Monthly Archives: January 2018

January 31st, 2018

Fishing has been good in the late afternoon-overnite hours the last couple days.  Most have been targeting the shallow water areas we plow to,  (see map).  The deeper water/gravel areas are doing pretty good also during the same hours.

Yesterday we received a half an inch of snow with a strong SE wind and today it’s forecasted to switch to the NW and blow the other way and bring some cold weather in for the weekend. So we will be getting a jump on clearing driveways etc. today.  All permanents will be getting checked  and snow moved away from their houses whether they are coming or not for the weekend because of the SE wind yesterday.

We have a few  deluxe rentals still available for the weekend and some of the basics also.  So whether you would want to come for a day or the weekend we have some open.

The TWP/Lybacks Tournament will be held on Feb 24th, 2018.  I is limitied to 150 contestants and is more of a “customer appreciation” tournament for the anglers that frequent Lybacks Ice Fishing throughout the year. Everyone knows everybody and is a family friendly event with no beer wagon etc. People who chose to bring their own.  Entry is $50.00/person, Over $15,000.00  in (retail value) prizes will be distributed among ALL contestants via door prizes after the weigh-in.  Tournament hours are 8:00 to 2:00.  All contestants must register Saturday morning at the TWP trailer in front of Lybacks access. prizes will be awarded for the biggest Walleye, Perch, Northern, and Tullibee.   Walleye category will be catch/measure/picture release. Any Northerns over 30″  will be catch/measure/picture release. Perch and Tullibee will be catch and weigh.  All picture fish will need to be on a smart phone so we can verify at weigh in.  Weigh in will start at 1:00 pm and no fish will be measured or weighed after 2:00 pm sharp!  Weigh-in/ award site will be determined by weather conditions and announced to contestants when they register Saturday morning.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

January 29th, 2018

Sunday I spent time in the office checking out fishermen.  Over all it was a pretty good weekend for most. Some didn’t have any luck, but compared to those that did it was minimal. Mostly it was a good bite Thursday evening thru Friday evening.  Friday after dark the NW wind picked up, barometer went up and fishing slowed thru Saturday until around 3:00 pm to after dark.  There was many reports of activity then. overnight and into Sunday noon the bite slowly picked up. Numerous anglers said the later in the morning the better it was.  There was a lot of nice sized Walleye C/R, and numerous reports of slots also.

For those that can sneak away the next couple evenings to get up here the shallow night bite should be really good with the full moon.  I already have had fishermen interested in coming up and fishing all the shallow rock areas we have out in front of us.  It just might be worth the trip!

Keep a Tight Line!    Eddy

January 27th, 2018

Friday evening when the NW wind picked up,the barometer went up and the bite slowed for most. Thru the morning Saturday there was some action from daylight on and by 3:00 pm my cell phone was going off with pictures of nice sized Walleye being caught in numerous locations. With the small disturbance passing over tonight, I’m thinking it should be pretty good out there. Received pictures of 4 over 28″ C/R and numerous pics of 23″ to 27″.  Alot of anglers caught some nice individual trophy sized Walleye.  Not many anglers caught many numbers although we had some rentals that C/R 4-8 Walleye per house.  On the same note alot of fishermen did not do to well either.

I’ll be in the office tomorrow and checking out the fishermen as they leave and will give a better report of the weekends catches tomorrow night.

Keep a Tight Line!!     Eddy