Yesterday afternoon a couple of the guides had to check to make sure we placed our houses in the right spots. Judging by these pictures, the upcoming ice season looks to be promising!

 

Garrett, one of our amazing ice guides, caught these 3 beauties in 26' on the south shore. He caught the 27 1/4" and 26" each on a glow in the dark red spoon and the 20 1/2" on a glow in the dark wonderbread buckshot!

Way to go Garrett! Season starts today and we're more than ready!

ICE UPDATE:


Lake of the Woods is making ice (claps and cheers)! Currently there is anywhere from 3-7" on the lake. We have been checking the ice conditions using extreme caution. At this time there are no official trails open to the public.
  
Today's temp is right around 10 degrees, tomorrow calls for a low of 4, and wait for it... this weekend we are expecting lows below 0!

We are still taking it day by day but, we hope that by Monday (12/28) we will be able to start getting some work done on the ice and begin the much anticipated ice season!


We hope to update you again with a report on Saturday (12/26).


Happy Holidays from your friends at Cyrus Resort!

ICE UPDATE:


Bostic Bay continues to be covered with ice. Unfortunately, it is very inconsistent and unsafe. There is anywhere from 2-8" in any given spot. Over the weekend, Lake of the Woods did freeze over but once again, the ice is inconsistent.

We are monitoring the ice conditions each and every day. We are expected to get 1-3" of snow tomorrow (12/22). The next few days are going to be very detrimental in determining ice conditions for this weekend.

We currently do not have any expected date as to when we will be hauling our houses out and fishing. Please be patient as we hope to bring you day to day ice reports.

ICE UPDATE:


The river and Lake of the Woods remain open but, chunks of ice seem to be covering the shores. Rather than getting rain this past weekend, we did end up with about 1-2" of snow! There is cold weather in sight!


We are no longer able to get out onto Lake of the Woods due to the fact that Lighthouse Gap is littered with ice chunks. Fishing the river has been HOT! We believe that fishing on the south end will be much better this year than in previous years.

The guides are hopeful that they will begin poking around on the ice by Christmas. Last year they were up by Garden Island on Christmas Eve.


Keep crossing your fingers, folks! It seems to be working!

ICE UPDATE:

 Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River continue to be wide open. Our guides have been fishing the open water in boats but, are using extreme caution due to some floating ice chunks. The walleyes are looking healthy and seem to be feisty. Hammered gold jigs topped with a frozen shinner are doing well. We had a fairly good shinner run this fall and the fish seem to be staying on the south end.


Bostic Bay is currently iced over with roughly 1-2" but, the ice is rotten and honeycombed from rain this weekend. The ice is not safe at all. 
 

We have been offering our cabins at a discounted rate due to the poor ice conditions. All cabins during this time are just $45 per person/per night.


Below is a picture of our fishing guide, Brent Fredrickson, from Saturday (12-5) with a nice 24" walleye caught on Rainy River. He was fishing in a boat with the top up. Dedication at its finest.