The bite is in the evening hours for sure now, except for Perch action. Fishermen are looking more and more for them as the Walleye bite is slowing during the day.  Until we get some snow cover I think it will be that way.

We are letting single vehicles over the bridge, no wheelhouses and I’m not pulling permanents across also. I am going to wait until we do get some snow and the ice settles down.  We’ll see how the portable fishermen do in those areas also.  It is already getting to be that time of year where the bite slows some and it might be better just to stay close.

Keep a Tight Line!    Eddy

Today we established roads on the other side of the bridge where we had staked a couple days ago.  So we are out to the Tullibee Hole, Banana Reef ,Tundra area, and the Gravel bars. The wet spots where water collected last weekend in areas of drifted snow had pretty much froze, but some still had slush under them.  It just isn’t freezing as fast with the moderate temps. But it is pretty good going out there.

For now we are still going to keep trucks with wheelhouses off the bridge for tomorrow and I will look at it tomorrow morning and decide if we are going to let them go for the weekend. I will update this at noon so you know.  I’m sure that if we do at all it will be single axle houses only.  The tandems will have to stay on the inside of it.  Even though things look good now, does not mean it will stay that way.  We will also not be pulling permanents out over it yet until after the snow coming early next week.

The Walleye bite is definitely at night now, at least for us. And the shallower water is still as good as the deeper is for now. Some really good numbers are reported in 13-18 feet. in fact more Walleyes in the slot are being caught there than the deeper spots. But with all the bare ice not much is going on during the day except for some Perch.  Not many portable guys have been out in the deep transition areas we can now access, so I can’t honestly tell you what is happening with the Perch out there.  But it is the time of year where the bug hatches should start in the mud, especially with all the sunlight.  So I’m thinking someone will find them out there.

Keep a Tight Line!    Eddy

Today we got our bridge out over the pressure ridge/crack so we will be able to get to our areas we would normally be at by this time of year.  As the weather slowly gets colder we will be watching it closely to see what happens.  With no snow cover on the ice, temperature changes can greatly affect the expansion/or contraction of the ice and there will be movement out there.  There is not many times I like seeing snow come, but this would really be a time to get a few inches to insulate the ice from the changes.

For this weekend there will be no trucks with wheelhouses going over our bridge.  Individual vehicles only!  Trucks and wheelhouses, including tandems, can go out and stay on the inside of the ridge.

Another issue for those with permanent houses will be “banking” for the sides.  There is little or no snow out there so some type of hole liner will be a must.

Fishing activity is mostly in the late day/overnite hours.  With the lack of snow cover everything is pretty bright down there and I really think that is making a difference.  And this time of year the bite gets a little tougher. We’ll see how our Perch areas fair over the weekend as we will be fishing alot of the deeper transitions now we are getting out there.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy