So I got on the ice at 9:30. I hadn't expected that the access at Tabor Point wouldn't be plowed by now but the bank was higher than my truck so I had to climb in and wade through crotch deep snow but it was a very nice day weatherwise. There's still a foot of ice in most places but it does vary considerably because some of my holes had only 6 inches. And when you cut through the water comes gooshing up because of all the weight on the ice and that made for soggy walking; hint: don't push the snow away from your hole. The water has cleared up a lot, still can't see the bottom but at least you can see your fishing coming up.
The bite was terribly slooooow. Didn't get a bite all forenoon except for my tip-ups were going same as last time. Lost one when it spit the hook out at the hole and another one did the jam behind structure act and we fought for quite a while before the hook straightened out and it got away. Then I got this little guy; looks like the one I let go last week.
The perch bite was peculiar, not usual at all. After I'd get a perch or two, it would go dead and I expected a pike to bite my jig stick 'cause I wasn't far from my tip-ups and only in about 6 feet of water. Then I'd get this ferocious bite that almost pulled the jigstick out of my hand but I never hooked one; made me think of white perch but I never saw one, happened a lot around 2:00.. I gave up at 3:00 and came home to make our poor man's shrimp, company coming for supper...
Anyway it was a good day for the weather, expected to see more guys out but not a soul to be seen or heard. The deep snow will keep the top of the ice from firming up so there will be water to wade through for the foreseeable future. Wish somebody would plow the access, hint, hint...
