Kurt's Island Sport Shop

I know what you all want to hear…but you’re not going to hear it from me…yet!   We went from looking out the shop to seeing a boat fishing on Lake Minocqua on Friday (11/28), to this side of the lake skimmed over by Saturday morning (11/29).   Lakes such as Big and Little Arbor Vitaes and the better parts of Squirrel and smaller have locked up, BUT (big but), we got more snow on Sunday (11/30) and wind.  Plenty cold enough (upper teens to low 20’s) but the wind and added inch

Temps reaching low 40’s and light winds have allowed for some angling of late.  A few Musky anglers and a couple Walleye anglers couldn’t resist the mild November weather for a last shot at the open water.   Not much feedback and it looks like it may be close to the end for boat angling.  Reports of surface temps of 35-40°, with some of the northern lakes in the Mercer and Presque Isle areas starting to ice up to the point of making access difficult.   Forecast have the 40’s

Cold enough last week to lock up the pond behind the shop for a day.  Temps all the way into the 50° mark ended that.  Surface temperature readings on lakes I visited read 37-45°.  A relatively mild week ahead (lows 20’s-highs in low 40’s) won’t cool temps very quickly.  It’s the temps during Thanksgiving week that we will see lakes start to lock up.   Not much to report on the Musky front.  Lots of signs of Cisco staging.  Not many anglers out and about and even fewer report

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