02-06-2011, 03:50 AM
I think the snow had a lot to do with it, here we only had maybe an inch on the ice though. I don't think the spots I went to had much circulation, the parts that do were open. The ice was surely much denser and harder, maybe the freeze forces the air out of it, making it much purer rather than white and bubbly. Before the last snow it had a consistent layer of slush, probably not good insulation, the current snow is very hard. Its nice for folks like me, with no cleats, but tomorrow I suppose it'll be slushy again.
Its about a six inches of ice, consistent across the lakes I imagine.
I went the day before yesterday targeting perch, I finally got a decent one among the babies, but I had a late start and couldn't get enough to make a meal, I was going to go for more the next day but didn't get out, so it became premium cat food.today : )
Today, the plan was to go to the hot spot with my buddy, but we decided it wasn't worth the drive because of bad weather and bad nights, so we went to a closer spot. Overcast with a piercing wind, light snow. Very good action, slowing close to noon, got three rainbows, my buddy got a good one right off the bat but it broke off with the jig above the water. I went back out, near the end of the day and got one more to reach limit. Still haven't got my special target fish, I'm going to have to go cold turkey on the fishing for at least a week. I'm trying to burn off the remaining adrenaline from 30+ hours of no sleep right now. Though I didn't reach my goal at least I have four more smoked fish to look forward to : )
Just curious, how do you prepare your perch and pans?
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Its about a six inches of ice, consistent across the lakes I imagine.
I went the day before yesterday targeting perch, I finally got a decent one among the babies, but I had a late start and couldn't get enough to make a meal, I was going to go for more the next day but didn't get out, so it became premium cat food.today : )
Today, the plan was to go to the hot spot with my buddy, but we decided it wasn't worth the drive because of bad weather and bad nights, so we went to a closer spot. Overcast with a piercing wind, light snow. Very good action, slowing close to noon, got three rainbows, my buddy got a good one right off the bat but it broke off with the jig above the water. I went back out, near the end of the day and got one more to reach limit. Still haven't got my special target fish, I'm going to have to go cold turkey on the fishing for at least a week. I'm trying to burn off the remaining adrenaline from 30+ hours of no sleep right now. Though I didn't reach my goal at least I have four more smoked fish to look forward to : )
Just curious, how do you prepare your perch and pans?
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