International Falls Daily Journal - Forecast: Ice, but good fishing, By LAUREL BEAGER, Editor - Comments

Speaking of walleye. I had

roj2000 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:38:56 -0500

Speaking of walleye. I had Sportsman Service ship me a few lbs of walleye, and fried some up last weekend. They were excellent!! Must have been from the class of 99. I had a pack still left in the freezer from last year, but thawed them out anyway, and fried them too. They were a little "dry" and "wrinkled", and weren't too bad after ya got used to them, so I guess they were from the class of "65"!!!!

Laurel, great article based

Thomas L. Johnson — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:17:44 -0500

Laurel, great article based on a very informative interview. It is great to hear that fish are so much like humans that they too have great classes. As the world already knows, the human class of 1965 was the best ever. Maybe like the walleye class of 99.
It is refreshing to read an interview with someone who truly knows his subject area; he's exactly the sort of person who doesn't blog. Yet another reason to keep supporting the paper version of the DJ.

GLOBAL WARMING, MY

roj2000 — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:42 -0500

GLOBAL WARMING, MY A$$!!!!!!! Way to go Al Gore and all you tree huggers!! According to Big Al Gore, the ice was supposed to be out around the end of Febuary!! What happened??

Forecast: Ice, but good fishing, By LAUREL BEAGER, Editor

Laurel Beager — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:59:53 -0500

Rainy Lake remains socked in by ice, but there is open water in Borderland for the Minnesota walleye opener Saturday.
As of Tuesday, Sand Bay, Black Bay and Jackfish Bay on Rainy Lake were open, according to Jeff Eibler, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Office in International Falls.
“The die hards that have to get out on opener will have places to fish on the lake,” he said.
Eibler recalled the long-lasting winter of 1996 when people were ice fishing on the opener. “While it’s novel, I wouldn’t want to make it a habit,” he said laughing.