Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: This picture has nothing to do with the rest of the blog entry but I had to share this one. What is all the yellow stuff in the water you ask? If you can tell from the waves we had a lot of wind going combined with Red Pine and White Pine in full pollen production and that equals... Read more

Excerpt: Chris Moran and Amanda Hixson tied the knot this weekend at Dillman's resort in Lac Du Flambeau. Amanda's family has been coming to Black's Cliff since her dad was a young boy same age as Craig spending hours at the raft chasing bikini's and crappies going back to the early 50's. Tom is our longest running guest who I... Read more

Excerpt: Our ice out guy, Cliff, took a side trip to Lombard Illinois to present the ice out winnings to Kip Cikowski who was the closest guesser to when Cliff took the plunge in the lake from ice out. Congrats to Kip! and better luck next time to Charlie, Kip was the verified winner Our ice out guy,... Read more

Excerpt: Sitting in my office this morning I had a parade of pictures come in from guests who wanted to share. This one was one of the most amazing pictures I have ever had shared with me. Stacey Borger caught this full rainbow picture on her Iphone 5 using the panaramic option. Absolutely amazing and I need to go and... Read more

Excerpt: This picture is for a few crappie fishermen in Springfield I know. Fish are biting where are you? Last week I had the following pictures shared by the Doering family who had a great week catching everything from crappies to bass and northern as well. The spawn has been late and the fishing was great last week according to... Read more

Excerpt: How do you say Happy Father's Day when you live at a resort? You help your dad bail out all 17 boats, 2 paddle boats, and 2 canoes after a major rain storm. Hold on.... don't we do this every time it rains? Yep but today you are doing it before going to breakfast with dad and with a... Read more

Excerpt: The last few years I have been adding a kayak here and there. Only problem is we had not quite caught up on where to put them as I bought them. Anyone with a boat of their own docking in the blue docks had to negotiate the kayak and canoe fleet that tended to get tied up anywhere there... Read more

Excerpt: Summer has arrived and it is time to sit on the Perch with a good book and listen to the lake. Better yet if your mom sits next to you with a book by the same author and you can laugh your way through. Even better if you have a cup of coffee each and an entertaining family jumping... Read more

Excerpt: This morning it is 70 degrees they windows are open, the smell of Lily of the Valley blooming is in the air. It finally feels like summer has arrived Just about all the leaves have popped out. We are about a week behind in what is blooming Sunshine sparkling off the lake. Yep, it feels like summer There is... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a cool week and a bit rainy, but fun has been had. School ended!! That has to be the sign of fun. First campfire and smores of the season. Fishing has been good this week. Crappies and Blue gills are about a week behind in the spawn and started really coming in. Anything that had cover... Read more

Excerpt: With so many places to go in the world and so few vacation days to take, why head up north? I ran into this very nice log entry in Restawhile's log book today and thought I would share as the lady put it into words better than I could. It was her first time to Black's Cliff with her... Read more