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Yesterday,..decided to try last ice trip of the year? Maybe. Best access of the year so far, on foot,..hard frozen top layer of snow to spot. On the ice and fishing at 9AM. Love laker hours.
40-60 fow,..however,..47 fow was where we wound up and stayed. Combination ice/slush/ice/slush and then prob a good 12+ inches ice. Two days after the full moon, which we find almost always is good. Bluebird day. Sun out, and warm. CAUTION! Do as I say, and not what I do. Wear sunscreen!! I never learn.
Sunburned face,. My right hand, facing the sun all day, is blistered. That sun is brutal at that altitude, and reflections off ice is the same. Yes, I had sunscreen in my bag!!
Access off lake was not bad, altho a small slush layer on ice, and breaking thru on snow to the truck. Should be good for another week or so, but warmer weather coming,..so use caution!
Oh yeah, the fishing. :smile: Typical for a feeding flat,...coming thru in waves. 15 minutes nothing, then awesome action. I'm not the run and gun type,..I like to be in an area that the fish come to me. Maybe it's my age,..I can respect the type of fishing some of my friends do. Go all over the lake,..fish a spot for a half hour, and move. Fish,..and move. And they catch fish. And big ones. But we have too. To each his own.
My son outfished me again,over 2 to 1..which is how it is supposed to be, isn't it? And I landed 14. (my old motocross #
) He was on fire, and fished from the shanty. ??? NO SUNBURN! Smarter than his Dad. Two 17 inchers kept.

Access off lake was not bad, altho a small slush layer on ice, and breaking thru on snow to the truck. Should be good for another week or so, but warmer weather coming,..so use caution!
Oh yeah, the fishing. :smile: Typical for a feeding flat,...coming thru in waves. 15 minutes nothing, then awesome action. I'm not the run and gun type,..I like to be in an area that the fish come to me. Maybe it's my age,..I can respect the type of fishing some of my friends do. Go all over the lake,..fish a spot for a half hour, and move. Fish,..and move. And they catch fish. And big ones. But we have too. To each his own.
My son outfished me again,over 2 to 1..which is how it is supposed to be, isn't it? And I landed 14. (my old motocross #