yellow lake fishing contest

[prophet]

2nd annual yellow lake icefishing contest on jan 8th

9-3:00 tickets are only $5.00

see ya all there

[mudman]

I will be there for sure. I'm going up to fish sunday on yellow I will give report when I get back.

[SPIN DRY]

I'll be there,sounds like a good time. I remember the old ones they use to have up there. They gave away a truck for the tagged fish. Then they gave it away 2 years in a row and that was the end of it. Good luck

[mudman]

Well I said I was going to give a report, but I was going to go up sat. night and the weather was not to my liking.

Sorry No report.

[LuckBites]

Where on the lake will they be selling tickets? Does 1 ticket allow for 3 line or do you have to buy 3?

Still not sure if I'll make it to Yellow or take advantage of less pressure on a couple of the other lakes. Good luck!

[SPIN DRY]

They will be selling them right out front of Ike Walton's Resort on the lake. Yes one ticket 3 lines, but you can buy more tickets to up your chance for the door prize. Good luck

[jeweaver]

Are they driving vehicles pretty much everywhere on the lake or is an atv more advisable? Also, is there a formal web site that list contest specifics?

[mudman]

I was up there during x mas and they were driving out of Jefferies landing then. I would (Contact US Regarding This Word)-u-me that they are but you won't know till you get there!

[SPIN DRY]

It's a small contest, the Yellow lake and river Assoc. put it on. There's no web site, $100.00 top prize in each spieces, $1000.00 door prize. Yes they are driving out. Good luck

[mudman]

Well it was a bust for me this weekend on yellow. In the 4 hours I was there I got 1 flag and nothing on it when I got there. only marked 2 fish on the vex. tried 4-5 different spots.

Sunday I did well at the clam flowage. brought home a nice meal of sunnies and a couple crappies. 7 FOW out by big mikes.

[LuckBites]

I caught a 33.5" northern and a 28.5" eye in the same tip-up hole, 2 hours apart Sat, unfortunately I was on Big Mc & not Yellow. How would those fish have placed? Anyone know what size fish were caught in the tourney?

Joe

[mudman]

I dont' know about the contest. I know I wasn't going to win so I just went back to the cabin.

LUCKBITES

How do I get to big mac from Devils lake? I just got that place on devils this summer and I am a big musky fan, I usually go up to hayward but I would like to try big mac

[prophet]

northern was over 12 lbs

walleye was over 4 lbs

someone from grantsberg won the $1000 drawing

for the amount of people,not alot of fish were caught

[AWH]

mudman,

My two cents will tell you that Big Mac really isn't worth the effort for muskies. From my experiences and from everything I hear, the lake isn't nearly what it used to be. It's a fun lake to fish and it's a great looking lake. But the muskies are tough, to say the least. Bass and pike can keep you busy all day though. I've never fished for 'eyes out there.

As far as directions, someone else will be able to give you better directions than me. I could drive right to the lake. But as far as road names? Iwon't be much help there. I can tell you that you would take County Road A most of the way. When I come to where A takes a sharp right and another road goes straight, I go straight. Not sure what road this is. But it goes straight towards Middle Mac. When you come to a T in the road, I take a right. Then I take the next left and this goes along the north end of Big Mac until you hit the ramp on the NE shore. Very limited parking there and the ramp tends to be very shallow. Although it seems to me the last time I was there about 3 years ago they had dug it out so it wasn't too bad.

AWH

[mudman]

Thanks!

[SPIN DRY]

Did ok, Got a 24.5 walleye, a 16.5 walleye and about a 6 lb northern. To bad they all came after the contest, I stayed until dark, after everyone left at 3pm plenty of holes just walked around jigging. Good luck