Re: Grantsburg- Minong-Siren-Spooner-Webster Fishing Reports

[superiorfishguy]

Yeah good luck--I hope to hear a report too!!

[LoonASea]

Well as of today there was 6-7 1/2 inches of ice where we were in 8-11fow ,,,the eyes didnt bite but we got quite a few sumo perch ,,one measured 13 inches ,,,a few more permanent shelters showed up on the lake and with a 4 day weekend coming up Im thinkin Ill be going back ,,, sure was a nice day to be on the ice

LAS

[DonBo]

Loon, thanks for the report, sounds like we'll be driving out soon.

What's up with the perch? Fished that lake in the summer for seems like a hundred years and never caught a perch, but hit it on the ice and....

[LoonASea]

Don

Im not sure whats up with the perch ,,,what amaized me was the size of the perch ,,,all but 1 were 10 inches or bigger ,,,got them on tip ups dead sticks and jigging spoons

Some guys next to us did pick up a few eyes but they fished thru the nite friday till noon on sat

LAS

[DonBo]

Were they catching the eyes in the same depth range you were working, top edge of break?

[LoonASea]

Yep same depth but they got the eyes during lo/no lite conditions ,,,by 8 am they didnt get any more eyes then all they got were sumo perch like us ,,,I was realy suprised we didnt get any pike

LAS

[WIFisher]

I went up this weekend and fished 7 different lakes in the area. Found it to be a very tough bite but if ya work for em itl pay off and thats what we did! Ended up getting some huge gills and a few decent crappies..

BTW we found anywhere from 2-9 inches... The ice depth really depends on depth and snow cover.

Be safe!

Ryan

[minn boiler]

How is the ice coming on the Trego/Spooner area lakes. I am hoping to get on Island and Dunn over the holidays

thanks

Mark

[bigfishonly]

I am wondering if anybody has ice fished the Minong Flowage in northwestern wisconsin? my buddy has a cabin up there i was wondering if it is worth trying.

[Scott K]

There can be some great fishing from the flowage, but use caution on the lake, as there is current in there.

[B-man715]

Welcome to the site! There is a ton of info here.

Minong Flowage is a good lake.

The lake is known for lots of eyes. I have been out there a few times during soft water and caught a few. Good luck fishing and welcome to the site!

[WIFisher]

Siren Area-Went out this weekend with the snowmobile. Found the lakes to be very slushy and tough to move around on. Had anywhere from 7-10 inches of good ice with slushy snow on top.. Only fished for about an hour but managed one really nice 13" crappie in 12FOW. Saw one truck drive out along the shore and lots of snowmobiles and wheelers out runnin around..

I'm hopin by next weekend most of the slush will be frozen up to make it easier to navigate.

Ryan

[superiorfishguy]

Hey--just wondering if can get on most lakes in the area yet?? or how much ica is on most lakes?? thanks

[DonBo]

I'm kind of interested myself. Heard there was lots of slush under the snow last weekend.

[bigfish24]

was out wensday night and drove out check the ice every 100 yards or so an found anywhere between 16 to 20 ice under frozen slush was at least 13 to 14 so ur good have a 1/2 ton so.

[skee0025]

I saw a guy driving his car out on the St Croix at Prescott yesterday.

[superiorfishguy]

any reports on Webster area lakes at all?? panfish??

[Straight Shooter]

Everything has been pretty slow but we did catch 3 walleyes on Yellow Sunday, one was 24 inches. But maybe with the weather change it will pickup.

[DonBo]

Everything has been pretty slow but we did catch 3 walleyes on Yellow Sunday, one was 24 inches. But maybe with the weather change it will pickup.

Nice! Don't suppose you'd be willing to say what time of day and how deep?

You going to be fishing the contest Saturday?

[CrappieKilla]

This topic's been dead for almost a month now... might be fishin this area the 2nd weekend in feb. Any new reports would be very helpful, thanks in advance.

[snoozebutton]

Can't help you much CrappieKilla. Been doing quite a but of fishing, just not much catching. Hit Clam on Thursday and caught one crappie and a small northern. My buddy and his wife were fishing next to me and they got 3 crappies, they also had some tip ups out and caught 5 or 6 small northerns. I think it's still a little early for that lake.

Friday I went out to Rice and caught quite a few bluegills and kept a dozen pretty decent ones for a meal. And just got back from a really small lake I tried and caught 8 crappies there but they ran pretty small. 5 were big enough for the pan the biggest being around 12 inches.

[CrappieKilla]

Alright, thanks for the info... I appreciate it. I will be fishing this area Saturday and Sunday, so I'll just have to try some spots and see how it goes.

[DonBo]

They are catching a few walleye on the north end of Yellow. Deeper during the day and moving shallower towards evening. Some nice crappies after dark.

[CrappieKilla]

Thanks again. I know I'll be spending some time on Yellow, cause we have our camper on that lake and that's where I'll be staying.

[DonBo]

Thanks again. I know I'll be spending some time on Yellow, cause we have our camper on that lake and that's where I'll be staying.

Where is that? Mine's at Log Cabin Hollow on the NE corner.