Brook Trout, no hike required ;-)

[JohnnyO19]

Needed to get out and find some hardwater & fish. Was nice having to "hike" maybe 100 yds, and be on fish. was 5 degrees when I started @ 7:30, was 40 when I left at 1:00.  Morning saw lots of action, slowed down around 10. Ice a solid 5 inches, and oh, did I mention I only had to walk maybe a hundrend yds? :-) Small jigs, tipped with a mealie. 9ft of water near shore was best. Not much happening out deeper (14.5ft). Darn pretty fish! It's about that time boys, looking forward to hitting the ice with you guys!

[Bigassbassman]

Sweet, Johnny, nice looking fish.  Great start to the ice season.  I still haven’t stepped out on the ice yet! 

[fishslap]

Nice looking brookies

[SLAYERFISH]

Sweet! Hitting Wyo. on Friday.(ice)

[JohnnyO19]

Sweet! Hitting Wyo. on Friday.(ice)

Dude ,let me know if you have an extra seat. It's easy to get out of "remote" teaching ;-)

[Vex-Um]

Nice Work Johnny!

[kienkhang1205]

Sweet! Hitting Wyo. on Friday.(ice)

save me some fish Slayer  do you bring 4 wheeler?

[SLAYERFISH]

save me some fish Slayer  do you bring 4 wheeler?

We walk.  Travel light.

[kienkhang1205]

We walk.  Travel light.

ok good luck be there day after you,,

[TroutFishingBear]

Those are some healthy brookies! Definitely haven't found any like that in Michigan. Brother and I used to hit South Mesa Lake on the Grand Mesa (Western Slope), as it was a good early ice location for brookies (about 1:2 ratio brook trout to rainbow), sometimes fishable by Halloween. Similarly, hike was only couple hundred yards from parking area.

[Beerslushy]

Looking good!  :thumbsup:I’m hoping to to get after ‘em this weekend

[careystortz]

Pretty fish!! It will be good to get on the ice soon.