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Eagles on the shore 🦅 ❤️

Beautiful night on the lake! 🩵🩷

We recently had an artist stay at the Lake House. 💙

Beautiful sky today. 💙

Beautiful day to be at Camp Nicoli! ♥️

Beautiful day at Camp Nicoli! 🌞

Happy Easter 🐰

January 29, 2024
Ice conditions improved with a low temperature of 23° this morning. Maple syrup weather is in the 7 day forecast, with daily highs above freezing and below 32° for overnight lows. Not the worst weather. Just kind of March-like. They took away the teens later in the week, but we’re still going to get down into the low 20s. Most ice measurements taken today were between 6”and 9” of ice. All 3 of the Accesses on this side of Upper Little Bay de Noc are good, but remember if using The Kipling Public Landing you’ll likely encounter that heave. Crossing it has become very treacherous as some of it has opened up. Use extreme caution.
Fishing reports today were better than the Sunday Weekend Wrap-Up Reports of a minimal bite, likely because of the ice angling pressure since Thursday. Which I’m sure will happen again this coming weekend too. But for now, it’s somewhat of a ghost town out there and you don’t have to be next to anybody.
This 28” Walleye was released to see another day! We love when you share pictures from your trip to Little Bay de Noc with us! Blade’s Live Well Album Grows With every submission. Thanks for the picture, Tony!

Increasing your odds,
-Blade

January 27, 2024
Let’s start off with the ice conditions. We’ve lost maybe a half an inch. I’m still finding 5 to 9” on Upper Little Bay de Noc North of the narrows of Gladstone. We had a high of 42° today and the sun popped out for a bit. There’s water on the ice and the remnants of any snow is close to gone. Traveling out the Days River Landing was wet. Out off to the left towards Garth Point you can see what looks like a modified pop-up camper with hard sides that’s sinking through the ice. When traveling on the ice, I noticed it doesn’t crack or spiderweb out, a good indication that ice is getting soft. After stopping in to check on our overnight guests this evening, I made my way down the Bay until I got to where I typically cross the heave. As I approached, I noticed a few people positioned around with their machine lights on a specific area. I assumed they were shining their lights for others letting them know where to cross. Nope! A huge gaping hole has formed where there had been a heave crossing. One Gentleman recognized me right away and said “Hey Blade, I just sent you a picture!” We all started knocking down chunks of ice to position them around the opening. Thank you for thinking of others and helping identify sketchy places on the bay. All that information is compiled and verified to help make my ice reports as accurate as possible to keep everyone as safe as possible. Which is funny, because I got a voicemail message last night indicating I tell people the ice is safe to sell more bait…🤦🏽‍♂️
On a sidenote, other than ice and weather, it’s always fun to share things that give us a chuckle around the shop. First though, we’d like to reiterate that We Do Not Have The Capability To Provide You With Fishing Licenses or ORV Stickers!! For 4yrs we have been on a list, but the State of Michigan has still not been able to supply us with the machine to do so. I bring this up, because in the middle of our rather chaotic morning of slinging minnows, a gentleman was beside himself that he would have to go to Holiday, 2 miles down the road, to get an ORV sticker. He pouted a little bit, then looked like he was gonna have a hissy fit. I said that’s really bothering you, Isn’t it? My good friend Marty always had an expression for people like that. Those kind of people are “dinks” because they’re not big enough to be “pricks”.
The photo tonight is of the area that WAS a good crossing through the heave.

Increasing your odds,
-Blade

January 23, 2024

After monitoring ice thickening over the last week and half I have navigated a safe ice route for the side by side. Starting out the Days River Access down through the bay and back off at The Kipling Landing. The next week and a half as temperatures warm during the daytime and freeze at night, we’ll be checking for any loss of ice. Today is the first day in a while we got above 32°. So far so good and I didn’t find any ice under 5”, even under the snow. The thickest ice I measured was just over 11”.
The forecast is calling for at least a week of above freezing daily temps. and some nights barely getting below freezing. On a positive note, even though we will be having warmer temperatures, it’s supposed to be overcast so the sun won’t be eating away at the ice from above. Tonight‘s picture is of one of those somber, sunless days on the Bay.  Embrace it. Stretches like this are usually good fishing. 

Increasing your odds,
-Blade

The Bay is busy! 🎣

Love this view! 💙
Sunny Skys Lakehouse

We have ice! 🎣

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✨ANOTHER IMPORTANT UPDATE - Gladstone Ski Hill ✨

The Gladstone Ski Hill will open Friday, January 19th at 4:00pm! 🎉

Hours of Operation:
- Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays: 4:00 - 8:30 PM
- Saturday & Sunday: 12:00 - 6:00 PM
- Tuesdays & Wednesdays: CLOSED

Tubing is only available on the weekends and the After School Program is scheduled to begin January 26th.

For more information, please visit our website! 👇
https://www.gladstonemi.org/services/parks_and_recreation/john___melissa_besse_sports_park.php

Photo Credit: Visit Escanaba

New property added!

Camp Nicoli has two bedrooms one bath and is situated on 40 beautiful acres.

https://www.sunnyskyslakehouse.com/en/upper-peninsula-peaceful-cabin

Merry Christmas from our house to yours! 🎄

We spent Sunday in Big Bay. The colors did not disappoint! ❤️🧡💛💚💙

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