Got out for a little fish yesterday.
The plan was to leave at 8AM and sled about 25kms to a laker lake just outside of town.
The morning temps were, well brisk is a good word.
-35 with -44 windchills!!!!!
To make things worse I had a loose connection to the defogger in my snowmobile helmet and blew a fuse so had no defogging and had to ride with my visor open the whole trip.
It was not a whole lot of fun to say the least.
I had to stop numerous times to de-ice my eye lashes as they kept freezing my eyes shut.
We finally made it to our chosen destination and Bob found out the powerhead for his Jiffy auger made a break for freedom somewhere along the trail.
While he went motor hunting the rest of us cleared snow and drilled holes with my auger.
Just in time to get a line down Bob returns from his hunting trip...............SUC
CESSFUL!!!
The fishing was awesome, the catching not so much.
We did have a bunch of fish on (some right to the hole) but only managed two on the ice.
Bob got a good eater laker about 4 pounds and I got a delicious burbot about the same size.
The fish were being really finicky all day.
I had 3 fish at one point following from 60' to 10' and back to 60' for minutes at a time but I just couldn't coax them to eat.
I ended up 1 for 3 with 3 dozen follows for the day.
Had some sled issues on the way home as well when I broke a carbide runner on my left ski and punched a hole through the ski.
Off to the Yamaha dealer tomorrow for a new ski and carbides. Wallet's probably gonna be two or three hundred bucks lighter.
All in all t'was a good day with a bunch of new friends and tonight the
pièce de résistance was the
Beer Battered Burbot and Beef!!! 
