Ice Fish Ohio Forum
Ice Fishing => Out Of State Ice Fishing Trips => Topic started by: Spiral_Ice_Jr on January 02, 2014, 10:00:25 PM
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Hello All,
My father and I are new members as of today. I wanted to take a minute and summarize our recent trip to the state up north in search of some marble eyes. 12-27-13 we headed north about 5 hours to a top ice fishing destination we found in a ice fishing magazine. (Recommended by Dave Genz)
We were just a rocks throw away from Lake Michigan on the western part of the state. We stepped out on the ice around 16:00, we measured 8" of solid ice and about a foot of snow. Just as the sun set I hooked into a dandy 22 inch walleye. Not bad for my first fish through the ice, ever. After that the fishing slowed down and we called it a night shortly there after.
The next morning we hit the ground running early. Stopped by a local bait store and picked up some emarld shiners and off we went. After drilling a few holes we found some fish and set up shop. We caught a few perch, then I landed a nice 24" Northern Pike on a ultralight with 4# test. Shortly after that my Dad (SpiralICE) put a 19" walleye one the ice.
Overall we had a great trip and will return soon. If you get a chance make the trip.
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Wow, thats quite a trip for first time ice fishing. Good job on the eyes. We are heading to St Clair in a couple weeks, just hoping we can get into some perch.
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Nice first fish through the ice. Personally, I am addicted to hardwater fishing. There is just something special about pulling fish through an ice hole. Congratulations and good luck on future trips.
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nice fishin guys fun read and keep it coming ;D