well it has been a interesting last few days here on the shore and lake the past few days. Putting a ban on all motor vehicles had to be done as to many issues with the ice sheet moving around. Up here on this end we have not any issue yet. all though I take my rentals out of Hillmans and follow buddy hillmans guidelines. He ask do not go out more than 3 miles yet when I went out on the lake with dan there were many fisherpeople well beyond 3 miles?
Buddy has been doing this for a long long time. His dad Shorty worked on ice roads in alaska I believe. He also worked with my dad’s brother Wayne up there. If fishermen will not play buy the rules or guidelines it can cause more problems. I say if it does not look right do not try and cross it without a further look. Winds and warm weather can cause the ice to do different things. As tigger says the lake is not singing yet, he also has years of experience on millacs.
We do have the permission to shuffle clints on and off the lake at this time. Big tony and dusty both are set up with trailers.
We also have 2 ice castles out on the lake at this time., Nicky and Zack spent 2 nights out there in Tennessee. They did get a few fish with Nicky catching her first walleye. They are from Michigan so they have a long ride home. from the sounds of last night was pretty slow out there in the area we are fishing.. The boys are going to check some ice to see what other options we have at this time. Curt and his son did not do that good yesterday they did get a couple keepers plus curt got a true 15 1\2 inch elusive yet still catchable upper red lake crappie They also had a big eelpout on up to the hole before it snapped the line.
The guys took a group out yesterday with their hubs and dropped them off they ended up keeping 10 or as fisherman say “We Got A Couple”
We had a quite a few fisherman staying down at the lake front last weekend for new year’s The wheeler Bann was bad news as everyone were catching some fish . With quite a few elusive yet still catchable upper red lake crappies. Alot of people headed home a couple days early. She been pretty quiet since with very limited action out there. I may be able to drive blue thunder on the lake buy thursday then we can think about getting the fleet over to hillmans highway for the last of the late start to the season.
Dan and Mel are packing up and heading home today, Dan is so much help. They plan on coming back on friday.
Jake set up some younger guys on hos spot he got 26 crappies. The guys gave him a ride in when darrin wheeler would not start. He asks if they catch any try not to keep them all but 50 elusive yet still catchable upper red lake crappies are no more elusive.
Jake will be back in 2 weeks to help move houses and scout for good fishing for us.
Darrins sister also got a 15 1\2-inch crappie. We still have some fish house lodging on shore this coming weekend. Everyone is hoping this cold weather coming will lock up the lake for the winter. We are allowed to transfer fishpeople out to fishing grounds, but they are not allowed to bring machines out on the ice at this time. We can take some fisherman out but they need to contact me first. 218 556 6197.
Well, it’s time to go to work I have a predator generator I need to pull and clean the carb plus a couple oil changes.