March 30, 2008: Pretty tough weather conditions for fishing this weekend with very high winds. Craig, Anthony, Kyle, Jim, Jon, Mike, Kelly & Ole said the "fishing was not good" for them although Kyle Gruis of Benson, MN caught a 30 1/2" walleye in 18-19' of water. He was using an orange castmaster. The group said they caught a couple of walleyes each outing. Dave & Denny had slow fishing. Brian and Gary kept 8 on Friday but they worked hard for them. John, Keith, Dennis, Ricky, Brady & Ben went all the way across the lake to Garden Island and caught one small walleye and one perch. They headed back south and fished in front of Pine Island for the late afternoon and evening and kept 10 fish. Steve & Patsy ate fish every night from Wednesday to Saturday plus they took home fish. They caught ten that measured in the 16-17" range and kept all fish in the 16-19" range. Steve caught 16", 17", 19" and he released a 20 1/2". Patsy released a 21" walleye. They worked lots of different depths trying to find fish. They caught lots of cigar sized saugers.  

March 25, 2008: George & Paul fished shallow in Four Mile Bay near the Rainy River tonight and they got a dandy 29" walleye they released. They also caught some eaters. Steve & Patsy are here now using their portables but no report from them yet. We have one cabin left available for this weekend. Pete has taken all of our fish houses off of the ice so we are only taking those who want to fish on their own.

March 24, 2008: Pat, Dino, Todd & Brian spent their first day and night of fishing in a sleeper house and then shifted to a day house. They had slow fishing and kept 3 perch, 2 sauger and 2 walleyes. They caught lots of 10" fish. Doug, Rick, Greg and Tim used their portables and moved around heading up to Knight Island and doing well. They ate a bunchy of fish plus took home their limits of walleyes and saugers, plus 6 jumbo perch. They had an excellent fishing trip for 3 days of fishing. Julie, Wayne, Preston & Shane spent their time fishing in a sleeper house. They had a good time and took home 24 saugers, 6 walleye, 4 jumbo perch and one eelpout. Their largest fish measured 19 1/4" followed by 17" fish. Bob, Jim, Kenny & Michael ate two meals during their stay and each one is bringing home enough fish for a meal. They fished in our day houses and also used portables. Neil's group were fishing Four Mile Bay for northern pike and had some action. Neil Van Vleet of Brook Park released a 41" pike he caught on a tip-up. Dylan released a 39". They also caught one 27" pike and they caught 14 pike measuring in the slot of 30-40" that had to be released.

March 21, 2008: Kevin, Laurie, Chris & MacKenzie stayed in a sleeper house overnight and had slow fishing. They kept 5-6 fish. Julie, Wayne, Preston & Shane are in a sleeper house and have kept 7 fish for 24 hrs of fishing so far. Traveling around on the ice is pretty easy now that all the snow has melted. We have around 3 1/2 ft of ice on the lake. Pete has hauled half of our fish houses onto shore already and the rest will be coming off the ice this next week. We have 2 cabins left available for the weekend of March 28,29 if you are interested in coming up and fishing on your own. All fish houses have to be off the ice by March 31st.

March 19, 2008: Sue, Jay, Dick & Jayme ended up with 15 sauger/walleyes plus 3 perch for their two days of fishing. Sue Weidell of Andover, MN caught and released a 24" walleye plus her husband Jay Weidell caught and released a 24" walleye. Way to go Weidell's!! Dallas, Greg, Mike and Matt are using portables and have tried Adrian's Road out deep but didn't get too many. They fished out of Dick Babler's plowed road at Long Point and did excellent getting their limits of both walleyes and saugers. Greg Besser of Mora, MN caught and released a 27 1/2" walleye. Way to go Greg!! They have been fishing early morning and evenings in shallow water and have caught some fish. They are also trying for northerns in Four Mile Bay this week. We have more groups for the upcoming weekend.

March 18, 2008: Vicki, Jerry, Deb & Mike went out for the morning before heading home. Vicki released a 22" walleye and she also caught a 19 1/2" and a 16" walleye. Vicki also caught a big eelpout. Jerry caught two 16" walleyes. Sue's family did pretty well today keeping 8 sauger/walleyes and they also released a 24" and 25" walleyes. Jim & Carrie fished today and they kept 6 fish with the biggest measuring 17". They had 4 saugers and 2 walleyes at 15". They worked really hard to get them and caught most of them on red hooks. Dave, Jack, Gary & Mike fished two days and kept 3 the first day out, eating them for dinner. Their second day of fishing they kept 7.

March 16, 2008: Pretty nice outside today with sunny skies and snow melting. We have lost a lot of our snow the past week. You can drive around most everywhere with a pickup now and wheelers. Jerry, Vicki, Deb & Mike are using portables and are having some good luck. Today Deb Snow of Princeton, MN caught 18", 19", 14", 23", 19 1/2", 14" and 18" walleyes plus she released a  35" northern pike. She sure had a great day! Her husband Mike caught 13", 17", 23", 27", 18", 17" and another 17". Vicki Kral of Princeton, MN caught a 26 1/2" walleye on a gold with orange strip jig this morning. The four of them brought in their limit of walleyes and released the rest. Vicki & Jerry's fish measured 17", 17", 19 1/2", 14", 12 1/2", 17", 12" and another 12" during the morning. In the evening Vicki caught a 14" sauger. Deb lost a bigger fish on Saturday. The group only kept a couple of fish Saturday that measured 14", 17". This morning they had much better luck. They were fishing in 16' of water in front of Pine Island. Todd, Adam & Rich fished 3 days with them catching around 70 fish and keeping 9 on Friday, 7 fish on Saturday and another 15 fish on Sunday. They also had one jumbo perch. The biggest fish measured 19". Allan's group kept 15 fish on Friday and another 8 on Saturday. They threw back lots of little ones. Aaron, Jamie and Bryan had pretty good fishing with them keeping 13 fish on Friday plus 2 jumbo perch and one eelpout. Jamie caught lots of fish. Bryan caught an 18 1/2" and Aaron released a 24" walleye. They had a fish fry and on Saturday they kept another 18 fish. Pat, Tim, Mike & Ryan stayed in a sleeper house and experienced some fun fishing. They kept 22 saugers and 2 walleyes. Pat Flannery caught and released a 29" pike. Plain hooks, red and green hooks worked best for them. Darren, Kelly, Scott and Gary stayed in a sleeper house with them keeping 15 walleye/saugers. Kelly caught around a 10 pound pike. They had a good weekend. Steve and Wayne fished using portables and said they worked hard for the walleyes. They took home their limits of walleyes and did really good on the 16-19" walleyes. They caught a few over 20". They used jigging spoons and said they had to move everyday to stay on fish. Brian, Taso, Matt & Bryan stayed in a sleeper house and caught 58 fish. They kept 6 nice saugers with the biggest ones measuring 18" followed by 17". They also had 2 tullibee, 2 eelpout and 1 jumbo perch. Jeremy & Matt fished using portables and had a great time today with them heading up to Knight shoals. The pressure heave had a good crossing with Bombardiers and sleds using it, but the bombers needed to cross on skids. They had good fishing and said there wasn't anyone else near them. They brought back 13 saugers and 2 walleyes, all nice fish. Jeremy Plaster of Lake Vermillion released a 24" walleye. Way to go Jeremy! He says he is hooked on fishing Lake of The Woods big time now.

