Well, another ice fishing season has went and gone, with the exception of getting 5-6 inches of snow last night, it looks like winter is nearly over. It may be a record in the 9 years we have been operating the resort, ice out by April 5 by the way it looks!
We ended up with a short spring ice fishing season, had about 7 groups of fisherman, and they all did generally pretty good. We kind of missed out on the big pike bite, with ice going fast and early like it did. We did manage to get a few over 40 inches this year, but not as many as usual due to the fact we were not able to safely get out by the middle of March, and many of our biggest fish are caught late March and early April. Maybe we will make it out in the boat a little this April and try for some big gators. We will definitely be getting out for some ice out lakers in the next couple of weeks.
If anyone is looking for an early start to the season for pike or lakers, we are for the first time offering a special on cabin bookings for April or early May, until May 14th.
You can book a cabin with us for only $28 a night per person, plus tax, or an entire week for $195.00 per person, plus tax. (based on 2 or more guests) Let us know that you saw the rate on the blog to get the discount, and this is for 2012 only. We do have 2 cabins that are heated and have hot and cold running water, satellite tv, full bathrooms, and kitchen facilities for cooking.
Our already affordable regular rates apply to all reservations after May 14th.
The lake trout fishing can be fantastic right after ice-out, and the bigger pike will be roaming the shallows in front of the spawning bays up until mid May.
Looking forward to seeing the boats come rolling in for the upcoming open-water fishing season, 2012!! Good Fishing, Jody.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
March Ice Fishing Update
Well, March is already here and you really can't tell by looking out the window. We have about 30 inches of snow on the ground and it is piled up all around the camp. The future weather outlook does look promising, as we are supposed to have warmer weather moving in, which should help knock down some of the snow levels and get us a boost toward our ice-out.
Fortunately, however, ice fishing has been good and steady the past month. The lakers right out front have been hitting very good overall, and with March now here, the walleye and big pike should take off.
Every outing, we have been getting a limit of lake trout without too much effort. They have been quite active on the Vexilar's and it is just a matter of switching to the right lure to trigger them into biting.
We have about a half dozen groups of die-hard ice fisherman lined up for this March, things should go well with them, and then we can look forward to getting into the open water season once again. This is our 9th summer already, seems like only a couple!!
For anyone interested in getting up for some trophy pike and good walleye action, along with good opportunities for the lake trout, contact us as we still could schedule in a few more groups for those that want a great experience on ice.
To all else, we look forward to seeing all our return guests and new guests coming for the first time for the 2012 open water season!
Fortunately, however, ice fishing has been good and steady the past month. The lakers right out front have been hitting very good overall, and with March now here, the walleye and big pike should take off.
Every outing, we have been getting a limit of lake trout without too much effort. They have been quite active on the Vexilar's and it is just a matter of switching to the right lure to trigger them into biting.
We have about a half dozen groups of die-hard ice fisherman lined up for this March, things should go well with them, and then we can look forward to getting into the open water season once again. This is our 9th summer already, seems like only a couple!!
For anyone interested in getting up for some trophy pike and good walleye action, along with good opportunities for the lake trout, contact us as we still could schedule in a few more groups for those that want a great experience on ice.
To all else, we look forward to seeing all our return guests and new guests coming for the first time for the 2012 open water season!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Happy New Year from Crystal Beach
Tonya and I would like to wish all who read our blog a Happy New Year for 2012 and are looking forward to another great summer here at Crystal Beach. This is already going on our 9th summer even though it seems like we just got started!!
We don't have any large plans for 2012, with the exception of some maintenance projects on some of the cabins and finishing off the hunting cabins we put up down by Flanders Road this past fall. We did expand our tackle inventory quite a bit this winter so it will be stocked full for next spring.
Ice fishing here has began, we have about 8-10 inches of ice on most lakes, with some having a bit more. Early ice fishing has been pretty good so far. This past week we were doing some walleye fishing a couple of nights, landed about 15 each evening and the action was great. Lake trout opened on the 1st of January and we have been out only a couple times so far as the ice wasn't real safe up until now. The past couple mornings we were out and pulled in a couple nice lakers each morning. I will be getting out a lot more in the next couple of weeks. We still have a lot of openings for Jan and Feb ice fishing/snowmobiling, but March is starting to book up with the 2 cabins we have winterized for the winter enthusiasts.
Just a quick memo to anyone planning a trip to visit us this summer, you may want to reserve dates soon as June is mostly filled, and August and July are starting to get reserved. Contact us if you have any questions about any dates and we would be glad to get back to you.
