With hi hopes and all the houses on new spots I expected better fishing then we had. Tom,Lenard,Matt and Mike had a nice meal of fresh fish saturday night but did not take any home.
Carol and Al spent there weekend in old minnnesoat and said they will be back next year as they loved the charm of the house. They also had fish for super and took home 6. John and his crew pulled out before I could say goodbye as well as the guys in utah who were only here saturday night. Tony and his two budddies had the worst fishing and left two fish for me so I assume thats all they kept.
Kellie and I fished in minnesota last night and she caught 3 and I lost one on the rattle wheel. gary and Kay fished in Idaho and had one in the bucket with a few misses.
We have a big week this week and if I want house on fresh spots for everyone I will be moving most of the houses twice.

Well we got everyone on the road after a pretty succesful weekend. Most caught fish with montana being the hot house and sara having the hot hole landing 20 walleyes here self.
Andy and his crew had a great time in old minnesota and idaho. Florida did well news years but was a little slower after that. California was horrible after we moved it less then 50 feet where it was really good. Utah out of beacon harbor did all right but we would still like to find a elusive but still catchable upper red lake crappie or two out there. We will moving all the houses again this week and still have montana and Utah open next weekend plus are day house and cabin. I guess fishermen are also feeling the effects of the economy

What a way to kick off the season with a full house. 35 below right now. We had dinner last night with the new owners of Beacon harbor and I commented to Dean what a challenge it is out there and how much I enjoy beng out there. No sooner then I made that statement and one of the generators had problems due to the cold. No sooner then I delt with that one and the other one did the same thing. Nothing like working on the lake at night when the temps are hovering around 28 below. Of course the fishing went from real good to real poor in a hurry. Errr when will a guy learn to keep his mouth shut. Oh well you have to take it with a grain of salt. Its still alot of fun taking on mother nature and things always happen for a reason.I will be makingg the rounds earlier then usaual this morning and it is just bitter out

Here we go to another new year. we now have all the houses on new spots and will be augering the holes later this morning. Pat and his crew were having walleyes for snacks last night when I checked in on them.
The greek, leah his better half my better half Kellie and I all had supper out on the ice last night. The fishing was slow we did catch one to small and a 18 incher. we put in a movie but the greek and I were dozing off from all the hard work and freash air. The greek had great fishing the night before with the rattles wheels and had to pull them to get any sleep. We have a full house the next two days then it slows way down with houses still open next weekend? The greek and I will move all the houses again next week as thats the way I like to do things. Its so nice to have a house on a fresh spot for our customers even if its 50 feet away from where the house was.

Good news is old minnesota produced 22 fish from when I had talked to pat until the next morning. Florida,montana,and idaho were a little on the slow side last night . I sent some of the guys out to fish california and new york they were getting a few more fish. Idaho had 5 keepers and are here until thursday.
The greek had the energy to go fishing for a bit tonight but did not do well. I had talked to Brady ealier and they had there 8 so I would assume its a day bite in that area

We finaly found some good fishing. California was the hot house and had 15 keepers when I saw them having dinner ay westwinds. They came in and cleaned enough for a meal perfectly prepaired in westwinds kitchen. New York was also catching fish but seemed to be missing more then they were landing. Old minnesota was the slowest of the three houses but that could of changed since I talked to them last night as the sunset.
The sunset was spectacular is the only word I can give it. I will lay you money there were many many pics taken of that sunset last night. Some day I will leard how to post pics so I can better share some of the sights here on upper red lake.
We still have houses open on weekends and weekdays for anyone that would like to experiance red lake.
A few of my loyal cusomers I have not heard from. mark and sandy,dave and dallas, Bob and Jacky

Jim Stan and Randy did not do so well. they were fishing for pike with big sucker minnows as well as fat heads. They did catch a few walleyes but nothing to brag about.
Jim had his big pike on and lost it at the hole.They also lost a smaller one.
We have had about 7 inches of snow so far. It seems its not as wet as they pritacted so thats good.
It gets real busy for me starting today as I have a 3 houses that need to be on the lake by sunday eve. Now throw in mother nature and its a whole new ball of wax. Oh well you will never beat her so you try and plan to atleast keep her in check. As always its looks like another challenging season which makes it so much fun. Gotta love it as it keeps you on your toes

Pat and barb headed to lotw after spending the weekend in our florida fish house. This was there second year and they seemed to have a good time. they were able to have fresh fish for dinner and may of taken a couple keepers home. I did not get to say goodbye as I was in church sunday morning when they pulled out. Ari,Chris and jessie also caught some fish but also got a ticket for keeping a fish in the slot. Oops
Thegreek wa here helping me and we now have 4 of our 8 houses on the lake. we did some fishing in his portable and fished utah but did not have much luck. Atleast were finding not where to put the houses.
Jim.stenny and Randy spent the night in pld minnesota and I willbe checking on them later this morning.

well I guess its official for me as of yesterday we now have three house on the lake. Montana,old minneota and florida. The greek spent the night in montana and I am headed out to see how he did and wet a line myself.. barb and Pat will be rolling in this morning,followed by Arie and his buddies folllowed by Bill the plumber. I’m sure the greek will want to wet a line again tonight so we will be getting more of the house’s ready to hit the lake.

Spent just a little time on the lake yesterday. I measured just over 9 inches about 1/4 mile out. I would say there were 20 fishermen on the lake yesterday. I did here of a 41 inch pike caught. Buddy has staked a road out 7 miles and Ryan has staked a road out around 3.
Talked to Dean yesterday he is the new owner of Hudecs. They have renamed it beacons harbor. He Gave me a tour of what they have done so far and the rooms look great. I think he plans on having lodging by the first of the year if everything goes as planned. It will be nice to be able to send a few friends and fishermen out of there this winter to do some fishing/scoutting.
The greek will be helping me this year and searching for crappies in his spare time. He will be offering one on one guiding or groups through me if any one is interested in chasing the elusive but still catchable red lake crappie