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[Jig-fisher]

Hit the ice early this morning, arrived across from the caretakers around 4:45. Snowing pretty heavily, Trappers Loop was a slushy snowy mess. Put it in 4 wheel drive just to make sure. No slush on the ice, but around a foot of snow on top of the ice. Lines in around 515 or so. The vex was lit up like a Christmas tree from 20 or so feet down all the way to the bottom in 38 ft. They were picky and bites were super light. Dead sticking didn't work well at all, only caught 1 fish that way and rarely got a bite. Jigging would have them take a look, but not many takers. Best method was a slow retrieve up through the schools with a stop and go motion. Tried tiping with waxies and spikes, they preferred the spikes.

At around 730 the Christmas lights turned off. I don't know where they went, but they were gone. I had a dozen on the ice at that time. I stuck it out and a few fish would occasionally come through. I was able to coax another 8 to bite, landing the last one at just past 10 am.

Biggest was just over 11 inches. Not bad, better than previous years. Fish ranged from 9.5 to 11 inches.