Kurt's Island Sport Shop

Sub-zero temps, winds and wind chills pushing from -20’s into -30’s has curtailed a lot of fishing activity this past week. Saturday...

Hard to believe the extreme cold from the weekend before last did not improve our travel conditions. Temps in the sup teens did not...

For those too far south to enjoy this past weekend in the Northwoods, here’s a little update… Okay already! It’s winter, I get it! ...

As typical for a Christmas/New Year’s Week, pressure (from anglers) increased, weather got colder and fishing, while still good, got...

WHEW! Last week’s “heat wave” (up to 54 degrees) came just in time to save us from certain DOOM! Following the 12” of heavy wet snow...

Mid-December and still lots of questions about our ice conditions. Thanks to over 20” of snow through two snow falls at the beginning...

A 9” snowfall and lots of wind 12/5 thru 12/6 shut down what had been a nice start to our ice season. Fortunately, high winds and cold...

Early ice fishing season is upon us! Small lakes and protected bays reporting 3-4+” of good solid ice, prior to Mondays (11/29) snow....

Almost made it a whole year without a mistake! For the 6 or 8 people still reading this report this time of year, last week surface...

At the halfway point of November. Pond behind shop is ice covered. Typically, that means Lake Minocqua will have ice (not safe, just...