Been busy getting regular customers on the ice the last couple of days, and have a couple more ahead.  Rentals are busy and getting close to full over the weekend, so if you want to book a house for the weekend, now’s the time.

The bite has been off and on with the weather changes we’ve been through the last few days—a lot of under-the-slot Walleye, with a keeper here and there.  The best bite has been late afternoon and overnight.  Northern Pike have been C/R on top of the shallower reefs. The biggest Walleye have been caught in 12-16 feet of water, at night, near shallow reefs.  That is where most of the smaller Perch are hanging out during daylight hours.

The ice depth ranges from 15-17″ with most around 16″.  We are only letting 1/2 and single-axle wheelhouses out, as we are pulling houses daily, and I do not want more heavy traffic on the roads than that.  The average 1/2-ton truck and single-axle house together weigh between 10,000 and 11,000 lbs. That’s enough for the ice we have at this time. Until after the weekend, all traffic will remain inside the pressure ridge.  After it heals some more with this cold, we will get across.

Eddy