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I needed to get out of town and clear my head after getting bad news of a sick friend and my mom just getting home from the hospital. Moms is ok, the friend probly not so much. Anyways what better therapy than fishing in the middle of a frozen lake so I took off for 3 days of insane laker fishing. Friday I caught only 5 fish but one was a new PB mack at 37" and fat as hell! Didn't get a weight on her because it was a long fight and wanted to get her released quickly. Sat was a numbers day of over 20 fish, biggest was around #5. Sunday was wierd weather with a hit and run bite, I caught 14 with the biggest around #5. I hooked a 14" laker and half way up something BIG attacked the poor little guy. I fought the monster for 15 seconds till she let go of the little one. Never had that happen to me when icefishing before.
The bottom layer of ice was still a good 1' of hard clear ice with 8" of crusty shlushy crap on top, made it real tough to get around in the afternoon. I think it could be fished for another 2 weeks or more but who would want to strugle with that shitty shlushy crust. Caught fish in 55' to 80' on the bottom and suspended to nearly the top of the ice.
Enjoy some picts
My new Pb, I'll never forget that fight!

A squeeze back down the hole


Crazy how different these fish can look, this one was almost black

This one was onange


The lucky one that escaped the attack with a few scars and torn gill cover

The bottom layer of ice was still a good 1' of hard clear ice with 8" of crusty shlushy crap on top, made it real tough to get around in the afternoon. I think it could be fished for another 2 weeks or more but who would want to strugle with that shitty shlushy crust. Caught fish in 55' to 80' on the bottom and suspended to nearly the top of the ice.
Enjoy some picts
My new Pb, I'll never forget that fight!

A squeeze back down the hole


Crazy how different these fish can look, this one was almost black

This one was onange


The lucky one that escaped the attack with a few scars and torn gill cover
