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My first iced fish out of big blue! Not a pig but it had a heartbeat. Didn't get on the ice until 11 which I will blame on my sweet wife. We fished in about 70 feet with the usual tube/ cisco combos. She had one on and lost it half way up which was a real bummer since it was her first ice adventure ever. I watched a guy about 60 yds from us reel in a good looking mac looked to be about 18 plus lbs. The guy was juiced, it was fun to watch and hear the excitement, reeling in a pig is the best high you can get. Beautiful sunny day, no wind, my ol lady and I didn't fall in this time, pretty dang good day.
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Sounds like a good day. Too bad about the fish your wife lost. Nice to catcha couple but good to be fishing on a nice day, catching is a bonus. Thanks for sharing the trip.
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Gotta respect the STACHE, nice fish.
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calm down Tom Selleck!
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Where are T.C. and Higgins!!?
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I brought in this one on Friday. He's back in the lake. I needed sunglasses. It was so bright.
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Missed the pics.
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Very nice.
I was over there yesterday and iced my very first Bear Lake Mack. You are right, what a rush.
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Nice. It was fun to watch you catch him. Next time it's my turn!
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Hope you're after the lady Cutts! And good thing you can hold that fish out and "make" it look big for the picture! [:p]
Guess it's a good thing your lady is a C&R angler, eh? I'll be hitting it again while we still have ice. I got some heavier rigs setup now. Gotta dig for some big tubes!
thanks for the post.
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Nice going Brent - I didn't know you were a BFT angler - and a good one at that!
Looks like a pretty curvaceous fish there! Chunk!
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Hey now, my elbows are bent, I can't help I have long forearms. As far as fish gender goes, I don't discriminate and I can't help what this eye candy attracts. +1 on the heavier rigs, I tried a couple new poles today and I think I'm gonna stick to my 7 foot 9 pool q's.
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SWEET !![cool]
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Pack it in
PACK IT OUT !
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+1 on the 7'9, I got a 32" laker on a 26" rod, I was beginning to think I should have just hand lined it. But it was double fun, nice cutty by the way.
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Thanks bro. Ice rods are fun but you need something with the backbone to bury that hook in those hard mouthed suckers.
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amen to that - I think I missed for lack of a good enuf hookset... so - bring the med longer ice rods, put some decent reels ( drag?) and the new rig 4.6 Ugly stick, with an Okuma reel - two spools, so I get the 4lb red-ice line, and the other has the 20# ice braid, with 17# mono leader.
I'm ready to spank a few big fish! Enuf of the planter bows and panfish - I want some weight!!!!
See what comes. If nothing else - I could catch another sunburn.
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