Over the weekend, most anglers did very well. We had all our smaller “basic” houses rented. Many pictures were sent in that I will eventually be posting on our Facebook page; please “like” and “follow”  if you do the “Facebook” thing.  Some anglers in pursuit of Perch started looking in the late spring shallow spots we go to and found them. The Walleye bite was mostly at night and many Walleye in slot fish were reported. The bite was also good for those fishing the deep rock/mud lines on some of our deeper reefs.

With the up and down temps, sunshine during the day, and freezing at night, the ice with no snow cover is moving regularly.   We have a crack running from Popes Point to Spider-Island and west from there that varies from  8″ to 16″ wide, and we have ramps across the two main roads it crosses.  Out 2 miles, there is a pressure ridge running east and west north of the Banana Reef headed Northeast towards Hennepin Island and headed west north of the Tundra and west from there. There are numerous reports of pressure ridges on the North End and some pretty good-sized cracks running up the East Side of the lake, so it is important you contact the resort that you are planning to fish out of to find out their ice conditions. We drilled and checked the ice in the areas we go to on the main lake, and the ice depths are a consistent 16″-17″ with a few areas where rough ice piled that is a little thicker, but very few. So we have good ice, but with the cracks and ridges and temp changes daily it’s time to be cautious for us.

We will be moving some of our rentals to areas inside of the crack this week, and pull some to shore.  We will maintain the ramps for ATV access beyond them as long as we can.  We have plenty of parking for Rigs on shore and light vehicle traffic under 5000lbs will be allowed inside of the first set of cracks,  Wheelhouses pulled with UTV or ATV can go out in limited areas.

Keep a Tight LIne!

Eddy