Over the weekend fishing made a pretty good
improvement over the last couple weekends. I think things are
changing out there. The deep mud areas are starting to collect
big Perch looking for bloodworms and mayfly larve. I seen some
caught on Saturday that were in the 13 inch range. Our
"Tullibee Hole" had a lot of activity with both Perch and Tullibee
this past weekend. A lot of fishermen did well out there, but
you needed a camera because they were biting so light. The shallow
reefs starting producing some nice Perch too. But on the rocks
the way to go was small shiners and a dead stick. They seemed more
aggressive in the shallow water. Walleyes were caught in both
shallow and deeper areas, but were few and far between. Had one
customer catch a 44 inch, 22 1/2 lb, 22 inch girth Northern off of
North Twin. What a fish!!
Moving the houses shallower for us seemed to
help. I will be moving more this week after the snow. I
will have some in the mud for the Perch action, but the rest will be
in the shallower rocks and sand bottom stuff. Believe it or not
there are fish there. It's that time of year.
Don't forget there is "food on the ice"
on weekends.
A couple from the area started "CJ's Gourmet", a mobile food service, and will be
parked on the ice at the "Tundra" junction.
There hours are 2:30p.m. to 8:00p.m. or later on Friday, 8:30a.m.
to 8:00p.m or later on Saturday. They have a breakfast menu from
8:30 to 11:00 on Saturday. And a lunch menu for Friday p.m. and
Saturday p.m. Ask for a menu at our office when you arrive and
check-in. All you have to do is call then ahead of time and it will
be ready when you get there to pick it up. Please give
them a try when your out there!
On a personal note...... It would have been my
mother's 89th birthday yesterday. Her and I had a
tradition of going fishing on her birthday in a sight house after
Clark passed in 1984. My Dad would always get a house ready
for her on her birthday so she could get some peace and quite from
the hectic pace in the office. She loved looking down the hole in
shallow water, watching for fish. I now have a
granddaughter that has her 3rd birthday on February 23rd. I'm
going to hopefully start a new tradition with her.
Keep a tight line!!
