Fishing the past few days have been very good for the trollers using a variety of methods. Gang trolls with wedding bands trailing hot shots,quick fish, brass spoons, silver spoons,bingo bugs and wedding bands dabbed with a worm. The pumkinhead … Continue reading
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Unstable weather continues to effect the hatches and steady fishing. Throat samples show shrimp(scuds) and the odd bomber size chironomid pupae along with 316 chromies. Fish have been caught on brown bombers, #14 Elvis, #16 chromies for indicator fisherman. Damsels … Continue reading
Unstable weather patterns continue though the region, surface water temps are 55 F and expected to rise later in the week where much warmer temps arrive finally! Spinners casted produced fish and some fishing worm under a float also produced … Continue reading
We have had very unstable rainy and cool weather dropping surface water temperatures from 58 down to 54 yesterday. Damsel nymphs and halfbacks casting to shallow water produced fish. Panther Martins were also working but fish were hitting them but … Continue reading
Tunkwa iced off last night, not a spec of ice out there this morning. Fastest any of us ever seen that much ice go! Howling winds up here today, the lake will be getting churned up pretty good. Now we … Continue reading
Tunkwa is still 100% iced covered, but it is definitely rotten(my dog fell through it several times today)and going fast. There is opening along the shore edges, and tiny chironomids can be seen coming off in these areas! We figure … Continue reading
Ice fishing is still going strong on Tunkwa. The ice is approximately 15″, and no sign of any deterioration from run off as of yet. Fish being caught are coming out of the shallower areas of the lake, in close … Continue reading
Fish are still biting for some ice fisher’s with stories of larger fish nibbling at their offerings with a few getting hooked but coming off trying to get them up through the hole, looking like nice fish are out there … Continue reading
Winter has arrived at Tunkwa, some fresh snow with rapidly falling temperatures, and they are forecasting some record cold this week. It’s a good week to not be out on the lake, if the forecast is correct. Fishing the past … Continue reading
Ice is 7 inches thick with 6 inches of snow on the ice and surrounding areas. Fish have been caught in a few spots around the lake with first light and last light being the best action. Weather is mild … Continue reading