Posted by Greg from elpxy01.ce.mediaone.net on January 18, 1999 at 08:09:24:
Well, it was a mixed bag for all four of us. Ice was 20 inches, temps on Sat were
in the 20s, with a SW wind. After a few holes, one of the guys pulled
a 7 1/2 pounder out. About 15 mins later I got a 5 1/2. It seemed like
they would only hit for me on one specific lure and color PINK! Total
for me that day was 6. One guy got 3, one got 1, and one got none! The odd
thing was that these were all caught during the midday hours. Not the
usual dawn or dusk feeding frenzies. I probably would have had a few
more were it not for the PIG that snapped my line after about 2 minutes
of intense fighting;-( Lost the Pink jig too!@!@ That was it for me that
day. It was a mixed bag in terms of how I caught them. Some were suspended
some were on the bottom. But usually after heavy jigging a few feet off
the bottom, I would pull the jig up about 10 feet and they would just nail
it, However, quite a few would come up and just look at it and not even
touch it.
One thing that I am finding out about ice fishing - alomost every fish
I caught would suddenly appear on the fl8 after I had put my rod down to
mess with something in my tent or stopped to light a smoke. NOT ONE came
when I was paying attention to the electronics! I'm telling you guys,
these fish know something!!!! LOL. Yesterday I let my jig drop to the
bottom to light a butt and when I went to resume jigging it felt like
I had a snag. NOOOOO Waaay!!! I couldn't reel it up at one point, it
was sooooo big, I just couldn't crank!! Lost that one ;-(.
Sending one picture to you Ed. This one was 7 1/2 lbs.
Greg