Living That Ice Life

As fall gave way to short days and cold weather the hard water season started and it has been a memorable one.  Although we haven't had a ton of cold weather the last 6 weeks we did get decent ice around thanksgiving at LOTW and have been hard after the fish ever since.  

I started with fishing friends and family the first month or so and the fishing was fair to good the entire time we were up at the lake.  With the lack of snow it really made great ice right out of the gate.  The lake has been averaging over 18" of ice most places we are fishing. 

The week after thanksgiving we had about 7-10" on the south end in most the places we fished and were able to get skid houses out right away behind the Polaris titan snowmobile.  

Even got into some big pike on rod and reel with 8lb leader while fishing shallow walleyes.  Never know what's gonna bite your bait on a lake of this size.  

Good friend and fishing buddy Bobby was able to capitalize on a 28.5" lotw giant on his jigging rod in an area where we were fishing to avoid the crowds a bit.  

If you or anyone you know is looking for a great outing on Lake of The Woods have them reach out and we can work to put together a great outing.  Tight Lines and Fish On!