I will throw Harris Chain into the round file, not an angler in the cut. Terrible! My Drain the Lake Team at Harris Chain was a success thanks to Mr. Garrett leading wire to wire and getting the W. Here are my lineups for this week's tournament at the St. John's ..read more

Steve got the dock in today.  Here is how things looked yesterday when I went down front. Steve must have felt some peer pressure with everybody else's docks going in ..read more

 Tonight was the Baxter Bass Snatcher Awards Banquet. It was a low-key night because Snatcher Ruff, the club comedian and normal event MC wasn't able to make it ..read more

  Today was the 2nd Ice Off on Platte Lake of 2024! I shoveled out a path on the SW side of the GOMH and fished for 45 minutes, losing one gator bullhead. A lot of swans around tonight. I saw the beaver again. No loons yet ..read more

  Too much snow There is quite a bit of open water in Channel Inn Bay I saw two beavers tonight Some open water in the NW Bay I brought my fishing rods with me tonight, but no shovel. I didn't fish. I watched the beavers for a while then headed home ..read more

 It was in the low 40's today. I didn't head out tonight until around 7:30 when the front/clouds were moving in. Platte and the GOMH are still mostly iced up. It was getting pretty dark when I got to the Rock Access road, so I decided to turn around rather than see if anyone blazed a trail down to the lake. I'm guessing not. It is only supposed to be in the low 40s for the next couple of days, so I am guessing 2nd Ice Off won't be until Tuesday or Wednesday ..read more

  Cool sunny day. Platte is ice-covered. Just a little open water at the GOMH. I'd say they got 13/14" at the lakes. Will be interesting to see how much the lake levels rise next week ..read more

  We got about a foot of snow from Sunday to Tuesday and much to my amazement, that combined with the cold on the back half of the storm was enough to refreeze the GOMH area and all of Platte Lake. Sullivan and Long still had open water. I didn't check Bulldog or Rock.  I'm thinking the lake will be open by Easter Sunday.  ..read more

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13" Demon/Minnow 14" Cubby  Silvers finally moved in. I got the first one over by the Beaver Dam. I was just about to leave when I missed a bite. I then stayed until I ran out of minnows. Catching 2 more silvers and missing 7 more bites. A Bow Fishing Boat came through and I shined two eyes on the Platte side before I left ..read more