Until next update, Good Fishing and Happy New Year!
We don't have any large plans for 2012, with the exception of some maintenance projects on some of the cabins and finishing off the hunting cabins we put up down by Flanders Road this past fall. We did expand our tackle inventory quite a bit this winter so it will be stocked full for next spring.
Ice fishing here has began, we have about 8-10 inches of ice on most lakes, with some having a bit more. Early ice fishing has been pretty good so far. This past week we were doing some walleye fishing a couple of nights, landed about 15 each evening and the action was great. Lake trout opened on the 1st of January and we have been out only a couple times so far as the ice wasn't real safe up until now. The past couple mornings we were out and pulled in a couple nice lakers each morning. I will be getting out a lot more in the next couple of weeks. We still have a lot of openings for Jan and Feb ice fishing/snowmobiling, but March is starting to book up with the 2 cabins we have winterized for the winter enthusiasts.
Just a quick memo to anyone planning a trip to visit us this summer, you may want to reserve dates soon as June is mostly filled, and August and July are starting to get reserved. Contact us if you have any questions about any dates and we would be glad to get back to you.
Until next update, Good Fishing and Happy New Year!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
NEW TACKLE SHOP
Just putting the word out that we have greatly improved out tackle selection at our office, and carry a good number of different tackle items at great prices, some lower than Gander Mountain!!
We have jigs, spinnner rigs, weights, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, some in line spinners, hooks, and a bunch of different plastics mostly for the avid bass fanatic.
We also have crawlers, leeches, and minnows for sale at the tackle shop.
Tonya improved the clothing wear section so bring a few extra bucks to pick up a nice tshirt or sweat shirt too take home to your sweetie so she will let you come see us again next year! Or better yet bring her with if you don't already!!
I also have some spare tires, wheel bearings, and some electrical stuff for boat trailers on hand, so if you run into an issue just let us know and we may be able to help you out.
We have jigs, spinnner rigs, weights, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, some in line spinners, hooks, and a bunch of different plastics mostly for the avid bass fanatic.
We also have crawlers, leeches, and minnows for sale at the tackle shop.
Tonya improved the clothing wear section so bring a few extra bucks to pick up a nice tshirt or sweat shirt too take home to your sweetie so she will let you come see us again next year! Or better yet bring her with if you don't already!!
I also have some spare tires, wheel bearings, and some electrical stuff for boat trailers on hand, so if you run into an issue just let us know and we may be able to help you out.
June 1 fishing update
This past week we have seen the walleye bite pick up significantly. Every group focusing on walleye is doing pretty good now, and it should keep getting better going into the next couple weeks. No huge walleye caught yet, some in the 25-27 inch range though.
The pike are quite aggressive now, we had a guest catch a very nice 42 incher yesterday, along with numerous other pike. It should be no problem for anyone pursuing mister toothy to catch numerous handfuls of them. Be sure to bring a mouth spreader for them though!
Bass are just starting to establish beds and protect them. A lot of smallies are hanging just a little deeper off the edge of their spawning territories waiting for the temps to rise just a bit. Most days have been warming up, with the exception of the last two, but the nights are dropping into the 40's yet, slowing the bass spawn. Within a week they should be very aggressively making and defending beds.
Lakers have been biting a bit for the few who are going after them. This past week, most of our guests have been pike and walleye fishing, so no good reports on lakers as of now. I am sure they are still in the shallower water yet, as water temps are still in the low to mid 50's and the lakers tend to hang in the shallower areas until the water rises above 60 on the surface.
I plan to go out this coming weekend to do a bit of fishing myself, and will be able to give an update report again sometime next week. Until then, Good Fishing, or better yet Great Fishing!!
Jody
The pike are quite aggressive now, we had a guest catch a very nice 42 incher yesterday, along with numerous other pike. It should be no problem for anyone pursuing mister toothy to catch numerous handfuls of them. Be sure to bring a mouth spreader for them though!
Bass are just starting to establish beds and protect them. A lot of smallies are hanging just a little deeper off the edge of their spawning territories waiting for the temps to rise just a bit. Most days have been warming up, with the exception of the last two, but the nights are dropping into the 40's yet, slowing the bass spawn. Within a week they should be very aggressively making and defending beds.
Lakers have been biting a bit for the few who are going after them. This past week, most of our guests have been pike and walleye fishing, so no good reports on lakers as of now. I am sure they are still in the shallower water yet, as water temps are still in the low to mid 50's and the lakers tend to hang in the shallower areas until the water rises above 60 on the surface.
