With the snow storm that moved in Friday into Saturday morning this made for some very interesting adventures out onto the ice. My son wanted to head out with me once again and I think that I may have a fishing buddy that will possibly be going on every adventure going forward. We arrived at the lake with bluebird skies, not much wind to talk about, temps a little above freezing and the whole lake to ourselves. Of course since it had been warmer earlier in the week, this had soften the shoreline access and with the new 10-12 inches of fresh snow on the ice, we had to walk around part of the lake, with my son in tow, to be able to get onto the lake. Since there were no wind and moderate temps we were able to get away from bringing the fish house along. We enjoy sitting on the ice much more and enjoy the outdoor experience instead of sitting inside. We arrived at the first spot and got setup and wasn’t long and David had the first crappie lying on the ice and I think that I was just as excited as he was when that first one came through the hole. When he is able to get a fish through the hole, this really reassures him that he can do this and enjoy himself doing it. Wasn’t long and we were off drilling more holes and searching for fish but every move took work between the two of us to get setup in all of the new snow. We were working water depths from 16–20 feet of water and there wasn’t any particular depth that they were really concentrated on. Of course he had caught the biggest fish of the day once again at 12 inches in length and was caught on T.H.E. Jig. The baits that we used were the Loby Baits Polli and also T.H.E. Jig. The fish were caught suspended off of the bottom typically around 5-9 feet off of the bottom as anything that was marked near the bottom was very inactive. The bite was a very tough one and we were only able to catch 6 fish through the holes but they were all nice fish at that. I am really enjoying taking my son out onto the waters and so glad to see him enjoying himself so much. It was his idea to go out with me fishing as I have learned over time not to force them into doing things like this. I know that I will always look forward to our next trip together as I had enjoyed similar trips with my father and grandfather when I was his age. To be able to instill the outdoors into our kids when they are this young, this will ensure that we have a generation that will carry on the true spirit of the outdoors into future generations.
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