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The foot or so of snow and slush is now hard as concrete. Quads, UTV’s and snowmobiles are running back on top. Trucks will be poking through that crust for awhile. Other than frozen ice ruts now we are getting around the Bay  pretty good. Usually, I don’t have first hand knowledge about the bite…

Wet and sloppy is was what we dealt with today. It’s going to firm up nicely by Monday morning and it should be perfect for the last week of this hard water walleye season. Nice coating of slush to freeze on the equipment this week. Nasty! Increasing your odds, -Blade

Showers battered the Bay most of the afternoon which has beaten down some of the snow, making travel better and the deep snow is no longer the obstacle it has been. The soggy day hasn’t dampened the mood of anglers though. Just their gear. In fact, we’ve heard multiple accounts of big walleye and pike…

What an incredible night to be on the Noc. The calm before the storm perhaps? It’s 23° and there is no wind. They are calling for increasing temperatures with rain, ice and sleet tomorrow through early Sunday morning.The picture tonight is of the night view looking North, just north of the Kipling Landing. Increasing your…

The snow has settled a bit.  Trucks are forming paths around. The Little Bay de Noc road plow crew was at it again around the top of the Bay. Trying to unplug the drifting mess from previous plowing attempts, they’ve managed to get a narrow path out the Days River landing. Fortunately, once your out…

The pursuit of fish on Little Bay de Noc has come to an abrupt halt. The last couple inches of snow we got today really did it in. Not that a couple inches of snow is that much more. It’s that much more you can’t see. Those at the top of the Bay off the…

Where the heck did all the anglers go? On Monday and Tuesday it’s been like a ghost town on the Bay. There are very few anglers by their permanent shacks and portables are scarce.  Big walleye congregate in large numbers in small areas right now and there is very little fishing pressure until the weekend…

Most of today was a white out on the Bay as we accumulated another few inches of powder. It’s not too deep to run trucks, it’s just difficult to know where the drifts are because everything looks the same. Except at night, which seems like day, when it comes to seeing what’s in front of…

Looks like the forecasted feeding frenzy didn’t come to fruition for most. A fair number of big fish are being caught though. We’ve heard of very scattered results all the way from deep to shallow water. There seems to be no particular pattern to it. Some are catching fish, some aren’t. The bite windows are…