Well we finally have Ice I got out about a week ago on a fairly small lake in the southern portion of the state. On thursday Night the little one was sleeping and mom was making cookies so I ventured out to some local lakes to check thickness. I got out to the first lake and walked down to the shore and it was completely capped over, I looked at the northern shore line and saw a portable out, Great!
I got the hand auger out and started drilling, First hole 5 inches, Walked out another ten feet, Drilled, 5 inches, walked out, drilled, 5 inches.....This went on for about 100 Ft. After that it dropped to about 4 inches and stayed that way as far as I went.
Fast forward to Saturday Morning, I got up at sunrise, Packed up the house, And headed out. When I got to the lake I saw a portable and 2 guys making their way across the ice, as well as 1 pop up hut all the way across the lake at the other access. I still checked thickness every 10-15 feet on the way out leaving the shack and gear in the car till I had drilled out to where I wanted to fish. Once there I drilled a set of 10 holes and walked back to shore to get the house and gear.
Once set up I was in 5 foot of water with a lit up vexilar. First drop a ten inch crappie. Second drop a little smaller fish. On the third drop I shut off the vexilar and Started sight fishing, My Favorite way of fishing! This continued for about an hour and 27 fish. It was then that I heard people talking and a few augers running. I had noticed the Ice getting a little Wetter, When I looked around I noticed that I now had about a dozen people fishing around me, I looked down and with the augers running and people moving about on the gin clear Ice the fish had moved off to location unknown. I packed up and headed out.
Not a bad first trip, Just enough to scratch the Itch till we get some more Ice. Right now the temp is sitting right around freezing with a high Of 47 tomorrow.... After the last two day of rain Those of us in this portion of the state are gonna have to wait a little while yet before getting to crazy....
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