FROM THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE WE ARE LOCKED INTO A PRETTY TOUGH SNOW SYSTEM LATELY. NOT A GOOD THING FOR NEW ICE THAT’S FOR SURE, BUT THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS IS VERY COLD. lOW 2O’S DAYTIME, TEENS AND SUB ZERO AT NIGHT. A FEW FOLKS ARE FISHING BLACK BASS BAY STILL  AND I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ACTION SOON ON LONG AND GRAND LAKES IN VARIOUS AREAS.

THIS WEEKEND SHOULD SHOW SIGNS OF ACTIVITY ON BOTH LAKES.  CAUTION WOULD BE THE KEY WORD FOR NOW THOUGH, ON OUR LAKES. BUT A SNOWMOBILER WOULD FIND THIS LIKE HEAVEN. AND TO THINK ONLY THREE WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

*****THIS IS AN UPATE ON ICE. THIS IS SATURDAY MORNING INFORMATION. THURSDAY WE HAD A FEW FOLKS GOING ONTO LONG LAKE TO FISH, IN ABOUT 8 FEET OF WATER. YESTERDAY THERE WERE ABOUT  6 PEOPLE GOING OUT TO FISH ON LONG LAKE. A LOT OF FOLKS WERE STILL HITTING BLACK BASSS BAY AND CATCHING PERCH. THE GUYS ON LONG LAKE , TELL ME THERE IS ABOUT THREE INCHES OF SLUSH, SOME WATER, THEN ABOUT AN 1 1/2 ” OF HARD ICE. THIS WAS THURSDAY. OUR TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN IN THE LOW TEEN RANGE EVERY NIGHT, SO WHAT I CALL GOOD ICE IS EITHER HERE IN SOME AREAS, OR VERY CLOSE. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED THOUGH. FOLLOW TRACKS, LOOK FOR PEOPLE, TALK TO GUYS OUT THERE.

SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS, WE HAVE LOT’S OF ICE FISHING GEAR FOR GIFTS, AS WELL AS GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR HARD TO BUY FOR FOLKS.

IN CASE YOU DID NOT HEAR, SPEARING HAS BEEN WIDENED TIME WISE FOR PIKE AND MUSKY. YOU CAN NOW SPEAR PIKE AND MUSKY FROM DEC. 1, TO MARCH 15. WHITEFISH SPEARING IS NOW OPEN YEAR ROUND. YOU STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES IN THE FISH GUIDE BOOK.

NOT A LOT TO REPORT, SO I’LL LET YOU ENJOY THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT’S TO COME HERE  SHORTLY, GREAT ICE FISHING.

OPEN 7 TO 5 DAILY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON

BUDD AND LORIE