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Offline lenz

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decent day on the ice
« on: Jan 21, 2017, 03:31 PM »
 took a ride 24 miles to the SW to a pond i have never fished before. Mass wildlife maps totally wrong. supposedly no more than 10' deep. i found spots at 17'.
got there about 8am. walk on no problem. ice was very very soft. the 30 yr old eskimo sportsman went thru 6" of ice like butter.  maybe 3 seconds..uh oh..
set up in 7 to 10 FOW, medium shiners
constant flags from 815 to 930, 2 or three up at a time. all mini slime darts. i moved out of the area and found constant 17 FOW. the darts subsided.
jig stick was difficult, plenty of fish on the fish finder but they would not bite meal worm and fish chunks. only a bass and perch finally bit.
around 1 pm a flag went up and it felt like a pin bass on the end. slowly pulled it in while feeling some tugging.  turns out to be a 8lb branch dragging on the bottom...arrgghh!!
the sun came out about 1130 and by 2 as i walked the ice flexed a bit around the holes. not often i can make 6" of ice flex
tally for the day, 6 slime darts, 2 bass, crappie and a perch
a few pics

crapty ice


tilt fish





jig fish






with rain and warm temps i think we may be starting over this week  aaarrgghh!

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Offline bigpick

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #1 on: Jan 21, 2017, 03:40 PM »
Ice is going fast, good job out there stay safe  :tipup:

Offline BASSQUATCH

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #2 on: Jan 21, 2017, 06:44 PM »
Same ice on my local pond today. 5" Candled ice going to chit VERY FAST!

Offline 67f100

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #3 on: Jan 21, 2017, 09:04 PM »
Nice fish Lenz.  Definitely have noted discrepancies in the Mass Wildlife Pond Maps.  Found deeper water on several ponds and caught fish not recorded in pond surveys.  Usually crappie which is fine with me

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #4 on: Jan 21, 2017, 09:13 PM »
Great post Jim.
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Offline PenguinIII

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #5 on: Jan 22, 2017, 05:46 AM »
Nice job Jim, that ice looked real sketchy, time to buddy up.

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #6 on: Jan 22, 2017, 05:57 AM »
Nice job finding ice and fish👍
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Offline Jig4perch

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #7 on: Jan 22, 2017, 06:05 AM »
Lenz,

thanks for the update.   Sounds like a good outing.  I especially liked your story ...

"around 1 pm a flag went up and it felt like a pin bass on the end. slowly pulled it in while feeling some tugging.  turns out to be a 8lb branch dragging on the bottom...arrgghh!!

I was disappointed you didn't post any pictures of the "8lb branch"  Hopefully you released it so others can experience the thrill ...
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Offline Rangerboats391

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #8 on: Jan 22, 2017, 08:00 AM »
Nice job! Would of been nice to see pics of the 8 pound branch! Lol

Offline capt.shay

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #9 on: Jan 22, 2017, 08:45 AM »
A nice haul for a pond you knew nothing of!



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Offline wbfishboy

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Re: decent day on the ice
« Reply #10 on: Jan 22, 2017, 11:43 AM »
great report, I hate the fact that the 8 lb branches don't give a better fight at their size!
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