Lake of the Woods Morson Fishing Reports by Tolen's

[Fred_Bear]

a little of both. I would not go without an extension as ice thickness varied in a few spots we tried. They don't take up any room and will save the day if you need it. I did see some pictures from somewhere out of Sioux Narrows of a sled stuck in the slush but I don't know exactly where it was.

Thanks a lot! We're pretty accustomed to slush so I'm not real worried about getting stuck since we stay mobile and don't pull portables.

The reason I ask about extensions is because I'm bringing my strikemaster just as a backup and don't have an extension for it. I've never been close to needing one on WFB in the last 5-10 years so it caught me off guard. I don't want to buy one at $40 because I'm going to be selling the auger before next year... hate that POS.

[Ballyhoo]

We had them on and it was close. Without an extension, the powerhead will definately be in or near the hole. We were on the south end of Whitefish, might be different farther north.

[ducksnbucks]

Robert, I sent you a PM. Thanks!

[Tolens]

Got out today to do a little Lake Trout fishing. The last cold day has really helped freeze up the slush spots. Travel is still rough but having to not mess with slush is a world of relief. We left Morson and traveled to White Fish Bay this morning around 7:30 .Set up and had a fish on around 9ish. Marked a bunch of sometihng on the vexliar (Perch I Believe, caught a couple )Caught some and lost some fish today. All in all a great adventure. We made it back over to Morson side of the lake to pick up some eaters for supper and a great slab Crappie too.

Here's a few pictures of today's outing

Have a good one

Robert

[Guru57]

Anyone run up to WFB this weekend? Headed up Thursday and wondering how the conditions are.

[Tolens]

I was not fishing in Morson this weekend ( Fished with Ice Team this weekend)

But I talked to a couple guys and things look good in WFB ,we got only a inch of snow. And its been cold so some of the slush has frozen. I plan on being up on that end of the lake later this week. Have a good one

Robert

[Fred_Bear]

Spent the last couple weekends in WFB. There is still lots of snow and travel conditions vary with weather. The cold days/nights make travel easy, there is a hard top layer of snow. Warm days/nights get the snow soft and sticky and the slush starts to show up. A few warm days in a row could make a real mess for travel up there. There's a lot of water under the hard crusted snow.

Oh yeah and lots of hard drifts, we didn't drive very fast or they beat us and our equipment up.

[Tolens]

Well , Winter is not quite over We got at least a foot of new snow . On Sunday it warmed up enough to make some slush spots. Then the snow started. We were still catching fish, it may be a couple days before I have more info.

Heres a few pictures from the weekend

Have a good one

Robert

[Guru57]

We fished Thursday to Saturday. Had a great time and got on some fish. Caught trout, whitefish, walleyes, tullibee and even found a new crappie spot. Travel on the lake was good but hole drilling was a lot of work in the spots with slush.

[Tolens]

The group that was out this weekend said walleye fishing was slow. The traveling was good. On Sunday once you jumped off the sleds it was not that fun walking around. WET was the word.

Spring is in the AIR

Robert

[drewbop]

When will the snow be off the lake? Anytime soon? My group was thinking about heading up this weekend, but we only have wheelers to get around...

[Tolens]

I would say at least a week before wheelers will work.

Cheers

Robert

[Tolens]

Was out today , took both a snow machine and 4 wheeler. It got wet this afternoon . Picked up some slabs . Watch for air holes or places that have current. Took a couple pictures of today's catch

I will have a update on Tolens Facebook page for Lake conditions tomorrow evening.

Stay Safe

Robert

[drewbop]

Friends and I are planing a trip for this weekend Will the ice still be good this weekend to take wheelers and hunt for lakers?

[Tolens]

Drewbop

Not sure , Let me put it this way. If someone wanted a guided trip I would turn them down. A lot can change by the weekend. Please stay safe.

Have a good one

Robert

[drewbop]

Well that's not what I want to hear! Thanks for the update.

We called our contact up there last night and they thought it would be fine this weekend yet as the weather is to remain pretty cool still. Said there was about 28" of ice still.

We will be checking in again tomorrow to ensure it's not a wasted trip

[Tolens]

I was up on Sunday 29 inches then. I just like to be safe. Seen some cracks and pools of water. The trout were biting, Heres a few of the ones we caught.

Have a good one

Robert

[drewbop]

Was able to fish around whitefish bay 4/25-4/27. Ice is still 2.5ft thick. Just be sure to stay away from dark spots. Ran into a few slush pockets, but nothing to bad. Travel was pretty good. And the lake trout were biting pretty well too. 42 fish 25"-34" for 4 guys.

Shore lines were starting to get hairy, but main lake ice was good.

If I knew how to post a pic, I would!

[Tolens]

Heres the steps to post pictures . I will do it over a couple posts because pictures were zoomed in

First switch to full screen reply

[Tolens]

Well for some reason I cant up upload the rest of the pictures but

Click on the 5th icon has the blue arrow.

It will switch to another page ,

click on the browse click that go through your pictures till you find the one you want to post,

double click on picture.

It will bring you back to browse page ,

Add picture (click add) if you dont want to add any others

click done adding . It will bring you back reply page.

try the preview to see if it worked. Good luck .

If you have any questions dont hesitate to ask I would be glad to help.

Robert

[drewbop]

[drewbop]

Thanks for the help!

[Tolens]

Ice out update

With the rain and wind things are looking good for the weekend.

Have a good one

Robert

[Eastwind]

Robert,

How's the ice out progressing on Sabaskong Bay, Milles Bay?

[Tolens]

Eastwind

Most of Sabaskong Bay is out, There is still some ice on the way to miles. (This from one of the local guides). With all this rain and wind today/tonight the ice is taking a beating.

Cheers

Robert