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Yes it was fun Fishing and weather have been outstanding. Lots of big walleye. Will update the report Friday.

I updated the report Had time to take the kids out for a few hours and had a great time.

I ADDED THE REST OF THE WEEKS REPORT WILL TRY TO GET THIS TO YOU EACH WEEK BUT SOMETIMES JUST TOO BUSY FISHING AND HAVING FUN

THAT IS A GOOD THOUGHT. KG

The water temps are already in the high 50 low 60s pike and walleye still in 2-3 feet but alos out in 10 even 15 feet. Dave had a 28 inch walleye and Dans group had a bunch of 24-27 inch walleye in 3-8 feet. "couln't keep em off" was his comment.

Weekly fishing and weather report (SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE LATEST REPORTS AND PICTURES) MAY 22-29 CONTINUED GOOD WEATHER AND FISHING TONY SCHAEFER AND HIS GROUP CATCHING SOME BIG PIKE Sunday they had two 40 inch pike a 41 and a 43. will post pics soon TONY NOVALONY AND HIS GROUP HAD A BUNCH OF 25-28 INCH WALLEYE OFF EAGLE POINT. pics soon JOHN BACHBURGER AND GROUP HAD AT LEAST ONE 40 INCH PIKE AND SOME BIG WALLEYE. HAYDEN, SEANNA AND BRADY CAUGHT A BUNCH OF GIANT WALLEYE EVEN SOME RIGHT OFF THE DOCK. I took the kids out for a few hours. Seanna had a 25 incher within the first 30 seconds. She ended up and with a HUGE walleye Hayden caught a 29 incher. They've both caught several over 30 in the past but still get a thrill out of these big walleye. Haydens friend Brady caught his largest pike ever. Then after supper they caught a bunch off the dock. It was a great day. Thursday, May 20, 2010 MAY 15-22 -HOT WEATHER HOT BITE So far the walleye seem to be in all the typical spots. Definitely ahead of past years but just think of what the fishing would be like a few weeks ahead and you won't have any problem. The Dragon flies came out Wednesday, the Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies (Yellow butterfly for short) are out. So that means????___that the shiners will spawn in a few days. Which means???____that the pike and walleye will be in the shallow reeds near creek mouths. Have fun. Any black flies will be quickly taken care of by the dragon flies. Of course there are almost zero mosquitoes here on the island because it is all sand so there is no standing water which equals no mosquittoes. yahoo!!! RON AND DAN CONTINUE TO HAMMER THEM Greens narrows, Eagle nest and all over North bay are loaded with 24 -26 inch walleye in 3-10 feet of water. Of course there are plenty of littles one as well. Thursday afternoon Ron landed a beautiful 40 inch pike, which he pulled out of the edge of the reed line. Then in the evening Ron got a nice 38 inch pike. Carl had a HUGE walleye follow his rapala just like a Pike he figures it was well over 30 inches. The guys continue to catch lots of walleye right close to camp. DIXIE MOORE CATCHES THE LARGEST PIKE OF HER LIFE. Dixie Moore caught a 43 inch Pike, her largest pike ever. I wish we had it on video from the stories they told and the excitement still bubbling over when they returned for dinner I'm sure the video would have been fun to watch. There were several good comments, apparently the fun started when they went for the net and realized it was hanging nicely in the cabin and then something about throwing the ___ needle nose pliers overboard. Then there was all that blood on the floor of the boat (and it wasn't the fishes). See that great smile in the picture? It was still there when they left camp (without their rod case) and will most likely still be there when Dixie gets back to Iowa. I wouldn't be surprised if she sends that photo to the nice lady at the DesMoines Register. Cal Wicklander has been fishing Canada for 30 years and was amazed by the number of big walleye. His comment " where I used to fish I caught hundreds of 15 inch walleye. At Anglers Kingdom I can't remember catching ONE that small., What a walleye lake". MAY 15 Beautiful weather, fish biting but hardly any guests. Everyone was too worried about a late ice out and didn'w want to commit to the 15th. Ice went out APRIL 16 Here is a pic of some ice piled up on the island the day the ice went out. Hayden caught a nice big Momma about 10 minutes into the season Hayden has already been swimming. A big difference from May 15 2009 so we're about a month ahead of schedule according to the weather and natures calendar. The yellow pollen from Jackpine trees is already on the water, Poplar leaves are out. The Dragon Fly nymphs are near shore and should be emerging soon, the Yellow Tiger tail butterflies should be out in a few days as well. The walleye are in 3 -15 feet and pretty well all over the lake. The water is about 2 feet below normal and about 4 feet below last fall. It will be an interesting year fishing wise. We have two groups arriving today and will start fishing in ernest. I will try to keep you updated as the season progresses.

Just a little update the ice is out on Nungesser it went out friday the 16th earliest ice out anyone can recall. took the kids sucker fishing on sunday and of course Hayden had to go check out the snake nesting site. then we went to watch the walleye spawn last evening. it sure is fun watching those big girls Hayden tickled a few bellies His eyes were wide open at the size of a few One of them had to be 15 lbs at least.

