Upper Red Lake-March Fishing-Outdoors With JonnyP

[Random guy]

As March and the peak of Crappie activity comes closer and closer we start to wonder just how long we will be able to have the sleeper houses on the ice this spring. Will the weather chase us off by mid march or will we be out through the entire month of March?

This has always been a tough call to make as nobody knows what the weather will do and the snow cover this year changes many of the normal indicators giving us a rough idea when the end will come. So the Waskish Minnow Station and Outdoors with Jonny P have come up with a strategy that just may work out so later March bookings will still be able to get out and chase some crappies if the ice begins thawing prematurely.

As the ice begins to deteriorate over the very shallow sandbars the sleeper houses have to be pulled to land abandoning very fishable ice and some of the best crappie and perch fishing of the year. This year we plan to pull the sleepers to the dry shoreline only to set those sleepers up for anglers to overnight in. During the day groups will be escorted/guided onto the ice by Outdoors with Jonny P to the current crappie or perch bite. Once all of our anglers are on the ice I will most likely go chasing fish for the day and clients are welcome to accompany me. I just can’t get enough running and gunning for March Crappies and Perch.

We will ask that anglers bring ATVs with them. Also bring portables and any fishing gear including lanterns or lighting along during this last chance crappie bite. Normally the weather is very mild during this period although it would be best to be prepared colder conditions or heavy winds.

So feel free to book those March trips knowing that the Waskish Minnow Station and Outdoors with Jonny P is going to do what ever they can to help ensure you can get into some of the best crappie fishing of the year even if the weather and shoreline ice conditions force us to pull the sleepers to shore before your arrival.

[FISHINGURU]

sounds like a good plan....i'll be up the 10th - 13th of march...hopefully the weather is finally nice so i can get out and search around...the last 2 times i been up in january and febuary it was just plain brutal...i'll be in one of your shacks so i might need ya to point me in the right direction for some crappie searchin or them nice perch!

[t rex]

Thats the ticket,cross our fingers so the weather lets us fish late.Me an GURU got 2 of ur shacks the 10th-13th of march... If ur still searchin for the bite....We'll help ya search em out with ya.Lookin forward to coming back up again this year, Were gona b bringing up a bunch of newbies.

[icehousebob]

Hey Jonny, a fishing buddy and I were thinking about heading up with our ATV's for March 28,29,&30. What is going to be the rates for a night or two of camping in one of the houses on shore? The two of us wouldn't mind sharing one of the larger houses with another group if they don't mind my snoring.I'll be out of town fishing for a few days, so I'll e-mail you for more info when I get back into town.