Fishing Report

Good morning, this weather is absolutely ruining our chances for a good ice fishing/snowmobile season.  It rained on and off most of the day yesterday and we look to have daytime temps above freezing for the foreseeable future.   Only chances of precipitation are of rain or rain/snow mixes on Christmas day.  

Fishing has been ok, but going to be sketchy and dangerous out on the ice.  We had about 3-4″ on most of the lakes, but this warm up and rain have to be thinning it quick.  MAKE SURE TO CHECK ICE!!!!!

Most anglers are using tip-ups for walleye and jigging a little bit for crappie but that’s about it.  It sounds like most fish are in shallow or on that edge from shallow to the basin.  Walleye folks are using walleye suckers or shiners under the tip-ups and anglers are waxies on jigs for the crappie. 

That is all I got for this week, dismal at best!  Have a great weekend and we will talk soon.

Greg

Good morning from the Northwoods, while the weather is pleasant for some outdoor activities and great for people who don’t prefer winter, it is not conducive to ice making or winter sports.  Most of the little amount of snow we received is gone and we are losing ice.  This week of weather is all over the place, with high temps ranging from 28 degrees to 46 degrees.  Very little if any precipitation is in the forecast…..about an inch of snow today and nothing after that for the next 15 days.   I don’t think we will lose any more ice as it is supposed to be well below freezing every night and down into the teens most nights.  

A few anglers have ventured out on the area lakes and while there are some safe spots to fish, most of the lakes have open water again now or very thin ice.  I’m hearing reports of anywhere from 3 to 5″ of ice on area lakes, which is down from the beginning of the week when we are at 5 to 7″ on those same lakes.  I have no reports of anyone doing any good catching fish, so cant give an actual “fishing report”.

I will reiterate this week that again anglers need to be very cautious if they venture on to the ice.  NO ice is safe ice, and after this warmup we have had and the current weather forecast it is going to be sketchy at best.  Check and double check ice as you go out, let people know you are going out before you go and when they should expect you back, be mindful of changing conditions throughout the day.  

I wish I had a better report for everyone, but it is what it is. Plenty of time for late archery season to tag your buck or doe. Have a great weekend and we will talk soon!

Greg