Strong Ice Fishing Activity on Delavan Lake

    
     Ice fishing activity is active on Delavan Lake with the majority of anglers being seen in the bay off of Lake Lawn Lodge.  The average ice depth on Delavan Lake ranges between 9 to 15 inches currently, and that will likely change over the course of the next 10 days due to the extremely cold conditions we’re expecting to roll in tonight.
     The barometric pressure as of this morning was 29.83, but with the cold temps heading our way today or this evening, it may dip down to 29.40 or lower, we’ll see. Anglers have been reporting the best bite occurring mid to late afternoon between three and five p.m.
     Safety has been an issue due to the ice shifts/mounds of ice that people may not be seeing as they come on and off the lake. On Sunday, a fisherman rolled his all-terrain vehicle over by Lake Lawn, but there were no reports of serious injuries.



Ice Fishers set up camp in the bay off of Lake Lawn Resort
     Work the drop offs, jigging and/or with your tip-ups. Some bigger females have been taken recently ranging from 30 to 38 inches on these ledges. The shiners have been more productive that the chubs, and the tip-ups more productive than the jigging with artificials.
     The fish have been fairly aggressive, and many tip-up anglers have been leaving their minnows just below the ice without a split shot in shallower weedy water, allowing for greater action from the shiner and no tangles in the weeds.
     Some hammer-handles have been taken with crappie minnows and Rapalas as well. Some nice walleyes have been taken in deep water. Anglers are reporting them as deep as 45 feet on the flats. They’re biting lite and dropping the bait. Panfish activity has been consistently good on the east side of the lake, with anglers getting bluegills and crappies on spikes in about 7 feet of water. 

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