Slabtacular Day!! First Ice Success...

[tip-uptwo]

I will start by saying it feels great to back on the ice again...It was a real bummer not being able to get on the first week of December as we were used to in recent years Today was an awesome day with no wind and sunny conditions..I think the high was -2. Glad I had the chance to get out today as tonight the freezing rain will start and it's going to change into rain by tomorrow...Anthony and I had 5'' of ice under our feet  Hope the rain does not kill it 

We arrived at our destination just as bite started to turn on..By then we were not the only ones down there..It was nice to see a few familiar faces I had not seen in a while .. Punched the first few holes of the season a immediatly started to mark fish 10 feet down in 19 feet of water..It was not hard to decide where we were going to set up base camp for the day  Anthony and I were anxios to try out a few new toys we purchased over the long wait for ice, especially the new Marcum VS-250 Underwater veiwing system...Amazing little camera for the price..It did not disapoint us..Clear and very easy to use..Nothing better than watching slabs nail your bait  all day long. We had too much fun with it 





First crappie of the year was a beaut.Caught him on a Northland Forage minnow with a few waxies hooked in the arse..



We proceeded to catch a few a whole bunch of them ranging from 8''-10'' with a few small gills mixed in..








The bite slowed down a bit around 11am which gave us time to pound back some chocolate milk and a bag lays regular chips..It also gave us some time to downsize our baits and try slip bobberin'..I stared at a blank screen for a few minutes so I tried rapidly jigging a spoon to see if I could get the attention of a any fish, then switched to the smaller baits ti get 'em to bite..Of coarse, it worked 








By the end of the day we must have iced easily about 60 fish for the few hours we were down there...All fish were released because we had forgotten the kill bucket..besides it doesn't hurt to let em go once in a while Can't wait to get out in the new year and fish some waters I have been waiting to ice over for a while..I can see the walleye shaking' already.. Wednesday I hope to get back down to the crappie hole and nail a few eaters..Hopefully I can get a few IceShanty'ers to join me  Here are a few more pictures from today..





Thanks for taking the time to read   8) Be careful and safe out there guys...All the best in the new year!!

-Andrew

[icefishnfool]

nice pic's ......are you KATS lookin for some company ?

[Trout Sen-Sei]

Great pics! You must have a really good digital to get such excellent detail.

[bowhuntken]

great pictures guys, looks like you had a good time

                                                                      ken

[pikemaster789]

id say thats a good way to start out

[northern fisher]

By the way, I'm the handsome looking dude with the Nature Vision Hat 
It's good your happy with that handsome face hee heee.
I'm glad to see you got some ice and am looking forward to seeing more pics.
Happy New Year

gary

[mmb]

Great pics! You must have a really good digital to get such excellent detail.

Fuji FinePix 4700 ZOOM

Fuji makes good digitals.

[tip-uptwo]

By the way, I'm the handsome looking dude with the Nature Vision Hat 

I don't know about that....


That bomber hat you wear kind of makes ya look like Chubaka  

LOL..JK...I got one for Christmas, won't need to wear it until the temps start to really drop..Where abouts in Ontario are you?

[saranacjoe]

GREAT CATCH WISH WE HAD ICE HERE IN NY.

[thehunter696]

Great color on those fish man. good job.

[PondPro]

nice crappie, looks like alot of fun

[fishingking]

Awesome pics dude those crappie and gills must of been pretty hungry to take down those spoons

[rainbow]

Nice pics TU2          Nice honeyhole  Keep those pics coming 8) Thankyou for sharing  8)

[tip-uptwo]

Awesome pics dude those crappie and gills must of been pretty hungry to take down those spoons

Forage minnow spoon NEVER fails  

[PGKris]

Whoooohooo! Nice job man! Northland Forage eh? Works on trout too Can you guess what I caught two 6 pound bows on today? {If the forage minnow works for you you will HAVE to get the buckshot rattle spoon}

[tip-uptwo]

Whoooohooo! Nice job man! Northland Forage eh? Works on trout too Can you guess what I caught two 6 pound bows on today? {If the forage minnow works for you you will HAVE to get the buckshot rattle spoon}

I will whip them out as sonn as the walleye spot freeze over    Should be making my way up to a few trout lakes this weekend   ..Don't expect anything over 12'' though

-Andrew

[camo_fish]

sweet pictures, better looking ice than around here. I love the northland forage minnow line in jigs. WTG keep the fish and ice come'n, at least someone has some nice fishable ice.  8)

[BAZOOKAJOE]

Nice job w/ the pannies, enjoy the ice!!   

[buckmanJR86]

Great pictures. Cant wait to get jigg'n

[tip-uptwo]

sweet pictures, better looking ice than around here. I love the northland forage minnow line in jigs. WTG keep the fish and ice come'n, at least someone has some nice fishable ice.  8)

Another fan of the forage minnow jig line  Best in my opinion 

[perch-man]

Great Photos Dude! Someday I to will be able to fish for Crappie!

[adirondackrick]

Great pictures!Keep them comin!

[northern fisher]

Hey tip-uptwo
I just moved to the temiskaming shores area back in May.Before that most of my fishing was done around Barrie/Orillia.You like that hat ,it doesn't just keep you warm but it scares away wild animals and other icefishermen .
Unfortunately we are getting a warm spell and it is not looking to good for the weekend,but my daughter and I did get out the otherday and caught a few walleye.Iwill try and get the pics posted.
Good luck and pray for colder temps

[tip-uptwo]

Hey tip-uptwo
I just moved to the temiskaming shores area back in May.Before that most of my fishing was done around Barrie/Orillia.You like that hat ,it doesn't just keep you warm but it scares away wild animals and other icefishermen .
Unfortunately we are getting a warm spell and it is not looking to good for the weekend,but my daughter and I did get out the otherday and caught a few walleye.Iwill try and get the pics posted.
Good luck and pray for colder temps

Cold temps are on the way this week ...Whaooo Hopefully a skim of stays on the surface to make phase 3 of ice move a bit quicker..After that enitial 1'' it doesn't take long 

[jimmygunns]

Cold temps are on the way this week ...Whaooo Hopefully a skim of stays on the surface to make phase 3 of ice move a bit quicker..After that enitial 1'' it doesn't take long 

Good luck, I'm still praying for anything below freezing!!!  Just keep posting the pics!

[Tommyboy18769]

great pics...glad to see someone out there is doing good...

[walleye hunters]

Nice fish and it looks like you had a good time out there, I would certainly love to be out on the ice    

[moosebreath]

Congrats on your "Slabtacular Day" 8  That's "Fish-O-rific"

[CrappieDude]

tipuptwo, I noticed you use a Portable Buddy to heat your shack. Does that do a good job of keeping it warm? I've got the same shack and I'm looking for a better heater than my small sunflower.

[Preacher_man]

 Nice bunch of crappies Tipup! It sure is a lot of fun when they're hitting like that! Keep the pictures coming!
 
             Preacherman
 P.S. Had good luck with the "demon" last nite!!!