Monthly Archives: December 2014

December 30th, 2014

Today fishing was pretty slow from most reports.  Small Perch were most of everyone’s catches. Typical of very high pressure.  There were a couple Walleyes caught in the slot in rentals and one rental had 30  Perch and a 37″ Northern, but that was about it.

We pulled more houses out, both rentals and privates and will be pulling more tomorrow to the deeper reefs.  My suggestion to all coming up this weekend that want to drive out to the Tundra,  Banana and Graveyard reefs bring the smallest vehicle can get. There is about 16″ inches of clear ice that is VERY brittle and will not bend. Which means it cracks all over when driving on it and it can weaken very quickly when traveled on repeatedly.  Heavier vehicles will cause more problems so the lighter the better.  I’ve even been pulling houses with the Land Cruiser and staying off the roads when pulling to those areas.   I don’t know why, but that ice out there this year especially out in the smoother stuff just doesn’t feel right.

We have a 14-18″ crack on the Graveyard Road, Tullibee Road and Bowl Road which have ramps over them and are freezing, but for now there will be no wheelhouse traffic over it unless they are going to be pulled by a ATV.  I’m not going to take the chance of a piece breaking off on one side or another.  So wheelhouses with trucks will be limited to the shore side of the crack. Which means south Spider, Popes, SE Ray’s Reef, east Gull reef for now. That might change by the weekend, but for now that’s it. We will watch it and let you know by Friday morning so you can make plans.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

 

 

December 29, 2014

Today we had some fishermen out in rentals and only a couple portables.  Reports from the rentals was on the slow side.  Lots of too small Perch,  Some small Walleyes, but overall not a lot of action. one rental that was out overnight had a good night with the Walleyes, but most were 14-16″ and couldn’t be kept.  But it is good to see that size out there.

We had to put ramps on three of our roads as the cold created some cracks, but nothing too bad.  I pulled out 8 more houses to some of the deeper reefs, but are still holding back on vehicle traffic out there until I see a little more ice thickness. but with this cold it won’t be long.  The next couple nights it should make an inch or maybe two.

We’ll see how it goes……Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

December 28th, 2014

Overall the weekend bite was a little slower with the higher barometer.  Best Walleye action was dusk, overnite, and early am hrs. Perch were doing pretty well in the “Bowl”  with numerous reports of Perch over 10″, and I heard of a  couple Northern Pike caught.  A 35″  and a 40″ in in the rentals.  There were rentals that caught and released Walleyes from 25″ to 28″.   There were also some fishermen that just had no luck at all.

The ice was cracking pretty good yesterday as it’s getting colder and I expect Monday am. to see some “good ones” out there on the early morning road check.  The next couple days will be be that way with the ice cooling off so everyone venturing out will need to be extra cautious out there.  With the lack of snow cover we’ll make some needed ice thickness so we can venture out farther, but it will also make the smooth, clear ice out there very brittle. fishermen will need to to drive slowly as the ice will not bend well and I don’t want to see the roads break and have to make new ones.  Take your time out there!

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy