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Fished from about 11AM to dusk. Fished the middle to upper section in 8 to 16 feet of water. Water is way down (15 feet) from last year ice fishing.

Found a tightly packed group of 8" perch in the center of the lake. Also caught a couple of small crappie and one 12 inch bass.

At sundown caught about a 30-36 inch Tiger on a icefly and waxworm. Hooked it in the very side of the mouth were the line was safe from its teeth. What a beautiful fish. Made the trip worth it on that fish alone.

Ice is about a foot thick and easy to walk on. Air temp ranged from 14 - 18 degrees.
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Sounds like a great day on Newton. Thanks for the report.
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You didn't get a pic of that Tiger? That's one species I'd like to add to my resume. I'll try that pond next Saturday I think.

Any color jig work better than others? I've only fished Newton once before, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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My family and i will be leaving for Newton in a few hours it will be there first trip this year and my third fishing the hard water. done good the first two trips on perch and bluegill. hooked 1 fish and fought it for about 10 min. on 4lb. test line with a 2lb. leader finally got it to within about 4' of the hole before jig popped loose! never did see what it was. maybe this trip? Anyway thanks for the info.
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Looked at the pic and you guys were fishing on the north end before it cuts back west. I have caught a bunch of perch in that area. I also noticed that in the pic that the furthest guy on right looks to be taking a leak. Nice timing for a pick![shocked]
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I use the same technique, as others have mentioned for catching walleye. Fish for anything else "but" muskie/walleye.

I was just using a tiny yellow-green colored ice fly tipped with a wax worm. I was fishing with no steel leader and just a foot off the bottom.
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