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…
Contours Lines and Hole Sets If drilling in the trees is not up your alley, the Big Devil has many different opportunities for you. Humps and drop offs and flat basins. A GPS with Devils Lake chip will assist you in targeting these areas. I would be lost and flying blind without my GPS unit with Lake Chip.. On…
Sharing More Information As We Collect It! The featured picture for this report was taken about 15 yards off the shoreline at the Dion Road at North Six Mile. Walked about 1.5 miles out onto Lake Alice this morning and all ice was between 4.5 and 6.25 inches thick. Only problem is the water is the color of mud. Really…
The Steam That Signals Good Things To Come! Now that we have ice on the Northern Feeder lakes and the big lake is starting to really lose power and the little bays are crusting, the important thing is to not get snow and have cold but not frigid temperatures. Snow on early ice produces slush and frigid, frigid temperatures will…
It Has Begun!! The above photos are what a large body of water looks like when it is expelling its thermal energy. The Big Devil is being zapped of its warmth. The water is rapidly cooling and as soon as we get a calm night, the first skim of ice on the Big Lake will be in place. Earliest I…
