last west metro hard water report for the season.

[Cody Gruchow]

Lake Susan- the access is starting to get real bad and some spots the ice was chaning from all the way up to over 30 inchs of ice all the way down to 8 inchs at about 100 yards apart.
the few fish we did catch was on gander mountian panfish hooks and a waxworm, we caught the gills in about 16 FOW. at one point we had the Vexlair completely lite up but nothing would take the bait.

Lake Riley- ice around the access is starting to thin a considerable amount, but we did very well acually we limited out on crappies ranging from 9 to 10 inchs. we caught them on a yellow hook baited with a crappie minnow. pulled them out in 13 FOW.

Lake Ann- ice isnt to bad but this lake is infested with smaller pike, but also has some huge pike in it but anyways we caught a handful of small crappies sunfish and perch nothing was keepers but it sure was a fun day, also caught a few small pike on waxworms that is a little pain in the butt but nothing you can do. we caught most of our panfish and crappies in about 19 FOW and the perch came at about a foot off the bottom.

Lotus Lake- the ice isnt the worst ive seen but you should always be cautious, you can pull small crappies and perch from this lake almost everyday in the season. most of the fish we caught came on a waxworm in about 12 FOW. no keepers but it sure was fun.



i dont plan on going out on the ice anymore this year. and i must advise everyone to be careful on the ice and dont drive your vechicles out either. already been a few trucks go threw the ice. good luck and good fishing

[Randy Kaar]

good job on the ice reports Cody! look forward to your
open water reports!
 

randy aka bh