Always good to meet fellow BF tackle anglers!
Joe, hope we can meet up on the water again sometime. Ice was solid right to the edges and a bit thicker overall than previous trips. I was fishing about 27 feet depth. I marked and got a fish on first drop at about. 9am, then nothing moved 50 feet. 10 drops 10 fish fast, then nothing and nothing on finder. Walked over to talk to some other anglers for a few minutes. I Came back to the last hole and fish on finder screen dropped down fish on! From that point on fish virtually as fast as I could drop till I left. I was culling a bit but most were filletable and only planned to keep 30 before I knew it even when letting a bunch go I had 44 so figured I might as well fillet 50 so I did. Another angler came out and I noticed he was not having any luck 75 feet from me. I told him come over here, I drilled him two holes, was onto fish from then till we left, fish were still on the screen and hitting at around 1pm. 50 Perch filleted 41 minutes
Today and for a couple more days it’s warming a fair amount with temps above freezing at night. Snow cover hopefully will shield the ice from melting. Edges would be first concern . I’m thinking they hold up and then another cold snap should solidify it again. ALWAYS check for yourself don’t assume! Be safe. Good luck if you try.
PS Perch eye was consistent for me entire time first fish was on mealworm after that perch eye. If it slowed at all new perch eye helped the fish “see” that they hit my
Lure! Couldn’t resist pun intended!
Joe, hope we can meet up on the water again sometime. Ice was solid right to the edges and a bit thicker overall than previous trips. I was fishing about 27 feet depth. I marked and got a fish on first drop at about. 9am, then nothing moved 50 feet. 10 drops 10 fish fast, then nothing and nothing on finder. Walked over to talk to some other anglers for a few minutes. I Came back to the last hole and fish on finder screen dropped down fish on! From that point on fish virtually as fast as I could drop till I left. I was culling a bit but most were filletable and only planned to keep 30 before I knew it even when letting a bunch go I had 44 so figured I might as well fillet 50 so I did. Another angler came out and I noticed he was not having any luck 75 feet from me. I told him come over here, I drilled him two holes, was onto fish from then till we left, fish were still on the screen and hitting at around 1pm. 50 Perch filleted 41 minutes
Today and for a couple more days it’s warming a fair amount with temps above freezing at night. Snow cover hopefully will shield the ice from melting. Edges would be first concern . I’m thinking they hold up and then another cold snap should solidify it again. ALWAYS check for yourself don’t assume! Be safe. Good luck if you try.
PS Perch eye was consistent for me entire time first fish was on mealworm after that perch eye. If it slowed at all new perch eye helped the fish “see” that they hit my
Lure! Couldn’t resist pun intended!
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