Thursday, April 10, 2008

Lund Tyee For Sale

BOAT FOR SALE

For Sale- 1995 Lund Tyee Grand Sport 1750

Johnson 115 HP Outboard

Options include 2 Locators, Lowarance LMS-350A

With GPS, Bottomline on Front, MinnKota

AutoPilot Trolling Motor, 2 Bank On-Board

Charger, Marine Band Radio, Automatic Bilge Pump


Various Ice Fishing Items

Hand Auger, Rods, Propane Stove

www.minnesotaoutside.net or

mnoutside@gmail.com for more info

Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin

Through the use of technology, U.S. oil and natural gas operators are converting previously uneconomic oil and natural gas resources into proved reserves and production.

The Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin is a success story of horizontal drilling, fracturing, and completion technologies. The recent, highlyproductive oil field discoveries within the Bakken Formation did not come from venturing out into deep uncharted waters heretofore untapped by man, nor from blazing a trail into pristine environs never

open to drilling before. Instead, success came from analysis of geologic data on a decades-old producing area, identification of uptapped

resources, and application of the new drilling and completion Technology necessary to exploit them.

In short, it came from using technology to convert unconventional resources into reserves.

Location

The Williston Basin is in the north central United States, underlying much of North Dakota, eastern Montana, northwestern South Dakota, and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada (Figure 1).

The Bakken Formation can be encountered throughout the Williston Basin. It is 11,000 feet deep in the depocenter (see Glossary) of the basin in the southwest corner of North Dakota. The depth of the Bakken

rises to 4,500 feet deep on the eastern edge of the basin, and up to 3,100 feet deep (950 meters) on the northern edge, across the Canadian border in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

The Bakken Formation was formally described (named) by geologist J.W. Nordquist in 1953. His samples came from the Amerada Petroleum - H.O. Bakken #1 well on the Nesson Anticline in Williams

County, North Dakota. Henry Bakken was the surface owner where the well was drilled.1 The current U.S. development activity in the Bakken Formation is located in Richland County, Montana,

and McKenzie, Golden Valley, and Billings Counties, North Dakota. The largest discovery to date within

the Bakken Formation is the Elm Coulee Field of Richland County, Montana.

Energy Information Administration, Office of Oil and Gas, Reserves and Production Division, November 2006

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tri-State Outdoor Festival

The Tri-State Outdoor Festival will be held in St. Charles, MN
at the Winona County Fairgrounds June 27th, 28th, and 29th of
2008. This is an event tailored for family fun in the outdoors.
The Tri-State Outdoor Festival is the perfect place to try out
new products or introduce your kids to a new outdoor sport. Our
"Hands On" area is huge and includes activities in the areas of
Fishing, Fly Casting, Archery, Speed Shooting (air guns), Dog Events
, Rock Climbing, Bike Riding and much more. We have skilled
professionals on hand to coach the experienced or inexperienced
outdoors person. For a complete list of games and events please
see our "IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS" page.

The "Hands On" portion of our festival is what makes us different
from most expos. There really is nothing like seeing acres of people
casting, shooting, climbing, and riding. We encourage all comers to
the event to please bring a kid along for the experience. Much of
this event is tailored to kids and their introduction or enhancement
of the outdoor experience.

Over 200 vendors will be on hand to showcase and sell products,
making this festival a great place to compare products and prices
of all outdoor related equipment. Please check out our "EXHIBITORS"
page for updated vendors at the Tri-State Outdoor Festival.


Info-Click Here

Lake Oahe Walleye's

Last June we took a trip to Lake Oahe in South Dakota in hope of catching some of the trophy walleye’s there. We stayed at South Whitlock’s Resort , http://www.southwhitlock.com/. We fished in Whitlock’s Bay when the wind was blowing because it is a little better protected and moved out onto the main lake when the wind allowed. We caught the majority of our fish trolling Shad Raps in 15-18 ft. of water. Trolling spinners with nightcrawlers was also effective at times. Any point either north or south of the Highway 212 bridge was good. One day we trolled back and forth under the 212 bridge with Shad Raps and caught a walleye nearly everytime we went past the bridge supports. We took the boat south to the dam one day to try for Salmon and did OK until the thunderstorms hit. We talked to one group that had come from Colorado to fish for Salmon and they had filled out each day trolling by the dam.


Monday, April 7, 2008

Walleye Fishing During The Mayfly Hatch

Fishing during the mayfly hatch has always caused walleye fishermen great consternation, leaving them believing that it is near impossible to catch fish due to the fact the walleye’s are gorging themselves on mayflies. A fishing trip on Lake Kabetogama in Voyageurs National Park last summer changed my thinking on mayfly hatch fishing. We were fishing with local guide, Frank House. Frank has lived in the International Falls, Minnesota area all his life and has been guiding for nearly 30 years. He took us out one afternoon last summer in his new Crestliner Sportfish during the peak of the mayfly hatch and we ended my catching 43 Walleye’s (most thrown back because they were to big) in about a 4-hour span. The mayfly larvae were clearly seen on the fish locator, showing up as dark random spots anywhere from a foot off the bottom to just below the surface. Frank explained that the flies stay underwater until the surface is completely smooth, with no wind blowing. Walleye’s were clearly visible on the locator feeding on the mayflies. We used both nightcrawlers and leeches fished on a bare hook with a ¼ oz sinker. We fished real slow and gave them at least a 20 count before setting the hook. Anything less usually meant you missed them. If we went for any amount of time without a bite Frank would move up onto the rocks surrounding the mud flats where the mayflies hatch from and we would find active, feeding fish there. Like Frank said, even if you have a buffet of steak, you’ll occasionally want a piece of chicken for a change and the walleye’s are the same way. When they move up on the rocks, they are feeding on leeches and minnows. Don’t think that just because there is a large mayfly hatch you can’t catch fish, just slow down and give them time to eat it.