Walleye Still Open
Walleye Season is still open in our neck of the woods and we are gearing up for a most memorable grand finally. The season runs until mid April, give us a shout if you are interested in a last ditch effort to ice some monster eyes!This report is from a local who does a majority of our winter gu...
Hayward Lakes Ice Fishing Report for Thursday Marc
I went out ice fishing this morning just looking to catch fish for dinner tonight with friends. Went to a smaller weedy lake, right away in the morning the bite was fast and furious. got plenty of gills, and some crappies and some nice perch. About every other bluegill was to small for dinner, a...
Wigwam Resort...Big Walleyes Keep Coming
Well let me get right to the business at hand…I’m sure that all of you are wondering about ice conditions…here we go. The good news is, the ice thickness is holding up, the bad news is, we aren’t getting those freezing temps we were supposed to get as of a couple days ago and from the present f...
Hayward lakes ice fishing report
monday, my buddy and I went out to try crappie fishing in a smaller shallow lake, fished for a couple of hours and no luck, then went out to LCO fishing was really slow, we fished for about 2 hours and got two crappies both 13 inches almost at the same time. in about 10 feet of water with weeds...
North Central Minnesota Late-Ice Panfish
It's no secret that the past few weeks of fishing across the ice-belt have been challenging to say the least. When James Holst and I headed north then to tackle a multitude of species, in various portions of the state, with tight schedules from locale to locale, I knew it would be an undertakin...
N-Metro-gills and crappies
Gills, crappies... and two young boys covered in fish slime at sunset, was how yesterday shook out for us on the ice. Momma was not very happy with me when we got home, I forgot to have Alex change coats, apparently school clothes should not smell like fish...my bad! My good friend Chad and his...
Big Creek Hardwater Open Results
It has been almost a week since the Recycled Fish Big Creek Hardwater Open was held out at Big Creek Lake in Iowa. As the tournament director, the fun never stops even after the last fish is weighed and the standings are announced. So I'm finally getting a chance to sit down and provide you all ...
North Metro Panfish with my boy
This afternoon was AMAZING! The best part was I got to share it with my son, Alex. I raced home to get him off the bus and the first thing he has to say to me is "Dad, will you take me fishing today?" Ah, YES!! We loaded up the gear and hit the road. The weather was fantastic today and the boy w...
Here Come the Trophy Walleyes on Lake of the Woods
Well I just got back from working 5 days of the Duluth Sport Show and what a great time we had. From talking with organizers of the event and long time vendors at the event, it sound as if the show this year was the best in years…thank you to everyone that came and participated in the event. D...
Mississippi River Pool 8 Report
With the weather patterns making a tip towards the spring side it just doesn’t feel right not spending every waking hour on the ice! This is the time of season where any day now the lips sported by finned critters will start inhaling baits. Not getting out on the frozen waters as much as I’d lik...
Hackensack area...new lake...new adventure
New lake new adventures!!! Ice fishing a new lake for the first time for me usually yields great excitement, especially when looking online at MN Dnr Lake finder (see link in reply post) to see the size of the fish that have been surveyed as well as the number of fish surveyed. With a little b...
Lake of the Woods has the "Trophy Walleyes"!!!!
Yesterday Tom and I made the 21 mile hike up to the Reefs to serve the “Powerhouse Group” lunch, and on the way back we managed to stop a fish a few of Tom’s secret honey holes…they didn’t disappoint. It was tough fishing, but we managed to land a few really nice fish. The reason it was tough ...
Leech Lake Walleye and Perch
I really wasn't sure what I was getting myself into for most recent excursion onto Minnesota's Leech Lake. One thing was for certain; the accomodations of Walker MN and the good company would yield a great time. My hypothesis held true and our group caught fish as a bonus!
This past weekend, Ke...
Pool 10 Ambro Slough
Been out the past couple days looking for some new water to fish..Put out and ran down to Big Lake. There is plenty of ice as the commercial fishermen are driving their full sized trucks down here..We did not find a pot of gold, but one of us did manage 3 species...walleye, perch and blue gill.....
Castle Rock Lake Report - 3rd times a charm!
Sticktoitiveness. Described a couple ways as 'dogged perseverance & resolute tenacity.' Big adjectives for fishing terms, but best suited for Bret & myself on our latest trip to Castle Rock.
I woke up at 4:45am and sat at the end of my bed wondering "Do I really wanna do this again...
