mercman

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I HOPE THEY ALL MAKE IT HOME SAFE.

My buddy has been after me since last fall,to go ice fishing with him, so, after much hesitation on my part, i decided to make a go of it.
I met him at his place, had some bacon wrapped walleye smothered in Cattle Boyz BBQ sauce, then got the gear ready and hit the road.

The first place we hit was a small bay with quie a few shacks on it, and cars Cars on the ice make me feel safe
We got set up, and Mike drilled the holes.We had at least 14 inches of ice to support us(I'm a Sissy, I know)
We got into dink perch by the hundreds But what a blast catching them. We packed up after a few hours, went for a bite to eat, and picked up his buddy Trevor,to come out with us for the evening walleye bite.
Mike told me that they had lost about 100 feet of ice,due to wind and waves, but when we got to the spot, and i saw all the open water, everything on me puckered right up We walked about 300 feet onto the ice, and drilled holes.Mike knows this area like the back of his hand, so i put my trust in him.
8 feet from open waters, we set up the gear.Mike drilled, and we were on over 6 inches of ice at this spot.I was wishing i had brought my baitcaster with me though.
I am NOT a big fan of shifting ice and cracking ice under my butt, but i fought back the instinct to flee like a wimp.
We caugt a couple of nice walley, and a huge Jumbo perch.Then Trevor hooked into a huge Pike. Mike had to ram his arm into the hole, and man handle it up through the ice. After that big tank,the bite truned off, and by 7.30, we were putting the gear away, and my adventure was over
Did i have fun???? I had a blast !!!
Will i do it again????? Hell ya !!!!............................next year
Thanks Mike, you are a real pleasure to fish with.Thanks for makeing me feel safe in an environment that is completely new to me.

Trevors big Tank

Mike




Me and my dinner

As you can tell, i'm new to this forum.I havent had time yet to read all the posts, but i see lots of steelhead and salmon reports.
Any of you interested in Pike, Musky, Walleye and Bass? I have a ton of pics if you are:wink:
Dont get me wrong i love all kinds of fishing reports, i just dont have any steelhead locally to fish.


Paul

I picked up 2 of these, last fall,on special at Sail, ridiculously inexpensive. 6.5' MH Fast action. They look sharp, but i have no experience with these rods.
Anyone use them? Are the sensitive enough? Are they tough enough for SMB and Walleye?

Thanks

Paul

Finally decided to drop in and join up..I hope to bring some of my experiences here to share with all of you.
I know some of you from other forums, so i hope we can get together in here too


Cheers all