Fishin' Reports

I know many anglers were disappointed to learn that the Burke Lake Trout Derby has been postponed until March 19th. I suspected that the freezing temperatures that we had up until very recently were the issue, and I decided to run down to the Quincy Wildlife Area to see what Burke and some other lakes that opened on March 1st looked like. I came upon a sight that I can’t ever remember seeing before—ice fishermen on Burke Lake. Yup, there was a big group of anglers out on the ice. I don’t know if I would have jointed them, but Burke Lake was pretty much frozen from the bottom end to as far as I could see. I did notice some anglers on the south shore. I drove over and found a half dozen guys fishing a narrow strip of open water. Delaying the Burke Lake Trout Derby was a good idea. Fishing will be great with open water on the 19th. I also noticed that nearby Quincy Lake was solidly frozen with no open water at all, but it appeared that is open water on Dusty Lake at the bottom of the mile long trail down to it.