03-06-2024, 08:30 PM
It was nice to meet up with JMore and get to meet Mildog yesterday. Sorry we didn’t get to speak longer Pat. I had to leave for to meet a plumber at 12:30 or I would have stayed longer.
Not much else to add than has already been said. Our first set was probably lines in water around 7:45 or 8. It was somewhat slow although JMore was having no issues getting into them. For whatever reason, they didn’t want much to do with me, so as JMore said, I moved about 30-40 yds away to try again. Depth was the same and it started off slow there too. When I saw Mildog, it was about 9am and when he asked how it was, I told him it was slow and those caught were small. As soon as he moved off though, the fishing started to pick up. From 9-11:30, there was constant action. Lots of small ones but releases were easy in the shallower water. If I’m keeping 35 fish, it might as well be 50, so that’s what I did. Probably threw back just as many that were under 8”.
I was using a green glow Hali with a yellow rat finke above. Never bothered to charge the Hali as it wasn’t needed. Perch eye was preferred although I used a couple pieces of JMore’s marinated perch belly and this worked well for awhile too although the fish seemed to tire of that after 11am. Put eyeballs back on and it was game on again.
Edges were fine both on and off. The top of the ice was noticeably softer when coming off the lake. With the warmer temps, I’d still be very cautious as that grey ice seems to deteriorate fairly quickly under “warm” conditions.
Not much else to add than has already been said. Our first set was probably lines in water around 7:45 or 8. It was somewhat slow although JMore was having no issues getting into them. For whatever reason, they didn’t want much to do with me, so as JMore said, I moved about 30-40 yds away to try again. Depth was the same and it started off slow there too. When I saw Mildog, it was about 9am and when he asked how it was, I told him it was slow and those caught were small. As soon as he moved off though, the fishing started to pick up. From 9-11:30, there was constant action. Lots of small ones but releases were easy in the shallower water. If I’m keeping 35 fish, it might as well be 50, so that’s what I did. Probably threw back just as many that were under 8”.
I was using a green glow Hali with a yellow rat finke above. Never bothered to charge the Hali as it wasn’t needed. Perch eye was preferred although I used a couple pieces of JMore’s marinated perch belly and this worked well for awhile too although the fish seemed to tire of that after 11am. Put eyeballs back on and it was game on again.
Edges were fine both on and off. The top of the ice was noticeably softer when coming off the lake. With the warmer temps, I’d still be very cautious as that grey ice seems to deteriorate fairly quickly under “warm” conditions.