MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Bring extra clothes.... Boy is it cold out there! It's the stuff that burns your face as soon as you step out.It looks like snow and a climb into the single digits is in store for friday, you may be in luck.http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=56353What part of the lake is KJ's shacks on?[/quoteSouth west side of the lake.
I just googled KJ's...It looks like he is on Rocky Reef or at least in that general area. Lots of really great rock and gravel in that part of the lake to fish. Unfortunately, he is a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOONG way from the mudflats. You can always hop on 169 and go out of the Indian Reservation or up to the South Garrison ramp to get easy access to the mud. If the bite is worthless on the gravel, that would be the first place I'd go.Consider buying a GPS and a chip... Only crafty old launch captains can find some of those flats out in the middle.Avoid crowds KJ's has a 10x48 shack with a full bar, 15 holes, and will sleep 12..... WOW!I've only met him at the ice show a couple times, seemed like he was a nice enough guy.
We got to drive on those crappy roads back to Iowa as well, makes it a little longer of a drive. We ended up fishing on a sand bar around 2 mile and ended up with 6 eyes - 17 1/4,17 1/2, 18, 20, 22, and a 24" No perch though, I was seeing them on my camera but weren't interested in anything I tried. All in all our trip was good too just wished the fishing would of been a little better. It was a good time though.
Ouch, sucks you lost your cell to the lake! We were in 30' of water and went through Nittis Hunters Point. I was really happy with them and would use them again. Back here in Iowa the temps are 57 degrees this morning with rain. It's supposed to get cold for a couple days but not sure I'll risk trying to go out this weekend.
Well, we made the trip up and made the trip back on the icy roads. I think the front that pushed through on Friday caused us some terribly tough fishing. Of the two sleeper shacks we had, there were 4 walleye and 2 perch caught. We were using a variety of live bait and lures and just had very little luck. The people we went through weren't too bad, the bathroom stuff didn't get cleaned out until it was about too late. I feel bad for the poor guy who had to take care of that mess!We ended up with two keeper walleye, kept the two perch and had two overs. One measured 19" and then we had a 25.5" hit the rattle reel at about 2 AM Sunday morning.Overall it was a good trip. We never made it out with our own ice houses but that was because we didn't know the lake and the people at the bait shops weren't incredibly helpful, which was a bit of a let down.I think we'll go again next year, just not sure who we will go through. Thanks for all the info guys!