Fishing December 30, 2007

It has been a while since we were able to get out onto the ice with the schools being out and things on the too do list to get done. Now that those things have been finished it was time to hit the ice and we decided to head to our favorite ice fishing lake and see what we could find. The ice was about what we had expected as we have been having warm weather conditions with temps in the 40’s a good portion of the week. There was also rain mixed in with those temps and figured that the ice maybe taking a toll because of this. With spud bar in hand it was time to hit the ice and was surprised that for a Sunday there wasn’t a person out there and nobody came out at all the time that we were there. With an approaching storm, we figured that the bite should be better and it definitely was from previous outings as of late. We drilled 12 holes in a circle that ranged from 14 feet of water out to 18 feet and only about half of them we were marking fish throughout the day. The crappies that we were catching were very small and really faded out and not sure if that is from all of the snow cover or what as they are usually not that faded. The sunfish were definitely bigger on this trip compared to what we generally catch there and were more dominant than the crappies that were caught. The bass were biting as well and watching the video you will see what we had caught as this is one of the nicer fish that we have caught through the ice in a while. We weren’t able to find able perch as they generally make a strong presence while we are out there. The baits that worked on this outing were the Loby Bait’s Polli starting with the red color but had to switch to white to get a better bite. Also a number of fish were caught on T.H.E. Jig in the blue/chartreuse color scheme and both of these jigs were matched with the Austin Custom UL and Elite Series rods and work perfectly. The ice is around 8-9 inches thick but was cracking a lot when we first got out there. The ice would crack under your feet here and there and when drilling a hole that would create cracks as well. Was a little nerve racking for a while but when the temps raised some the ice softened up some and was much better. We are going to be going out again here in a couple of days and may have to give this lake another look or pending ice conditions may take a look at another new lake...

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