Took my dad ice fishing for his first time today. We fished for 5 hours and landed 5 trout, 3 real nice, and 2 10 inches we let go. We both missed good strikes and he lost 3 fish at the hole. There was about 15 other people fishing and most were haveing some luck. The gentlemen just down the ice from us said they each had caught 10 fish jigging. My dad caught all his fish using a plain night crawler on a red hook with the glow plastic on it. The ice was good but did get down to only 3 inches about 3/4 the way down the lake from the boat launch and at the far end of the lake you could see some open/slushy spots. This was only my second trip ice fishing so I am sure some one who knows what they are doing would have done better.

bazzdude

12/18/2011 8:29:00 PM

That sounds like a good outting to me, 3 missed at the whole, that sucks but you must have been doing something right. How big was your biggest fish? Stay warm and safe out there.

tricities-sean

12/19/2011 4:06:00 PM

Nice report, sounds like you guys were kept busy at least. How thick was the ice on the good end? Man that makes me nervous, I think my fat butt would fall right through!! Keep the lines wet.

TroutCowboy

12/19/2011 9:49:00 PM

you're doing something right if you landed 5 fish! this is my 4th year fishing that lake and you're approaching my grand total for the entire time. i lost a beauty right at the hole sunday, it's a heartbreaker.

we stayed on the half of the lake nearer the parking lot. it's 6+ inches, i'd guess, and very solid. although it was popping & groaning a lot for some reason (and it wasn't the previous weekend), enough to creep you out, but i wasn't worried based on what i was seeing after augering through.

romanfishing

12/20/2011 10:06:00 AM

I am wondering if ice is still good for ice fishing.

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