Blizzard Europa Was Not The Ice Fisherman’s Friend We have a lot of snow now, more than we wanted at this time. Ice production will be brought to a stand still and accessing the lake is a problem right now. We walked out off of Highway 20 into East Bay yesterday and it is foot drift after foot drift interupted…
The Time Wasting Yo-Yo If you have fished Devils Lake for Perch long enough, you don’t even need an explanation as to what I am about to talk about. We here on the Northern Tier that hit the big lake for Perch have all had it happen to us. Drill a line of holes, start working the holes, hit a…
Devils Lake Diamond and Gold Mine Persistence is usually the key on The Big Devil We were able to get in to hard days of hole drilling in before our Christmas Blizzard hit. After about a day and a half of not much excitement, persistence and a stubborn desire to find fish resulted in a pretty good day on Christmas…
Polar Vortex Brings Solid Foundation Our Arctic event that had sub-zero temperatures hanging over us for over a week gave us a real nice foundation. Most areas have 6+ inches of ice and a few locales are hitting that 12-15 inch mark. The downside is the hard, fast freeze brings with it lots of pressure ridges that have sprung up…
Not Many Braved the Sub-Arctic Temps I hate being gone with the onset of ice fishing and the early stages of the season. However, this weekend sized up to be a challenge for anyone that wanted to venture out on the ice with the extreme cold and the unsureness of how thick the ice had gotten. I had the opportunity…
