As fishermen came in Saturday evening and checked-in most reported pretty good fishing. Some did pretty good on Perch just a couple hundred yards offshore in front.  I received pictures of quite a few keeper Walleye and there were numerous reports of numbers of small Walleye C/R under the slot.
Some areas did better than others but the best depths were 12-15 feet.  I think alot of it is because anglers were spread out and there was not much noise on the ice from heavy traffic.

In checking ice depths, most of the ice inside of the piled ice ridge towards shore averaged between 9-10 inches.  On the main lake side of the ice ridge where the ice was smoother and clear the average ice depth was  8-9 inches with some areas of 7 inch ice.  We marked where roads will eventually be to the Banana Reef and Graveyard. We have fingers crossed that the next storm coming this week will move north enough so we will be on the warmer side of it and not get too much snow.  A large amount of snow on the ice we have now could really cause problems.  We’ll just have to wait and see..

Enjoy the warm temps the next two days and get out there and fish before the storm.  it should do nothing but improve.  We will keep with ATV’s /snowmobiles/portables until further notice.

Be Safe!

Eddy