Better to report late, than never i suppose. This past weekend didnt have alot of time spent fishing but the time that was spent was busy catching! We were only out fishing on Saturday from about 10:30 til 1:00. I am happy to say i bettered my personal best pike through the ice now at just shy of 18lbs and 41" long. Caught her on a perch colored "rattl'n'flyer". Was very lucky that she was hooked right in the corner of the mouth to keep those teeth away from my 8lb test!
Between the two of us we iced 4 18-19" walleye and 3 other small pike during our time out. Lots of marks on the screen kept us busy trying to get the walleyes to bite and they sure seemed to like that rattle in the lure once we figured it out.
The tipups were going off fairly steady when rigged up with "pickeral rigs" and minnows but we couldnt keep anything on as we were usually occupied by the flasher instead of consantly watching for flags. Fun all the same because at least there were fish in the area.
Was a beautiful weekend temperature wise and i was kind of surprised by the amount of anglers on the ice, on Sunday. I expected there to be alot more than we saw when we went on a quad tour.
Hopefully the bite continues through this cold snap!
