Made the treck north to see my mom in lava and hit chesterfield for the 1st time this winter. Slapthefish, hooffish and another buddy and their families made the trip also. We all stayed at my moms place and only me and my stepson came home last night. The rest went to the hot pots and after not getting home till 8pm I was wishing I had soaked in the pots and stayed another night myself. The temps when we woke was -5 at the motel and upon arrival at the lake it was -11, atleast i think thats what slap said. We had lots of small fish through out the day but only one was over 12in and it came in my hole. The sad story is it was the one that got away. As I was pulling it out of the hole, the hook came out and right back down it went
both me and my stepson were nearly in tears
Looked like it may have been a contender in the tourney, oh well next time. I only took a few pics as i said all the fish were to small to even see in the lens in my book. On a good note I got to try out the new chains on the wheeler I picked up this summer and for a 2-stroke 2-wheel drive it did pretty good in the 4in of fluffy snow. Any deeper and denser it will get hairy but this is my setup for the gorge to scoot around on as we all know there is hardly ever any snow there
This was looking out from where we parked, we are setup the furthest you can see on the other side of the lake
This was our set-up for the day, Slapthefish is hands up in front of his new 9416i and hooffish is setting up on the right. As usual militia flag flying proud
It would be sweet if every ice trip conditions where like this one as I was able to run both my machines with no probs at all. It was a great day to be out with everyone and wish I would have checked my PM's sooner to hook up with FGsteve & acpchuck from idaho, next time fellas for sure
