Report for Feb. 21-23, fishing with SSIC..simply amazing!

Hey gang....we had our best ice fishing trip in the past 6 years up there on the above dates.

Fished in 33 Fow..perfect weather with Sw winds and mild.......18 inches of ice and more so a very smooth drive out to our destination.

Best bite times were from dawn till 10 am each day and around 4 pm with the peak bite happening from 5.45 till past 8 pm.the later it got the bigger the eyes were.

The day bite was solid for perch and plenty of decent ones for the fish frys. These we mostly used small spoons for as we would have spent a small fortune on bait if using minnows. Spooons also got 6 herring

2 of us landed well past 40 walleye on this trip and lost or missed about the same number. In that mix there were all sizes from a few 8-9 inchers, but the bulk of them were 14-15.5 which was perfect.

After dark with large minnow produced the slot sizers with 7 in the 21-23 adn change inch mark. (along with 2 mudpuppers )

Again we never had to venture out of the Condo even though it was gorgeous outside during the day.

Everyone around us was doing well also and I saw 1, 9 and 2 around 6 on ice frrom other groups.

Once again, our best setup was my ultra lite yad rod and 8 lb. test, single hook about 4 inches above and either a mid size or large shiner hooked just under the skin in front of dorsal fin.....the bites were either real picky..smaller ones or just a glom on the bigger baits and a nice slow pull down down the rod tips...

I believe this weather is the factor behind this amazing fishing as Feb. is not usualy great for walleye up there if it's real cold.

One final tip.make sure you change wate in minnow buckets so they are in prime shape...does make a diffference, except when bite is really on, then thye even hit near dead one moved up and down off bottom ever so slowly. botom and up to 3 feet off bottom produced best.

gl everyone.

Wish I didn't get all those calls about a sever winter storm...as we would have stayedd today as well, but decided to play it safe and cam home last nite....so..where is that storm. stupid weather guys

All good nonetheless, we were tired and did well enough.....

23 inch Walleye

Great report, thanks for tips, never fished ice bungalows in my life, since I’m not really a fisherman, but now I might give it a try, sounds too tempting, glad you had a great time

Sidehook. fishing Condos/bungalows has some advatanges, since you fish 24 hrs if you like.

downside is no showers etc.

Ican live with that for a couple of days or even 3.

That’s exactly what I meant! But I’ll figure what to do, worse come to worse you are still on the lake and water is all around you.

Hey Longshank!
Great report, glad you had a good time.
Where are the pictures? lol
cheers!

Thanks for the report. Night bite is always fun especially when they get bigger as you go!

Great Fishing Report Shank.. Thanks for posting.
Next time you go up there, give me a shout, I wouldn't mind joining you..

Done deal there admin!

need some days offf during the week though.....not quite a busy as weekends.

Ok course will take a few days off, need to get up there..
Just let me know next time you plan a trip.

Wil do.

We do have some photos.I am waiting for Jim to send them to me....

Difference of a under slot.
14.12 incher compared to a slot size 23 inches

Courtesy of Longshank

Typical under slot size fish. Dinner that night along my UL Yad rod.

Rod storage

Beauty fish. Too bad it wasn't 3/4 of an inch longer. I'm going up to sandybay on wednesday to see if we can ice a few of those beauties. Even if we have to put them back it is still a bonus to pull one up like that.

Yes sir....hope the weather is good for you!

Don't need to explain how to get them to you, but will re-inforce that the nite bight was just as good as early morning and afternoon.

Look forward to your report...as we may be tempted to head back one more time

GL!