Newton 1-20-25

[SkunkedAgain]

Well at least you put the skunk to bed. Too bad the quality wasn't better. I know how the ice build-up can mess up landing a fish. I removed the spring bobbers from 2 of my poles yesterday because of ice build-up and difficulty landing fish.

I did the same thing yesterday after losing that first fish, I went to my ultra light rod that doesn't require any spring bobber to show the slightest bites and it was awesome for showing the tiny fish nibbles... I wish I would have taken a picture of the one fish, it was so tiny I don't know how it got the hook into it's mouth... But I had to re-learn a lot of icefishing lessons yesterday from years gone by... Between tents and warmer winters, I hadn't fished in real cold for a while so I didn't take my bubblers or anything like that... But it worked out with some tweaking.. So maybe next trip I'll be on top of things and prepared... Hope so, and hope I can find some size to a couple fish to feel like I caught something.. Although it was really fun to get on those really light bites and be able to hook them... Thanks for he reply... Jeff

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Glad you were able to get out there and beat that skunk. Was there anyone else out there fishing, if so, could you tell if they were catching anything?

Hey Curt, there were six groups there, I was the only one dumb enough to not have a tent so I couldn't see what the others were doing, but I did talk to one guy that left about the same time I did, he said he seen fish all morning on the camera, but couldn't make them bite... Sounded like he was using the gulp maggots and I guess they didn't like them...  I used the real maggot and they really like them... If there were fish around, I was getting at least nibbles.... I did have some suspended fish come through several times and I pulled up to their level, but couldn't ever get them to bite...  Maybe crappie, but just a guess... Thanks for the reply... Jeff