March 14, 2008: Darrel & Dennis fished 1 1/2 days. They kept 2 fish the first day out. Their second day was only a half day til noon and they caught 13 fish, keeping 6 of those, after they learned they should be keeping anything over 13-14". They threw back quite a few 14" fish yesterday. They also threw back lots of littler fish. Jim & Dave had real good fishing with them keeping their limits which included one walleye and the rest saugers, all fish mostly 15-16" plus they had one big perch. Bo Eid of Elk River, MN had super excellent fishing using his portable the past few days. In a 20 minute period he caught and released 26", 27" and a 28" walleyes. He caught them on a silver pimple in 16' of water. He also caught a 38" northern pike. He was pretty excited about his catch! His friend David Doyle of Willmar, MN caught and released a 27" walleye. They took home their limits of walleyes. David was using a gold and orange pimple.   

March 13, 2008: Tony, Jake, Sandy and Grandma went out for a couple of hours this morning but had slow fishing. They kept 2 saugers and had a few more bites. Tony & Donna stayed in a sleeper for two nights. They caught 25 fish and had 5 keepers. They said they still had a good time even though the fishing was slow. Matt & Jeremy are using portables and moving around. Wednesday they used tip-ups for pike and had no luck. In the evening they went onto the lake and caught 2 saugers. Tuesday they kept 6 walleyes and 4 sauger. Their first day out they kept 1 sauger, 1 walleye and also released a 30" pike. Today they planned on heading out to the reefs near Knight and Bridges on their sleds, but encountered a huge pressure ridge about halfway there and didn't want to attempt to cross it. Ballard's Resort is working on making a crossing to get across the ridge and will be passable by tomorrow they say.

March 12, 2008: Happy Birthday to Greg McNevin!!

March 9, 2008: A little warmer weather here yesterday with a high of 15 or so. Temps keep going up and down. Yesterday we started the day with a temp of 27 below. Fishing has picked up a little with some groups doing pretty well. Lance's group kept 28 fish on Friday and then another 30 fish on Saturday. Jeff spent a few nights in a sleeper and kept 3 saugers the first full day of fishing. He caught another 3 saugers, 1 walleye and 1 perch before leaving at noon the second day. Denny and his group used portables and went out 8 miles but had slow fishing. Ken, Jessie, Kevin & Dustin fished a half day on Friday and kept 5. Saturday they kept 10 plus one jumbo perch. Their largest sauger was 17 1/2". Ross, Roxanne, Dave & Elise fished on Saturday keeping 11 saugers. They do not keep any fish under 13" and Ross said they had some nice fish with the largest measuring 16". Pink and chartreuse with shiners caught the majority of their fish and the ladies caught the most. Ken, Randy, Tom & Charley stayed in a sleeper for the weekend and did pretty well. Ken caught 2 walleye, Randy caught 10 walleyes and a big eel pout, Tom caught 3 walleyes and Charley caught 10 walleyes including a walleye measuring 27 1/2" that he released back. This is the biggest walleye he has ever caught and he said it made the trip worth it! He was using a plain hook.Way to go Charley. They also had 4 jumb perch.They said swedish pimples were working for them at first but then slowed down and they switched to plain and red hooks which worked good too. They ate fish in the sleeper and they also ate the big pout that Randy caught. They had never tried pout before and really liked it. Tim & Darren used portables fishing from 2:30pm til before dark on Friday. They kept 6 fish with the largest measuring at 19" caught by Darren. This is his first ice fishing trip to this lake. On Saturday they fished in 20' of water in front of Pine Island and did very well getting their limits of walleyes and saugers early in the day. They used snowmobiles.Our neighbor Matt was out fishing the evening bite in shallow last week and he caught a 30" walleye that he released. Way to go Matt! Carl, Sherie, Nick, Ben, Jessica, Lucy & Liz all fished on Saturday and kept 5-6 fish. Today they fished all day again and had another slow day keeping 5-6 more fish and also releasing a 27-28" pike. Steve & Donny got their limits yesterday using portables. We have over 3 ft of ice now so you need an extension on your auger. Warmer temps in the 30's for the upcoming week. Only a few weeks left and all permanent fish houses have to be off the lake (March 31). We are taking quite a few summer reservations so give us a call to secure your dates. 

March 7, 2008: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAN COLLINS OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI. Jim & Carrie fished yesterday and ended up taking home 7 walleye/saugers plus one jumbo perch. 27 below this morning.

March 6, 2008: 20 below this morning and a high of 5 below for today. Jim and Carrie are out fishing today and at noon check had 3 keepers. Shaffer just headed out at noon with Jeff who will spend a few days in a sleeper. More groups checking in tonight and tomorrow and we will be having a busy weekend! Supposed to be even colder tomorrow morning. Can't wait for spring!

March 5, 2008: Only 2 people here fishing this week. Dan & Arnold fished two days and had good fishing with them getting their limits the first day out, 8 fish for each guy. They ate fish that night and went out for a second day and replaced all their fish except 2, so they headed home with Dan just 2 fish short on his limits.

March 2, 2008: Steve & Wayne fished out of the Long Point area on Wednesday but it was slow. They kept 4 keepers and released a 20" walleye. Andy, Steve, Kevin, Derek & Tony on Wednesday kept 4 saugers and 6 walleyes. Thursday Steve and Andy set up their portables shallow for early morning and late evening fishing and then fished with the remainder of their group in one of our houses during the day out deeper. In shallow they ended up keeping 3 walleyes with Steve getting a 15" and Andy a 17" in the morning. Out deeper was slower with them keeping a small perch, one sauger and one 15" walleye.  John, Clark, Kelly & Alec fished 1 1/2 days and had slow fishing but did keep a few eaters and also released a bigger walleye. I can't recall the size. Shane, Patrick, Ryan & Jeff fished two days with them catching 1 tullibee, 1 walleye and 6 saugers on Friday. On Saturday they had a better day keeping 15 saugers and one walleye with the biggest fish measuring 15" and they had 3 fish that measured 14".  Rocky, 12 yr old Jack, 10 yr old Ben and Grandma stayed in a sleeper overnight and kept 12 fish. They had a good time. It snowed more and we have lots of snow for riding the trails. The groomer has been out smoothing the trails. Bob, Bob, Paul & his dad fished Saturday and Sunday with them keeping only 2 on Saturday and then keeping a dozen on Sunday.

