Happy New Year everybody!! Deer season has finnally come to an end. Not as many deer were killed this year as previous years but some beautiful racks were taken.The winners of our buck contest were Martin Cox 1st place with a 205 pound 8 point. Martin won a Weatherby .270 rifle. 2nd place winner was Landurm Cox with a 185 pound thick beamed 8 point. Landurm won a 15 foot ladder stand.The youth contest winner was Hunter Hanna with a 175 pound 8 point. Hunter won a .410 Stevens shotgun.Congratulations to our winners! Also hope you had a memorable season.If your'e not quite ready to put up the guns yet. Small game seasons (rabbitand squirrel) are still going strong. Also alot of folks are turning their attention to Hog hunting.We have bags of corn for $9.99 and Pig Out and Hog Wild feed supplements for $7.99. Stop in and check out all the new products comming in!

 Lake Rusell's water temps are running aroud 48 degress on the big water. The crappie and bass have headed for the deep water.  For the largemouth try a spot remover rig hopped down the secondary points. The best tecnique for fishing for Bass and  Perch in this cold weather is verticle jigging.We have a good suppley of Berry Spoons and Buck Shot spoons from Northland tackle. We also have in some new colors and styles of Sebiles plugs and just about every color lizard and worms that Zoom makes.   Catfish are biting good on both lakes. Use red worms, chicken liver or cut herring.We have a good supply of live herring and many commercial stink baits. If youre setting basket, I have a limited supply of old style Meal Cake and 25 pound buckets of cheese. we also have some new PVC coated catfish baskets that are guarenteed not to rust for 10 years. Hey-- Stop in and check out all the new stuff and ask for your up to date fishing report.