Fishing report 12/30/12

Fishing is decent in 28'-32' of water. Still many small sauger to pick through. Walleye may be suspended, so use your flasher.
We are still keeping a road limit of 1/2 ton or smaller. No Tahoe, Suburban, 2500 or larger vehicles. Sorry, but we want everyone to be safe. We will allow larger vehicles out as soon as we feel the road can handle it. We appreciate everyone's patience!

Updated report 12/28/12

Fishing is still good at about 30' of water. Many smaller sauger are being caught with a few good keeper size mixed in. Walleye are being more finicky. Keep jigging with a glow or gold glitter and a frozen minnow. Use your flasher to help with those that are suspended.
We are still limiting the road to 1/2 ton or smaller. Please no Tahoe, Suburban or 3/4 ton trucks. We will let you know as soon as we are open to all vehicles.

Ice road and Fishing report 12/27/12

Ice is 14" - 18". Our ice road is now open to vehicles 1/2 ton or smaller. NO LARGE TRUCKS or SUBURBAN type vehicles yet. We are allowing smaller vehicles to pull wheel houses out. Please stay on the staked road. This is the ice we are checking daily to ensure your safety. If you have any questions give us a call.

Mid-morning bite has been good at 28'-30' of water. Walleyes are suspending about 4' off the bottom. So bring a flasher or we have some for rent. There are many small saugers being caught. You will have to weed through the little guys to find some keepers.

Jigging a glow red, white, or pink with a frozen shiner is still doing good. Dead stick with a live chub is working well too.

Happy fishing!

ROAD OPEN to smaller vehicles

As of this morning 12/26/12 we have our ice road open to smaller SUVs and minivan size vehicles. We are still not allowing full size vehicles, but hopefully soon. If you are bringing a wheel house but no smaller vehicle to pull with we can pull it out for you. Road passes are $10 per vehicle per day. Both frozen and live bait are available for purchase at the resort too. Stop in the office for your pass, bait, tackle, road map, and to say HI!

Fishing Monday and Tuesday was good. Fish are deep for this time of year at about 30'. Still catching them on live chubs from a dead stick and jigging glow colors with a frozen shiner. Bring your flasher as they can suspend some.

We look forward to meeting all of you! Stay safe and HAPPY FISHING!

Cyrus Road Wheel House Info

If you plan to bring your wheel house out via Cyrus' ice road please watch this short video. Thank You!

Fishing and ice report 12-21-12

We are having great success in 30' of water about 3.2 miles from the point crossing.
The sun was shining today which makes the fish bite. Most people limited out with the afternoon rush. Still glow jigs with a minnow are working great.
Just talked to our ice guys and we do not anticipate opening the ice road until next weekend. If you are scheduled to visit us in the next few days please plan to have us transport you, or bring your 4-wheelers. This is subject to change, hopefully for a sooner date.

Video of our NEW sleeper houses

An inside view of our NEW sleeper houses. They are 12'x20' with 4 bunks, 3 burner stove, battery or gas lights and an indoor bathroom! Bring your sleeping bag, fishing gear, drinking water, and food, we will take care of the rest.

Video of ice road

Cyrus ice road 12/20/12

Here is a short video of a trip down our ice road.

Fishing report 12/20/12

The fishing was slower on Wednesday. The small saugers were biting but larger walleyes and eater size were hard to catch. A smaller glow jig with a frozen minnow seemed to be working best. By the end of the day groups were able to find most of their limit but it took some patience.
Today's sun is helping to increase the activity. So far groups are reporting a better bite than the last couple days. Again the dead stick with live bait is working while jigging the other line. Early morning and late afternoon bite are the most productive times.
Ice has been holding at around 11". The heave shifted last night so we moved our bridge to make crossing easier. Today and into the weekend we are expecting colder temps. That should help us gain a few inches of ice thickness. Hopefully we will be letting vehicles out later next week. As mentioned many times before, stay tuned and we will let you know as soon as we open the road to all vehicles.

Happy jigging to everyone!

Fishing Report 12-17-12

Our houses are set at 24'-27' and are averaging 40 fish per day. This is down from 100 fish per day when the sun shines. Anything glow with white and pink as secondary color works well. Smaller frozen shiner are working best for jigging, but a live chub is great on a deadstick.

