12-08-2011, 02:54 AM
Went out to Ryder pond w/ shootermedic and his kids this afternoon. It has about 6 inches mostly clear ice on it. There are areas that look like it got water on top then blown around while freezing again. There is still a large open area by the aerator and an area near the inlet that was open. I did not go anywhere remotely near them! That being said I put lines down and quickly got a couple light nibbles. On one I had probably 10 or so trout looking and pushing the lure around but no takers. We moved out a little and finally found an area in 17 FOA that as soon as we put the rod on the jigger totter it would get hit. Couldn't keep them on, but they would keep coming back driving me nuts. Between that and the vexilar we iced a limit in about 2.5 hours. Had a good time! Shooter medic landed the big one of the day to round out the limit just before leaving.
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