February 26, 2008: Tony Ghiringhelli from Marquette, Michigan had a super start today for his fishing trip with him landing a beautiful 30" walleye on a blue jig. Andy, Tony, Derek, Kevin and Steve kept 6 walleyes and one jumbo perch at 13 1/2" today plus they also released a 22" walleye. Kent, Ron, Todd & Joe fished two days with us. Monday they kept 2 perch, 4 walleyes, 2 saugers and 1 tullibee. Today they kept 1 walleye, 6 saugers and 1 perch. The largest walleye was caught by Joe measuring just under 19". It has been in the 20's here and sunny all week. The deer are still coming to the feeder and our 8 point buck has lost his antlers.

February 24, 2008: Very slow fishing the past 4-5 days, and probably the worst we have ever seen since we have been running our resort. The fishing was pretty good up until and around the solar eclipse plus the temperatures plummeted to 40 below on Tuesday and 34 below the next day. Temps warmed up this past Friday and thru the weekend but it just didn't seem to get the walleyes biting. Bob, Steve, Steven, Tom, Cory, Brian, Kyle, Brad, Cory Jeff, Chad, Joe and Phillip fished a few days and ended up with 25 fish (walleyes, saugers and jumbo perch). They had one super fat 13 3/4" perch in there. Brad caught a nice 26" walleye he released. Kevin & Joe stayed in a sleeper for one night and had slow fishing keeping one walleye and 4 saugers. Shawn, Kim, Amy, Norm and Brian fished yesterday and had slow fishing with them getting one 16" walleye and throwing back 4 small fish. Keith's group of 4 had slow fishing and kept 3 walleyes and 2 jumbo perch. Brett's group stayed in a sleeper just one night and they caught enough fish for a meal.

February 22, 2008: Rick & Tom fished two days and had pretty slow fishing the first day out with them keeping small fish so they could eat a meal. The second day of fishing they did better getting 10 keepers that consisted of 3 walleyes and 7 saugers that were in the 15-17" range. Tom McEachern of Monticello, MN caught and released a 36" northern pike. He said it tangled up the lines in the house and they had fun getting that big fish. Duane, Wayne & Don fished two days. Wednesday was "poor" with them getting 6 saugers for supper. Thursday they had nicer fish getting 5 walleyes, 5 saugers and 2 jumbo perch. Duane caught the largest fish measuring 18 3/4" followed by Wayne with two 17" fish and Don's largest was a 16 1/2" sauger. They said they used Vexilars and had to jig up high to catch them. Darren, Mark, Jim & Loren fished two days and they also had slow fishing. The group kept 13 fish for their two days. Darren caught and released a 22" walleye and they also caught a 4 pound eelpout.

February 20, 2008: Happy Birthday to my Dad!!! Happy Birthday John Smith!! It has been very cold here the past few days with low temps in the mornings hovering at minus 34 to minus 40 degrees. This cold blast has slowed the fishing up quite a bit.

February 18, 2008: Happy Birthday Barb Fischbach!! George, Rhonda & Dan had very good fishing this past weekend. They kept over 20 fish.Larry, Tony & Mitch kept 8 saugers, 2 jumbo perch and one tullibee. Al & Joyce had pretty good fishing with Al being the hot fisherman this time. Jim Schiefert's group had pretty good fishing and said they did better than they had expected to, but no numbers from them. Dan, Bill & Amy were also here this past weekend and they had excellent fishing. Dan Volk of Rush City, MN caught and released a 25" walleye. Plain hooks are working best the past few days. I was out of town visiting my parents this past weekend and not around to get thorough fishing reports, but Pete tells me the fishing was very good until the cold weather hit on Sunday. Saturday a snow storm hit the lake area with whiteout conditions and it was tough getting off the lake that evening. There are lots of big drifts on the lake that the wind has blown hard.Henry, Bill & Rolina stayed in a sleeper for 24 hours and ended up with 6-7 keepers. Dawn Olsonawski of Lancaster, MN spent another weekend in a sleeper and did very well getting her limits and she released a 24" walleye. That Dawn sure is good at catching fish! Brad and Mike kept around 6-7 fish their first day out and 8-9 more (all saugers) the second day plus one tullibee. They had 3-4 saugers that were 16" or so.  Mike, Bud, Dan & Roger are here all the way from Sheridan, Wyoming and have been fishing all week. They are having slow fishing and have kept some fish but not many. Rick & Tom fished a couple of days. They did catch a 36" pike that they had fun with and they got some keeper walleye/saugers. Mark, Brad and Mitch also fished a few days and kept 14 fish. They had a great time. We had more groups out fishing but no reports from them.

February 14, 2008: Happy Valentines' Day! Neil & Bruce fished for 1/1/2 days and did excellent getting their limits of both walleyes and saugers plus eating fish. They had very nice fish and they said they caught them on just plain red hooks or plain fluorescent green hooks. Bruce caught 7 fish in 15 minutes time. Their largest fish measured 19 1/4". They had a blast. Scott, Chad, Nick, Aaron & Brad all stayed in sleeper houses for a few nights. They had a really good time on the ice. They took home 14 walleye/saugers plus 2 jumbo perch. The biggest fish measured 15 1/2". They also threw back lots of smaller fish. Deanna, Carter, Ryan and Darren fished for 2 1/2 days with them fishing a 1/2 day (afternoon) on Sunday just after the big storm. They did not get a single keeper that day. They did better the next two days keeping limits for 3 persons with 7 of their fish measuring over 15" and the largest measured 18" caught by Deanna. They were disappointed in the fishing and thought they should have had better fishing. Kevin, Ron, Matt, Tom, Al, Mike & Hank all fished two days and did pretty well with them keeping 26 fish the first day out and then another 34 fish the second day out. The largest fish was 16-17". They threw back a bunch of small fish. They want to tell Scott to get well - he didn't make the trip. Doug, Billy, Carl & Jim fished two days and did very well with them going home just one fish short of their limits. The biggest fish was a sauger measuring 16 1/2". They also had 6 jumbo perch and Doug's perch measured 13 3/4". Jim caught a 13" perch and Billy caught a 12 3/4" perch.They said they had "real good fishing" using red hooks and green hooks. Paul & Marion fished a 1/2 day (afternoon) and only caught one. The following day they kept 4 fish. Slow for them. Al & Joyce are doing well with them keeping 11 fish yesterday and throwing back 15. Joyce cooked fish for dinner so they could fish today again. Still cold up here with a low this morning of 18 below. Supposed to warm up for the weekend.  Is pretty tough getting around on the lake after the storm. Pickups are only able to stay on the plowed roads now.

