FISHING DEVILS LAKE

The Devils Lake Volunteer Fire Department's annual ice fishing tournament was a great success in that many fish were caught and between four thousand to five thousand participants were involved. Not only that but the weather was so good. Yes, there were a couple of snow showers that weekend but the temperatures were in the 30s during the day.

Even though sufficient fish were caught to make the tournament a success, overall the catching was a little slow on the lake. By slow I mean that the Walleyes that I caught were mostly pretty small. Usually the Walleye population in the lake is quite substantial in size. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago an eleven plus pound Walleye was caught near to where I was set up. Devils Lake was once renowned for its jumbo Perch too. I did catch one of these jumbos on this trip and that is always a thrill to pull one of those up through the hole in the ice.