July 11, 2024 – The Heat Has Arrived!
Hi All,
Well, until this week we have had a very cool, wet summer. The weather patterns and wind directions have been very volatile and it seemed like it was raining almost daily, sometime while the sun was still out – haha! All of the rain has been exactly what the lake needed to get our water levels back up to normal and to keep them there, but has unfortunately come at the cost of a very heavy mosquito hatch. This has been a very bad year for those little buggers so we definitely recommend lots of bug spray and Thermacells. The fishing has generally been good all summer, but the fish’s feeding patterns have been disrupted frequently with the changing weather, and it has made them a little more scattered than usual. We have generally been hearing that the fishing is slow until about Tuesday morning each week when groups start to find them and figure out their patterns, and then it’s business as usual.
This week has been a break from the constant rain we have been having, but at the cost of very high temperatures. Every day this week has broken 85 degrees I believe, and today we saw over 90. We had a hard mayfly hatch the past three weeks or so that began to die down last weekend and is about all but over now. The hatch paired with the bright, hot, sunny days we have had this week has made the fishing a little bit slower. That being said, now that the weather has stabilized for more than two days in a row, the bite has been getting better every day this week despite the less than favorable walleye fishing conditions. On these really hot and calm days I like to head for the current of the English River either North or South to find active fish in the cooler moving water that provides a bit of a sanctuary from the hot sun. On the days with more favorable conditions (or in the cooler mornings and evenings) walleye can be found on the usual humps and structure that they like this time of year. 7 Pine Island, the humps out around Red Rock, the Flats, etc. are all producing fish if you find a reef with an actively feeding school.
Currently the water levels are normal or even a little bit on the high side. 100′ of extension cord should currently be more than enough to reach the end of the dock from the power posts. Currently the boat launch isn’t too banged up and is relatively level, and we would like to keep it that way so please refrain from power loading and unloading your boats.
There have been changes to the rules regarding bringing a pet into the US and that includes bringing your own pet home if you bring them out of the country with you up here. Below is a little summary I copied from a post Lindsay shared on Facebook with the information we currently have:
