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We had a guys trip done to fish lake. We bunked up in one of the cabins they rent out. We got there Thursday afternoon , with wind gusts of 40-60 MPH. But was a constant 36 mph. Friday and Saturday was absolutely perfect, hardly any wind those days. We left around 1:00 on Saturday, we caught a ton of fish. I was catching quite a few perch in 12 fow, a few guys were deeper and caught a lot too. Caught a lot of splake, rainbows, perch, and I believe I caught one brown. Unfortunately there wasn't to much size on the splake, or bows. There was a couple of decent ones we gave away though. Realeased a ton. We probably caught a little over 200 fish between 10 of us.
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Wow, that is a mess of fish, I bet it took hours to clean them all. Thanks for posting your report and pics.
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Thanks for the great report! I have never be good a filleting fish. Do you fish up there a lot? I am heading up this weekend and I am going to try and land me a Laker this year but I am worried about the wind and getting my tent up and down without it blowing away.
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That is what it is all about! How are the edges and how thick is the ice?
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Thanks for thinning out the perch population. If enough people do that, the ones that are left might grow larger.
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That does it... either my ice trip is to Fish Lake next year or not at all.
The perch fry at the end looked tasty! I miss me some fresh perch!
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If your tent is staked , you should be fine. I just got into ice fishing. Had a friend take me to fish lake last year and it was a blast. We had the same luck this year too. Fish lake is worth the drive for ice fishing. Here's a pic of a similar ice fly that was working awesome for the perch. Same shape but the color we were using was ( fire tiger, perch pattern ) green, yellow , orange with black stripes killed it.
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When it is windy, I stake the tent into place before popping up the sides and top. This prevents the wind from turning it into a sail. Then I will put a rope on the side of the tent facing into the wind to help keep the wind from buckling the side in. I saw and used a 3 ft bungy cord for the rope, which gave the setup some flex and worked well. I also purchased an insulated six sided tent this year which is a little bit shorter in height and seems to withstand the wind better, as well as the extra weight stands up to the wind better.
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[quote kj]When it is windy, I stake the tent into place before popping up the sides and top. This prevents the wind from turning it into a sail. Then I will put a rope on the side of the tent facing into the wind to help keep the wind from buckling the side in. I saw and used a 3 ft bungy cord for the rope, which gave the setup some flex and worked well. I also purchased an insulated six sided tent this year which is a little bit shorter in height and seems to withstand the wind better, as well as the extra weight stands up to the wind better.[/quote]
You just described exactly how I set it up with the exception that I use a 10v drill with a bit to predrill the hole so the anchors pop right in quick. Never had an issue even in 30 mph winds setting things up this way.
Headed up to FL Monday. Hopefully the fishing is good.
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If you are taking a drill out there anyway, have you looked at the ice anchor adapters? Where you let the drill screw the anchor in? I keep debating it, just don't want the extra weight of a drill too. Eskimo and many other companies make them. It would save you a step. You can also notch out a deep socket to do the same thing.
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[quote Dwyer]If you are taking a drill out there anyway, have you looked at the ice anchor adapters? Where you let the drill screw the anchor in? I keep debating it, just don't want the extra weight of a drill too. Eskimo and many other companies make them. It would save you a step. You can also notch out a deep socket to do the same thing.[/quote]
I have. Actually picked up one at bass pro....problem was it didn't fit the eskimo anchors I had. I was to lazy to find/order one from eskimo. The Makita drill I use is pretty light plus I pull the battery and use it in a little LED Makita light I use in the hut for switching lures.
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