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Winter Vacations Fishing Conditions Hiller's Pine Haven, St Germain, northern Wisconsin
Fishing Specials and Conditions
Fishing Conditions on Little St. Germain Lake
February 2, 2012
Overall numbers of game fish taken with tip ups has slowed down a bit. But the panfishing has been very good. Last night we had several undersized walleye caught on a Swedish Pimple. This past weekend a few nice Northern Pike were caught too. But tons of crappie and bluegill were caught in weeds about 8' deep, and the crappies were a little deeper. It seems like a lot fish from all species are holding around 18' to 25' deep in our bay. Slush is our new problem. Any where ice fishermen have been on our bay, you're going to see slush, so bring your boots. You can move around on the packed trails with your trucks and, you should be able to move around on four wheelers too, just be prepared to keep them in the tracked areas and watch where you drive if you're breaking trail. Ice thickness varies, but we have at least 14 to 17 inches of ice in West Bay, other bays and smaller lakes have more. We are catching crappies in slightly deeper water, between 20' to 30' deep. Panfish have been around the fish cribs and in the weeds about 8' deep. We have to cull through them to find the keepers, but this weekend the bigger gills were in 30' of water for one of our guests. We placed our shacks on the bay within walking distance of the resort for now. Placing the tip ups in 12' of water with shiners down on the bottom produced lots of Northern Pike flags and a respectable number of walleye flags. The walleye and pike action slowed down a tad for us this weekend though. The walleyes seem to be in two age classes, 11 inch fish or low 20's. Three nights a week, we set 3 tip ups in front of our office, and we're still average a couple fish an evening right in front of the resort.
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FOR GUIDES ON OPEN WATER: we work with three different guides that range in price from $200 to $365 per day and each guide offers different types of programs including back water fishing, shore lunches, and/or game fish open water action. Half day rates are also available. Here's a link to one of the fishing guides we recommend. www.kenjacksonguide.com
ICE FISHING: We will continue to offer our inhouse $37/person per day ice fishing trips for this winter. We fish where the guide likes to go, and tailor that to the style of fishing you're looking for. We also offer a new $180/full day ice fishing package with guide John Andrews www.johnnandrew.com