01-28-2024, 04:15 AM
Pretty disturbing seeing how bad the ice was after drilling the first hole..MWScott and I wore chest high waders for the ingress/egress questionable shoreline .. thankfully didn't need them.. and we both wore life jackets for the hike in/out ..I also had my probe stick to test as walking...hey, I was a scoutmaster..'Be Prepared'..doncha no?...Don't believe I'll return unless we get nites in the teens for a spell..today, temp was 25* at 0650, when I arrived..too warm, as everybody knows..as stated, fishing was very good for medium sized perch, which were our target species..I used 2 rods..I like the carnival when you get a hit on each, lines get tangled reeling one in, etc..eyeball good, then switched to red spikes on one small 'wonderbread' jig, and cut mealworm on very small perch colored 'waxie' jig..all three of these presentations worked good today..think hard about going here with this warm spell..at a minimum, I'd be wearing the life jacket..guluk..