Good morning, quite a warm up this week from last week. If you factor in the “windchill” it is almost an 80 degree swing from last Thursday to next Thursday. I’ve talked to a few anglers and they said the cold helped the lakes a little bit, but it almost seems too little too late. …
Good morning, do I dare say finally some winter temperatures up here in the Northwoods!?!? I know most people prefer a mild winter but it has not been good for ice fishing. I actually saw photo evidence from a customer who’s UTV went partially through Teal lake last weekend traveling over a same area he had fished the week…
Good morning, about 10″ of new snow fell here around the quiet lakes with that last storm. As if lake travel wasn’t bad enough before, it is now!! Unfortunately, I have not had many people coming in for bait as they are just not going out!! Northern pike–Northern pike should still be fished fairly shallow…
Good morning, pretty warm temps for mid January up here should help the snow settle a bit, but there is still a bunch of slush under the snow and above the ice from what I am told. I am seeing rain/wintry mix Sunday night into Monday followed by some snow late Monday into Tuesday. I still don’t…
Good morning, welcome to the first fishing report of 2023 and Happy New Year!! This winter has not been very kind to ice fishermen/women and this last round of snow certainly will not help change that. The good news is most of the lakes are staked for snowmobile trails including LCO and Grindstone (yesterday) and…
Good morning, the weather looks good for a while as far as outdoor sports go and enough snow still on the trails to keep everyone happy. Ice conditions are good on most lakes as I am hearing pretty consistently around 8-10″ of ice. The 3 big lakes that I am hearing are still in question…
Good morning, bitter cold temps over the last few days surely have to have helped the ice conditions. From what I am hearing there is a fair amount of slush in between the snowpack and ice. Ice travel on anything other than a tracked machine will not be easy and on some lakes still not…
Good morning, +/- about 18″ of snow out by the quiet lakes is not going to help the ice on the lakes. Use caution if you are heading out as there is going to be mess on top of good ice. Some lakes may not have had good ice to start with so be mindful of…
Good morning, those bitterly cold nights sure helped for making ice on some of the lakes. Reports on ice conditions are all over the place as I am hearing almost 9″ on lakes like Lost Land but open water yet on Round, LCO, and Grindstone. I know I’m not the smartest guy in the world…
Good morning, the snow definitely did not help out the ice making on the lakes. Lots of cold nights on the way and not too much more snow in the forecast for a while should really help to close the lakes up. I am still hearing reports of ~5″ of ice on the quiet lakes. …