February 9, 2008: Very cold temps here today. Blizzard conditions this morning with 45 MPH winds and snowing. Visibility was very poor today on the lake. Pete and Shaffer did venture out onto the lake with the GPS in the bombardier. We have two sleeper groups out there this weekend and they were surprised that the guys made it out there. At times the visibility was zero today. The fish were biting though and the guys were having fun out there and said they were not going to step one foot outdoors today. Dangerous wind chills for our area this weekend. The Lake Of The Woods Bears Hockey Team defeated Eveleth 4-0 for the Minnesota Hockey Day game which aired on FSN this morning. Roseau Rams defeated Blaine 1-0. Yeah for the northern teams!! Mickey, Lenny, Nick & Steve fished a few days and kept 8 the first full day out and kept another 14 on the next day. Greg and Russ fished a couple of days but no report from them. Bob Weir's group fished 1 1/2 days and had slow fishing - they got a few. Denelle & Steve stayed in a sleeper a few days ago and did very well with them catching 25 their 1st day, catching 15 the 2nd day and another 5 for the 3rd day on which they left at 1pm. They kept 6 to take home plus ate 4 fish in the sleeper. Steve caught a jumbo perch that measured 13 1/4" long and had a 9 1/2" girth. He is taking it to the taxidermist to mount. He also had his line bit off the last day. Don, Art & Robert fished 1 1/2 days with it being slow for them. They kept 16 fish plus one jumbo perch. Gary, Margie, Austin & Kayla fished this past week and had a good time. They caught lots of fish with Friday being the best day. They said they had lots of bites and threw back lots of fish. Friday they had around 17 bites per person but missed some of them. They ate fish during their stay and took some home. They had pretty strict rules for the size of fish they kept. All fish under 14" were released. Very slow weekend here for business - all cabins are empty for Saturday night - first time for us ever in the winter. We got some sad news that one of our customers, Tom Persen from Spooner, WI has passed away. We send our sympathy to all his family and friends and we will miss having him fish with us.

February 3, 2008: Slow weekend for business with only a few groups in camp. Dawn stayed in a sleeper house over the weekend and she had a good weekend, catching her limit of walleyes and saugers plus a few burbot. Julie, Milo, Wayne, Judy, Russ, Vickie, Fritz and Jo stayed overnight in sleepers and had slow fishing with them getting a few. They did catch two walleyes in the middle of the night around 2am and they also caught a burbot at night, which doesn't happen too often. Dave, Kristina, Richard and Denny fished 2 days bringing in 13 saugers, 3 walleyes and one jumbo perch the first day out. Today they kept 13 saugers and 1 walleye. That's it! Pretty quiet around the area this weekend, but it usually is for Superbowl weekend.

February 1, 2008: Warmer temps are being welcomed by all of us. Plenty of ice with around 2ft or so on the lake. Al & Joyce fished on Tuesday catching 17 and keeping only 5 of those. The morning was very slow and they didn't get a bite til around noon and then the fish started biting. Their second day out they kept 7 and the last day of fishing they only caught 2 keepers. Joyce didn't get much for bites the last day and Al was getting bites but having a hard time hooking them - they are biting light. Joyce also caught a big old eelpout. Todd, Kip & Red fished the afternoon yesterday and came in with 1 jumbo perch and 5 walleye/sauger. Today they fished a full day out deep in 34 ft of water and did pretty well keeping 7 saugers and 7 walleyes. They also caught a 26" walleye they released. We are feeding the deer this winter but have seen only 4-5 deer that are coming to feed consistently. One is a nice 8 point buck and the rest are does and fawns. Snowmobile trails are in good condition. Lots of sleds running across the lake to the Northwest Angle and around Zippel Park, etc. It is snowing lightly outside right now.

January 28, 2008: Wayne, Eric, Matt, Jim, Jed, Jason, Steve, Don, Darren, Kevin & Jim stayed in our overnight sleepers over this past weekend. They kept 40 walleye/saugers plus 12 jumbo perch. Largest saugers/walleyes were 16", 17 1/2" and 18". They caught 3 saugers just after 7pm. Carl, Bill, Tom, Bob & Ralph fished their second day and kept 1 walleye and 5 saugers. It was pretty slow for them. Rich, Greg, Mike, Terry, Jeff and Greg all fished Saturday and did very well keeping 22 walleye/saugers plus 5 jumbo perch. Sunday Jeff and Greg headed for home and the other 4 guys fished til 12:30. They ended up with 9 saugers and 3 jumbo perch plus Mike Berg of Otsego, MN caught and released a 24" walleye. Way to go Mike! He was using a gold jig tipped with a shiner. They had a great fishing weekend. Pretty warm out today with high around 30 degrees but looks like another arctic blast is on the way tomorrow.   

January 27, 2008: Chris & Tuna had a good fishing trip and enjoyed themselves immensely while in a sleeper. They caught fish and ate fish and were very happy when they left. Kevin & Sunshine brought their sons, 4 yr old Colin and 2 yr old Josh out for an afternoon of fishing. They kept 10 fish and the boys had a great time for their first ice fishing experience. George, Rhonda and Dan fished two days and had excellent fishing with them getting plenty of fish to eat and they took home their limits. Their largest fish was 18 1/2" and they caught mostly saugers plus they had some jumbo perch. Clint fished alone in one of our houses yesterday and did very well catching his limit of 8. He had fun. Carl, Bill, Tom, Bob and Ralph fished yesterday and ended up keeping 2 jumbo perch and 13 saugers. Jeff stayed in a sleeper for a few nights alone and he had good fishing on Wednesday morning and said it slowed up on Thursday. He did eat fish while on the ice and took some home. Tom's group used a wheel house and went out on their own. They said yesterday was a good day but today was very slow. Much warmer temps this weekend and sunny out.

