Monday February 2nd

The lake is capped with ice.  There have been a few ice fisherman on select coves.  Fishing as a whole has been slow. Five to seven inches of clear (good) ice was measured in James Creek inlet yesterday with a slush layer of two to 4 inches on top of that where the snow hasn’t blown off yet. Extensive use of Forward Facing Sonar revealed very few fish in that area.  As you can see in the photo, the pool level is very low now and the picture also reveals the extent of the Zebra Mussel infestation we are dealing with on the lake.  If you venture out on the hard water, be very careful. Ice conditions and thickness vary greatly over space and time and if you are not using a spud to check thickness as you go, you are wrong.

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