Partridge Lake

Thanks Noah..we did go yesterday.  Moved around a lot but panfish were not biting.  We caught a few.  I did see some northern get iced.  Not many people were out which I was surprised.

There was anywhere from 6-8 inches most place we were at. One side by side was out, everyone else walked including us.

Shoreline is good yet however fishing was tough lots of lookers none that gave in

How's the shoreline/ice.   Planning on heading here tomorrow.

Thank you sir. Right after I posted,  I received another call from my "source".He stated that he was uncertain of the veracity of that report. Well crud. He then drove by the lake and checked it all over with binocs, from 2 vantage points. He said he could not see a truck protruding above the ice. Sorry for the false alarm.

G- man. I live on Wolf River Dr just down from the beach and have watched many walk out and also still take 4 wheelers as of yesterday, but did not see any trucks or large vehicles. I know guys were doing very well for Bluegill and a few perch going off the end of Castello Dr. and straight to out to the North side for the past two weeks.

Rumor has it that somebody dropped a pickup through the ice on the NE corner yesterday. What in the world are people thinking...??

Went out at oh-dark-thirty from Blue Top again. 8-9" of ice and the top 3" is pretty much mush. Caught enough for a one-man meal and worked hard for the 4 fish I kept. Hot pink tail on a #10 short shank horizontal jig hook and a #6 English Fly Shot. The fish hit it well, just couldn't find many. Auger wasn't shaving real hard ice...my opinion.

One loon drove off of Blue Top with a pick up, went north 100-150 yds and then went west along the south shore for about 300yds. Parents must be closely related is all that comes to mind.

Went out at oh-dark-thirty from Blue Top again. The spot where I had bluegill action 48hrs ago went dead. Started working around and covered some 600+ yard before I ran into some fish. CPR'd a pair of crappie that measured 11 inches each. Snubbed a couple with my plastic and #12 horizontal jig hook. Lost one at the hole that may have gone 12". It was a lot of work and a lot of drilling with little to show for it. Still beats the best day I ever had working in the office.

To those 4 guys driving 1/2 ton pickups out there on 9" of ice (top 2" is very suspect)....you guys are nuttier than squirrel p00p. Best I can do is call 911 when I see you put your truck through....... 

Walked off of the landing at Blue Top at oh-dark-thirty. One pair beat me across the lake on a wheeler and they set up in a historic perch area in the NW corner of the lake. Used to see big gators up in that area years ago. I set up well east of them, but not as far east as "The willows" (not actually willow trees). CPR'd six 7-1/2" gills and a lone 8" gill. Even landed a 13" walleye on my flo pink plastic tail and 2# Suffix. That was a first for me on Partridge. There was no more than 9" of ice (I measure everything). 2 guys decided to drive a pair of Ford Explorer-size SUV's into that NW corner of the lake. I'm not that brave.

King,
I used to fish Partridge many years ago both on the ice and in summer. The fish are there all year round and have to eat, so you should be able to catch some. My suggestion is to fish the deepest water, if that doesn't work, try elsewhere. BG25