ICE FISHING IS IN FULL SWING NOW. WE HAVE  ABOUT 5  TO 12 INCHES OF ICE IN MOST AREAS ON LONG AND GRAND LAKES. RIGHT NOW THE BEST FISHING IS ON GRAND LAKE. FROM THE SOUTH END TO THE NORTH END, WE HAVE HAD EXCELLENT REPORTS OF GREAT PERCH FISHING, AND FAIR FOR WALLEYE. LONG LAKE IS COMING TO LIFE NOW SLOW BUT SURE. MOST FOLKS ARE USING MINNOWS AND LORIE’S PERCH/WALLEYE FLY RIG WITH GREAT SUCCESS. BUCKSHOT SPOONS ARE DOING WELL ALSO. THE DEPTH IS ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET AND MAY VARY FROM PLACE TO PLACE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY WIGGLERS AS WELL, AND GREYS AND SUCKERS FOR THOSE PIKE.

OUR LAST WINNER FOR THE 50/50 DRAWING WAS KEVAN ROGERS. HE WON 65 DOLLARS, AND SO DID THE LONG LAKE ASSOCIATION. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS 50/50 DRAWING EVERY FRIDAY UNTIL MARCH.

DON’T FORGET, JANUARY 22, 2011, IS THE LONG LAKE ASSOCIATION FISH TOURNAMENT. IT IS FREE, YOU NEED NO TICKET, OR TO SIGN UP. THE TIME IS FROM 7 AM TO 3PM, WEIGH IN AT BUCKS, AT THREE SHARP. THE PRIZES WILL BE $150.00, $100.00, AND $85.00. FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACES, FOR WALLEYE, PERCH, PIKE. YOU MAY WIN ONLY ONE CASH PRIZE.NINE PEOPLE WILL WIN MONEY. THERE WILL BE OTHER RAFFLES, AND AGAIN, IT’S FREE.

OUR THIRD 50/50 WINNER IS MR. WM. KRUCZYINSKI OF ALPENA. HE WON $123.00 CONGRATULATIONS
REMEMBER, WE START A NEW 50/50 TODAY, AND EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL MARCH. AND DRAW A WINNER ON FRIDAY. THE KETTLE IS EMPTIED AND READY FOR A NEW BATCH OF PLAYERS. THANK YOU

WE ARE OPEN NOW FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM, DAILY, INCLUDING NEW YEARS EVE AND DAY.

HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON