02-29-2004, 01:36 AM
[cool][cool][cool] WHAT A DAY FOR ICE FISHING!!!!!! THE SKY WAS A CLEAR BLUE, THE TEMP WAS ALMOST 40 DEGS. THE ICE WAS ALMOST 30" THICK AND THE WIND WAS NOTHING BUT A LIGHT BREEZE. THE COMPETITION WAS FEARCE WITH A TURN OUT OF 577 ENTRIES, AT THIRTY DOLLARS A POP YOU DO THE MATH.
THE MONEY FISH WERE PERCH, SALMON, LAKER AND NOTHERN PIKE. SOME BEAUTIFUL FISH WERE BROUGHT INTO THE WEIGH STATION. THE PRIZES WERE NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT, LARGEST FISH IN ALL CATIGORIES WAS 800 DOLLARS SECOND PLACE WAS 450 DOLLARS AND THIRD WAS 250 DOLLARS.A 13" PERCH TOOK FIRST A 24" SALMON A 38" LAKER AND A WOPPING 41" 17LB. NORTHERN PIKE.
THE PRIZES DID NOT END THERE, THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COST OF YOUR TICKET ELIGABILITY IN A RAFFLE. THE PRIZES IN THE RAFFLE RANGED FROM LURES AND SMALL TACKLE BOXES TO ICE SLEDS AND POWER GAS AUGERS OH YES AND TWO PORTABLE ICE SHANTIES. ONE MORE BIG ONE A BOMBARDIER 330CC 4X4 ATV.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS WAS A TREMEMDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND MAYBE I'LL WIN SOMETHING.
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THE MONEY FISH WERE PERCH, SALMON, LAKER AND NOTHERN PIKE. SOME BEAUTIFUL FISH WERE BROUGHT INTO THE WEIGH STATION. THE PRIZES WERE NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT, LARGEST FISH IN ALL CATIGORIES WAS 800 DOLLARS SECOND PLACE WAS 450 DOLLARS AND THIRD WAS 250 DOLLARS.A 13" PERCH TOOK FIRST A 24" SALMON A 38" LAKER AND A WOPPING 41" 17LB. NORTHERN PIKE.
THE PRIZES DID NOT END THERE, THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COST OF YOUR TICKET ELIGABILITY IN A RAFFLE. THE PRIZES IN THE RAFFLE RANGED FROM LURES AND SMALL TACKLE BOXES TO ICE SLEDS AND POWER GAS AUGERS OH YES AND TWO PORTABLE ICE SHANTIES. ONE MORE BIG ONE A BOMBARDIER 330CC 4X4 ATV.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS WAS A TREMEMDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND MAYBE I'LL WIN SOMETHING.
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