Fishing Report

Good evening from the Quiet Lakes, giving you all an early report as we will be down in Balsam Lake bright and early for a volleyball tournament. Temperatures look to be on an upward trend, along with some rain Sunday through Tuesday. Those two things should take care of any remaining ice or snow we have in the area. It will hopefully also bring some much needed precipitation to the area and help get these streams and rivers flowing. The snow and wind we had the past week really put a damper on anglers getting out to fish as I have not heard of anybody going out at all.

There is still time for you to get gear ready before the crappie spawn really starts to heat up. Rods, reels, line and tackle should be rigged up and ready to go (especially pinkie jigs for crappie!). You will also do well on small Northland Mimic Minnows and the smallest sized Beetle spins. And after many years of my dad outfishing me, a simple gold #6 Aberdeen hook rigged with a crappie minnow under a bobber is a staple go-to for getting slabs in the boat.

I apologize for another short report, but this weather has been absolutely brutal for fishing. Just when it started to look good, we got reminded of March winters here in the Northwoods. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Talk soon,

Greg

Good morning from the Quiet Lakes, the weather the past week definitely slowed down getting the boats out on the water.  All told we got about 10″ of snow and most lakes have at least some ice on them.  Not enough ice to not get out, but enough to be a hindrance to do so.  Plus most of the landings still have some snow on them and thats just another mess to deal with!  The next week looks to be going in the right direction as far as the weather goes, low to mid 40s all week and upper 50s for next weekend with very little chances of rain until after next weekend.

Still nothing to report on fishing, nothing for any of the inland lakes.  I know a few anglers have been up on Lake Superior trolling for Coho and doing decent.  I have not heard much on anglers fishing rivers/streams and most are running  so low it would be hard to access most spots.

That is all I got for this week.  Very dismal report but that’s the truth of it right now. Next weekend looks (as of right now) to be a great weekend to get out and make sure the boat is ready to go, and potentially chase some crappie!  Have a great weekend and we will talk soon.

Greg