Think spring, can you guess that spot

[gus]

Nice looking fox.Hopefully that big ole bear doesn't wake-up to hungry and swim over and get him

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Looks like I'll have to keep them easy.

Have a great day,

[gus]

The big rock just past piney island heading to the pink rock

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Boy Gus of the Flowage, you are on fire.

Where is this one,

[connor]

Below the levy near Lake Ten

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Not even close!

If women don't find you good looking, they'll find you handy,

[gus]

is that on the back side of long island?

[Hot Runr Guy]

Looking out of this bay, powerlines are just out of the picture, on the left.
HRG

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Here I would have thought that you guys and gals would have nailed this one.

Here is a group ice fishing this last Saturday, out in front.

Just can't give in yet, think south HRG,

[gus]

Is that looking out the bay between the fort and cedar lodge?

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Wow Gus, you of all people should know where the summer picutre of the log jam is. Its a shore rats paradise, with all that wood and shoreline.

Ask Mini-me where it is,

[Nick Kanauz]

How about this...is this the jams looking out of the bay behind Mud Lake/Crow's Nest area straight south of the dam?

[gus]

South end of beaver flats looking west.

[The Tiny Fisherman]

You had help from Mini-me, didn't you? It is the far end of the big water, behind the chain of little islands going into Beaver Creek, facing west.

Speaking of shore rats, there are two in this picture,

[Musky Mauler]

It's down at the south end, where only real men fear to tread,,,,,,
HRG

45-50 years ago, there was a large logjam nestled up to the shoreline you've outlined in yellow. I'd guess it was 50 yards wide from the shore in some places. I used to walk the logs to find a sufficient opening between the logs. (I weighed a tad bit less back then - less chance of falling through.) I'd drop a line with a juicy crawler on the hook and more times than not at least one of the walleyes hiding in the shade of the logjam would latch on.

This was back when Al & Millie Weseman owned Al's Place (now Fort Flambeau) and Earl & Elsie Tomek had The Old Log Inn. Hooked a large snapping turtle in that logjam once. Had to fight it off with an oar all the way back. Earl Tomek shot it with that .22 pistol (no front sight) that he used from time to time to shoot a musky before boating it. (Such things were done back then.) We feasted on delicious turtle the next evening.

Back then there were so many stumps that a good "stump hook" was better than an anchor. Lotsa walleyes in the roots of the stumps, too. "Stump dunking" Gene Netzel style was a good way to pick up a limit, which was 5 walleyes in those days. That was when Musky season and Walleye season used to open on the same day. I bet Bob Fohr remembers those days.

Musky Mauler

[DonH]

Hi Musky Mauler,

That brings back some memories. My wife and I shot pool once with Earl and Elsie until 3 or 4 in the morning. I even tended bar for him one time when he came back from guiding and wasn't feeling well. He asked me to step in and went to bed. Elsie couldn't believe I was back there. She said "nobody gets behind Earl's bar".

I also wonder how many others besides him carried guns back then when musky fishing. My dad and I were fishing near the Pink rock one night about 1960 or '61. It was almost dark when another boat on the other side of the island (we couldn't even see them it was so dark) hooked into a big musky. It ended up sounding like Wyatt Earp at the OK Corral. Those were indeed some interesting and fantastic times

I must admit, I've done some crazy things, but I never fished while standing on a log jam!

[Mark Benson]

Boy I remember sitting at Tomek's with Earl til 3 or 4 in the a.m. drinking Leiny's in the early 80's!!! He was quite a character. We used to stay at Donner's when Lloyd and Mary were there. There were guys still fishing the jams, not many were fishing from the topside, but they were still some doing it. I have sold cane poles at Rollie and Helen's to a guy that is still dunking the jams.

Mark

[sureshot612]

memories of tomecks ,donners bay,are great.the night at the bear pit or should i say the dump . and its nice to think about all them logs.im 46 now and i still come to the flowage. i was 13 the first time my fam. stayed with mary at the shady rest , now thats a memory. talk about things that keep me and my fam. coming back, times on the flowage priceless...

[Nick Kanauz]

Mark...My brothers and I still go into the jams once or twice each visit with the canes poles and use hooks over the logs to tie into. Not much left of the jams anymore, but nostalgia lives on. We still manage to pull out a few beauties each year. The poles are old...so we are getting there. Best fishes in a little over 4 weeks!

[Mark Benson]

Nick:

It for sure will this year in 4 weeks as I would wager that one of our friends here who lives on the flowage could tell us that the flowage will have lost its ice in the next day or two... Yippeee!!!!

Mark

[gus]

Liked the storys.Tiny,is that the islands on the north end of beaver flats?Once a shore rat always a shore rat

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Well with open water, there seems to not much point to keep you going. Here is another that is very interesting, with all the talk about log jams.

The docks, lift and boat are in the water for the year.

The water is down a good three and half feet,

[Hot Runr Guy]

The water is down a good three and half feet,

Would somebody please stop by the dam and shut the gates for the next month? PLEASE!!!!!!!
HRG

[Flambeau Vista Retreat LLC]

Would somebody please stop by the dam and shut the gates for the next month? PLEASE!!!!!!!
HRG

Hey! I live on the Flambeau River downstream from the dam! Do a rain dance instead. LOL

[gus]

Would that be the log jams in beaver flats?

[The Tiny Fisherman]

But, did Mini-me have to help?

Boy was it nice on the water this last weekend.

Went to the falls Satuday night and watched the walleyes. Pretty cool...

Can't wait,

[George G]

But, did Mini-me have to help?

Boy was it nice on the water this last weekend.

Went to the falls Satuday night and watched the walleyes. Pretty cool...

Can't wait,

Tiny, how is the spearing going. Got to be good this year with the early warm up. Curious how it might effect the posession limit on the flowage.

[lund3]

as of 4/10/10, 48 spearers had 1346 walleyes and 3 musky from the TTF. Total is approaching 24,000

[George G]

as of 4/10/10, 48 spearers had 1346 walleyes and 3 musky from the TTF. Total is approaching 24,000

Hi Lund 3, thank you for the reply. What does the 24,000 number refer to.

[lund3]

total walleye harvest so far. sorry

[teenfisher]

holy cow! is that a record? that is not good for the tff. they really need to put some limits for the indians spearing. if we have limits then it's only fair but it will never happen

[George G]

total walleye harvest so far. sorry

Hi Lund3, any idea of past totals. That really seems like a lot of fish but I don't have any idea of past spearing totals. It would be interesting to see what they were. Sure hope they still allow 3 for the Turtle.

[DonH]

Don't be alarmed. That figure is a statewide total I'm sure. The spearing total for the TFF will probably be somewhere between 2,500 and 3,500 this year.

I found it interesting at the DNR meeting last night. There are many lakes in the northern part of Wisconsin that have experienced a population explosion of bass that seems to have hurt walleye recruitment. We voted on changing the current regs regarding walleyes and bass for many of these lakes.

"Past survey information and current modeling suggest that bass were significantly less abundant under the no minimum size limit regulation in place before 1989." I'm sure bass were significantly less abundant before 1989 because something else started taking place bigtime in 1987.

[gus]

Nice sunset pic Tiny.I'd have to say just left of Donners,on big islandby the highlines.Can't wait to get up there and on the water!!

[The Tiny Fisherman]

Hey Gus, looks like your the only one that is trying to figure out the locations.

I'll tell ya, it sure is a bonus getting out on the water this early in the year. Why even Flambeau Fluffy has already been out shore ratting.

See you on the water,