Raining today!!! Let’s see what takes place after all this rain today!
Photos
First Photos are from 4.7.21
and this morning 4.8.21
Twin Rock -Twin Island’s
Ice piled up on Gull Rock
Picture from our boat ramp towards Gull Rock
Opening up a little more Each Day
Wind blowing 13 mph up to 17 mph by 11 p.m. tonight!!
Twin Islands
Gull Rock
To the West of our lakeshore
Twin Rocks
Gull Rock from our boat landing
Final week/weekend 3.18.21 on the ice.
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”I stopped by, here is Andy M.’s 38. See you Saturday”
Brad
42.5” Todd P. from your Brad M. group- released
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Bruce & Julie staying in the Sleeper fishing shallow and out on their wheeler!
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A message from a group of guys who pulled out their wheel houses with their wheelers/side by sides and came off the ice to a campsite when Dale asked due to the ice deteriorating so fast over the weekend!! By Sunday it was time to close the winter lake access!!
“Dale and Connie,
Our fishing party are extremely satisfied with what you do and how you do it up there on lake of the woods. We were able to use your amazing bathroom that comes equipped with a shower and noticed your top of the line fish cleaning building. Much appreciated the no-nonsense way about your business and most importantly we caught some fish. See you next time.
We had 7 people and caught 22 walleyes and 4 sauger. We threw back at least 6 over 20″ and 40 under 13″.”
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Our Son, Justin, his young ones and a couple Buddies from Ely catching the final 3 days!
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Nice text message from one of our winter camping guests saying farewell until next ice season!! Thank you Nathan!
NATHAN: “Thank you for the fun winter, see you next fall😊”
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Sunday, March 21, 2021
OUR WINTER LAKE ACCESS
IS CLOSING FOR THE SEASON
AT THE END OF TODAY
WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE
OF YOU FOR JOINING US!!
3/19/21 Temps this morning are at 28 degrees
Temps are to reach a High of 50 today by 5 p.m. this afternoon. Again, we will have full sun all day which means the ice will take another good hit today.
Yesterday there were no changes on ice conditions shoreline through the first 4 miles out. We had several people out on wheelers yesterday and received no reports of problems with ice conditions. We will be checking ice in several areas again today and will report if there are any changes in ice conditions.
BE SAFE – WATCH FOR CHANGES IN THE ICE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY – ALWAYS LOOK AHEAD OF YOU WHILE TRAVELING ON THE ICE.
3.17.2021
On the south end… Most resorts have pulled off fish houses for the season with a few resorts adjacent to better ice conditions still ice fishing. Big pike are active and staging adjacent to spawning areas. Most fish are being caught on tip ups with live sucker minnows or a dead bait like a tullibee. Most pike angling taking place in 5-15′ of water.
Walleye anglers finding fish 15 – 30′ of water. A morning / evening bite shallower, walleyes and saugers during the day in deeper water.
On the Rainy River… The Rainy River is starting to open! Some small boats pushing over shoreline ice at Nelson Park in Birchdale. The middle of the river is open with the boat ramp still ice covered as of 3-16-21. It may open in coming days.
Safety first. Life preservers, warm weather gear, a knife to cut anchor rope if drifting ice gets caught in rope, and of course common sense. Please have patience for your fellow anglers when the accesses open up. Use slower speed and caution on Hwy 11 near access points. Do not block approaches to fields, etc. when parking.
Up at the NW Angle… Looking ahead to open water, there are various ways to travel to the NW Angle without crossing the border. If you have the right boat and expertise, boating across is an option. There is also the Lake of the Woods Passenger Service (charter boat shuttle to Angle). And finally, Lake Country Air flying service, a float plane service out of Baudette and other locations.
The majority of ice fishing is finished up at the Angle. Some locals are still fishing but most are looking forward to open water.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Lake conditions
March 17, 2021
In the area’s we have checked ice is deteriorating
honeycomb on top, good ice, with rotten ice bottom
25 -30 inch thickness
Good cloud cover today
Partly cloudy today – high temp is forecasted at 41 degrees
Access remains open to ATV, UTV, and track machines. Limited snow for snowmobiles, primarily bare ice.
Ice cracks remain stable and are not moving at this time
The last 3 Sleepers off the ice the next day or two. One Day house left to bring in. Dale can see the sleepers melting into the ice…time to end the season for our sleepers and day house. Sad but true.
Lake conditions still holding.
Full sun for 4 days, ice is deteriorating from both bottom and top.
Access remains open to ATV, UTV, and track machines. Limited snow for snowmobiles, primarily bare ice. No water on top of the ice, water has already drained through the ice.
Ice cracks remain stable and are not moving at this time.
Snow is gone off the lake
Ice continues to hold up good. Full Sun today is going to take a toll on the ice. Couple more cracks developed overnight – only a few inches wide right now.
Wheelers – Tracks
Access is open to ATV, UTV, snowmobile, Track Machines
NO VEHICLES- NO TRUCKS – NO CARS