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That's some good intel on fish and info on the tip - up. I might have to rig one up like that. You know I use the circle hook & bungy rig on my tip - ups.
it was a fun trip for sure. glad you finally got to go. even though it was 12* it was calm and tolerable. i think we gona have some time to catch up here at least. haha yea, i have bad habit of beating them scoops on my boot to remove ice. cold and plastic dont mix. was a fun trip even if it was only 3 and half hours. awesome oaktree1215! i have a rusty one hanging out back! sweeeet. lol thanksthis trip allowed me to test the big bait holder rig on my polars. i been using a release for many years for this. the wire n zip tie streamlines this task a bit. i set a flag with a 5" gill and it held it. take you 3min to fab n install.set really tight set tightas you see in pics the treble hooks were all in the lips. that means the bait holder was setting the hook on the chomp as well. bass had no problem ripping it free and meandering off.also found the keeper bass full of gills all sizes. they are eating flats like popcorn!!! one bass had 2 larger gills and some flats! lol they feeding heavy thats for sure.some of the tiny gills.( the other fish carcass has nothing to do with the tiny gills. they came from the bass)surly the reason cicadas were made. lol
must been another good lookin dude in camo. lol we had a hill but only about 30ft up@ 60*. lol took me 3 breaks to get back to truck in that deep snow n slush. that kills my back walking in that stuff. and your not old till you hit 70 bud. polecat what was in the belly of that bloated crappie? im guessing gill?