds into Canada. So as the Canadian
temperatures drop and the wind picks up we should start seeing the
action increase. Check back often, the whole season
is still ahead of us.

Base Camp On The Opener.
Yes, We Slept Outside! |

Ryan Green With A Bill And Ringer On
Opening Morning.

Sadie Waiting For The Next Flock Of Birds
To Decoy In. This Could Very Well Be The Last
Season This Old Girl Partakes In.
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing/Waterfowl Report 9-28-2009 Jason Green |
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A Window Of Opportunity |
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Finally, Fall weather is gracing the
Northland. Temperatures have been dropping, fall colors are
starting to show up on the shorelines and outdoorsman begin their
favorite time of year. I myself am truly in heaven for this is
the only time of year one can hunt waterfowl at sunrise and then spend
a portion of the day chasing walleye.
Recently we have been putting the miles on, fishing from Winnie to Devils
Lake with similar results. For the most part we are still
fishing shallow water vegetation with a Fireball tipped with a minnow
or at times a piece of crawler. The key has been to keep moving.
Each time we stop to fish vegetation the bite seems to be good for
several minutes only to die just as quick as it started. The
good thing is we are still catching a nice mixed bag and it will only
get better over the next several weeks.
Now that the Early Goose Season and Youth Duck Hunt are behind us our
house is filled with excitement! We spent part of this past
weekend rigging decoys and going over check lists for the upcoming
Waterfowl Opener. If you plan on heading north for the upcoming
opener I would suggest trying to get on the water before Saturday and
do some scouting. Many of the area lakes and pot holes have
extremely low water levels making some impossible to navigate.
Keep in mind with Fall progressing that water and air temperatures are
dropping making for more dangerous situations. Check back
next week for the 1st waterfowl report of the season and one of my
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Grand Rapids Area Waterfowl Report 9-23-2009 Jason Green |
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Youth Hunting Day |
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This past Saturday Dads throughout Minnesota and
myself had the pleasure of taking our kids out for the Youth Duck
Hunt. What this means is a non hunting adult can take a kid out
hunting for one day before the actual season begins. This
particular situation allows adults to concentrate on the kids.
Teach them safety in the blind/field and make the day all about the
kids instead of having to compete against other older hunters.
Even with water levels being extremely low and rice production a bit
on the weaker side waterfowl seem to be abundant in Northern
Minnesota. Our area is holding plenty of puddle ducks such as
Woodies, Teal and Mallards along with strong numbers of divers.
Going into its 4th year in Grand Rapids, MN. Delta Waterfowl has
a new vision and a new board of directors. We will be hosting
our very own Hunter Safety Coarse in time for Deer "Rifle" Season.
We seem to be lacking in enough classes to accommodate the area youth
so we decided to have our own class. Check back often if you are
interested. We will also be starting a Hen House project in late
February to early March. This day will revolve around the youth
of our Chapter and should be fun and educational. Last but not
least a date has been set for our annual banquet. Block Thursday
March 25, 2010 on your calendar. Location will be Timberlake
Lodge in Grand Rapids, MN. This banquet should prove to be one
of the best yet with lots of items for the kids and ladies so guys,
bring the whole family! Delta Waterfowl is the future
of waterfowl and waterfowl hunting. Its a great way to spend
time with family and friends when you are not in the blind.
Delta is all about our Youth, Habitat and Predator Control. Not
to mention that 25% of the money we raise gets to stay local. If
you are interested in getting involved with our local chapter please
don't hesitate to call or if you need more information go to Delta's
website www.deltawaterfowl.org
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Ryan Green Pictured With a Teal on the Youth Hunt

Jason and Ryan Green After The 2009 Youth Hunt.
What A Great Day!
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 9-9-2009 Jason Green |
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Fish Are Cooperating In The Northland |
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What an incredible holiday
weekend we just had here in Northern MN. High 70's, minimal wind
and sunshine for several days made for great outdoor activities.
Who would have thought that the fish would have been so cooperative.
We have spent most of our
time fishing cabbage on several area lakes in the 8'-12' range.
The bonus is that everything is biting.
For the most part we have
been working the cabbage with small jigs and Northland Crappie
Thumpers

Northland Crappie Thumper
tipped with a Slurpie
swimmin grub or small minnow. The bonus is with this small
presentation we are able to get Crappie, Perch, Bass and Walleye in
the same spots. We have also had success vertical jigging

