Kurt's Island Sport Shop

Ice continues to build here in the Northwoods. We have been fortunate to be just north of the heavy snow falling on the lower ¾’s of the...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We’re slowly sliding back into a “second” early ice season. Despite warnings to the contrary, some anglers got out on...

The continued mild December has stretched out this “early” ice bite. By now we would expect 10-12+” of ice that would push much of the...

Things got a little wet and slippery for a while on the ice as the warm up late last week melted off the light snow from the early part...

Off to a great early ice fishing season in the Lakeland area. Ice on smaller lakes and bays have reports of 4-6” of ice. Light snow,...

Open water season is winding down. With the onus on gun deer this past weekend, fewer anglers out on the water. Despite unseasonably...

With most outdoors people thinking gun deer season opener coming up, not a lot of anglers hitting the water. Those that did were finding...

Things seem right on track for a typical November, something not seen for a couple seasons. Colds last week, with a couple mornings...

Ending October with 3” of snow in Arbor Vitae. Yesterday’s (10/30) low at launch, 18 degrees. Surface temps averaging 47-48 on 10/30. ...

Working through the last quarter of October. Still a lot of leaves from the birch and poplar on trees giving a golden hue to the...