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Alum Creek / Fish scout made the difference today

« on: March 06, 2014, 08:56:59 PM »

I broke out the Vexilar Fish Scout I stole off Dave yesterday. I didn't use it for fishing, just to see how deep the light was penetrating in Alum's chocolate milk. Seemed 12' was about as deep as light was getting. Cut about 40 holes in 3'-27' spread the tip-ups and did some hole hoppin'. Pulled 9-eyes, 2-perch, 1-cat and a gill. Unfortunately 7 were short by less than a inch and one little cigar. Blue Ice Pimple with a minnow head in 12-14' was the ticket for eye's,cat came out of 27'. Marmooska pulled the perch in 18'. Thanks for the scout Dave. It earned it's two minutes of use today.

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Piedmont / 1/30

« on: January 31, 2014, 10:12:26 PM »

Made the long drive back to my old stomping grounds yesterday. Ice was acceptable but not great. Hill country did not allow the wind to sweep the snow off. So, ice varied from 3" to 8". I don't fish the roadbed so I'm not sure how it faired. I'd imagine it was better since foot traffic and holes allowed cold to contact the ice. Managed 1 keeper eye, bass and crappie, and six dink cats. Lake has always been clear. Zebra mussles have made it too clear. I could see the bottom in 15' were I was fishing. Pretty tough to fool heavily pursued fish in those conditions. They recognize the fakes too easily.

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Ice Gear for Sale / 7" HT Arctic Express Auger

« on: January 30, 2014, 09:26:19 PM »

7" Auger with blade guard. Used only a couple times. $30

Here's a link to what it looks like, except 7"
http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13371014&camp=CSE:GooglePLA:13371014:17870321:TACKLE-&gsidynamic=GooglePLA-_-TACKLE-_-TACKLE-_-SKU-17870321

Located in Columbus. Fish Alum, Indian, Buckeye and some MWCD lakes pretty regularly. LMK maybe I can meet up with you.

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Alum Creek / 1/25

« on: January 26, 2014, 09:55:28 AM »

A friend and I hit two spots yesterday. Managed 4 keeper eyes, but only two crappie all day. Both around 12". Wind and snow made for some interesting fishing. Nice day for the tip-up hole covers.

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Killdeer Reservoir / 1/20

« on: January 20, 2014, 09:19:12 PM »

Fished from almost sunrise until sunset. Pulled 1 12" crappie, 1 15" walleye, 1 12" cat, 1 16" cat (silly thing was suspended 7' over 14', thought it was another crappie) and 1 7" perch. That was my first ever trip. Not sure I'll ever try it again. Didn't seem to be many of fish in there. Popped probably 30-40 holes tried depths from 6' to 25', 14'-17' seemed to have the only activity. Fish only responded if you ripped the bait away. If the had time to look they passed.

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Alum Creek / AC get together 1/25 or 26?

« on: January 16, 2014, 10:06:54 PM »

Even though the lake has opened up a bit. Last weeks single digits have taken enough energy out of the deep old girl that she will refreeze quickly over the next week. I'm hoping it will have a solid 6" or better by next weekend. Any central Ohio guys up for a get together to open up our AC ice season? Or the first weekend in Feb. if the forecast changes.

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Ice Gear for Sale / Strikemaster Magnum 10-1/4" auger replacement

« on: January 15, 2014, 11:30:50 PM »

I have a 10-1/4" Strikemaster chipper drill/blade/blade guard, that has a very short Ohio season on it. Almost like new. No power head. Will fit any ( I believe ) Strikemaster gas auger powerhead. $80 Located in Columbus.

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General Discussion / Anybody getting together this weekend?

« on: February 17, 2010, 11:25:20 AM »

Any get togethers this weekend?

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