Hole Sets For Perch Success Hardwater 101: Part 3 was originally posted on September 28th, 2016. It reviews how we target fish species within a day and how we use hole sets and hole set charts to zero in on Perch and Crappie schools. We hadn’t yet started employing our cheesy “Sharpie Charts” yet. They wouldn’t make their appearance for…
Dead Calm Will Bring Ice- Temperatures Right For Lockdown My Viewpoint On This Forecast We are at that critical point in Ice production right now for the Big Lake. It is rip to lock up, we need a couple consecutive calm nights to get that first skim. The Flats, North Six Mile, and Pelican have about a 4-6 inch head…
Ice Check Drive: Varied Results!! Our originally planned trip took a detour this morning because of unforeseen access difficulties due to unharvested crop. Instead of doing something stupid trying to salvage a morning of fishing in really high winds, we changed our plans and did a little lake tour for everyone to show how drastically different areas of the lake…
Caution Is Still Required BUT Fishable Ice Is Here! One thing to keep in mind, it’s early. Really early. Unheard of ice fishing early. I know I have never been taking routine trips out onto the ice. this early in November. So, some restraint and caution is needed. Some issues going on up here right now in that the best…
An Explanation Of ‘The Blue Zip Tie’! I wish I was a better story teller, as this story deserves telling. It deserves telling in a better way than I know how, but, as it stands the task has fallen to me. Two Wednesday’s ago, November 1st, one of Northern Flight Guide Services’ Guides, Mike ‘Spider’ Schell, was hunting east of…
