This morning, we have had light rain showers and temperatures above freezing. The NOAA forecast is for 1/4″-1/2″ of rain overnight, ending by Saturday morning and clearing off. By Saturday evening, it will start freezing, and it’s looking like a slow cool-down all next week with some below-zero stuff after next weekend.

Fishing overnight was pretty slow for most. Most had small Walleye, with a few slots reported, but they were few and far between. Daytime, small Perch seem to be everywhere. As this weather system passes, I expect the bite to pick up some.

As it cools down on Monday, we will resume pulling permanent customers out and getting everyone out there along with our bigger deluxe rentals for the following weekend. Keep in mind that there is “zero” snow cover out there at this time. To be honest, it would be really nice to get 6″ of snow out there to calm down the ice movement and have banking for houses, but at this time, it’s not looking like it.

We will be rechecking ice depths on Sunday on the roads and areas we go to and posting changes and plans for vehicles and wheelhouses over this next week at that time.

Eddy

With the above-freezing temps and some rain coming this weekend, we will limit what is going out on the ice for the next few days until the weather starts cooling down.  Single axle wheelhouses pulled by a vehicle under 5000 curb weight, Single vehicles with portables under 5000lb curb weight, and single vehicles under 5000 curb weight to permanents that are out there now and rentals.

The next 3-4 days of above freezing temperatures at night and day mean that any cracks that develop from shifting ice will not freeze and heal. As it warms, the ice will move; that is a given. For that reason, I will not be pulling any more permanents out until it turns colder. By Monday night/Tuesday, temperatures will be dropping below freezing, and I will resume pulling.

The bite has been mainly at night for the slot Walleyes. Daytime Perch are almost everywhere and are mostly small, but you can get some 10″ plus in the catch.

Hoping all had a Merry Christmas!

Eddy

Yesterday, the bite was slow for most. There were many small Perch and Walleye, but not much for “keepers.” Fishermen didn’t stop and report their catches, so I will presume it was slow. Rentals overnight also didn’t have much action after dark; they reported when they came off the lake this morning.

After Christmas, when we open on Thursday, we will continue with single-axle wheelhouses pulled with 1/2 tons, vehicle traffic under 6000 lbs, curb weight with portables, and houses on the ice. After we see how much rain and how warm it gets, we will make changes and go from there.  I hope it won’t affect things too much, but we’ll see.  We need cold weather after that.

We will be closing this afternoon for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We will reopen on Thursday, December 26th, 2024

Merry Christmas!

Eddy