Ranger Rick
01-02-2010, 11:28 AM
Temperature was 12 below zero when I got to Guides Choice Pro Shop this morning. This is exactly what we need to 'tighten up' the ice and the slush on top of it. Water has been reported coming up through the holes on a few larger lakes due to the center of the ice sagging under the weight of the deep snow. This intense cold is supposed to stay for several days, with the next few nights being at least 10 below and colder.
The walleyes are biting but lightly at times, so smaller shiners and smaller sucker minnows seem to working the best. The Eagle Chain is giving up smaller walleyes, with a few in the slot. Anvil Lake is giving up a few walleyes also, with best report coming from one of our guides getting some walleyes in the mid twenty inch range on a lake up in the Upper Peninsula.
The northerns are biting during the day on larger shiners and tip-ups.
The crappies are starting to stage in their winter haunts in deep water. Typically look for large schools of crappies to locate at the deep hard bottom that sticks furthest out into the lake basin or a very steep dropping shoreline that drops right into deep water.
Jigging a crappie minnow or using a tip-down is the best way to fool these light biters.
Good Luck and be safe by staying near trails that are packed down.
Ranger Rick
The walleyes are biting but lightly at times, so smaller shiners and smaller sucker minnows seem to working the best. The Eagle Chain is giving up smaller walleyes, with a few in the slot. Anvil Lake is giving up a few walleyes also, with best report coming from one of our guides getting some walleyes in the mid twenty inch range on a lake up in the Upper Peninsula.
The northerns are biting during the day on larger shiners and tip-ups.
The crappies are starting to stage in their winter haunts in deep water. Typically look for large schools of crappies to locate at the deep hard bottom that sticks furthest out into the lake basin or a very steep dropping shoreline that drops right into deep water.
Jigging a crappie minnow or using a tip-down is the best way to fool these light biters.
Good Luck and be safe by staying near trails that are packed down.
Ranger Rick