I just recently sent them in. expect I'll hear something pretty soon. kg

ICE OUT 2010 We hauled a thousand gallons of gas to camp on Wednesday April 7. We used atvs with a trailer to get thru the trail and a sleigh and trailer across the ice. Total weight of each load about 2500 lbs. We drilled some test holes and the ice was still over a foot thick, more in some places. It was below freezing all day so minimal danger. I wouldn’t recommend doing this sort of thing. However I’ve had many years of experience and felt it was safe. We saw a few Caribou and a couple of wolves. It’s a beautiful time of year It was so quiet at camp, no wind I heard a sound turns out it was a gas drum sucking air from a loose cap about 40 yards away. I’m going up the road to get the boats and motors serviced and ready in the river and above the portage. I’m guessing we will be going to camp by boat by April 25. I will keep you updated as things progress I will try to post a link to some video I shot. If anybody wants to get in on some ice out pike fishing come on up you'll have the lake to yourselves. kg

AZULA SPOOK I still laugh each time I see your avatar. that is awesome kg

HI FOLKS HAULED 1000 GALS OF GAS TO CAMP TODAY. ICE IS STILL ABOUT A FOOT THICK GETTING SOFT ON THE SOUTH FACING SHORELINES. I WON'T BE HAULING ANYMORE SAW 2 CARIBOU AND 2 WOLVES YESTERDAY. I WILL TRY TO POST SOME PHOTOS OF THE ICE AND HAULING THANKS KG

Thanks folks We had 10 hours of rain fri/sat snow sat so I think we lost a lot of ice. starting to melt off the shores. I still think april 25th for ice out.

I was out to Nungesser this afternoon. Ice was in pretty good shape but it's been raining heavy for about 5 hours. will really knock the ice down. Came up on some Caribou on the trail. kg

nungesser lake great walleye big pike of course I'm a bit biased. kg

LOL Tennessee guy Your right they should allow a little body contact into figure skating. I'll bet the fish will have a few memories to share as well. Yah I snapped the release just in time. and she went straight on in - just perfect. I forgot to mention One 36 inch pike we caught was quite thin so I thought it was an older female not in good health so we kept it. It turned out to be a male. It's not often you see a 36' male pike. pretty wild. saw a few caribou but didn't go over to get close for pics. it was a good weekend. kg

We had a pretty good weekend First at Haydens hockey wind up he won the biggest trophy ( its all about the size of the trophy when you are a kid) then went to camp - arrived about 6pm Don Vanderweyst and his brothers were up to camp doing some ice fishing as well. they had the holes already drilled and were actually just heading back to camp. they weren't more than 200 yards away when we caught our first walleye. within the hour Hayden had a 36 inch pike. the next day we went out about noon and the first fish was a 46 Pike Hayden has caught a lot of 40 plus pike but I think that is his largest pike to date. sorry if the pics are too big not sure how to make smaller we had to leave early to attend Seannas figure skating windup where she won the biggest trophy for artistic talent and dedication. the weather was perfect the fish cooperated and Seanna and Hayden finished off one great season and started the next. If your thinking of ice fishing Nungesser you probably have about 2 maybe 3 weeks of good ice. contact me for current conditions.

Nice Job

They started acting up almost immediately I narrowed it down to the mapping chip. seemed like everytime it rained the chip would get wet. problems varied from no sonar or no gps or just plain nothing. seemed if I kept them inside for a few days some would get going again. finally got down to zero working.

has anyone had any luck with the lowrance 522c It is a color lcd unit with built in gps I had 18 = one in each of my guest boats and after one season had zero still working. curious if anybody had good luck with them. or has ideas on which unit I might have better luck with. kg

A very nice fat pike definitely well fed and likely full of eggs. did she drop any eggs on the ice? A few years ago I caught a 48 incher a few weeks before ice out. She was staging on a large flat waiting for conditions to spawn. this fish was so thick and heavy you wouldn't believe it. she actually had a jelly like substance oozing out between her scales. I have no doubt she weighed over 45 lbs. probably over 50. They do get very very heavy before spawning.

thanks frankie and archie Sorry about the tease but we'll all be on the water soon. What amazes me is how quick the kids pick up on stuff. I only had to explain once - how to feel the jig touching bottom and to feel for the bite. and we were fishing in 16 -28 feet of water. I explained how the boat would move away from the jig and the line would lift the jig off the bottom etc etc. That is why fishing is fun. you never stop learning and never stop teaching. fun fun fun. kg

My 9 year old daughter Seanna caught this beauty of a walleye in 27 feet of water in mid day on the hottest day of August. She has caught 28 and 29 inch walleye in the past. Hayden even caught a 30 incher on a slip bobber. This one was 32 inches very thick , even the fins were thick. Until 2009 she and Hayden used slip bobbers. However she suddenly became more interested in jigging. I think the slip bobbers were getting boring. even though they caught lots of fish on them. we typically fish for 2-3 hours on an outing. Seanna had been using a jig for the third time As soon as she set the hook on this big girl she and I both knew it was a good one. We were fishing a large mid lake hump that topped out at about 5 feet there is a flat about 12 feet deep near the southern most end the flat is maybe 30 yards by 80 yards. the flat points toward 30 plus feet of water. a classic ridge dropping of into that deep water held fish on both sides. This one was about 20 feet off the ridge suspended about 10 feet off the bottom. Seanna had been watching the graph and lifted her jig off the bottom to see what those big arcs were. well she found out pretty quick. Just thought I'd share Waiting for spring getting a bit a anxious. been a wonderful winter. melting quickly the past 4 days.

JOHN GLYNN FOUND IT FOR ME. THANKS JOHN OH YEAH CAN'T WAIT. http://www.tradetalk.com/Abu-Garcia-Hairy-.../p/272786/82/en http://www.tradetalk.com/ProductImages.aspx?ProductID=272786

dragon wobbler bunny looks pretty close. but not exact http://www.thefriendlyfisherman.co.uk/s_pr..._wobbunny_Y.jpg