01-01-2012, 08:18 AM
I took my kids (Krypto and the Scoob) for an extended ice fishing trip on Dec. 30th. It was Krypto's idea: "Dad I would like to go ice fishing before Jan. 1" You could have knocked me over with a feather. I was happy to oblige. I figured Pelican Lake would be fun and we spent some time there and a caught a few but still wanted to try for some more at Starvation. I had never fished Starvation even though TubeDude has told me umpteen times that I need to start fishing there. I guess he has been telling me this for nearly 2 years. Ok Pat, I went...sans float tube.
We did ok. We found some rainbows who were willing to hit our teeny offerings. I haven't heard the drag sing like that in a while...granted it was 4 lb test on ultralight rods. We took home 5 of the biggest. Both Krypto and Scoob pulled in some healthy fish. Scoob had a monster barely hooked and his klutz of a Dad couldn't get the fish's head up through the hole in the ice. Scoob experienced his first "professional long line release." He wasn't happy but we still managed to get some grins out of the kids. We had a good time and I realized a day of ice fishing is a great way to get your kids to go to bed early. [
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We did ok. We found some rainbows who were willing to hit our teeny offerings. I haven't heard the drag sing like that in a while...granted it was 4 lb test on ultralight rods. We took home 5 of the biggest. Both Krypto and Scoob pulled in some healthy fish. Scoob had a monster barely hooked and his klutz of a Dad couldn't get the fish's head up through the hole in the ice. Scoob experienced his first "professional long line release." He wasn't happy but we still managed to get some grins out of the kids. We had a good time and I realized a day of ice fishing is a great way to get your kids to go to bed early. [
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dle up your tube about May or June for some wallie action.[/#0000ff]
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