Here is the latest update Captain Russ posted on Babes Bait’s Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/BabesBait
Stop in to Babes Bait located at the west end of town on Hwy 169 before hitting the lake for current updates, bait and tackle.
“3/24/14: Lake conditions have improved considerably and the favorable conditions continue to improve due to the thaw/freeze cycles. This has resulted in more fishermen out on the hard water. The activity has been rewarding for the most part, as anglers are now putting more fish on the ice.
Lake trout are still the most rewarding by sheer weight as several have been captured on Burntside Lake in the six to ten pound range. Ciscoes fished right on the bottom has been just one productive method, as some folks are hole hopping and actively jigging both soft tubes and spoons tipped with either a minnow or strip of belly meat. The trout are beginning to run shallower now and it’s best to target them in thirty to forty-five feet of water.
Crappies and sunnies are starting to bunch up. Some limits of twelve plus inch crappies are being had on Fall and Low Lakes. Small soft bait/jig combos and minnows under a bobber are prime methods for success. The crappies are holding in the twenty foot depth range and the sunnies are a bit shallower at eight to ten feet.”