Monthly Archives: November 2014

November 29th, 2014

Today I checked ice depths and found 10-12 inches of ice in the rough stuff which is in the first mile out form our shoreline.  Beyond that, I found a consistent 8-9 inches of ice where it started to smooth out  as far as two miles. From there I didn’t go any farther for now.
But from what I could see from there it looks like pretty good going……

The rest of the day was spent with the Jeep and the brush disc establishing a road to the “Graveyard” reef.  Tomorrow i will be heading out towards the “Banana” reef and getting a road thru the rough ice if it isn’t too windy and cold.  Right now I’m thinking we are going to stay away from the rough stuff within the 1st mile because of the slush under it.  Maybe in a week if we don’t have snow we’ll give the in-close areas a try. Usually the slush will dissipate and it will be easier to fish, but for now we are going to get out there away from it.

Today was my Dad’s birthday, (he passed away in 1984).  He would have been 94 years old if he was still here.  But today getting out there in his old Jeep, especially this early and doing the things i was doing, it felt like he would have been as excited as i was to be there this early…….pretty crazy i guess….I guess the timing of all this got to me…Hopefully it’s a good omen to a good winter!

Keep a Tight LIne!

Eddy

 

 

Thanksgiving Day – Nov 27th,2014

First one T-Day 2014Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I went out and rechecked the ice from Sunday with the past few days of cold weather.  ice depths varied from as little a 7 inches to as much as 9 inches and 10 inches plus the first 200 yards from shore.  The warm weather we had Saturday and Sunday really screwed up the rough ice that we already had by melting enough of the “crunchy” stuff and getting it wet so when it froze the last couple days it got pretty hard. I will be definitely be using the disc to establish roads if we don’t get too much snow on it tomorrow.

Also with the ice freezing while it was windy there is slush under the ice, (which in time will either freeze or melt), but for the first couple weeks or so it’s going to mean a lot of hole cleaning just to get fishing.  And that condition exists from our shoreline as far as 1-1/2 miles out, which covers alot of our early fishing spots.  Beyond that it will be fine, but the ice out there is not thick enough to travel on yet.

I pulled our first rental out today after Cindy and i went out for Thanksgiving dinner. The last time i pulled houses on Thanksgiving was with my Dad in 1976 I believe.  Tomorrow my son and daughter and their families are coming over and we are going to have “our” Thanksgiving Day.  And on Saturday we will open for fishermen (portables only) and be starting to stake and establish roads.

Here we go again…….

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

 

November 23rd, 2014

Saturday i worked on the approach and got on the ice. Right in front there was 7-8 inches and a lot of slush underneath. But the approach is ready.

Today I went out as far the end of Popes , the north side of Gull (1st) reef, and the Spider Reef.  About 1 mile out for us from our shoreline. About 1/2 way out the ice depth stayed approx 6-7″ and the slush under the ice started to ease up. At the 3/4 mark the ice depth dropped to 4-5″ with some slush and where i turned around the ice depth was only 4″ in spots.

So obviously we have a ways to go on the main lake.  I did take advantage of the warm weather and with the 4-wheeler and plow and knocked down the rough ice in areas where the roads will end up.  It was fun being out there again, especially with the temps today.

Now we need some cold weather and no snow and we will be in business! We will be open for foot traffic to those areas starting tomorrow.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy