Due to the high water this year and where I store our ice house’s we will only be maintaining 4 sleepers on red lake this year. New york and utah were destroyed from the water and Idaho is no longer avaiable. Montana and minnesota will be getting new carpet this fall.

I had the pleasure of taking Kellie’s uncle Loyde and his gal Zelda out fishing thursday. With the east wind we fished this side of the lake with deccent success.
We ended up keeping 6 release a few to small and a couple to big. Loyde and Zelda had a hard time setting the hook as we were trollling spinners. I landed 7 fish and I was driving the boat. They each should of landed more then they did so the 4hr of fishing we did was really better then the outcome of only 6 fish to keep.
We did not have any guest this weekend but Jimmy was up saturday and landed a 44 inch pike and a keeper walleye with in ten minutes of being on the lake.
We spent saturday at the ribbon cutting at the state park and also climbed the fire tower they put up at the stae park. Wow what a veiw. If your in waskish take the time to go to the top.
I now will have to buy some binocs.
I did get out saturday morning to see if there were any crappies still in the secret spot. When I arrived I was the first one on the spot. A second boat slid in to my right after a bit and a 3rd slid in a bit later. A couple other boats took a look and kept going. A forth boat came in from the east and trolled around us. I spent about two hours working the area and only managed 3 small pike. I never saw any of the other boats land a fish so the secret spot did not produce and with all the boats I guesss its not really a secret spot any more. From what I saw the crappies have moved to there summer hide outs.

With the high water this year the wind has played havoc on my lakeshore. Where I have stowed the fish houses with no problems for 9 years is no longer a safe area .
When the winds pick up the water flood are fire pit on the lake as well as all the grass.
two weeks ago we had wind gustting to 50 miles an hour for 30 hours and the water just kept coming up and coming up.I estimated it came up our road to the lake 800 feet. At one point it was 3 feet high down by shore. The water did alot of damage to my fish houses and alo to 3 that were stored here. The 3 that were destroyed here were pushed 30 yards and smashed into the tree line. I have pieces of fish house scattered in the woods. Minnnnesota and montana are alll dried out now and will be getting new carpet at some point this summer. Utah was allready in rough shape so will be completly tore down and made into a new fish house. new york are days house will become a shed down at the lake for now. Florida and california received no damage. Idaho has left the property so will be unavailabe next season.

Now for a quick fishing report the fishing has been outstanding so far this season. the slot changes next week and we will be able to keep any walleye under 20 inches.

30 less crappies
Had a call from chris last thursday .His brother Phil was up here this winter helping Buddy Hillmen on the ice and he wanted to know if I had a cabin for saturday night. i said sure thing. I tried calling him saturday to see how they were doing but got know anwser. They pulled in here around 6 pm and were pumped as they had just cleaned 20 crappies plus they kept 6 that were over 15 to get mounted. Kinda sad to see them take so many but they drove a long way I guess and the limit is ten a piece . Chris kinda dissppeared when the crappie fishing slowed down as far as coming up here. He did become good friends with the greek and Ole and goes to alaska every year for 10 days in June
I remember the first time I met him we were on the lake about 1 am when this truck with a trailor was fllying towards the shore and a ice heave. I said watch this guy is going to hit that ice heave close to shore. We saw his headlights go skyword and had a good laugh. Little did I know at the time it was chris. He rolled in to our cabin at 8 the next morning. It took him 7 hours to get here from when we saw him go over that ice heave less then 1 mile from here with half his gear missing and half the trailor missing. We followed the debrie field he left and gathered some of his gear as he worked on that trailor of his dads all day here in the driveway. I think he has toned it down since those days.
He did leave us a meal of crappies that we had for dinner tonight at the westwind and just as I expected with the beautiful calm day the walleye were snapping from what I heard at westwind . If you were in 7 feet of water with a jig, spinner or bobber fishing you were catching fish. People look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them I love fishing on these types of days but here on red I have had some of my best fishing when the lake is like glass. I knew we should of went fishing when I got home from the farm but the girls did not get home untell 7. Oh well there will be other days
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The fishing has been outstanding . The weather was a little on the damp side this weeekend but it did not stop the fishermen from catching a few. Frank and his crew camping down at the lake had a massive fish fry yesterday with fresh boiled walleye yes boiled walleye with 15 guys down there they have it dialed in on how to feed such a big group. I dropped the ball last night as I’m sure they had a nother fish fry with onion rings,frys and walleye. I guess the age is catching up to me as I fell asleep. I had no one in the cabin ? I guess its going to be one of those years. The guys camping on the river also did well. Tyler put the smack down on some elusive yet still catchable crappies with a group from Kansas. They kept 30 crappies. I plan on hitting that same spot this week and see if I can not get a couple of good pics. If we get into them I plan on keeping 1 or two for supper. Next weekend were busy then I have no fishermen booked the rest of the year ouch

