How About Those VIKINGS!! In hopes of not alienating our Packer supporters to the East, I still must say: I am a diehard, tortured, embattled Vikings fan!! From the times that I can barely remember, I have cheered for our lovable losers to the east. Here in North Dakota we have no NFL team. Popular joke is: Why doesn’t North…
We don’t often chase pike on Devils Lake, and when I say ‘don’t often’ I mean never. However, sometimes when chasing Perch in the shallower depths these behemoths will be found. We were in 19-23 feet of water with light tackle and we lost a couple big ones, landed a few smaller ones and fought both of these for 10-15…
The Full Moon Cycle and Major Ice Making Temps We are coming up on the Full Moon cycle this weekend and some major ice making temperatures for the weekend and the start of next week with a warm up to follow. I predict we will be getting out onto a couple of the finger bays with trucks in some areas…
Brrrrrrrr! -19 at 9:44 a.m. This Morning!! Yes, you read that right, -19 degress actual air temperature at almost 10 o’clock in the morning. Needless to say, we are making ice, and quickly. That has its good and bad qualities. We are adding to the ice layer, the ice is also going to be expanding quickly and that is when…
Still In That Early Ice Fishing Period! Even though it seems like we have been out on the ice for a couple months, it is actually still in that early ice period. We aren’t finding big numbers in those super deep areas. The shallow and intermediate bites are where most Perch are coming out of. Areas to target right now…
