"Mark W. Oots" mark_ctc@(delete this)ameritech.net wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Hell, that's close enough for a day trip to take in the early season
opener
up here in Curdistan......if you can get sprung for a day.

What day would that be? If it's a day I can get off work, I might try to
make the trip.

That would about 13 1/2 hours from now, as I write this. Mr. Knight, Mr.
Axelrad and myself (along with whatever lurkers may appear unannounced) will
be meeting at the Blue Sky Cafe in beautiful downtown Mount Horeb, WI at
approximately 0800 tomorrow.

Do you guys still have much ice up there?

There's still lots of ice on the lakes. All of the streams in the SW third
of the state are ice free and legally open for fishing at about 5:00
a.m........if memory serves.

I was out yesterday
and the northern half of the lake was open water and southern half had 1"
to
6" of ice left on it....and no way to tell which end of the range it was
just by looking...I was planning on trying a nymph for panfish in the open
water end (really gotta try out the new rod soon), but the wind picked up
and the rain was coming down in Tsunamis....I tore the ice rods down when
I
got home last night.

Check the "WI early season opener" thread. You'll find more information on
the planned outing and a couple of phone numbers.

Hope you can make it.

Wolfgang