Willoughby conditions

[1Badboy]

hows the ice , snoow slush conditions ?
anyone been catching any cusk ?
looking to go up this week for one last slimey hooray 

[johndeere540]

Dont know if they are biting but I drove down to my buddies shack down the back shore from the north beach! Seemed to be alright driving with just a little slush here and there!

[1Badboy]

thanks !

[thefishingweatherman]

I went out to the northern part of the lake on the weekend of the 25th. There was probably 15 or 16 inches on the west shore. There were a lot of trucks straight out from the public access area. Looks like plenty of ice on the south shore too, but driving along the lake I noticed there were some patches of open water in the middle. Don't wanna take your car out that way!

I fished for cusk on the south end in maybe 40 feet of water one night about a month ago for a few hours with crawlers on bottom. Had a lot of action but they were all small. Had better luck 3 weeks ago for them on the north end, near where mill brook comes in. Caught a few around 24".

[1Badboy]

I went out to the northern part of the lake on the weekend of the 25th. There was probably 15 or 16 inches on the west shore. There were a lot of trucks straight out from the public access area. Looks like plenty of ice on the south shore too, but driving along the lake I noticed there were some patches of open water in the middle. Don't wanna take your car out that way!

I fished for cusk on the south end in maybe 40 feet of water one night about a month ago for a few hours with crawlers on bottom. Had a lot of action but they were all small. Had better luck 3 weeks ago for them on the north end, near where mill brook comes in. Caught a few around 24".

thanks for the info !
we caught some little ones last night and did OK about a month ago to the right the access

[thebigwiggle]

i need to try and fish for cusk or ling some time in the future.. are they good eating? how are they to clean. i heard Willoughby has a good population of them. Thanks

[1Badboy]

i like them just as good if not better than most other fish...not too difficult to clean , just peel em and fillet em

[thefishingweatherman]

Cusk make a great chowder. I find them to be a real pain to peel though. I get around this by gutting them and beheading, and then boiling for a while. Then you can just peel the skin off and throw the meat into a chowder. Really good!

[1Badboy]

the skin peels easy if you do it right after you catch them 

[fishingidjit]

Cubed and deep fried- yum yum.

[thefishingweatherman]

Here's some more info from Lawrence Pine on fishing for cusk on Willougby: