SET THE HOOK!

Hello Sportsfans…  Rusty Flathers here with the latest L O Dub weekly report.

A red rooster barks at the sunrise.  Anxious anglers pace in front of The Ballard.  Most days are the same:  breakfasts, Bombardier departures, ice fishing, catching fish, return to the resort, more festivities per eating-drinking-storytelling, lights out (bedtime), and repeat the next day.

That’s the way uh-huh uh-huh, KC and the Sunshine Band, we like it!

 

Hey, has anyone noticed we are TWO DAYs out from the beginning of March?!?!

– Only two more weeks of ice fishing per house rentals and guide service.

– Only two more weeks to shake and bake and get yourself here for some ice fishing grooviness.

– Winter is still very much “a thing” here at frozen tundra headquarters.

Celebrity quote for this week, Anna says: You can’t catch ’em, if you’re not here.

Yes, truly wise, wise, wise words.  Thanks Anna.

The teeth of this week’s report?  We are still very much “up north”.  Success rates for walleyes and saugers are hit and miss.  Some would call it fishing.  Some would call it luck of the draw.  Others may boast their success based on fishing prowess.

Either way…  It’s FUN!

And now, thanks to Simon and Garfunkel, we return you to, the sounds of silence…

Set the hook!

Sneaking to the edge of the hole and peeking into the coffee stained water there were no signs of life.  Only bubbles…  A weirdly consistent flow of bubbles surfacing from depths far beneath and splattering in a frosty mist when they popped to the surface.

It was Walter.  Fearless, crafty, stealth-like in his pursuit of fresh bait and all things succulently related.  We could not see him.  Yet his presence was overwhelming.

Many have tried luring him with a hook…  Many have failed.

And for this…  We persist!  Someday we will celebrate the small victory (catch / photo / release) and Walter’s bell will toll.

– average week of fishing activity on LOW.  We are again “way out there”, in more ways than one.  We are fishing Knights, Bridges and stretching toward the Garden.

– Nordo says: “we’re doing ok on the saugers GM,  I actually feel like we have a good school underneath us right now.”

– ice conditions and travel conditions remain favorable for the fourteen day forecast.  We plan to continue winter angling to mid-March.

– are you familiar with the MAY FISHING SPECIAL?  (81) days.  Let the good times roll, per Mick Jagger.

Set the hook!

What’s that?  Hold the line…  A lotta small fish (saugers) is what we are hearing this morning at the Ballard’s HQ / checkin / checkout front desk.  Enough to keep your bobber moving.  Enough for some FRESH-FISH.

Per the Bomber ride (how far off-shore are we), it’s a 2-beer trip to get off the lake at the end of the day!  Yes, we are “up north”.

Take it…  Take it…  Take it…

Set the hook!