Ice & Fishing Update: 1/14/08

Happy Monday.

Ice has been holding up fairly well. We are still allowing driving on our roads, with the exception of large diesels. We have roads out to F. Road I still has some slush. Kevin and the crew will be plowing to Hennepin today, but don't get too excited yet! He is doing it so that with the really frigid cold coming by Wednesday, the roads can crack as it gets so cold and then can freeze & heal up. So still no imminent plans to get houses out to Hennepin.

Some of our guys have been out fishing with their portables and report slushy conditions north of Hennepin and that the ice out to the gravel is so-so.

Fishing has been pretty slow, but interestingly enough, there have been a lot of reports of catching nice northerns! Some houses did ok this weekend and caught some keeper perch and a few walleyes, but overall the entire lake is quieter than usual.

Our County Board meeting is tonight. I thank all of you for your support. These revised regs (http://millelacsmessenger.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=17604 and http://www.millelacscountytimes.com/legals.html.) are of great concern to us; they would significantly affect our ability to continue to do business by limiting our summer live in fish house park. We hope to come away from the meeting with a committee to look into what concerns exist and to work on addressing those concerns; and NOT to have the proposal passed.

Have a great day!

Karen & Kevin