Hi Tony,

Happy Turducken day. There are a few spots that I can recommend. Give me an email so I can reply to it. I don't want to blab where I think a guy should go in respect to the guys guideing in the winter. Where the Gillespe fished wasn't anywhere near the Bannanas.

One thing I can tell you is the best place to access the Big Chip is through Beerfoot Resort. They will be closed most of December but will open up just before Christmas. There are a lot of good crappie fishing spots within walking distance from there. As you look out from their landing, You could go from left to right with lots of good places to fish close by. A big plus is that the snomobile trail goes right through there and no matter how deep the snow is, walking should be fairly easy on the packed trail. The trail is very wide so there shouldn't be any conflict. I volunteered to drive the groomer for the "Musky and sno club" this winter so I'm hoping to be able to stay on top of current ice and snow conditions. Big emphasis on staying on top of the ice!

Shoot me an email and I'll give you lots of 'spots' to fish. Let me know when you're coming up. I'm not ice guideing but will be in my shop making fishing lures so I can meet up with you to do some heavy duty B.S.ing. I'll need to take a break from the shop now and again. Leave steve home though-haha. Unless he brings brats to eat!! Talk to you soon.

Walleyemaxx