NYE first time ice trip

[jiggin for a livin]

I took my 8 year old daughter for her first hardwater trip today with me and the hound.  We went to RFL - knew all we would catch would be stockers but for her first go I wanted to deliver a lot of fish on the ice even if it was just a bunch of shorties... She had a blast!  We caught a ton of fish and she was able to watch down the hole and see how the fish reacted to her jiggin' and she had a lot of chances to learn how to set the hook when she was getting a phone call.

All in all it was a great trip!  Best part is she said she's ready to catch some lunkers and we don't need to go after the stockers anymore - she's hooked. 

Fish in the pic was her first caught - pulled the hook right as she landed it.  Most were 8-12" bows - did catch one fatty sucker that we kept for laker bait. 

[Bigassbassman]

Great job, Mike!  Great to see you posting on IceShanty.  Looks like she had a great first time on the ice!  They're memories she'll remember for her entire life.   

[Sawtooth]

Nice job, Dad.  Way to get her started.

Red Feather was where I took my young grandson for his first iced trout.  Have since introduced a number of other kids to the sport up there. Great place to catch the hard water bug.