Forum: Wisconsin, IA, N/S Dakota, Canada

I'm heading up there this weekend and have never ice fished this lake. Anybody ever spend any time on the ice on this lake. I'm looking for any dangerous spots or springs to look out for. If you fell generous enough to PM me about any fishing spot would be awesome. Thanks and good luck...

Ice: 8"-10" Depth: 25'-30' Structure: brushpiles Tackle: 4mm Fiskas, Little Atom plastics and wax worms Electronics: Marcum LX-5 We tried Big Creek this evening after we got back from our final Christmas party. We didn't get on the ice until around 4:30 and it took awhile to get on the...

Was up there Sat AM there is 8'' of ice and lot of snow and water on top. Only got 8 or 9 walleyes. Trouble is they were only about 6 or 8 inch long. Ron

I'm looking to head out there the day after Christmas. Has anyone heard anything or been out there? How thick is the ice? Is anything biting? Thanks!

Spending the holiday down in Sioux Falls and am dragging the portable down with me. Any suggestions on where to fish? Can't spend 5 days at the in-laws.... need to get out! Thanks for the input!!!

Went up to NW WI to fish a little this past w/e. Sat morning was as cold and windy as I have ever seen on the lake in the winter. It was blowing across 2500 acres of lake right against the shore I wanted to set up on. I hadn't put chains on the wheeler yet and was getting blown around pretty good...

I didn't get out my self but did see a couple nice ones that were taken by some friends. First buck was taken from our farm Saturday morning and the second one was taken by IAriverrat's brother over by his place. Nice job guys!!

Whos up for a devils lake winter walleye and perch trip??? I really want to go, I think this may be my last winter for awhile to go, gunna have to get a real job pretty quick the way things are going so I plan on covering some ground... Any ideas and times would be appreciated.. Hog, you in??? I...

Hey all, its that time of year again, got a few deer this weekend and during the week so I came home yesterday and decided to go icefishing today... Was quite dissapointed in the size of the fish but the numbers were sure their..Vexilar was staked up all over and caught fish every time down but no...

I got ahold of some pics from the trip Crappie-Attitude and my dad had on Lake Erie when they went out to visit Matt D. They were out November 8th-15th and only lost one day due to wind. Hopefully They'll fill in some details but I'll start with the reports I got when I called them. They got out...

Didn't have much ice but just enough. The plan was to chase birds before dinner today but the pond looked solid when I got home last night so I juiced up the Marcum just in case. After sleeping on it, I had to try it so I grabbed Dad and went for it. Punched a hole on the east end and got out of...

IARiverrat and I headed out to the Mississippi to give it a try this weekend. Not much for fish caught but still a good time. We tried a few different things as we're still learning the ropes. Friday afternoon we fished around the dam and pulled 2 small saugers. Probably a dozen other boats out...

11/2/08 Was able to get out a few hours on the milwaukee river before work. I was surprised to not see any other anglers out on a Sunday morning. I landed a nice rainbow right away on a spinner which gave a nice battle. I also managed to land two small walleyes, two small pike and a respectable...

I am planning a trip for the end of this month and was wondering if anyone has been on either of these bodies of water, and what their results were / where they stayed (and how it was). Thanks!

I love all the little panfish lakes Wisconsin has to offer. I was out got handfull of what I consider pig Crappies. I only kept 6 and let the rest go. Smallest 12" and the biggest 13'. They sure look bigger in real life than a camera. ...

Pat, Sorensen seen a kitty when he was doing corn out by Moore ponds. It was in a water way eating on a deer. I heard there sombody from Humboldt took a shot at it but no luck. Big Nut has been duck hunting and he said he could of been cat****(poop). Ron

IAcrankbait and myself must be the only people in Iowa that fish and look at this web site. Did get a couple last Sunday before I went to church. Had the big girl on again but the hook is now stright. Now it is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and they stopped were I go. Ron:mad:

Hey all I teared up today as this was the last package of venison I had.. Sad day for me.. Well looks like I will have to wack the first thing that walks by to put some venie in the freezer.. Not that I need a reason to shoot bamby because dont think for a minute that I am.. here are some pics.. I...

Does anyone have any 1st hand knowledge of what to use for those bronzebacks in Chequamegon Bay out of Ashland? I'm heading there in 2 weekends and just thought to ask to see what you guys have expierenced as good baits or colors.

I hit a pretty good bite on White Bass at the Big Creek spillway today. Saylorville was a little choppy so I ended up at the cove around the spillway. Not much for size, mostly 10-12" with a few bigger ones but they were hungry!! Plenty of action if you're bored. Roadrunners, Roostertails, cicadas,...

This last weekend I had some friends from MN in town to visit my wife and I and to do some salmon fishing. We started out trolling the main lake at 6 am and I was very surprized with the water temps still over 60 degrees. We managed 1 small brown trolling and then decided to go fish skein and...

Heres the catch I had this morning on Wissota, pretty slow but got lunch, not many fish but nice ones for a fact... 20" walleye, 13" crappie and a 9" crappie..

hey all I just got the word, I am heading over to tworivers with uncle tom for kings, we will be heading out on tue@ noon and coming back thur. sometime.. I got word from a buddy on a different site that they are starting to knockem around a little so hopefully by tue. things will be really...

I have been fishing the harbor a few times in the last couple weeks and the 4 years old king salmon have made there way into the harbor for the fall spawning run. I have landed maybe around 10 in a couple of shore outings and one boat outing. Fish have come on cranks and skein. They seem to be...

I'm heading to Balsam for a morning bass trip this Saturday. Has anybody been out here lately and more importantly, does anybody know where the fish head to in the fall? I've spent plenty of time out here in the summer, but never this time of year.

I might end up in the Sauk City area this weekend and wanted to know if its worth bring a rod or two and fishing the Wisconsin River around there. I'd be shore bound or wading. Would appreciate any report or advice Thanks!!

We had another good trip up to Lac Seul last week. The weather was the best in years with only some rain two mornings and everyday ending with a sunset. Walleye fishings was very good with numbers and size. Nothing huge but a lot of fish over 20" and a decent number of fish in the 24-25" range. ...

Went for about a 4 mile walk with the waders on trying for eyes in river. Had to try it although it was 80 and all I have is hot waders must of lost 10#. No eyes only 1 cat on a jig and minnow. Hope the fall is better the water is going down lot of sand bars.Ron

We had a couple good shots of rain last week and the river really came up over the weekend. Last Thursday I fished the spot in the first pic and the water was 9-10' below the top of the guard rail. This is a dam a little further up stream. When its fishable the water is usually falling about...