January 21, 2008: Chris & Tuna are in a sleeper and have been there since Sunday afternoon. They began catching fish immediately after arriving in the sleeper and ate fish for dinner that night. They have caught 2 jumbo perch, a few walleyes and some really nice saugers. They are having a blast out there. Joel and his wife are also in a sleeper and having a super good time. They also have been catching lots of eater fish and just loving it. Milton & Richard stayed in a sleeper for two nights and ended up with 3 jumbo perch, 1 walleye plus 13 saugers. Tom, Ron, Ken, Richard & Butch had slower fishing with them keeping 5 jumbo perch plus 10 walleye/saugers. Casey, Erika, Josh & Kara fished on Saturday and kept 10 walleye/saugers plus one jumbo perch. They had a good time. Ron & Denny stayed in a sleeper for a few nights and had plenty to eat and said they caught plenty of fish. Largest fish was 17". Dan, Fletcher & Dave fished a couple of days with them catching 30 fish on Friday and keeping 18 of those. Biggest fish was 17 1/2" and they had lots of 15-15 1/2" fish. They threw back lots of fish up to 12". Saturday they caught 24 fish and kept 12 of those with the largest sauger at 16" and 3 walleyes at 15". They had a couple of saugers in the 14-15" range. They also kept 3 jumbo perch. Andy, Jeff & Nick fished using their portables and going out of Adrian's plowed road to 35' of water. They had slow fishing but did get some keepers. Andy caught a 15" and 17 1/2". Jeff caught three 15" saugers and Nick caught a 15" sauger and a jumbo perch. They threw back lots of small fish and ended up keeping 8 for their 1st day out. Jim and his two sons fished two days in our houses and they headed home with 20 keepers. Had our coldest day with temp at 30 below on Sunday morning. Temps have warmed up a bit here with high around or close to 0 today.

January 18, 2008: Nick & Rachel had a slow day keeping 5 fish today. Dan's group did very well keeping 18 fish today. More groups checking in tonight. 20 below this morning and colder temps coming for the weekend.

January 16, 2008: Stan & Tim had a good time staying in an overnight sleeper for 3 nights. Monday they kept 7 fish, Tuesday they kept another 8 and today they fished til 11am and kept 6. They said today was the best day. They had 6 jumbo perch included in their catch and the largest walleye measured 18 1/2". They caught lots of fish and most of them were saugers. Derrill, Roger, Arne & Joe fished two days with them keeping 3 walleyes and 4 saugers on Monday and 13 saugers plus 5 walleyes on Tuesday. George & Lewis kept 7 fish on Tuesday and today they fished til noon and kept another 3 fish. Pretty cold temps here with a high today of only 10 degrees. Darren & Diane stayed a few days and were riding the snowmobile trails. Darren said the trails are in excellent condition.

January 14, 2008: John Sr, Chuck, John Jr & Jerry fished two days this weekend and did better than last year. They caught 80 fish and kept 20 of those with some nice 16-19" fish. Chuck Ramberg of Nashwauk, MN caught and released a 27" walleye. Maertens-Brenny group had a great time this past weekend. They kept around 50 fish and had a fish fry for all. Jim Hewitt caught and released a 26 1/2" walleye and Scott Chapman caught and released a 24" walleye. Dean caught and released a 37" pike which is the biggest fish he has ever caught. Way to go Dean! Harlan, Jerry, Willard, Mitch & Pat had pretty good fishing with them keeping 25 fish. Harlan released a 20 1/2" walleye. We have an additional 3-4 inches of snow this weekend that is nice and fluffy. Dawn stayed in a sleeper and ate fish during her stay and also took a few home with her. Cold temps here with the thermometer reading 20 below this morning.

January 11, 2008: Mark & 91 year old Bruno had a good time this past week fishing in our houses. They caught some very nice fish. They got their limit of walleyes and were short a few on the saugers. Bruno caught a nice jumbo perch. Jim's group stayed in a sleeper house and said the fishing was slow. They kept 9 walleyes, 1 sauger and a tullibee. Biggest walleye was 17" and next largest was 14". They still had a good time.

January 8, 2008: Matt Haviland of Fort Dodge, IA caught a beauty 30 1/2" walleye yesterday on a red glow rattling jig. He and Grant caught and kept their limits of walleyes and saugers for two days of fishing and had a super great time. Grant caught and released a 36" pike that tangled up all 4 lines. They had one jumbo perch and their walleye/saugers were 16", 17" and a 19 1/4" for the largest ones beside the big wall mounter. Bill, Marion, & Dale stayed in a sleeper having slower fishing with them catching a few saugers. They threw back some small fish and also had one perch. Paige, Richard, Bruce and Bill had pretty good fishing in a sleeper with them being 2 fish short on walleye limits and they had their limits of saugers including 2-3 17", 16" and some 18" and 19" fish. They switched colors a lot. They also had 3 jumbo perch. Horst, Norbert, Jim & Jerry fished two days and kept a total of 19 fish. Jim had a 18 1/4" and Jerry had two 17" fish. Larry, Ray, Dick, Eric, Tony, Reed and Daryl said Monday was good fishing in the afternoon and today was slower. They ate all they could eat and everyone took home fish for a meal. They said the fishing was better than last year. Kevin, Matt, Adam, Matt & Danny fished two days keeping 10 on Monday and another 6 today. Danny was the hot fisherman in the group catching lots of fish. He was using pink/white jigs. They also threw back a bunch of small fish. Matt Holiday caught a big old eelpout. Jordan and Blake stayed in a sleeper for two nights. They kept 8 fish. Mark & Bruno caught 3 fish today.  

January 6, 2008: Scott, Matt, Ken & Kurt fished two days in our houses having a slow day on Saturday with them keeping 7 saugers they ate for dinner that night. Today they had a much better day keeping 6 walleyes and 14-15 saugers, 2 tullibee and one little perch. Doug, Dan and Dave fished on their own and did superb getting their limits of both walleyes and saugers, all very nice fish plus they ate fish during their stay this weekend. Doug released a 22" walleye. They also had 5 jumbo perch. Gold jigs or anything gold worked best for them in 32' of water. Corey FLadaboe of Willmar caught and released a 20" walleye and Adam Kaufman of Willmar caught and released a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go guys! They fished along with Andy, Ryan, Chris and Trevor, all using portables. They only had 5 keepers - very slow for them. They tried it deep and shallow and moved around. They fished Red Lake Thursday before getting here and caught around 100 walleyes, no crappies. They had a great time. Very warm here today with high temps and a short period of rain this morning. Pretty balmy here for this time of year. The snow is melting down but weather is calling for a little more snow tomorrow possibly and a little cooler temps. Keep praying for snow for trail riding Darren!

January 5, 2008: Seth, Sean, Jarod, Mike & Curtis kept another 7 fish today. Still slow fishing for them.

