Bass Pundit

"Struggled Again, I wasn't alone" Boyd Duckett...

The weather: So far in 2008 the winter weather in MN has put the cold in Minnesocold. We have had a lot of days in the single digits and below zero. Finally it looks like tomorrow we are going to see some warmer weather. The average daily high temp. for Brainerd today is 35°F. When I think about it, that isn't really all that warm, but the next few days are supposed to be close to 40°F. Unfortunately it is supposed to cool down a little bit come Thursday. It will be nice to see some of this snow melt.

Stuck in the Snow: Today I had the bright idea that I was going to do some scouting for some ice fishing I might do this month. One of the access points I use to get onto Platte Lake is on our friend Jenni Olson's property. I have used this access in the past and never really had any trouble until today. I ran the Explorer down to the lake and where the lake met the shore the snow was too deep and I got stone cold stuck. No problem, you just dig out the truck and proceed forward. Unfortunately the snow under the truck was up to the undercarriage deep and hard packed. I tried to dig out as best I could but for the first time in my life doing this wasn't enough to get a stuck vehicle free. Tomorrow morning one of the local farmers is going to come with a big tractor and we are going to have to pull it out. Dad was not happy.

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