01-12-2004, 02:36 AM
[font "Garamond"][size 3]I went up to Jordanelle today to attend services at the Church of the Seventh Day Angler. First time I've been on hard water this year and first time for Jordanelle on the ice as well. Arrived at about 8:10am and of course the gate was locked. Payed my tything and entered. Third vehicle there. Thirteen degrees...NICE![/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]The surface was firm. Ice was...well I never did check the depth of the ice. I didn't fall in so consider it safe.[/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]We ventured over to the south side. If I looked directly east, we were pretty even with that point over there. I think we started off about 100' off of that point. My daughter hooked the first fish (perch) at 9. We were getting plenty of action but missing everything. Around 11 or so my daughter proudly announces..."I'm winning you dad!" Perfect, nothing like a 12 year old talking smack. I think she was up something like 4 to 1. Did I say this was her first time out?[/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]Apparently I got serious around 11:20, still stinging from her smack. Landed a perch. At 11:30 I hooked something significantly heavier and brought in a beautiful 16" bowcefus. A few minutes later on the next drop I brought in his little brother. Both fish pleaded guilty to not being a bass and were sentenced to death. They were both humanely executed and put on the dinner table tonight. By noon I had two more perch. I looked over at my daughter and, well if looks could kill. [/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]We left around 2:00pm. We didn't have the success I thought we would but all in all not too bad considering we basically stuck to one area. Catching those two trout more than made up for it anyway. Like I said, a lot of action but not much to show for it. We missed a ton but that's ok. The Church wasn't too terribly crowded today, maybe 40 parishioners max at any one point. It warmed up to about 34. [/size][/font]
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[font "Garamond"][size 3]The surface was firm. Ice was...well I never did check the depth of the ice. I didn't fall in so consider it safe.[/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]We ventured over to the south side. If I looked directly east, we were pretty even with that point over there. I think we started off about 100' off of that point. My daughter hooked the first fish (perch) at 9. We were getting plenty of action but missing everything. Around 11 or so my daughter proudly announces..."I'm winning you dad!" Perfect, nothing like a 12 year old talking smack. I think she was up something like 4 to 1. Did I say this was her first time out?[/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]Apparently I got serious around 11:20, still stinging from her smack. Landed a perch. At 11:30 I hooked something significantly heavier and brought in a beautiful 16" bowcefus. A few minutes later on the next drop I brought in his little brother. Both fish pleaded guilty to not being a bass and were sentenced to death. They were both humanely executed and put on the dinner table tonight. By noon I had two more perch. I looked over at my daughter and, well if looks could kill. [/size][/font]
[font "Garamond"][size 3]We left around 2:00pm. We didn't have the success I thought we would but all in all not too bad considering we basically stuck to one area. Catching those two trout more than made up for it anyway. Like I said, a lot of action but not much to show for it. We missed a ton but that's ok. The Church wasn't too terribly crowded today, maybe 40 parishioners max at any one point. It warmed up to about 34. [/size][/font]
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]). Didya make your daughter get out and check the spikes? Are you going to get your daughter a basspro shops lanyard with a fish counter now? [/size][/#000080]