January 4, 2008: Frank & John fished using their portables. They kept 4 walleyes and 2 saugers and also threw back a 20" and 21" walleyes. They were in 30 ft of water. Amy & Russ fished two days with the first day being very slow and the second day they kept 3 walleyes and 5 saugers. Seth, Sean, Jared, Mike & Curtis fished today and kept only 5 walleyes. It was slow for them. Daryl and Peggy fished 3 days and did very well with them eating lots of fish while here and also taking some home. Daryl released two walleyes that measured 20 1/2". New groups have checked in for the weekend. Warmer temps here this weekend.

January 1, 2008: Scott, Rick, Todd, Shawn & Tyler used their portables and tried the Zippel Bay area last Friday. They did very well keeping 26 fish. Saturday they fished out of Adrian's road and kept another 15 nice fish. They did their best in 19' of water. Rob, Nicole, Jim Sr, Mike, Adrian and Jim Jr had a tough time getting 14 keepers for 2 days of fishing plus 2 jumbo perch that Rob caught. Rob got a 15" fish and little Jimmy Jr (6 yrs 0ld) caught (3) 17" walleyes. Way to go Jimmy! Greg, Margaret, Emily, Ryan, Duane & Elizabeth had slow fishing and kept only a few. Casey, Marna, Monte & Susie fished two days keeping 6 walleyes in the 15-16" range. Alan & Jean had fair to poor fishing catching lots of 8-10" fish. They kept two fish at 15" and 16". Adam, Meghan, Al & Emily stayed in a sleeper for two nights and did superb getting 29 fish. They ate fish during their stay and took home some. They had a great trip. They brought their sleds and also did some riding around. Bart, Brock, Breck, Brian, Glen, Josh and Kiley fished two days keeping a total of 18 fish. Jim, Luke & Mike fished one day and kept 6 fish. Mike was hot today with a gold jig and a green/orange jig. They had 3 fish that measured 16" and one nice 19" caught by Mike. Mike and Luke are here all the way from Missouri. Daryl & Peggy kept 5 fish yesterday. John & Bill stayed in a sleeper for 2 nights. They kept 14 fish plus a couple of perch. John caught one walleye at 930pm. John Thomas of Aurora, MN released a 39" pike. Way to go John!

December 30, 2007: Darren, David & Paul fished two days catching 20 fish and keeping 8 the first day out and a few more the second day which was much slower. John, John Jr, Robert, Ethan and Dan kept 21 fish today. Loren & Trisha fished one day and kept only 3 fish. 5 year old Austin caught 5 fish today while fishing with his Grandpa and his dad. He had 2 jumbo perch and they alos kept an 18" walleye for a total of 6 walleyes. Plain hooks worked well in the afternoon. Steve used his portable and moved around catching 20 fish and keeping 2 walleyes and one sauger. He threw back some 14-15" fish. He had a god flurry around 4pm. Steve, Adam and Rick were in a sleeper - Adam Simonson of Rochester, MN released a 26 1/2" walleye and Steve Simonson of Rochester released a 24 1/2" walleye. They kept some nice 13-14" fish. Joe, Billy and Bob fished one day and had slow fishing. They kept one fish and Joe released a 26 1/2" walleye. Les & Don fished two days getting limits of walleyes and saugers, one jumbo perch and one whitefish. Kevin, Lori & MacKenzie stayed in a sleeper for one night getting some nice fish. Andy, Jamie & Elmer kept 8 saugers and 2 walleyes with the largest walleye at 16". They had a couple of 12" and the rest were 13-14". They also had one jumbo perch. Larry, Ross & Bruce stayed in a sleeper. They went home just 2 fish short of their limits plus they ate a lot of fish. They also released a 22 1/2" and a 23". We have some cabins available for the weekend of Jan 4 & 5. We are fishing in 23-26' of water.

December 23, 2007: Jim and Nancy fished 2 1/2 days in our houses. They caught 1 northern measuring 25-26", 2 perch, 12 saugers and 20 walleyes. Aaron, Spencer, Brent, Shane, Tony, Mark & Corey fished on Saturday and 1/2 day on Sunday. They kept 10 keepers and caught lots of small fish. Brent Eustice of Byron, MN caught and released a 59" sturgeon. He was using a gold jig. He battled the big fish for around 45 minutes. Tony Fratzke of Hutchinson, MN caught and released a 26 1/2" walleye. Way to go Tony!!  Dr. Stone returned today with his daughter Natalie. They went out for about 4 hours and got their limits of nice walleyes and some small saugers. Pink and white was the hot lure for them. Ken, Dona and Kathy stayed in a sleeper house and kept 9 walleyes plus 6 saugers. Kathy caught a 32 1/2" pike. Way to go Kathy!! Dona caught the largest walleye measuring 18". Scott and his partner fished with portables and did well in 28' of water near the Zippel Bay area. He said they "killed em". They took home limits of walleyes. Jeff stayed in a sleeper for one night and 2 days and said he caught 15 keepers with the largest at 17". He released lots of nice walleyes. Randy & Ray went out today for a 1/2 day and did super great catching 40 fish! They were using red hooks with frozen shiners that worked well til around 10am and then they switched to fatheads as the fish weren't going for the shiners anymore. They are going home with their limits of walleyes and saugers with all walleyes measuring from 15-19 1/4" and saugers from 12-14". Gary & Brian brought Tyler along who is from Seattle, WA and has never caught a walleye in his life. He caught plenty this weekend and the group ended up with 17 keepers. Todd, Tadd, Dave & Brian had a slow day on Saturday but today they did well and ended up with a total of 24 keepers for their trip. Dave Egenes of Lamberton, MN released a 23" walleye. Way to go Dave!! Blizzard like conditions today with high winds and has been snowing all day.

