Weather has improved with calmer winds and sunny skies. Small size chironomid hatches were seen yesterday after a week of them not coming off. Fish have moved back to shallow water a few days a go after being in 7-9 feet of water, now with the sunshine there may move to deeper water feeding on chironomids. Leech patterns stripped in shallow water caught fish. Water boatman and Gammarus scuds have been seen along the shorelines.
Water temps have been hovering around 45-46 the past week, yesterdays sunshine brought it up to 49 by the end of the day. Fishing worms off our docks produced fish, some are doing well while others getting the odd fish or none.
The gradual rise in water temps should produce some good hatches as the water warms up.
Ice blew off the lake April 8th. Windy conditions until today where it’s sunny and a light breeze. A few fish were caught on leeches over the last couple days, swallows are already here, a bit early but nice to … Continue reading
Just a few small patches of snow left surrounding the lake. Daytime temps have been around zero with overnight lows to below 0 by a few degrees which doesn’t help in thawing the lake. There’s 14-15 inches of ice still, … Continue reading
Ice is 10 inches thick, there is some water/slush on the main ice. Temperatures have been mild so far the year with days hovering around 0 and nights from -3 to -10. Coldest night so far this year has been … Continue reading