2/22/16
Round and round we go… We’re we stop nobody knows…
Hello ice fishing enthusiasts! And welcome to the weekly cold-blast here on Minnesota’s Lake of the Woods. Good times!
It’s snowing… It’s snowing… It’s cold outside and it’s snowing…
That’s pretty much the theme today, and by the looks of it, more of the same coming in the next fifteen days give or take. Yes! More ice fishing ahead!
What’s the latest and greatest here at Ballard’s? We’re still pullin’ teeth. Meaning? Tough bite and we’re going to wear the skids out on those shacks if we keep bumping and moving at the latest fast pace.
I listened in on the guide chatter this morning at coffee, and heard much discussion about “move-move-move”!
Our guides are working every square inch of the flats (south, west, and Nwest of the “nine”). So that puts us about 8-9 miles offshore. Saugerville with the occasional walleye.
Boom! We did have a couple 27’s and a 28 last Friday / Saturday. Trophy walleyes! Nice hustle! Also saw a monster pike come off the west end of Pine. Yes… We have a couple pods of huts close to the south shore. So maybe things will start to kick in?
Surprises… Not a whole bunch of change in what we’ve been seeing throughout the entire month of FEB. Overall, a slow bite across the board for most anglers.
The good news is we’re having fun! Our guides continue to work their butts off in an effort to find more fish! And most of the folks here are catching enough saugers to have a decent fish fry in the evenings… So we got that going for us…
What else? Did you get the mailing on our “MARCH SPECIAL“??
We have the right conditions to go well into next month. Hoping for a spike in the bite… Something similar to what we had on the south shore in January. Crazier things have happened…
Let’s go! Set the hook!
