Hit the berry up today from about 7-1 o-clock. It was pretty warm but windy and snowed a little on us (thank goodness for the ice tent) I used my new scout fish finder i got for christmas for the first time and it was awsome. It made it so much more entertaining to watch those big cuts come up and bite on your bate. You can learn alot about there patterns, and how to jig for them. Ice fishing wont be the same without it now. Anyway we caught 13 between the two of us so not a great day but still fun. Caught a couple that were 24 inches, but all of them were pretty good sized. The white tube jig with a chunk of minnow seemed to work the best for us. We went to C.C.E and fished in 25 to 40 feet of water. It was a good day all in all..
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Myself and one other hit it up there today with a bit of success we iced about 20 fish from 8-1 alot of nice big fat 21 inchers and a nice 23in. Using the same bait.
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You were the ones in the tent. We were on the east side of the bay. We normally fish where you were at but tried sumptin' different. We nailed only 17 with standards baits. We started in 40 feet and moved in to 20 feet. Nuttin' really to brag about. It was 34 degrees at 8am, and 32 degees at 2pm when we left. Fish would come by in schools, so we would have doubles getting hit.
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Yep that was us in the tent and it was nice to have it when the wind would pick up.. They would come in schools just like ya said, cause on my scout we would watch for a little while and nothing. Then all of a sudden there would be about 10 fish all fighting for your bait and as soon as you got one you would have to hurry and try to get it down there to get another. We missed quite a few and i think it was cause i got so excited when i would actually see them hit my bait. I seen some nice fish though. I dont get to the berry very much cause its along ways for me but i will have to get there more.. Is the best fishing usually where we were, or would you recomend a better spot?
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makes ya wonder how anyone fishes without a camera.
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I got 3 on consectutive drops. The last 2 were just sitting there at the bottom, so I had to get back into the game as soon as I unhooked and threw one back. I would drop right back down and never hit bottom. It was like 3 fish in 3 minutes. cool
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