had Jim, Sten and Dustin up yesterday. We started off drifting jigs and proceeded to catch fish all day long. The strange part as it was 3 out of 5 were keepers. We came into westwinds harbor around 1 and had fresh walleye for lunch. The guys came back to the cabin and took a nap for a couple of hours. We then headed back out and came home with 8 more.There headed home this morning with there 4 a piece plus the four I donoted for lunch yesterday. Could not of asked for a better day and got me out of driving the tractor at the farm for the day.

The season is under way with great fishing by all that fished upper red lake.Some had trouble finding fish under 18 but all and all it was good fishing.The wind has been strange and been out of the north and east the past 4 out of 5 days.
I had the pleasure of taking my brother warren and his buddy Doug fishing. We had a grand time and as one of the old timers up here Dave told me a few years back THIS IS A GRAND LAKE A GRAND LAKE and it owes me nothing.
All the guys here went home with there limits and there were even a couple bonus crappies to boat. I did see Cole and Jeramy saturday morning .They had been up for a few days before opener and got there 20 crappies. They come up every year and fish extreamly hard for them in any weather conditions.
I have my first guide job of the season so better get ready

Well the walleye season is now over.
I had all the houses on fresh spots in what was a fishy area.The fishing was slow.Of course the weather was cold so fishing in the open was not happening. Everyone still had a good time but I sure was dissapointed with the fishing this year.We found some great areas that were very fishy and they would fizzle out in no time. Very frustrating. If I had it my way all the houses would get limits. I guess thats kinda silly but with a lake full of walleyes you would think they would be a little easier to catch. The season started off with no night bite at all which kinda sucks when your renting sleepers but that was out of my controll. The main roads only went out less then 3 miles and at three miles it seemed to be fishless.Once we were able to get out further we found some good fishing but again within a week it fizzeled out.
I would like to thank all the dedicated customers that came again this year. And also a big thank you to my new customers. I hope to see you again next year.
Today will be a sad day as I start the process of pulling the houses off the lake. I truly love being on the lake everyday and the work is very rewarding . Battling mother nature is the hardest part, finding great fishing can be tough, Keeping the equippment going is always a challenge.My helper had to leave mid jan. Which made things even tougher but I some how managed.
Now it willl be a long wait until we get out on the open water,I will be doing a little fishing looking for the elusive upper red lake crappie. We also need to do some work on the cabins .Lots of painting and cleaning as we get ready for the opener.
Again a big thank you to all my fishermen and lets hope the open water season brings with it outstanding fishing

I only had carl and his son fishing last night and the night before .carl had 6 keepers and one to big that I returned to the water. 5 were caught after dark so that was nice to see. not sure what happened to the day bite but with sleepers its nice to here the rattle wheels.
I have taken 4 of our sleepers out but not sure about taking Idaho as its such a heavy house. It will be on the back of my mind and we will have to see if theres any action where it is. Were prettty busy these last two weeks and I expect mother nature to show her ugly side before the seasonn ends as it was 55 here yesterday

sarha and jr went home with 4 keepers and I had a little time to visit and play a game of canaska with them. Sarha won. jermey and his crew left before I could see them but Brian found a couple of fellet fish in the snow bank and it must of been them.’
This past weekend Todd,Bob.Jenny and Barb fished florida. They went home with 7 keepers that I know of as they were gone when I got out there sunday. Calfrnia had Scotts kids on saturday and Scott and Wendy landed quite a few fish and had 14 keepers with there grandson getting to land a few. the area Scotts house set completely flooded with the weight of his house and truck plus the snow I piled up when I plowed them there spot. Brian is up and just like normal the fishing sucks for his crew. We moved them yesterday and may be moving again as I troll for good fishing. Jim and Sten took home 4 and were here sunday night.
ryan and his crew are in montana and leave today there fishing went from good to horrible last night. I just do not get it. Its time to hit the lake as I hope to have every house on fresh fishing for the up and coming weekend