Kurt's Island Sport Shop

Winter is arriving, so the party is over for a while.  Sub-zero highs and double sub-zero lows will make almost anyone think twice before heading out on the lakes.  Mid-week doesn’t look so bad, but the weekend forecast is pretty scary (Friday morning (1/23) lows to hit -23° with wind chill (-42°)).  So, let’s look back at the good ol’ days (last week), temps in the 20’s and fish biting!   Walleye:  Very Good-Good – Still some good jigging action on Hyper Rattles, Shiver Minn

Great week weather wise for anglers as temps in the upper 20’s to mid-30’s made for comfortable fishing.  Even the slush issue has started to settle down on most lakes having either gotten packed down or snow cover melted down enough to let colder nights freeze it down.   Despite such good conditions, it seems ice fishing traffic has been lighter than expected (I get that Sunday (1/11) was a day of mourning here in Packer Nation).  To be fair, fishing fell off some on Saturda