December 21, 2007: The bite has slowed up quite a bit the past few days for some groups and then other groups doing pretty well. Tim & Stan fished 3 days and said the bite was much slower than last year at this time, but the fish are nice sized and they still ate fish during their stay plus took home limits of walleyes plus 2 saugers. They threw back some nice ones also. Stan caught the largest walleye at 18 1/2". They also had one perch. Eldon & Ron fished one day and did very well keeping their limits of walleyes and saugers plus 4 jumbo perch. Gold Frosty's worked best for them. All their fish were nice quality fish. Gary, Jim & Dave ate fish while here and took home limits of walleyes plus 4 saugers. They caught 20 walleyes their second day out, needing only 6 to fill their limits so they had pretty good fishing. Neal, Jeff & Dean had very slow fishing keeping only one the first day out. Ouch! They fished a half day the following day and kept only 2 fish. Marilee, Mark, Ellie, Scott, Jeff, Lisa and Greg had good fishing keeping 15 on Thursday and then another 13 on Friday for a total of 28 fish. 11 year old Ellie caught the first 3 fish of the trip. She had a good time. Their biggest fish for the group measured 18 1/2". Jason, Kevin & Nate fished 3 days with them bringing in only 2 keepers the first day. They caught 10 keeper fish on Thursday and another 10 keepers today. They caught lots of small fish they released. Their largest fish was 17". Dave & Mary stayed in a sleeper for 2 nights and did very well catching 21 walleyes total. Dave said the morning was slow and the afternoon bite picked up. They kept a limit of walleyes for both of them and ate fish for 5 meals. Mary released a 35" pike she caught on 4 pound test. Way to go Mary!! They also released a 21 1/2" walleye. Randy and Ray are experiencing good fishing with the morning bite being good for them. They arrived Thursday afternoon fishing a half day and catching only 2 small saugers. Today they had better luck keeping 14 fish (walleye/sauger) with two at 15" and an 18 1/4" walleye. The rest were just a bit smaller. Randy Kreifels of Royalton, MN caught and released a 27" walleye which is the biggest walleye he has ever caught. He was pretty excited about it. Way to go Randy!! He caught it on a blue hook. Otherwise he and Ray have been using just plain red hooks which seem to be catching the most fish lately. Aaron, Spencer, Brent, Shane, Tony, Mark & Corey fished a half day (afternoon) today keeping 7 nice fish with two of them measuring 17" plus one at 18 3/4" and one at 19". We have 13 inches of ice and are now running the bombardiers. Temps are still warm here with highs in mid to upper 20's. The big snow storm missed us, thank goodness!  Full sized pickups are now driving on the ice. We do not have a plowed road out of our resort  - just bombardiers, sleds and ATV's. Probably won't be able to run ATV's much longer if we get more snow.

December 18, 2007: Stan and Tim are having slower fishing getting 10 keepers for the past 2 days of fishing, but they say they are nice fat fish. Brian fished alone on Monday catching around 20 fish and keeping 5. Jim, Gary & Dave kept 9 walleyes and 2 saugers. Their largest walleye was 19 1/4". Jeff, Kurt, Al and Warren caught 3 or 4 walleyes at 18" plus a 17", 16" and some smaller saugers. They also had one jumbo perch. Orange flourescent banana hook and red hooks were working well for them. Marty, Sue, Amy, Andrew, Ed, Barb, Emily and Marilynn fished two days with Monday being slow. They kept 14 walleyes, 1 sauger, 1 northern pike (3-4 lbs). They had lots of fish in the 14-16" range and Marty released a 20 1/2" walleye. They had a big fish feed Monday night. Today they kept 21 walleyes and 2 saugers. Barb Roesler of Waseca released a 20" walleye and she also caught and kept a 31" walleye. She was using a red/pink and gold jig. She caught the big walleye just before it was time to leave the ice.Way to go Barb!! The Yess' and Comstock's were missed this trip and I'm wondering if the girls will make room for them next year? Or will you guys be bumped out of the group? What do you think Curt, Colby and Frank? Mark, Kent, Bruce, Howie, Lowell & Ken fished two days have excellent fishing. They kept 36 total walleye/saugers with all fish measuring 15-19". Mark caught and released a 35" pike. Way to go Mark!! Plain hooks worked best for this group. Warmer temps here lately with highs in the mid 20's and sunny. We now have 13-14" of ice and will start running bombardiers on the ice soon. Some of the other resorts have already started using their bombardiers.

December 16, 2007: Kip, Todd, David, Jay & Rick fished two days and did very well taking home their limits of walleyes for all plus 7 saugers. They had very, very nice fish with lots of fat 16-19" fish. Todd released a 30" pike. They had a good time. Tim, Jeremiah,Reed & Jerry fished on Friday and kept 15 with 3 of them measuring 18 1/2" and also some 16" and 17" fish. Yesterday Tim and Jeremiah fished til noon and came in with 3 keepers. Reed and Jerry fished the whole day with them keeping 6 walleyes and 3 saugers. They ended up with a total of 27 fish for the four of them. Dr. Stone returned for another day of fishing and did excellent in 23' of water. He left the lodge at around 8am and returned with his limits of walleyes and saugers before noon. All his fish measured 17-18". He also released lots of little fish. He said all his saugers were nice big ones. He had a blast. Allan, Aaron & Dave Baldini of Waseca, MN fished on Friday keept 8 walleyes and 1 saugers. Aaron Baldini released a 20 1/4" walleye. Saturday they kept 6 walleyes and another sauger. Steve Jordet of Baudette, MN caught and released a 32" walleye! Way to go Steve!! Jacob, Joe, Simon and Joe had a slower day on Friday keeping 7 walleyes and one jumbo perch. Yesterday they had another slow day keeping only 5 walleyes. Today they went out for another 1/2 day and kept another 5 walleyes. Craig, Nick, Travis, Don & John did very well for one day of fishing. They kept 27 fish. 11 year old Travis Wilson of North Branch came with the group for his first walleye fishing. He did very well catching his limit of walleyes and also catching the biggest walleye of the group measuring 16". He had an awesome time! Kevin, Gary & Scott fished Friday with Scott Kuiti of Duluth hammering the fish, catching 25 fish plus releasing a 25" walleye. Way to go Scott! Kevin kept 4 fish today and Gary kept 5. On Saturday they did pretty well with Scott and Gary getting their limits. John's group of 3 kept 8 on Saturday.  15 below this morning. Warmer temps for this week.

December 13, 2007:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAN STUTZMAN!!! Super fantastic fishing yesterday with Greg and Mark catching their limits of both walleyes and saugers, all measuring from 15-16". Greg described his catch as absolutely beautiful! They had a slower day on Tuesday but Wednesday made up for it. Mike & George fished two days and had a slow day also on Tuesday but they also had a super day on Wednesday. Mike caught a 19" Tuesday and he released a 21" on Wednesday. He caught that one with a plain hook. They both caught their limits for walleyes and had 3 saugers to take home. They also released 5 nice walleyes in the 17-18" range and they threw back several small fish. They kept a few 14" fish but most of their keepers were 17-18". The biggest sauger measured 17". Terri & Pete fished this afternoon from 3pm til almost dark and caught 6 walleyes, measuring 6", (2) 12", a 14" and (2) 16". We also missed some bites. It is very windy today and snowed til around noon. Some drifting out on the ice today. Predicted low of 18 below for tonight. More new groups checking in tonight and tomorrow.

