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Honestly, as fast the snow was melting off early this afternoon it will expose the ice to the rain and warm temps so I don’t see it holding up long. That’s my 2 cents for what it’s worth
They weren’t crushing the jig and my Wicked 13 ML didn’t have the backbone to bury the hooks in many of my jig hits but this one was driven home.
I know onieda..(not like others FOR SURE)But after looking closely at weather I decided to make the 3 1/2hr drive because it looks like this might be my only chance to get on the ice on onieda and wasnt disappointed...... left my place at 2 a.m...We were first truck in verona parking lot at 520.. Took our time and spudded spudded spudded out to 22 fow... Before I knew it there were machines running all over the place.. needless to say i was SHOCKED!!!!!!!! We started with appx 8" of ice.. Caught over 50 eyes... dropped several legals at the hole....Caught some decent perch and dropped some of those at the hole also!!!!By 130 we had our limit and headed back in.. when we left ice was down to appx 6" the warm temps will deteriorate conditions fast!!!!!!!!!!! Bar none the best ice day I've had on any body of water!!!!Thank you lady O!!!
If those walleye don’t come thru the hole cross-eyed…. You need to set the hook harder!!😁
Larry, I ended up getting a ML and didn’t bring the Med i got from you because I thought I would be focusing on perch more. Definitely learned my lesson, I could have landed 20 if I brought that one haha
Just busting on you! 😁 I’m glad you caught some fish bud. That rod I gave you was MH… that will get the job done. 🎣💪🏻
better day today but it was a grind cant get to my better areas, theres still very thin ice out there , i know area in less then a step goes 6in to 2in,,, and the 2in area aint small
I’m usually a week behind first ice and wait for the 6” report to head out but surprised that 1000 people took the chance this morning to head out. Anyways, it was a good weekend for the locals to get a crack at it. I had 2 walleyes iced before I even dropped a jig. They were hitting my first tip up before i could even set the spring. It was that kind of morning for me, finally.
We were straight out of Chapmans yesterday in around 27' of water and the ice went from white to clear black ice. The clear black ice was 2" thick and that was in the morning before the sun and warm temps.
Was that the hockey rink out there? It looked like a 1/2 acre of open water, but wasn't. I walked up to it and the same thing, 1-2" clear ice.
This is literally what a decent walleye does to the medium.
I use the MH all winter. When they hit, they get screwed to the top!!🎣 I don’t give them time to play games.😁
I bought a new Eskimo wide shanty for this season which is awesome but has a really low roof that doesn’t allow for much of a hook set so maybe that’s why I had trouble not burying the hooks in them like I usually could. I only have about 3’ of clearance from my resting hand position to the roof.
Not sure how big you are but I myself am 6’6 220 and I tried the otter hideout for 2 years and had around 2ish ft above resting. I started setting the hook like it was a bait runner, reel to water then set. I notice myself now my rod tip is inches from h2o while jigging. Just bought a MH this year have not used it yet. The fight from a 7/8/9# eye on a M rod is fun. And even more so with a pike. That MH for when I thing I need more back bone.
Funny you mention keeping your tip down. I was coaching my 6 year old last night about keeping his tip down when he teased up fish. He would raise his tip toward the sky instead of raising the butt. I must have told him 10 times to keep the tip down or you’ll never get the hook set!
Using a MH for them. You must be dodging “eye” darts. Lol
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