Zippel report

[Hooked on LOW]

Went to Zippel for the first time 3 weeks ago. Had the time of my life. Going agian 3/5. Can't wait! Just wanted to here if anyone has been having any luck and if you could give a rookie some pointers. Thanks for the help.<BR>Keepin em cold.<BR>

[Guest]

Slow was the word for this past weekend. A couple guys from work have a house out with the resort houses and only 12 fish total for 2 guys all day. I fished monday about a 1/2 mile out beyond the plowed roads and didn't do much better, 9 fish total all were small from 9:30-1. Could have maybe kept 3 13-14" saugers if I wanted to clean fish. Best advice is to get away from the crowd.

[skyking]

Was up on 2/17-18 and it was pretty slow to say the least. Tuesday we fished out in the Gull Rock & Arnesons area and ended up getting mostly the smaller fish, but did get a few nice saugers and jumbo perch. On Wednesday we decided to give Zippel a try and had better luck. Still had the small fish around, but we did get into some better sized saugers (15- 18") and had some decent walleyes and jumbo perch.<P>I'd stay over in the Zippel area as there was more area to choose from since they have a better plowed road setup. Babbler only has plowed out to Gull Rock and Arnesons Reef. Was kind of disappointed with that since we would've liked to get out towards 12 or 16 Mile on the deeper mud. Looked like the only way out there was by sled or bomber with all the snow up there. Watch out for the slushy areas and best of luck!!

[bobbersup]

Coming up 1st weekend in March. Do I need anything different than when I was up in Jan.?? Which we had very good luck!! First time up this late, so any help would be appreciated!! Can I expect to see more perch?? Will we see more fish suspended?<P>bobbers still up and the beer still cold!!

[fiskyknut]

I stopped in and spoke with Nick and Deanna yesterday to get the skinny on the iceout Pike tourney. Fishing has been pretty good thru this week and they are seeing some decent action for nice fish in shallow water early and late, tis the time of the season for them fishes to start thinking spawn. Terri's report out of Walleye retreat mentions the same, and they had some big fish come into their camp as of late. I also caught wind of some great fishing on the river early and late in the day. Some BIG fish have been caught this past week in the river on a couple of well known spots. I'm gonna give this a whirl on Sunday.<P>I think whatever worked for you earlier at Zippel would work for you again. It's a confidence kinda thing eh!<P>fiskyknut

[Prairiefire]

Fisky or anyone else, I'd like to try the river next week. Can you give anymore advice on where to go. Where it is safe to drive, where to access, etc. Thanks.

[Guest]

Heard better reports for this past weekend. Took the weekend off LOW to go to URL for some crappies. Heard of a 3.5lb perch caught at a resort house, this is unconfirmed as of yet.

[Hooked on LOW]

Thanks for the help everone. Mepps#5 We are going to URL as well on the way back (bringing the Clam) What kind of luck did you have? Do we need the extention? How was driving on the ice? Hope you had fun.<BR>

[Guest]

I got 9 on Sat. and 8 on Sun. The road that I was out of was good. I went out of mort's. 6-9PM. I am unsure of how the roads at Zipple are. I ride sled from my house up there pulling my portable and don't use the roads much.