03-04-2023, 06:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2023, 08:06 PM by Jig-fisher.)
My daughter-in-law loves to fish and has been begging me to take her out. I decided on an early morning Pineview trip to see if the crappie were still on the bite. We met at 3 am and was out on the lake fishing by 4 am. We were met with 8-10 inches of snow on top of 4" of slush in the narrows. Accessed the ice from the caretakers area. Walk out was not nice with the slush. We built a platform of packed snow before drilling holes. I had to get on my knees to finish punching through that thick layer of ice/snow/slush.
Fish were there and were willing to bite. White perch talker and perch colored tingler spoon tipped with pieces of chub worked well. Also a small jig head with a tiny swimbait tipped with a wax worm put a few on the deck. I should probably clarify that they worked well for me. My poor daughter-in-law had the hardest time detecting bites. I had my limit of 20 by 630 and she had caught 2. We kept switching poles but even with the strike indicator, she just couldn't get the feel for it. With my help and instruction, she did end up catching 9 by 9 am when we left. That darn hill is a lung burner coming back out. Only 2 groups on arrival and one of them was leaving. Only one tent on the ice when we left.
It was cold. 7 degrees on arrival. 15 degrees when we left. Brrr. Even with the heater going we had to keep skimming the holes out. I guess I need to invest in an insulated tent.
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Fish were there and were willing to bite. White perch talker and perch colored tingler spoon tipped with pieces of chub worked well. Also a small jig head with a tiny swimbait tipped with a wax worm put a few on the deck. I should probably clarify that they worked well for me. My poor daughter-in-law had the hardest time detecting bites. I had my limit of 20 by 630 and she had caught 2. We kept switching poles but even with the strike indicator, she just couldn't get the feel for it. With my help and instruction, she did end up catching 9 by 9 am when we left. That darn hill is a lung burner coming back out. Only 2 groups on arrival and one of them was leaving. Only one tent on the ice when we left.
It was cold. 7 degrees on arrival. 15 degrees when we left. Brrr. Even with the heater going we had to keep skimming the holes out. I guess I need to invest in an insulated tent.