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Finally got a keeper! (Image removed from quote.) Also two other shorts and did well on Perch. Weather was unbelievable, great day on the ice!Also wanted to add a special thanks to Snagger and filetandrelease for sharing their fellowship, knowledge and experience. You guys are awesome! Thank you!Way to go Bart
Where's the gas hole thread.
Everyone keep in mind ice thicknesses vary from spot to spot. I was fishing a location Sunday afternoon. Way point to waypoint. Ice trolling. Came across 6 1/2" of white ice with 1" of clear ice. Nope go to leave and what do I notice a VERY small natural spring next to me. Open water! Should've spudded my way out there.. Keep walking and found 10-14" black ice not too far from there.
I don't know about you guys but I could fish all day with cross eye just listening to stories of the way it use to be and never care if I caught a fish, great stories !!!!!
And he would love to tell stories all day! "He could talk a dog off a meat wagon" I got your meat wagon ! While im not as old as Cross, I do have many memories on Oneida going back to the early 80's. We had a good friend who had a place in lower South Bay - we fished out from the islands to the 130 area - pimples with a perch eye under a bobber on one rod and jigem-ups and a rubber mayfly on the other rod. Took a nice swim there in '82, 2 of 7 snowmobiles went in coming off to our friends place that day. Never forget it. It was a Wednesday, warm and calm and everyone was pounding fish. You could hear everyone talking about fishing on Saturday. Well, lots of people went in all along the south shore that day and sat was spent fishing out 2 machines.When our friend sold his place we started fishing the north shore - mostly Spruce Grove and Kirshners(ABC) then another friend bought a place in Cleveland and we fished out of there ALOT. I remember Trips flat bottom boat rides, they were about the coolest thing going for a 10yr old. I also remember his gutted out bus he used to take people out. Dad always insisted we sat near the back door with the door open
And he would love to tell stories all day! "He could talk a dog off a meat wagon" While im not as old as Cross, I do have many memories on Oneida going back to the early 80's. We had a good friend who had a place in lower South Bay - we fished out from the islands to the 130 area - pimples with a perch eye under a bobber on one rod and jigem-ups and a rubber mayfly on the other rod. Took a nice swim there in '82, 2 of 7 snowmobiles went in coming off to our friends place that day. Never forget it. It was a Wednesday, warm and calm and everyone was pounding fish. You could hear everyone talking about fishing on Saturday. Well, lots of people went in all along the south shore that day and sat was spent fishing out 2 machines.When our friend sold his place we started fishing the north shore - mostly Spruce Grove and Kirshners(ABC) then another friend bought a place in Cleveland and we fished out of there ALOT. I remember Trips flat bottom boat rides, they were about the coolest thing going for a 10yr old. I also remember his gutted out bus he used to take people out. Dad always insisted we sat near the back door with the door open
Newbie needs a little assistance here, I'm new to ice fishing, new like a month kind of new. I have no problem catching perch in the north bay area, but its walleye I'm really after, I have yet to pull one thru the ice in 4 weekends of fishing, I've brought home countless perch but no eyes, spring and fall I have no issues getting my limit with Swedish pimples, sonars and little cleos. I read that jig raps work well on the ice but holy Jesus there's 300 variations of color and size. I am mobile with a snowmobile however my son is 4 and loves coming along so moving a few times a day isn't a option if its bitterly cold. He....we enjoy the heat inside the shanty. I don't need to get my limit every time out but don't think 1 or 2 is asking for much for a weekends fishing. No sonar to really tell depth but between my maps and sounding I have a general idea of water depth. Usually use a chrome Swedish pimple (#3) tipped with a minnow head, do I need to invest in some bigger tackle? Do I need to go deeper than 35 fow? I just don't understand what part Im missing, starting to get a little frustrated with this.
morning fellas stuck in a plow truck home here in Rochester waiting for the big snow maybe half a inch so far how but up on my favorite lake snowing any harder there northeast wind hope she stay dry up there
The snow will make the 4 wheeler ride smoother, it has been hard on the back. I've been riding so slow it makes me crazy
HT nice looking ride im sure your going to enjoy that machine. Bart and pooch nice fish. I Havent posted in awhile as after Ice fishing for over 40yrs I finally had arun in with someone running his ballwasher. I lost my temper and came out of character out on the ice, I leave that side of me in the jungle and come out fishing to unwind and relax. Had to relax and breath for afew days lol. Have read everyones posts though and they were enjoyable and interesting. I knew on Saturday I needed abreak not because of the ballwasher that happened during the week but it was a lets just say full day. In a short story of it I get out on ice and find that the new blades I put on one is backwards and I don't have wrench so back into shore leaving the girlfriend in shanty, get to shore first guys I run into have locked keys in truck so I offer to call triple a for them meantime I find wrench change blades guys decide to wait for friend to come go to get on wheeler and wont start,(just got it back from shop the day before), go out to shanty drill holes she starts fishing, friend calls and he needs atow in as wheller is shot. so leave again go out get him bring into APPS go back to taft where she is fishing and wheeler is slipping out of gear the whole way. Finally figure its just not my day and go home. Can look at it now and laugh and im ready to fish for the next 6 days. Cant wait as it can only go up after them last 2 times out. lol
