We were due here in the Lake Region for a doozy of a winter with heavy snow. As the dusting clears and we are able to get out and survey the damage that Blizzard Europa and the most recent storm did to our ice sheet, the topic of travel options comes up. The lake is now packed with rolling drifts…
The Best Eating Walleye From Devils Lake is a 13 incher!! We call them sandwich eyes for a reason, they make perfect sandwiches. The cleaning station hero, macho, tough guy frowns upon them, but if subsistence is what you are after when it comes to why you hunt and fish, the 12-15 inch walleye is what you should be after.…
7.5 More Inches Of This White Crap Is Not Good! Well, we were due for one of these winters, and here it is. Seven and a half inches more of this white stuff has travel on the lake basically down to sleds, four-wheelers with tracks, side-by-sides with tracks, Sno-Bears, or hoofing it. Luckily, there are places in town that will…
Pike Invasion When the slimers move into a shallower area where the Perch have been active, this scatters the Perch schools. This has happened to two of our really good early ice perch spots in that 18-25 foot water depth. When this occurs, generally speaking, we start to find good schools on intermediate shore line ledges. That was the case…
Sunlight as Opposed to Overcast and Perch Activity Explodes Under the Bright Lights Our original destination for the weekend was accessible (barley) by full sized truck We got there and do our chagrin, it had been invaded by the dreaded Pike. We are not Pike enthusiasts, however, if you are here is a Pike-a-Paloosa for you if you want to…
