Posted by Ed from pm2-02.foxvalley.net on January 18, 1999 at 10:01:12:
In Reply to: Bay De Noc posted by Greg on January 18, 1999 at 08:09:24:
OK, I'm jealous. :-)
There is a bigger picture in the photo album.
Ed
: 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