This past weekend we had a few people up for ice fishing. It was a slow weekend, but everyone hung in there and this morning proved to be a little different.
Enjoying the snowfall.
John patiently waiting for the next bite.
John and Sam hoping to catch something.
The perch were biting. Made for a good dinner.
Success this morning. 38 inch musky caught on 2 pound test. Everyone had fun bringing in the fish.
The beavers have been busy eating all winter out on the flowage near the picnic pavilion. I captured these two today. How appropriate that there were two dining on vegetation on Valentine’s Day.
Enjoying dinner
Close-up view
Snow conditions this winter haven’t been the greatest for snowshoeing. I did get out last week after a new fallen snow. The nature trail is pretty with all the snow on the trees.
the nature trail signs helps find your way after a snow fall.
I followed a foxes trail for quite awhile on my hike.
You can see some of the the lake through the trees.
The resort from the lake
John went ice fishing tonight and caught his limit of 25 bluegills. Our guests who stayed in Red Oaks over the holidays had a successful 5 days ice fishing. The largest being a 23 inch walleye!
the fish were biting strong at 5pm once the moon was up.
Scott, one of our carpenters, went fishing with John.
The family dogs loved running all around the lake over the holidays!
Deb snowshoeing with the dogs.
The dogs would play for hours outside!
Zeus the Great Dane!
First thing was to choose the bravest (and lightest) person to go out on the ice. Kendria wins! On goes the life vest and then John ties on the rope.
Next test to see if the ice is safe.
John on the other end of the rope in case Kendria falls in. Which one of these onlookers do you think would go in after Kendria if she fell through the ice!?!
Digging it out.
Bringing the turtle back to shore.
Kelly checking the turtle carcass out. The otter had a good meal of turtle.
Look for the turtle shell somewhere ion the lodge when you visit this summer.
The snow started falling on Wednesday and ended on Thursday. From a person who used to dislike the snow the Northwoods have made me fall in love with it. It is always picture perfect outside with the fresh snow. We had a total of 6-7 inches of snow. Some areas of the Northwoods had as much as 14 inches. Of course with heavy snow comes power outages. thus I had to wait until today to post pictures. 🙂 Enjoy the pictures.
The front entrance before there were any tire marks on the road.
The main drive
Looking down to the lake from the lodge
And the creek which is always gorgeous after a wet snowfall!
After two weeks of no sun and misty weather (not even enough rain to help raise the water levels in the lake) we have had beautiful summer like weather this week. 77 degrees here today. Enjoy the latest photos given to us by our guests.
Fall mist on the lake
The otters have been very active this fall.
Enjoying dinner.
Kids enjoying the last of the great weather.
Fall colors
The color didn't stay on the trees long this year due to the high winds.
We have had a family of otters playing for the last two weeks. Momma and 3 babies. They have been playing in all the ponds, in the culvert under County K and in the creek. Today has been my first chance of getting a picture. Enjoy.
Momma waiting for her little one to join her.
Here comes the little one. I was hoping to get a picture with Momma with her little one, but my daughter and niece came to watch and screamed with excitement and momma ran away.
The little one swimming off to find momma.
The sign of summer coming to an end……..
The paddle boat is hitching a ride to the garage for the winter.