01-30-2009, 03:54 PM
Lipripper,
yes that is the new math. Twice as many people and 1/2 the fish. Same thing happens when you use two rods, you miss twice as many fish and catch half as many.
We used the heaters very little actually. Occasionally turning them on for 10-15 minutes to take the edge off. But the sun and our body heat keep the tents really comfortable in a sweatshirt or light coat without hat or gloves and kept the holes from freezing.
The roads were all really good. Used 4WD very little.
Yes we were quite a ways North of Joe Bush.
We did cut up the sucker and used it for bait. But the fish wanted the little stuff. The whole first day and half the second day I fished one rod near the bottom (88 feet) hoping for a mac. Used tubes and bigger stuff with chub and sucker but never got a hit. I think I only caught 2 fish deeper than 40 feet in 3 days. Most of the fish were caught between 2 feet under the ice (did a lot of sight fishing) and 25 feet under the ice.
My finder was having trouble finding bottom depth and in the pictures does not show the correct depth. It was actually 88 feet. I had the range set to only show 0-50 feet since by that time we were only getting the fish to hit that were 0-40 feet. Lots of fish deeper but no interest in biting.
Good luck when you go. Stay away from the pressure ridges!
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yes that is the new math. Twice as many people and 1/2 the fish. Same thing happens when you use two rods, you miss twice as many fish and catch half as many.
We used the heaters very little actually. Occasionally turning them on for 10-15 minutes to take the edge off. But the sun and our body heat keep the tents really comfortable in a sweatshirt or light coat without hat or gloves and kept the holes from freezing.
The roads were all really good. Used 4WD very little.
Yes we were quite a ways North of Joe Bush.
We did cut up the sucker and used it for bait. But the fish wanted the little stuff. The whole first day and half the second day I fished one rod near the bottom (88 feet) hoping for a mac. Used tubes and bigger stuff with chub and sucker but never got a hit. I think I only caught 2 fish deeper than 40 feet in 3 days. Most of the fish were caught between 2 feet under the ice (did a lot of sight fishing) and 25 feet under the ice.
My finder was having trouble finding bottom depth and in the pictures does not show the correct depth. It was actually 88 feet. I had the range set to only show 0-50 feet since by that time we were only getting the fish to hit that were 0-40 feet. Lots of fish deeper but no interest in biting.
Good luck when you go. Stay away from the pressure ridges!
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