Got out again last night, tip-ups seemed to be the ticket...but lots of pick-ups and drops.(20+) Flag goes up, start walking to the flag, spindles spinning, as you get close to the flag spindle spins really fast, they can see/hear you walking on the ice and then drop the minnow. The ones we caught choked it down. Only one caught jigging and didn't mark as many fish.

Over night we only gained a 1/2 inch of ice so we now have 2.5 to 3.25 inches of ice on this small particular lake. I have a feelling if we get the snow that are talking about it'll will sink what little ice that was have on area lakes and make getting on the ice really really dangerous with all the weight of the snow. We may be looking at another week or so before we get some safe ice on medium to large lakes. We'll have to wait and see how it shakes out.

Pete Brzezinski
Northland Muskie Adventures Guide Service
(715)574-1813