There's lots of "Good News" when it comes to ice fishing recently.  The ice conditions are Good.  The fishing has been Good.  The catching has been Good, and I have been on the ice most days.

I've been on the ice eight of the past nine days fishing on Gunflint, Sag and North Lakes.  There is about 20 inches of good solid ice on all of these lakes.  I ran into one small pocket of slush on Little Gunflint, but otherwise have not seen any slush. 

This year I put a little angling shack here on Gunflint Lake on a piece of structure down near Campers island.  I have seen fish on my locater every time I have been out and most days have put 2 nice trout in the 4-9 pound range on the ice.  My bait of preference has been a 3/8 oz buckshot in the glo color.

Last week I fished on Sag for a couple of days with an old friend.  The lake trout were small but numerous.  Thursday we had 9 trout in the 2-4 lb range and a 4 lb whitefish as a bonus fish.  On friday I had the hot hand as I caught and released 15 trout in an hour and a half as my fishing partner watched in awe.  I started with a ciscoe on the bottom and the trout would take it as soon as I put it down, but I found rebaiting too time consuming so I went to the buckshot for non-stop action. 

I returned to Sag on Saturday with my brother and a few of his friends.  The catching was a little slower, but we managed our limits of Lake Trout.  Most fo the fish were caught in about 45 feet fo water, but it took a piece of minnow on the buckshot to entice the bite.

Fishing North Lake, and how quickly things can happen. . . to be continued - Bob Sr.

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