The ice is holding at 9"-12" where we are fishing. The road is 10"-11". There are still many spots of thin ice, so be certain to follow the staked road. We are still allowing wheeler traffic only. Smaller wheel houses can be pulled out with a 4-wheeler or by us. No large vehicles.

Have fun and stay safe!

Small wheel houses ...

Fishing is still good. A glow stop sign worked really well yesterday, with the morning bite being the productive time.

We will be allowing small wheel houses out this weekend. They must be pulled by a wheeler, no full size vehicles yet. Our road is staked 9/10 of a mile out past the point. Stay on the road and at the end of the road are 4 X's, DO NOT go past this point. There is thin ice just beyond those stakes.

Road passes are $10 per vehicle per day....come enjoy some great walleye fishing!

12/13/12 Fishing report

Bostic Bay has ice from 8"-11". The lake is averaging 11". We are allowing wheeler traffic only. Our plowed road pass is $10 per vehicle or wheeler per day. We will post when we decide to allow wheel houses and vehicle traffic.

FISHING - To say the least it has been good. Gold and pink jigs with a minnow (live or frozen) and deadsticking seems to be producing the most fish. 23'-24' of water is the best depth.

Stay safe and happy fishing!

Fabulous fishing

We are fishing in 20-24 feet of water today on about 11" of ice. The fishing is unbelievable. They are biting on everything, but the best has been white and glow pink with a live chub. Frozen shiners and gold jigs are also doing well. Many people are filling their limits in only an hours time.

We are still limiting the road to wheelers as there are a few spots of thin ice. We will be posting as soon as we are allowing vehicles out. Road passes are $10 per vehicle (wheeler or car).
We will be hauling our sleepers out tomorrow. If you have never experienced a night on the ice, give us a call.

Fishing report 12-11-12

It is nice to finally have good reports on the ice!
We have many of our houses out and are hauling people with wheelers. We are not yet allowing full size vehicles, but that should come soon. The road has been staked out to 20' of water. The ice looks good ranging from 7-10" in the bay and around 9-11" on the lake.
Fishing has been very good in 17-19' of water. The fish are hungry! They are still striking the glow demon jig and live bait.

Let the fishing begin...

Ice on!
Our first houses went on the lake Sunday. We will continue to set-up houses today. Tomorrow we will be hauling people out to our houses via the people hauler and wheeler. The houses are sitting on 8-10" of good ice.
We are fishing in 17-20 ft of water with great success! Glow demon jigs are producing large numbers of walleyes.

We are starting to see some improved ice conditions and the weather is finally cooperating. Bostic Bay has about 4" but still some thinner spots. We are yet to travel on the bay.
You can access the lake via Graceton Beach. The ice was 8" this morning at 17ft depth. Be very careful if you decide to travel as there can still be thin areas. Walking out is recommended but you may travel via wheeler if with great caution.
Good luck, stay safe and happy fishing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ngI4P_WInU&sns=em

Here is a link to the aerial video taken yesterday 12/5/12. It starts at Pine Island's east end and follows past Zipple.

Thanks to CropDuster301 for shooting the video!

Just checked the ice 12-6-12

Just checked the ice and at 12ft depth there was 7" of ice. People are venturing back out with wheelers and on foot. There is still a large crack from yesterday's split that has pushed back together. This area is still dangerous, but shallower in should be OK. We are fishing people this weekend in their own portables and wheelers. Lake access will be via Graceton Beach, not Bostic Bay.
As for those fishing in our houses, this weekend is probably not happening. Stay posted for when we plan to put them on the lake.

NO LAKE TRAVEL ADVISED

As of this afternoon there has been a large crack that has formed from Zipple Bay to Pine Island. This crack is a ways off shore, but the existing ice could also shift. We are advising NO TRAVEL on the ice either by wheeler or foot.
Tonight's weather is supposed to remain very cold, and stay below freezing tomorrow. Hopefully this will allow new ice to form quickly. We are still hoping to have people out this weekend in portables. If this changes, we will call those with reservations.
Stay tuned...we want to be on the ice ASAP but safety is our first concern. Thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding.

Warm weather...ick! At least for ice making that is. We are all enjoying the mild temperatures, but they have not been good to the ice.
Bostic Bay is open in spots and unpassable. However, the lake is still ok. There are about 5" of ice on the main body of water and some are venturing out. We will not allow people to go out via Bostic. You can access the lake from Graceton Beach area.
If you decide to go out, please be very careful!