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December 26, 2008
Sub zero temps continue to improve ice conditions, but winds and storms have
been hampering fisherman from making it out. Those going are report from
10-15 inches of ice in many of the smaller and earlier freezing bays.
However, some areas such as the Main Bay, Dome house area, middle of Mission Bay, area near mouth of Creel Bay, and East Devils lake froze late and ice conditions in those areas are much less. Also, heavy fall rains resulted in a lot of moving water and extreme care should be used around the bridges, coulees, and Channel A area. As for fishing, anglers are reporting some excellent walleye fishing in the 10-20 ft depth in the early morning and evening hours. The better areas have been the gravel pits in Mission Bay, Stromme Addition, East Bay across from Camp Grafton, and Black Tiger Bay.
Sonars or buckshots and raps tipped with minnows or minnow heads have been working well.
Perch fishing's been quite slow with few reports coming in. A few are being found in Creel
Bay near the Country Club and the south end of Black Tiger. But anglers haven't been finding any numbers. Pike fisherman are reporting some good action on Sweetwater/Morrison.
Spear fisherman are also reporting some good
fishing. The Wolfords Bay and Jerusalem Bay in East Devils continue to be the better areas. As we said, ice conditions are improving, but anglers still need to use caution and common sense. Some people are starting to drive on the ice, but we still recommend traffic be limited to snowmobiles and atvs.
Good Luck & Good Fishing!!!
Ed's Bait Shop
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