11/17/2017 Ice Report and Pre-Fishing

I checked Ice out to a half mile out from shore and found 6-8 inches of ice. Set up on a few fishing spots. Had schools of shiners under me while pre-fishing. Tried to move a few times to get off them . Caught a 12 inch perch and two 16 inch walleyes that I kept. I fished in 8.5 Ft of water caught them on green glow spoon see picture below. The water is clearing up the fishing is picking up as limits are being caught. We will be back out to check ice on Tuesday and hope to take the Sno Bear out fishing. We are still planning on starting our rental and guiding season 11/24/2017.

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11/13/2017 Fishing Report

I took the boat out for one last time on a lake that just had some skim ice on shore to try out my electronics before I head back up to Upper Red Lake. Managed to catch two 13 inch crappies one twelve inch crappie and two walleyes. Sure made a great dinner. I caught them all using plastic baits and jigging spoons. If i would have picked up some fat head minnows and crappie minnows confident I would have caught my limit. Upper Red Lake has 6 inches of Ice. We are getting all out ice house rentals ready. Hoping to start moving ice houses out after thanksgiving and start guided trips in the sno bear. Our weekends are filling up so if you are booking a rental on a weekend please call and reserve in advance. Pictures below are from yesterdays catch.

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11/9/2017 Ice Report

Upper Red Lake has capped over 4 inches seems to be the average ice thickness. Some resorts are allowing foot traffic starting this weekend. We are waiting until after Thanksgiving to start guiding and doing rentals. The reports are the water is clearer this year so this is a good thing for fishing early ice on Upper Red. We are still offering 50% off on all rental dates prior December 22nd, 2017 our early ice special. Over the weekend  and into next week we should see a few pressure ridges pop up. This year is on track as a repeat of 2014 started on the ice with sleepers the first week in December. As long as we do not get dumped on with snow over the next two weeks we will have some good ice making weather. Below is  picture from 2014 on Upper Red! Picture Below is my buddy Zach with a 4 fish limit!

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11/6/2017 Ice Report and Forecast!

Fishing reports to come soon. We are hoping to be on the Ice just after Thanksgiving and post some fishing reports! The forecast looks great see below. Currently we have shore ice forming out a couple hundred yards in spots. The lake should be locking up within a week! Reservations are coming in daily. Keep in mind any rentals booked for the dates prior December 22nd I am honoring 50% off on rentals for early ice. This means if you are renting a fish house from December 1st – December 22nd 2017 take 50% off the rates. Call today to reserve 320-310-9089.

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11/2/2017 Check out the forecast! 50% off Early Ice Bookings

If the forecast stays like this we are going to see some early ice soon and should have houses going out early December. Here is the deal we are planning on having ice houses out on or before December 22nd 2017. If we have ice house rentals out before December 22nd, 2017 and you make a reservation with us you you will receive 50% off that reservation! We have been out as early as the first week of December years past. Now if we cant get the houses out prior December 22nd, 2017 you can use your deposit towards a guided sno bear outing or stay in a sleeper ice house on shore and fish portables. We will provide transportation early ice with sleepers on shore.

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10/30/2017 Fishing report

Made it out today fishing for a hour prior pulling docks in and caught a nice healthy 23 inch walleye at 7 a.m.! Caught it on a blue shad rap. Water temps sure are cooling down 45 degrees surface temperature with the wind gust up to 27 mph. Caught her in 6 feet of water. Water should be cooling about at a degree a day looking at the current forecast. Back to getting fish houses ready and new line on our ice rods!

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10/27/2017 Some snow today

The cooler temps are bringing some snow! We are exited seeing some white stuff on the ground today! Check out our forecast for Waskish MN below! Bring on the cold! I will try get some water temperatures soon!

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Cooler weather

The forecast is looking good for making ice. We are hoping that we will be on the ice early December! We have been driving half tons on the ice as early as December 10th in years past. Lets keep hopping for cold temperatures and early ice! We are currently booking any reservations for on ice sleepers starting December 22nd, 2017. Guided Sno Bear outings should start sooner.

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10/12/2017 Pricing for guided trips in the Sno Bear

We are adding guided trips in a 2018 Sno Bear. Half Day $400 Full day $600. Call and schedule your trip today. Here is a picture from up in the Boundary Waters! Caught some 12-15 inch crappies!

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10/4/2017 Getting ready for 2017/2018 Ice Fishing season

While we are waiting for some Ice here are two pictures from recently. One is me catching some small mouth bass with my boy. The other is from when I was up in the Boundary Waters. We got into some 12-14 inch crappies up on the Boundary waters canoe area. The weather was fantastic. We did have a few bear intrusions at camp. We had to scare them off a few different times. The last night they sure where hungry came into camp twice within minutes of chasing them out. Anyways the fishing was fun caught the crappies in 15ft-20ft. The water temperature was in the Mid 60s while in the Boundary Waters. Back in the Annandale area water temperature is hovering around that 60 degree mark. We should be cooling down at least 1-2 degrees a day from here on out.

We will be starting our rental season on Upper Red Lake. Our goal this year is to keep houses in remote locations away from the crowds. We are also exploring some special pricing and offering guided day trips for our customers in the sleeper rental shacks to remote areas of the lake.  I will have some pricing soon on these options.

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