I didn't post last week and I almost wasn't going to this week as there just isn't much change in the 'fishing the northwoods' world. The bite is average at best and that combined with the weather makes for very uncrowded lake conditions. This weekend shouldn't be much different with below zero temps in the morning but some sun in the afternoon.

But all this should change. The weather forecast shows highs in the 20s all next week and beyond and that should help. From reports to the shop the perch have been turning on a little bit. And that's good news as a lot of folks like to chase perch but they have been very quiet lately. There's no magic to this folks. Sometimes the fish aren't active and don't feed very hard. But with warmer temps and longer days the fish realize that the spawn is coming soon and the feed bags will go back on.

I'm really looking forward to this week. It has the making of a real comeback for the bite in general. Lots of great tourneys are coming up including the high school state championship is next weekend. We will have longer hours for those weekends and I will announce those in next week's report.

Ice Tourneys coming up:
16th Annual Fishing Tournament on Plum Lake on Plum Lake on Saturday February 10th, 6am to 3pm, Benifits Sayner-Star Lake Lions Club projects, Call 715-542-3789 for more info
2nd Annual Bob Lemmer Memorial on Lake Kathrine on Saturday, February 17th. 9am to 3pm. Benefits Angel on My Shoulder. Call 715-358-7572 for more information
12th Annual Lake Tomahawk Family Fisheree on Lake Tomahawk on Saturday, February 24th. Register starts at 7:15am and fish from 8am to 3pm. Call 715-370-4652 for more info.
5th Annual Carrol Lake Ice Fishing Tournament on Carrol Lake on Saturday, February 24th. Registration starts at 7am at the boat landing and goes till 3pm. Benefits Angel on My Shoulder. For more info call 715-356-6961
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Jeff Bolander, guide and owner of Dewey, Catchem and How at www.DeweyCatchemAndHow.com
Reports at www.UpNorthFishing.com
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and see piles of fish photos at Up North Fishing Photos at www.UpNorthFishingPhotos.com.

Jeff Bolander <jeff@deweycatchemandhow.com>
- Thursday, February 08, 2018 at 14:02:04 (PST)