Friday overnight some good fishing was had by fishermen in 27-31 feet of water on the transitions for Walleyes.  Most caught were under the slot but a I heard of a couple keepers, and some too big. In 16-20 feet in on spot, some wheelhouse customers caught and released big Walleyes all evening by what they said.  Saturday during the day it was fairly quite with mostly small Perch activity. With the no snow cover on the ice and sunlight, the day bite is pretty slow.

There were a few spearfishermen out our way Saturday, but didn’t hear much except one of them got an 11 lb 39″ Northern. Looked like a torpedo..Plus speared a 36″ 27lb Carp!  that you don’t hear of very often.

Sunday am. I will be in the office and talking to fishermen as they check-out and will get a better idea of how the weekend went and let you know.

Keep a Tight Line!!   Eddy

Today was a really nice day out there. By noon the sun came out and it was amazing how warm it got till sundown.  It didn’t help the the bite, but for a Friday when fishermen were showing up everyone was in a good mood an anxious for the weekend.

We were very fortunate with the sunlight on the ice and the warm temps that the ice didn’t  move and “push” like it would normally do with weather like this.  I stopped by a rental and they had a camera with a temp probe on it.  From just below the ice to about 6 feet lower the temp stayed at 35 degrees.  That is something you do not normally see.  Normally the water temp just below the ice is freezing or a degree or two warmer, but not that much.  But with the clear ice and the sun shining thru it it warmed the water up that much.  It’s a good thing we are getting some snow and more normal temps as if that would continue for a couple weeks it actually would start melting the ice from the bottom up.

The snow cover coming tomorrow afternoon and evening will help the ice and the bite.

Keep a Tight Line!

Eddy

Yesterday we got everything set for the upcoming weekend. The warm weather we are having is really nice when working out there.  Also for fishing too.

Yesterday’s action was mainly Perch, but for some it was just plain slow, and some found Walleyes in the soft side of the transitions.  There was quite a few “roamers” out our way yesterday too.  With the ice conditions with no snow that always happens.  Some resorts tell their customers they can get there from here or there, then after fishing they drive off the lake at a different resorts access, (the one that is closest for them) when they leave the ice. What we do is that if a fishermen want to fish an area that we don’t maintain roads to we recommend them to go to the resort that maintains roads in that area they want to fish instead of telling them they can “get there from here”…. We’ve even had them take there access tag down off their mirror and drive through.  Pretty crazy……

Looks like a good weekend to be on the ice.  Get out there and enjoy it!

Keep a Tight Line!!   Eddy