Monthly Archives: December 2017

December 30th, 2017

Ovenite and this morning the Walleye bite was still pretty good. Not alot of them, but most houses caught some. A 39″ Northern was C/R, a 45″ Muskie was C/R, and four,(that I know of) 26″-28″ Walleye were C/R.  By noon the bite slowed.  Might be the almost full moon, despite the cold and high barometer as most fish were in 14-18 feet

Starting tomorrow we will be allowing 1/2 ton rated vehicles out to rentals and existing houses.  1/2 ton and single axle wheelhouses will be allowed also on our “rough ice” areas within the 1st mile from our access where I know there is sufficient ice.  By Tuesday we will resume pulling more of our customers houses out to limited areas where I know we are ok. Some areas are still not even close to allow travel.  In fact yesterday I was plowing a stretch between the Graveyard and Banana Reefs and just to the north of where I was plowing with the Land Cruiser there was 8″ of ice.

Keep a Tight Line!    Eddy

December 29th, 2017

The bite overnite for those that were out there was fair.  Best report I heard was one house C/R 10 Walleye of different sizes. Seen two caught in the slot and four around 25″ today.  Not much for Perch or Northern.

I’m continuing to make roads and uncovering ice so the cold will get to it and freeze.  Right know the only decent ice we have is on the roads. Out under the snow ice depths range from 10″to 12″ and that is it. Some places where the ice is rough it is a little thicker. Unfortunately we received enough snow over the last couple weeks to slow the freezing process. In talking to the Creel census clerk today, he is hearing of the same conditions lake wide.  What a lot of people don’t realize is that when the ice first forms over the lake, the water just below the ice is still warm.  It takes awhile for the ice to get “cold” enough to cool the water immediately below so it starts to freeze.  When you get snow cover right away after it freezes it slows the whole process down.  That is why I’m plowing roads and spots for houses…

We will stay as we are for the weekend. NO 1/2 ton rated or larger vehicles.  small cars, small SUV’s , etc.  ATV’s pulling wheelhouses only.  No heavy houses will be pulled until next week.

Keep a Tight Line!   Eddy

 

December 28th, 2017

Today the bite improved some. the rentals out did pretty good for the most part. 14-18 feet of water still was the best activity from what reports I heard.

We are sticking to the plan of small cars, mini SUV’s, compact trucks.  NO 1/2 tons or larger.  Wheelhouses pulled only by ATV for the weekend.  We will recheck the ice Tues and make a decision on what we will do from there. What houses that are out now will be all that will be pulled until Tuesday when (hopefully) we will be driving our trucks and letting larger vehicles out also.

Keep a Tight Line!   Eddy