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Phil's Words of Wisdom ? & Reports
Phil's Fishing Report:Tuesday May 6, 2008
60 degrees and sunny!
The fish are biting--lots of limits of walleyes reported by Steve Immel of Wausau, Harold Schnitzler and Company of Waukesha and many more happy fishermen. Jig and minnows seem to be the bait of choice.
The docks are in and the water level is HIGH! It is unbelievable how the water level has come up approximately 2 feet since last summer.
Opening weekend is in the books. Saturday was cold and windy but Sunday and Monday were much warmer and the sun was shining. Lots of fish were caught. Walleyes and Northern were really active. Many reports of limits. The weather forecast is getting better and the fish should be biting for quite a while.
Come on up and try your luck.
Bill Ecker and company brought in some of the fish they caught to show us. They had some of biggest Crappies and Bluegill that we have seen in awhile.
Al Sutrick and friends were here in February - he limited out on perch and had 3 nice walleyes. DUG, John and I caught nothing so we wandered over to the Wolf Pack group in Rice Bay and they had several nice Northern, gills, and crappies on the ice. I guess it pays to get out before the crack of 1:30 pm.
C'mon up and give it a try!
On Friday morning 11\16\07 Manny took this picture of a pair of Swans walking on the ice.
The docks are all pulled out of the lake for the year so we are READY for the winter weather.
The Lac Vieux Desert Association planted 14,000 8-10 inch walleye this fall. It was quite a site to see all these fish being put into the lake. That should help the walleye fishing and they will be legal fish within 2 years.
Deer hunting season is over and we had several successful & happy hunters.
We had 2 bear hunters this fall and both bagged their bear with a bow and arrow. That takes some courage or something like that.
Congrats! We have had several successful bow and arrow deer hunters this fall. The grouse hunting was very good.
Joe Mama is back in good graces with the musky God's--10 fish in his last 2 weekend trips of the year with a 49 incher being the largest!
Congratulations to Dale Behnke from Reedsville who GUIDED his wife Anita to a 46 + inch tiger musky! (released of course)
The 5th Annual Wilhelm Fishing Derby concluded September 11th with numerous pike and panfish. Dennis Krueger hit a school of jumbo perch fishing just outside the reed beds on the north shore. Bill Rokaitis got some slab Crappies fishing off a dock on the west shore right at dusk. The Pratscher boys caught the Grand Slam - musky, northern, walleye, bass, crappie, perch, and bluegill. Brad and Sawyer Buck caught 7 legal walleyes and had great success on panfish in the daytime and walleye at night. Bob and Kellen Sorenson say that the pike fishing is "like shooting fish in a barrel. The Hill family said they had the best day of fishing ever - they caught every type of fish in the lake. Ken Hetzner was guided by his wife and family to 3 legal walleyes and a monster northern Saturday night--he has only caught 2 fish total in the past 10 years. Tom Budz landed a 46 inch Musky on September 20th.
Kim Buesing caught this 50 1/2 inch Musky on 08\01\07--longest fish caught by a Sunrise guest this season!
Art helps Dan Doyle hold this 47 incher he caught on September 20th, 2007 while fishing partner Tom Budz takes a picture.
 Tom Gelb of Conover caught this
51 pound 4 oz Musky
(not on Lac Vieux Desert)
on the night of November 30th, 2006 (the last day of the musky season). The temp was 18 degrees and he was in a little row-troller. He could not get the fish in the boat so he had to row the fish to shore while it was still in the water.
This is the biggest fish in Vilas County in 30 years!
Tom caught a 48.5 pound fish again this year in late November. It was 12 degrees with a 20 mph north wind--not my idea of fun but a HUGE fish is his reward.
The lake is finally open. Should be great spring fishing.
C'mon up and try your luck!
Neal Venden caught this beautiful small mouth while fishing 09/01/07
 
Dan & Bob show off some of the very nice fish that were taken this summer.
Phil's weather and snowmobiling report
Current Conditions: 05/06/08
Trails are closed until December 1 even though there is still a little white stuff on the ground.
55 degrees and sunny.
We have gone the entire season from beginning to end without a meltdown. I don't ever remember that happening before. I have never seen the trails so consistently good as they were this year!!!!!
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FOUR SEASON VACATION FUN!
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Phil's Weekly Words of Wisdom?:
Before you criticize someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away AND
you have their shoes.
THE PACK IS BACK!
Brett is riding out into the sunset! He will be missed--even by some Bears fans. Aaron Rodgers is the new gunslinger in Green Bay--hope he can make it through at least the preseason before he gets hurt.
GO PACK GO!!!!!
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