walleyemaxx
12-17-2010, 11:16 AM
Hi everyone,
here's our tax dollars at work.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties)
- The big snowstorm of this past weekend added anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow onto the ice cover and this has created some major slush problems on many waters. Most lakes had 5 to 7 inches of ice prior to the storm, and this heavy snow will provide quite a bit of insulation to keep the ice from adding much more thickness in the next week or so.
With that said, ice thickness and snow cover continues to be quite variable and travel conditions have gotten very difficult with the slush. As such, early season anglers should still be extremely cautious when venturing out and always check ice thickness and slush conditions before heading across any body of water. Reports from early-season anglers indicate that fishing has been generally fair.
Walleye have been the primary target for most early anglers and catches have been sporadic for the tip-up anglers. Some days have provided some good action on 12 to 16-inch fish and other days have produced just a few perch flags. The most productive areas have been the mud/muck flats and weed edges in the late afternoon hours, with small suckers or large fatheads fished at the 5 to 8 foot depth.
Some angling pressure has also been seen for panfish and success for perch and crappie has also been fair. Perch have been hitting small minnows and have been found at a variety of depths, from as shallow as 4 feet and out to 20-plus feet of water. Some nice crappie have been found suspended just off the bottom in 18 to 24 feet of water, and many of the fish have been in the 11 to 13-inch size.
Enjoy your fishing and be safe.
Walleyemaxx
here's our tax dollars at work.
Park Falls DNR Service Center area
Upper Chippewa Basin fisheries report (Price, Rusk, Sawyer Taylor and inland Ashland and Iron counties)
- The big snowstorm of this past weekend added anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow onto the ice cover and this has created some major slush problems on many waters. Most lakes had 5 to 7 inches of ice prior to the storm, and this heavy snow will provide quite a bit of insulation to keep the ice from adding much more thickness in the next week or so.
With that said, ice thickness and snow cover continues to be quite variable and travel conditions have gotten very difficult with the slush. As such, early season anglers should still be extremely cautious when venturing out and always check ice thickness and slush conditions before heading across any body of water. Reports from early-season anglers indicate that fishing has been generally fair.
Walleye have been the primary target for most early anglers and catches have been sporadic for the tip-up anglers. Some days have provided some good action on 12 to 16-inch fish and other days have produced just a few perch flags. The most productive areas have been the mud/muck flats and weed edges in the late afternoon hours, with small suckers or large fatheads fished at the 5 to 8 foot depth.
Some angling pressure has also been seen for panfish and success for perch and crappie has also been fair. Perch have been hitting small minnows and have been found at a variety of depths, from as shallow as 4 feet and out to 20-plus feet of water. Some nice crappie have been found suspended just off the bottom in 18 to 24 feet of water, and many of the fish have been in the 11 to 13-inch size.
Enjoy your fishing and be safe.
Walleyemaxx