Mixed reports on the bite yesterday.  16 to 20′ seemed to be the best reports for in the slot Walleye. Some of the deeper gravel had action overnite.  This year there is quite a variation of sizes being caught.  Anywhere from 6-7″, 10-12″ , 16-19″ and on up to 29″.  That is a good sign for the future. This year also there just doesn’t seem to be any numbers of 10″ plus Perch. When anglers do catch them they are only a few and most are 12″ or better. Hopefully with a better balance of Walleye size the Perch will rebound and instead of becoming a bait fish like they have been lately, they will grow to a catchable size for the angler.

We are concentrating on getting the snow drifts away from the permanent houses as the warmer weather coming will make the snow heavy and flooding around the houses could occur.  And with more snow in the forecast after the weekend we might start moving some of the houses just to get them out into more open areas.

We have all of the ice roads open, (see map) and there is alot of areas accessible for wheelhouses in the gravel bars that are easy to get to off the roads and with the weather change I’m hoping the bite will be pretty good. Time will tell…

Don’t forget to sign up for the Tournament on Feb 24th!  Sign up in the office when you are up here..

Keep a Tight Line!!    Eddy

Monday we had NW winds and blowing and drifted snow, most fishermen out there were staying put or went home early.  We had some rentals that stayed over into Tuesday and the bite was slow.  Most Monday reported when the NW wind picked up Sunday night, the fishing slowed.

Yesterday and today will be spent working on roads, driveways.  I will be moving some of the rentals that didn’t do as well as others last weekend to new spots over the next couple days, With the predicted warm weather coming it should be an interesting weekend on the ice.

The Lybacks/TWP Tournament is on for February 24th, 2018.  Entry fee is $50.00/person, limit of 150 contestants.  100% payback. This year everyone when they register for the tournament either Saturday morning before 8:00 will receive a dated TWP ruler and MUST have a smart phone or camera.  Walleyes will be judged by taking a picture of it on the ruler and released.  Awards for Walleye will be determined by length only and an accurate picture. This way it will allow more to participate in the “weigh-ins”.. We thought we would try something new.  We were going to last year but cancelled the “fishing “part of the tournament due to poor ice conditions.

Keep a Tight Line!     Eddy

Yesterday as fishermen left before the Viking’s game, most reports were the same.  Very slow Friday afternoon, overnight into Saturday.  Late Saturday a few started to have action and it picked up overnight into Sunday morning as the barometer was dropping as the snow was coming.  Best time was from daylight Sunday until about 10:00 am. One customer reported 22 bite and 14 Walleye in two hours of fishing. Numerous big individual Walleyes were C/R , a 41″ Northern, and many more in the 25″ to 27″ inch.  Walleyes were  C/R in many lengths under the slot over the weekend showing that there is multiple years classes coming up besides the 2013’s.  All good news.  Still most of the trophy’s  came from 14-20′ of water.

Yesterday late afternoon we received about 2-3″ of snow and overnight the NW wind started.  Not blowing too hard yest but it is supposed to pick up to 25 mph plus, so we will be plowing tomorrow….This week I’m going to start moving some more rentals to different areas.

With all the plowing of roads last week the weight of the snow on the banks, (we push to the south and the east on our roads) they cracked and sank, despite the warnings at the office some fishermen still thought they knew more than we do and attempted to cross them and dropped thru the upper layer on the sunken bank.  More should listen to what we say in the office when they go out.  Starting this week there will be no more N/C pullouts like there was this weekend.  And a heads up for those that park their vehicle in the ATV/Portable lot along the driveway and ride out with someone else.  You still have to pay the vehicle access/parking fee that is stated on the sign in the lot that you park in.  If you don’t register it and pay at the office in the future, we will have it towed.

Keep a Tight Line!    Eddy