I plan to go out this coming weekend to do a bit of fishing myself, and will be able to give an update report again sometime next week. Until then, Good Fishing, or better yet Great Fishing!!
Jody
Monday, May 23, 2011
Walleye opener update
Just wanted to give everyone who is checking in a fishing update now that opening weekend for walleye has arrived.
I was out the past two days myself and overall did quite well. Saturday seemed a little slow, we ended up with 7 nice eating size walleye, about a dozen smaller ones we through back, half a dozen big smallies, and about 15 very aggressive pike in a little over half a day of fishing. The fish were scattered a bit, but we found a few almost everywhere we stopped.
One of our cabin groups was out lake trout fishing on Friday, and did very well, caught about 8 of them over 7 pounds, some being 9-10, and one approaching 15 lbs they released. They were relatively shallow yet, about 15-30 feet of water.
Sunday, the walleye picked up quite a bit. We were up on the floodwaters and landed approximately 25 walleye in about 3 hours of fishing, most of them being around the 15 inch range. We found that gold or brass spinner rigs with bottom bouncers, about 3/4 ounce were catching the most fish, sticking in a about 12-15 foot of water near spawning areas. The big females are just off spawn, and are a little dormant yet, but anticipate them starting to feed within the next 1-2 weeks. June should be quite good as the weather has been quite stable for most of May.
One of our other groups on the floods did quite well too, once they found the fish. They landed about 30 nice walleye in a few hours time.
The big smallmouth seem to be moving in to the shallows in most of the lakes feeding for prespawn. All of June should be very good for the smallies.
The water levels are normal or just a bit higher than normal.
I will post again towards mid June for another update.
Good Fishing until then!
I was out the past two days myself and overall did quite well. Saturday seemed a little slow, we ended up with 7 nice eating size walleye, about a dozen smaller ones we through back, half a dozen big smallies, and about 15 very aggressive pike in a little over half a day of fishing. The fish were scattered a bit, but we found a few almost everywhere we stopped.
One of our cabin groups was out lake trout fishing on Friday, and did very well, caught about 8 of them over 7 pounds, some being 9-10, and one approaching 15 lbs they released. They were relatively shallow yet, about 15-30 feet of water.
Sunday, the walleye picked up quite a bit. We were up on the floodwaters and landed approximately 25 walleye in about 3 hours of fishing, most of them being around the 15 inch range. We found that gold or brass spinner rigs with bottom bouncers, about 3/4 ounce were catching the most fish, sticking in a about 12-15 foot of water near spawning areas. The big females are just off spawn, and are a little dormant yet, but anticipate them starting to feed within the next 1-2 weeks. June should be quite good as the weather has been quite stable for most of May.
One of our other groups on the floods did quite well too, once they found the fish. They landed about 30 nice walleye in a few hours time.
The big smallmouth seem to be moving in to the shallows in most of the lakes feeding for prespawn. All of June should be very good for the smallies.
The water levels are normal or just a bit higher than normal.
I will post again towards mid June for another update.
Good Fishing until then!
Monday, May 9, 2011
ICE OUT 2011!!!
Officially the ice went out on Crystal on the evening of May 7, totally all out on May 8. That is quite a bit later , actually one full month, over last year, but it is the start of a normal spring anyway.
Not a lot of fisherman coming through yet, but a few early anglers were out this past weekend, catching some lake trout on our lake, along with some huge smallies, and another group did good on another local lake just 10 minutes down the road. The lake trout should bite good until late June in fairly shallow water.
We are planning to put the docks in this week sometime, and get the camp officially opened all the way up for the season within a week. We look forward to all guests arriving for the upcoming season. I will try to keep posting fishing updates for the less fortunate who can't take off all summer to be here, but don't worry, I will do my best to catch a few extra walleye to cover for all who are missing out!!!
Good fishing,
Jody
Not a lot of fisherman coming through yet, but a few early anglers were out this past weekend, catching some lake trout on our lake, along with some huge smallies, and another group did good on another local lake just 10 minutes down the road. The lake trout should bite good until late June in fairly shallow water.
We are planning to put the docks in this week sometime, and get the camp officially opened all the way up for the season within a week. We look forward to all guests arriving for the upcoming season. I will try to keep posting fishing updates for the less fortunate who can't take off all summer to be here, but don't worry, I will do my best to catch a few extra walleye to cover for all who are missing out!!!
Good fishing,
Jody
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