The Ice Itself! Here is the good news of this post. It is solid, 18-24 inches in almost all areas and very stable. I haven’t drilled into any ‘danger areas’ lately and have seen a lot of good 20-22 inch ice where have been the last few days. The ice sheet, aside from a few areas of slush where there…
Deep Basin Searches!! Wait For It… Tis the season to ‘go deep’ and basin fishing is upon us. The Perch bites in 30-50 feet of water are heating up and those are the probable depths where we are going to be staying for the foreseable future. I really enjoy these deep water bites. The biggest schools of Perch we…
When I Say ‘Still’… …I Mean ‘STILL’ Any movement out of the lure and they went racing away. For most of the day, raise or drop it; they would fly away! Not yo-yoing, would just ONLY come up and bite if the Firetiger Tungsten with spikes was absolutely still, just hanging there 4-6 inches off of the bottom. Along…
That ‘Bug’ Kicked Us In The Butt! We Still Fished Though Finding a lot of Perch now in those deep water basins. Mud flat based, and the areas where we hope to find those monster schools are showing us sporadic pods that are willing to bite. They don’t bite everyday but when they do it can be frenzied. It seems…
You may have noticed out absence from Monday’s Weekly report, it’s not Covid, but it still has us under the weather. We will get back to you with a full report as soon as we are on the mend!! Sorry for any inconvenience, we are popping zinc hoping to be better soon. DLFR