Northland's Mimic Minnow Fry
Northland's Mimic Minnow
Fry in Silver Shiner for Pan Fish.
Reports have been coming
in the last couple days of a strong deep water walleye bite.
Anglers are fishing rigs in 35'-45' of water tipped with a crawler or
leech but the monster eyes have been caught using 7"-10" creek chubs
or Red Tails. I myself have not had this deep water opportunity
since I love a mixed basket day.
Remember, If Northland
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 7-12-2009 Jason Green |
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Summer Is Here |
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This past week has been some what difficult to target consistent
walleye bites. Surface temperatures have ranged from the low to
mid 70's on many of the area lakes. Multiple bug hatches have
also been showing up. We have been finding walleye both on the
deeper mid lake structure and also in the shallower weeds. When
fishing deeper water a roach rig tipped with either a crawler or leech
has done well but most of our action lately has come from the
shallower weed lines. Both a fireball tipped with a golden
shiner or pulling a #4 Salmo Hornet has also produced well.
Over the past two days the real fun has come from fishing Smallmouth
Bass. We have been finding Smallies in 4'-8' of water. We
have been pitching and trolling jigs through these shallow weedy
areas. Jigs tipped with Ring Worms, Swimmin' Grubs or even
shiner minnows while looking for walleye have produced equally well.
I will be leaving for Bismarck, ND tonight to fish the Missouri River
again. Check back later this week for an update.
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 6-9-2009 Jason Green |
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Spring Progression |
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This past week has been pretty much the same in the
Grand Rapids area. Lots of wind with water temperatures staying
just below 60 degrees.
Even with conditions changing walleye fishing
continues to be good. We are still targeting walleye in 6'-12'
of water depending on wind and cloud cover. Zeroing in on wind
swept shorelines and areas with vegetation tend to produce the most
fish. Like in previous weeks, using a Northland Fireball tipped
with a shiner is the preferred presentation.
This past week we packed up our gear and headed to
Bismarck, ND to do a little fishing on the river. When we
arrived there had been several days of rain plus a bonus June
snowfall. Water on the Missouri river is currently at a 7 year
record high and made for interesting fishing. We spent most of
our time fishing between a tree line which used to be the old
shoreline and the new shoreline. This situation made for a
perfect alleyway that held fish. Underneath all this water we
also found what looked to be Prairie Grass which stood a couple feet
high. Preferred presentation for the flooded river was to pull
crank baits at a slow speed. Unlike northern Minnesota,
river temperatures stay pretty consistent throughout the summer on the
Missouri. Also the go to presentations tend to be reverse from
ours. Spring tends to be the best time to pull cranks where
later in the season they switch to jigging & rigging which is opposite
to us here in the Northland.

Pictured Are The Tops Of Trees In The Missouri River. These
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 5-25-2009 Jason Green |
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A Memorable Holiday |
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Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of
remembrance for those who have died in our nations service. It
has now been seven years that our troops have been in Iraq.
Sometimes I think not only do people forget that we are still in the
middle of a war but they also forget what the true meaning of Memorial
Day is. Please take the time to remember those that have died
for our country and our freedom. Fishing in Northern Minnesota this
past week has been quite remarkable. For the most part we have
been able to find fish in the 6'-10' range. Working a 1/16oz
Fireball with a silver shiner is still working best. We have had
our best luck finding patches of emerging vegetation that are holding
bait fish.
On days that cold fronts have pushed through we have found success
pushing out to secondary shoreline breaks in roughly 19' of water and
tipping our Fireballs with Leeches have kept the rods bending.
The Grand Rapids Chamber Walleye Classic is fast approaching.
On June 20th 100 Teams will take to Pokegama Lake and Compete for over
$50,000.00!!! For more information go to
www.grandrapidschamberwalleyeclassic.com . |

What A Perfect Way To Spend The Memorial Day Weekend! Ryan
Green Pictured With his 21" Catch Of The Day. |
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Grand Rapids Area Fishing Report 5-11-2009 Jason Green |
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MN Fishing Opener |
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Northland Fishing Tackles "New" Vegas Glitter Jig
Another Minnesota Fishing Opener
has come and gone. For the most part it was a pretty standard
opener and a good time was had.
Overcast sky's, light wind and
surface water temperatures ranging from the mid to upper 40's.
With the water being cooler a slow dragging presentation is needed to
entice the fish. We found areas that had rock or small
vegetation stubble in 6'-10' of water were holding bait fish.
Working a Fireball or Northland's new Vegas Jig worked best tipped
with a spot tale silver shiner. Other areas we were able to find
fish were where there was a dramatic change in water temperature.
A couple of times while we were moving around we found areas that were
roughly 4 degrees warmer and were holding a higher concentration of
fish.
The weather report shows several
days of sun shine this week which should kick the bite into high gear
once surface temperatures get into the 50's.
Check back often, it's a brand new
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