Today it warmed up with a strong south wind. The top few inches of ice is getting soft now. By the looks of it and lack of any calls from fishermen, I’ve decided to close the access for the week. Next week, if it starts freezing again, I will reopen for ATVs or snowmobiles, (if we do get snow).  Keep watching the report.

Today, we were informed that the DNR had changed the perch limit to five until May 9, 2025.  Anglers went over the Perch Quota. Now I suppose there will be a big hoopla from tribes about that.. It would have been nice if the DNR  had kept closer track of the numbers reported by anglers and tallied them earlier in the season. When they saw all the pics on the media of limits of 20, they might have changed to ten per angler and prevented the mess we are in now.

Eddy