Kurt's Island Sport Shop

Conditions on the water have varied from lows in the 30’s for air temp (6/4) to highs in mid-70’s. Not excited about the lows in the...

As this report is being written (5/30/22), it’s 85 degrees outside in the Lakeland Area! Bright, sunny and a little wind. Weather can’t...

Morning temps back in the low 30’s the past couple mornings (frost on 5/23). Thank goodness for Global Warming or the lakes would have...

Well, that was nice! Didn’t have a spring, had a great summer last week (though kinda stormy) and back to fall by the weekend! Water...

Opening weekend happened! Beautiful weather on opening day allowed for lots of participation as anglers got to let their pent-up open...

Here we are (5/2), days from our opener (5/7), and most lakes of any size (800 acres plus) still have ice on more than half their surface...

Prognosticating is tough! Especially with relatively short term “guessing”! (I’d prefer to be like the Aztecs, predict the end of the...

Ice depth update... Just sent Mackenzie out to measure ice on Lake Minocqua in front of the shop - She drilled 18", so it is going down. ...

A month ago, never believed we’d be worried about ice out for the opener, but here we are 20 days prior with 24-26” of ice to go! Past...

Still lots of ice to contend with so far. Mix of rain, sun and some warmth, countered with some cold nights didn’t allow for a great...