Chequamegon Bay Fishing Report 1-10-14
It was another cold week, but Chequamegon Bay was smoking hot! Josh, Acorn, and John hosted John Gillespie and the entire crew from Waters & Woods Television on Tuesday and Wednesday for two awesome days of fishing and filming on Chequamegon Bay. Lakers up to 28″, browns up to 24″, splake up to 20″, cohos up…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Fishing Report 1-6-14
It’s been a busy week, and we hope you all had a happy and safe holidays. Sub zero temperatures continue, and ice conditions on the Hayward Area Lakes and Chequamegon Bay continue to improve. On New Years Eve, Josh guided Brody and Kelcee from Duluth, MN on a half day inland trip. Crappies up to…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Ice Fishing Report 12-30-13
We had a bit of a heat wave at the end of the week with temperatures in the low 30’s, and I hope you were all able to take advantage of it with some time on the ice. I know I did!!! That said, the warm up along with the big snows from earlier in…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin & Chequamegon Bay Ice Fishing Report 12-26-13
Merry Christmas! We hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends (and lots of presents)! In case you haven’t heard, this week brought more big snows to northern Wisconsin. Some areas around Ashland reported over 30″ of fresh powder by Wednesday. Chequamegon Bay went from very fishable to very questionable over night,…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, WI Ice Fishing Report 12-19-13
Josh and Acorn had one more test run on Chequamegon Bay Monday, and the results were impressive. They were scouting for active fish and good ice for an upcoming guide trip and found both. Their catch included a 27″ brown, 19″ whitefish, and a 20″ herring all caught on Kastmasters in 23′ to 40′ of…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, WI Ice Fishing Report 12-16-13
I think it’s safe to say that we are locked into our ice fishing season. As predicted, the slushy conditions from big snowfalls on our inland lakes began to firm up with the frigid weather we had last week. Josh Teigen and his gang of ice fishing nuts found good access on a remote inland…
Read MoreChequamegon Bay & Hayward, Wisconsin Ice Fishing Report 12-5-13
Old Man Winter has kicked the door in, and it looks like he’s here to stay for awhile!!! Guide Josh Teigen began checking ice last weekend and found 1″ to 2″ of ice on larger lakes with smaller lakes producing 3″to 5″ of ice. On Saturday evening, he fished for a couple of hours with…
Read More2013 Summer/Fall Wrap Up
What happened to our fishing season??? The change of seasons is one of many benefits to living in the north country, but the transition from fall to winter is always a difficult one for me. It literally feels like yesterday we were driving around on opening weekend looking for any open water we could slip…
Read MoreHayward, Wisconsin and St. Louis River Fishing Report 11-16-13
I put my boat away at the end of October and left for Indiana on my annual big buck hunt. Dave Brown had other ideas though. The musky man kept at it and was rewarded with a couple of nice fish while I was gone. Dave Guided Scott Swanson from Madison to a good looking 46″ fish…
Read More2013 Indiana Bow Hunt
At the end of my open water guiding season I left for Indiana in a cloud of dust on my annual pilgrimage to the Big Tine Ranch in Indiana to hunt big bucks and spend time with close friends. Mike and Kathy Bassett have been gracious enough to give me access their property over the years, and…
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