Aw come on....that's mountain dew down there!!!

Well the fishing was very slow for everyone out there. We got there, the house was warm, holes drilled and spoke with Jay who runs Wilderness Warmth with his wife Amber. He said a group was up last week and had 42 keepers over the weekend between three houses. Well, that was a week ago.

We got unpacked and setup in the house after shooting the breeze with Jay for a while. About the time he left fish-n-fool and her hubby were close to our house so we directed them there. Talked for a while and they made their way to their house a couple of houses away. We went in and started jigging, and jigging, and jigging. Nothing. We made some sausage and kraut, fished a little more. We then went over to fish-n-fool's place for some "Apple Pie" which was De-freaking-licious!!  So we stayed for a while there and Jay and Amber stopped in to check on us. We ended up shooting the breeze with them for close to an hour again. Then we went back to our house, fished a little and went for a nap.

I woke up a little before 1 am, shortly after that Buckkiller, his Dad and Brother showed up and I directed them near us. Didn't visit much as the ice rain started and the wind was killing from the south. Got back to bed and woke up at 7:30 with a call from Ole Matty. Got him to the shack and invited him in to fish as it just wasn't pleasant to be outside at all!!

We fished a while and Aceinthehole came over with a buddy. We all fished out of the house together. Fish-n-fool and BK's gang came over to chat for a while as well. Actually did more messin' around that serious fishin' but that's what makes a GTG fun!!

Fishin' Early



Gang Chattin'



Not the best pics, just snapped them quick with the camera phone.

So we fished some more, Ace headed back earlier as the weather kept getting worse. Gary called and said the roads were to slick out of the cities to head up, which was very understandable. We fished a bit more, Wade went on a visiting spree and I took a nap. About 1 PM we decided it was best to just head out and get home before dark. So we called Jay and Amber to come in and check us out. Well they go there after a little while and of course we chatted for another hour with our whole group coming in to chat and say goodbye.

All in all, the fishing was slow but the GTG was a blast for us. It was great to put more faces to names meet some new folks. It was fun to spend time with our members and just hang out. Fish on the hooks would have been a plus but GTG's aren't always about that.

I can't say enough about Wilderness Warmth. Outstanding service and Jay and Amber are great folks to talk too. I believe they are going to be UMO's home for future GTG's for sure!! We will be doing this again next year, hopefully with better weather and we are talking about heading up there for a nice summer one. If any of you have a chance to hit the Big Pond, I would highly recommend Wilderness Warmth. Not only are they one of the most reasonable places on the lake to stay, they offer some of the best service I have seen!!

It was Nice to meet everyone, oh yea my wussy explorer pulled lifted 35" boogers tires Ford f-350 out of snowbanks moments after I left shanes shack.

this rock was the only thing we pulled up the hole.

this we dropped down the hole... steak knigh, flashlight, brand new jigging spoon and depth bomb.  all before noon...must have been tired

Can ya hold on to the brats and burgers??? or are they already unthawed.  Save them for Waconia!

Pond hockey in 38 degrees and standing water on the ice??? The boss was in a hurry to get there?

No worries Gary, I don't blame anyone that didn't come up on Saturday. Bite wasn't going and the roads weren't the best. Glad you guys made it home OK fishin.

i was up at 4;15 am sat, had truck loaded fri nite to go. walked to truck sat am should of had hockey skates on!!!!!!! almost landed on my behind lotz and reagravated my pinched nerve in my back. said aint going. spent sat doing things aroung the house between ice packs and ibpropen.