Yesterday was spent reopening the roads I had made last week.  The two main roads going out faired pretty well with the wind but the east/west roads did not   Average snow depth in the open is now anywhere between 6 inches to as much as 2 feet in the drifts. And the drifts are hard.  […] The post December 26th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice F...

Merry Christmas!   Yesterday after noon the winds started dropping and the ground drifting slowed out on the lake. Looking out on the main lake the snow drifts resembled white caps with the way it drifted.  The wind did not blow hard enough to level things out.  I cleared the landing  from snow by late morning […] The post December 25th 2022 first...

Yesterday the winds picked up and the snow started drifting. It continued overnight and still is  this morning.  Forecast is for it to start slowing down some as the day goes. Looking out on the ice it doesn’t look good but I’m going to clear the landing this morning  and we will go from there.  […] The post December 24th 2022 first appeared on Ly...

We are finally getting some colder weather and we needed it. With sub-zero lows in a couple days it will make it thru the snow we have out there and start making ice.  Yesterday morning I went out and checked for slush spots and found some in areas where their was 8-9″ of ice and […] The post December 19th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishi...

Yesterday a few groups of anglers went out on Snowmobiles and ATV’s. Those that stopped at the office on their way off reported some decent Perch and  Walleye action.  Some nice sized Perch. Most walleye caught were small.  Those that didn’t stop in I’m presuming didn’t have much to report.  I more would stop and […] The post December 18th 2022 fi...

Yesterday we had  some fishermen out reopening. They did pretty good with nice Perch and some smaller Walleye out on the Graveyard Reef.  They went out on an ATV and portables. We staked more of what will be our roads eventually and checked ice along the way. Once you get past the ice piles that […] The post December 17th 2022 first appeared on Ly...

3:30 pm.    Yesterday the bite was pretty slow for the few out there. Today with the wind and weather we kept anglers off the lake.  We marked roads and cleaned up areas thru the rough ice piles.  And now we wait…. We “officially” are in a “winter storm warning” area from the NOAA. their […] The post December 13th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's I...

Yesterday we had 10 groups of anglers  that went out.  From what reports I didn’t get I’m presuming it was quiet out there yesterday.  The couple reports I received  indicated that with small Perch and Walleye. Ice depths did not change much with the temps above freezing  and probably won’t until after this week’s storm […] The post December 12th...

As fishermen came in Saturday evening and checked-in most reported pretty good fishing. Some did pretty good on Perch just a couple hundred yards offshore in front.  I received pictures of quite a few keeper Walleye and there were numerous reports of numbers of small Walleye C/R under the slot. Some areas did better than […] The post December 11th...

Yesterday we checked more ice and marked spots where i will be making the first roads. ice depths varied from 6- 8 inches The farther out the less it was. We stopped when it was getting less than 6″.  Where we make roads to areas will be no less than 7″ today. Yesterday we had […] The post December 7th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishing.

Yesterday I went for the first walk checking ice to about 3/4 mile out in front of us. The first hundred yards had 8″of ice.  From there on it averaged  between 5″- 6″.  There are some ridges beyond the 3/4 mile mark where the ice pushed in with Friday’s winds that will have to be […] The post December 6th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishi...

Today I’m going to make the first walk out to check ice depths. Most of the ice out past the 150-200 yard has been there since Saturday morning so we’ll see how thick it is.  I’m presuming most of the lake is ice covered but couldn’t see a Modis Satellite image yesterday due to the […] The post December 5th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fish...

Today we woke up to a dusting of snow and gray skies. It looks like the majority of the snow 4-7 inches will be staying just to the south of us.  That is good news for those that do have ice in the bays. The greater majority of the lake is still basically open. We […] The post November 29th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishing.

This morning the south wind took what ice we did have out. We pretty much have open water except for the first 100 feet.  (See web cam).  It’s just as well with the snow forecasted for Tuesday.  Getting measurable snow on thin ice just slows things down even more sometimes. Looking ahead at the weather […] The post November 26th 2022 first appeare...

Today the temps were in the upper 30’s low 40’s up here. Looking out on the main lake in front of us there was ice for about 2 miles but it was moving around and a lot of open spots. Looking at the Modis Satellite pics showed the main lake basically open. With the forecasted […] The post November 23rd 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishing.

For those that have been trying to call us. Our landline phone had been down since the rains on last Thursday so we had no phone or internet.  If you called it just rang as if there was no answer.  This morning the phone company came out and got everything up and running again. […] The post November 14th 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishing...

This past week the weather remained relatively mild for this time of year and it sounds like it will continue with more average temps this week.  Starting this coming weekend and thru next week sounds like more “November” type weather with highs in the 20’s and lows in the teens. Not really ice making weather […] The post November 7th 2022 first a...

For us our Ice Fishing Season starts today.  For the last 30 plus years Nov 1st is when we start taking rental reservations for the upcoming Ice Season.  We still do it the “old fashioned” way I guess you would call it these days. We actually have customers call us and we make reservations that […] The post November 1st 2022 first appeared on Lyba...

Time is getting closer to the next Ice Season. Preparations are under way to get the Rentals ready. We are working on prepping improving cleaning and all that goes along with the rentals. We are building some new ones too. Some of the permanent customers have come up to check and get their houses ready […] The post 10/26/2022 first appeared on Lyb...

This summer so for for Cindy and I has been a summer of changes. My daughter Andrea got married at our home on the Lake in June. A first for the Lyback family in the over 100 years.  A beautiful place for a wedding if the weather cooperates.   Fortunately is was a perfect day […] The post July 23rd 2022 first appeared on Lyback's Ice Fishing.