12-27-2022, 06:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2022, 06:49 PM by wiperhunter2.)
(12-27-2022, 05:32 PM)Cowboypirate Wrote: It was a real bust. Windy, rainy, slushy. We left pretty quickly. Never saw a fish on the finder and never saw anyone catch anything. Many camps left before we did.
Maybe it would have improved later but I don't enjoy ice fishing in the rain. I am sure those that stayed found some fish.
Technically the ice was fine at 5-6 inches but please watch it close if you go. I drilled about 15 holes and never found more than 3 inches of good clear blue ice. The rest was gray motled and honey combed. The warm up with rain is not helpful. It can really mess with good ice. Cookie did not like today. She likes 10" inches of granite for a ice cap.
On a good note - the upgrade from a manual auger to an electric - why did i wait so long...and my new helix 5 was fun. On anote - I can't find my tripod for the aquaview camera and I really like to peek under the ice.
When you were talking about going out today I thought you just had the wrong day because of the storm coming in. Sorry it ruined your first outing of the season. Funny the ice was so poor, makes me wonder if it's like that over the whole lake
The ice at Echo was clear ice with snow covering the top of the ice.