Welcome to the FAM. Bow hunting junkie my self. I understand how it is to lose a fishing partner. My brother was my open water right hand man. I didnt lose him totaly but bad things grabbed a hold of him. He hasn't been able to fish for a few years so all I have fished was on ice the last 4 years or so. I'm 32 and man is it hard to look at my boat and try to go fishing with out him. Getting my nephews and daughter out on the ice has been my saving grace. Best thing I can say is get out there catch a bucket full and that my friend is what he would've wanted. Too see that big smile on your face. Thanks for the insight and bobber down.
Fished mosquito at the cemetery Saturday and off 305 today. Marked a ton of fish but most of them were lock jawed. Ended up with a dozen fish for 2 days Saturday morning the ice was smooth and slick by the time we got off after dark the whole lake had around 7" of snow on it. Made pulling tough on the way back in. Today I took the pack shack. Much easier than dragging my shanty through the snow. Every whole I drilled had 10-12" crystal clear ice.
Hmm didn't occur to me that it could be a golden shiner. I've used them for tip up bait but didn't realize that they grew to 10" or bigger. I'm gonna check with the owner of the pond and see if he ever dumped excess lake bait in there.
They have been fishing all weekend. 5 - 7" of ice. Youll want to park on the west side. The east ramp still has a little soft spot. I believe it is from the concrete an metal warming faster.
Wellingtons south side has been slow. Never fished Chippewa. We have been on the fish at Spencer for the last week, gills only and a few small crappie. Hoping to look for something other than gills. I hear Chippewa has good crappie. I've got some spots on the north side of Wellington that should produce crappie perch and walleye.
I have a vex and a camera. If yo u have a vex we will definetly find the fish. I got a lead on another area lake we could try. PM me and we can iron out the details.
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Saturday morning the ice was smooth and slick by the time we got off after dark the whole lake had around 7" of snow on it. Made pulling tough on the way back in. Today I took the pack shack. Much easier than dragging my shanty through the snow. Every whole I drilled had 10-12" crystal clear ice.
