Monthly Archives: February 2017

February 22nd, 2017

Most of the weather forecasts are showing us on the edge of the heavy snow although a couple models show 4-8 inches.  Today we are going to move and block rentals.  The weather is to turn colder and tomorrow we will be moving privates off their spots and closer to roads that are ready to pull already.  Alot depends on what will happen weather wise and I will be updating again tonight.  We will be deciding tomorrow if we are going to cancel rentals or not for the weekend.  It all depends on the weather.

Our plan is to get things ready to pull as soon as the colder weather firms things up over the weekend.  For know the Lyback/TWP Tournament is still on and we will let you know of any changes that we make with that.  Either way, fishing or not, we will have the drawings for prizes.  Keep watching the report.

Keep a Tight Line!      Eddy

February 21st, 2017

We went out on the ice this morning and checked houses and ice depths.  Yesterday’s rain did some damage to the ice, but not as much as I thought it was going to.  The near freezing temps late night helped.  The ice thickness ranged from 24″ in the clear dark ice to 28″ in the cloudy ice closer to shore.  When we drilled the top 2 inches was soft and when you got about 3-4″ from the bottom and would pull up and watch, water would slowly seep in. so a small amount of honeycombing is starting. There are a few spots where waterholes formed from water draining, but none we found on the shoreside of the pressure ridge where we go that were bigger than 18″ in diameter.  We did not check the main lake side. But fishermen out there will have to beware. But with the colder weather coming for the weekend things will firm up well, especially on top.

Our biggest challenge is that we are going to have to move all the rentals to a new spot, set them up and get them ready by Friday noon.  Most of the private customers houses will need to be moved also.  Reason being that most of them slipped off the blocks as the top ice was melting and the holes don’t line up anymore.

My plan is to open the access Thursday am. ,but we might delay it a day depending on how much thing freeze up.  I will update this report at 6:00 pm Wednesday so you will know by then. I will also decide if we are going to let wheelhouses out or not by Friday morning.  The Lybacks/TWP Tournament is still going to happen on Saturday and I have scanned and attached the rules to this report so everyone is aware.   Keep a Tight Line!!

Eddy

 

 

February 19th,2017 2:30 pm

Starting tonight until Thursday morning (February 23rd), we are closing our access to vehicle traffic.  This afternoon we are pulling our bridge of the pressure ridge and blocking it up until the weather turns colder.

Fishermen out there now will be coming off tomorrow.  We will not allow anyone else on the ice out of here.  This closure is not due to thin ice or anything like that.  We still have 24″ plus ice. But with the warmer weather, traffic can do more damage than just leaving it sit.  The next 48-60 hours we are going to have above freezing temps, and I do not want any more traffic on the ice to “rut” things up more than is necessary.

The weather forecast is for things to starting to cool down Wednesday evening and continue staying colder. What was to be a big snowstorm looks more likely to stay farther south with the cooler drier air coming Wednesday. (I still hope we get a few inches out there at least.)  But by the weekend it will be more winter for the last one Walleye weekend of the season, and the Lybacks/TWP Tournament on Saturday.  If the weather forecast holds we will be good to go.

Keep an eye on this report for any changes as we go.       Keep a Tight Line!!

Eddy