December 12, 2007: Brian, George & Clayton had two good days of fishing, eating fish during their stay plus taking home limits of walleyes and 6 saugers. All their fish were very nice big walleyes. Mark & Greg caught some 12" fish and a few little ones plus an 18 1/2" caught by Mark. They also caught one pike. Slow for them today. Tom, Henry & Scott kept 4 fish on Monday and kept another 8 on Tuesday. Ron's group did very well eating fish every night and going home just 1-2 fish shy of their limits of walleyes for all 6 of them. Dale released a 25" walleye. Way to go Dale! Kenny released a 33 1/2" pike. Way to go Kenny! Brad, Bradley and Jim kept 19 fish and had a couple of 15", a 17 1/2" and 19" for the biggest fish. They caught quite a few small fish.  

December 10, 2007: Craig, Tim, Kurt & Brad did well eating fish during their stay plus taking home their limits of walleyes plus 3 saugers. Kurt is here for his first fishing excursion ever! He has never ice fished nor on the open water. He had a really good time and the guys said he never even complained with the 25 below temps. He caught fish and had a great time catching a 29 1/2" pike that he kept. Chartreuse 1/8oz with shiners and also glow eyes were working. Brad had a white angel eye that worked great. They said Saturday was awesome fishing and Sunday was good, then Monday was a tough day for them. They had a good trip. Ron, Dale, Kenny, Dennis, David and Brandon kept 17 today with most of their fish at 16", plus a couple of 18" and 19". A buckshot lure was good for them. Dale released a 23 1/2" walleye and he also caught an 8 1/2 pound eelpout. Clayton, George and Brian had a super good day taking their limits plus 4 saugers in the 12,13,14" range. Their walleyes measured with lots of 15" and then also 16", 17" and 18". Clayton got a 19 1/4" walleye. Gold worked well and George was catching fish like crazy today. Ice thickness is close to 12 inches now.

December 9, 2007: They are still biting. Jerry & Vicki had a good weekend ending up taking home their limits of walleyes and 5 saugers, plus they ate fish while here. Largest walleye was 17 1/2". Red hooks worked well and Vicki was using a red hook with most of the red paint worn off - that hook worked best. They fished near a group in the Morris Gap that caught some nice trophy walleyes measuring 29", 29 1/2" and 30 1/2". This was in 16 1/2 ft of water. Matt and Jeremy kept 5 walleyes today. Tim caught his limit using his portable. His walleyes were two 15", one 16" and one 18". patrick, Jason aka Carl and Frank caught a nice sauger at 16" plus some nice walleyes 16-18". Craig, Tim, Brad & Curt are fishing with portables. They kept 14 walleyes and 7 saugers yesterday. Everyone is happy catching fish! More groups checking in tonight and fishing the next few days. Was 25 below this morning. We have about a foot of snow on the ground and 10-11" of ice on the lake out to 21 ft of water. Our houses are in 16-21 ft of water right now. We are using a Geo Tracker and Samarai to pull the carts to the fish houses. Should start using the bombardiers pretty soon here.

December 8, 2007: Well fishing has turned around already and they are catching some very nice ones. Vicki & Jerry went out yesterday for the afternoon til dark using their sleds and portables. They did very well bringing in 3 walleyes at 17" and another 3 walleyes measuring at 16". Plain hooks worked best for them in 19 1/2 ft of water. Dave and Mark fished the afternoon and kept 2 walleyes at about 14" and Dave caught a 7 pound eelpout. He also caught and released a 34" northern. He said he had fun catching that one. Deb and Les kept 7 fish yesterday. Bill, Karl & Jerry fished two days in our houses. Bill released a 21" walleye and the 3 of them took home their limit of walleyes. They also caught 2 small saugers. Bill said he tied on a orange chubby darter and that started bringing fish in. Shane and his partner had 7 nice keepers plus 2 saugers. The rest of their group is also catching fish, but no numbers from them yet. I did see the fish guts from their fish and they are getting lots of nice 15" and larger fish. Dr. Stone went out this morning with his sled and portable and had fantastic fishing, catching his limit of both walleyes and saugers, all measuring 18-19", using a plain hook. He setup away from the crowd in 22' of water. He also released lots and lots of 16-17" fish. He was back to shore by 11:30 this morning,it taking him only a few hours and he was on his way home. Temp was 24 below this morning.  

December 7, 2007:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM RICHARDSON!!! (my brother) The fish bite is not as fast as it usually is for first ice but the fish are still biting pretty well. We had two groups fish in our houses yesterday. Les and Deb released a 20 1/2" walleye plus kept some, but don't know how many. Kevin (our ice worker) said that Bill's group of 3 also released a large walleye but don't know the measurement and they brought in 7 keepers. They were happy. The weather is turning colder today with lows tonight from -20 to -25 degrees and the high for tomorrow is -5. We have a couple of groups fishing with portables but haven't gotten a report from them yet. Will try and hook up with them tonight and find out how they are doing. Resorts are not letting wheel fish houses onto the lake yet - it is too early. Waiting for more ice.

December 4, 2007: The crossing has been cleared and there are lots of fish houses on the lake already. Greg went out for the evening bite and fished in 17 ft of water. He caught his limit of walleyes (nice ones) and also released two more walleyes measuring around 16 inches. He said two other guys were out there and they caught their limits in one hour yesterday. Ice fishing has begun! We have a couple of cabins checking in tomorrow with some fishing tomorrow and the others the following day. 8 inches of ice where Greg fished today. Light snowfall all day today with accumulation of around 2 inches.

December 3, 2007: Pete went out on the lake on a hovercraft yesterday to check the ice. They found 6-8 inches of ice depending on how far out you go. We are having the crossing cleared with large equipment today as it has lots of ice shoved up on it and we cannot cross over without getting this done. We plan on taking fish houses onto the lake Tuesday as long as the crossing gets cleared off. Haven't heard any fishing reports yet but there are some portables on the lake. We got around 6 inches of snow yesterday.

December 1, 2007: Pete checked the ice today finding anywhere from 4 inches to 6 inches of ice. He said it is 6 inches out to 13-14 ft of water with lots of slush underneath the ice.Looks pretty much unfishable. At 18 ft of water the ice thinned down to 4 inches with good water clarity and no slush caught under the ice. There were 6 or 7 portables fish houses on the lake already and a few wheelers on the ice. Also around 8 spear houses set up on Four Mile Bay near the Morris Point area. Still too thin for us to take any houses out but anticipate getting on the ice this Monday or Tuesday. Will keep checking the ice thickness and let you know. We received around 2-3 inches of snow today as of 6pm.