Snow on the lake was only about 4". This lake has about 6" of ice. The shallow weeds are still holding up well, so still been fishing the shallow weed edges. South Bend area had 30"+ last weekend of lake effect snow. Have stayed away from the lake where I usually bass and gill fish because the lake has been getting 100+ fishermen during the week and 200+ on weekends. Has really made it difficult to find fish willing to bite.
As far as Da'Bears, I guess we will have a rematch with the Packer next week. Going to be a tough one. The Packers sure looked good again this week. They certainly are peeking at the right time.
Have not been taking pictures lately, I need to get back in the habit. The attached picture is from a few weeks ago of a 38" northern. The area with all the weeds behind me is part of the lake. It is about 2.5 fow and produces a lot of gills. I am standing in about an 8 foot channel. The bass and northern hang out in the channel.
Maybe later in the winter I will post some pictures from last summer fishing the Chip to get the juices flowing. Got some dandy muskie pictures.
Al
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