
The Upper lake now looks pretty clear of ice, from
what I hear the lower lake is still frozen over. Spring is here
the northern pike are beginning to move back up the ditches, I don’t
know why, I am pretty sure that they are done with their egg laying
ritual. Shotley Brook still has quite a few walleyes left in it
so we should have some pretty good fishing right here in the campground
next weekend and I have the water turned back on in most of the
campground, there are still a couple of spots that froze up shortly
after I turned it on but they should thaw by next weekend for sure.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
It is hard to believe by the looks of things around
here that two weeks from now many fishermen will be getting ready to
head back home from Minnesota's walleye fishing opener.
I did not measure just how much snow was on the
ground but by the looks of it there had to a foot or more where the
wind did not blow it around too much. There are places up near
the lake and in the campground that the snow drifts are 3 and 4 feet
deep.
It is suppose to get down below freezing for the
next couple of nights; if that is the case I find it hard to believe
that I could have the water turned back on in the campground by May 1st.


The past couple of days Andy and Tony from the
DNR
have been trapping and measuring some of the pike that were coming into
Shotley
Brook, quite a site to see. Today I snapped a couple of photos of their
operation,
I think you may find them interesting.



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"Water level at Waskish MN"