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Nettle lake / 1/7/2017
« on: January 08, 2017, 05:16:59 PM »
Checked ice on my way back from tournament in Michigan. Locked UP!!! ;D  5"+ of ice and very little snow cover.

Remember that: NO ICE IS SAFE ICE!!

Check your own ice...

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2020/2021 On-line Tournament! / Crappie from 1/8/2017
« on: January 08, 2017, 05:13:03 PM »
Bite was slow with the high pressure. Found a few in 6-1/2 FOW. ;D

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General Discussion / On the GILLS today in NW OHIO!!!
« on: December 31, 2016, 04:56:38 PM »
Got on the gills again today in NW OHIO!!! ;D ;D ;D  5" of ICE.... :) :) :)

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General Discussion / Mother Nature
« on: December 20, 2016, 07:06:44 PM »
 >:( OK, who teed off Mother Nature?  Last weekend; a good first ice-2 days of fishing on 5" + of ice here in NW Ohio and now...  this Friday: 40 deg, Saturday: 41 & rain, Sunday: 43 & rain, Monday: 60 & rain, Tuesday: 44 deg, Wednesday: 37 deg, Thursday: 47 & rain. :( ???       

Talk about a CRUEL JOKE!!  This S__T ain't funny..

Oh well, I guess it will be a 2nd first ice.

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Small Pond Reports / 12/18/2016
« on: December 18, 2016, 01:40:41 PM »
Hit the hardwater again this morning. A little slower than yesterday with post front conditions, blue skies and falling temps. Still in 12 fow but only 2' off bottom. White 5mm Kenders tungsten jig with Eurotackle micro finesse plastics. Took a friend out that hadn't been icefishing in years and showed him all the newest advancement and how to check ice on way out. He had a blast. Put a good rod and reel in his hands and showed him how to read the Vex. He was amazed and had never heard of using micro plastics for ice fishing. He took home about 20 nice gills and we released three bass. He's hooked and going to start looking for new gear and is ready to go again. Remember that NO ICE IS SAFE ICE. A great day when you can teach someone and get them hooked on ice fishing. :)

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Small Pond Reports / NW OHIO 12/17/2016
« on: December 17, 2016, 03:04:56 PM »
I was on a 10 acre pond this morning from 8 til 10. 5" of ice. JUST REMEMBER THAT NO ICE IS SAFE ICE!!!  Spudded my way out with ice picks around my neck and Striker Ice Hardwater flotation suit on. Fished in 12' of water, fish were 2 to 4' off bottom. 5mm white Kenders tungsten jig with Euro Tackle Natural colored MUMMY WORM and Micro Finesse plastics. FishStyx Custom Ice rod, Aqua Vu camera, Vexilar Flx 28. Caught 30 gills and kept 15, all 8 to 9.5" and released 1 bass. Awesome first day on the ice.

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General Discussion / 12/17/2016
« on: December 17, 2016, 02:43:13 PM »
My office this morning from 8 till 10. Caught 30 and kept 15.  Kenders tungsten jig, Euro Tackle MUMMY WORMS and Micro Finesse Plastics, Vexilar Flx 28, FishStyx Custom Ice Rod.

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General Discussion / Aqua Vu pics from 12/17/2016
« on: December 17, 2016, 02:37:00 PM »
A few pics from this morning. ;D

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2020/2021 On-line Tournament! / 12/17/2016
« on: December 17, 2016, 02:31:27 PM »
Got into them this morning.

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2020/2021 On-line Tournament! / Gills
« on: December 17, 2016, 02:28:10 PM »
It's ON in NW OHIO. 8 till 10 am this morning. Caught 30 and kept 15.

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Sled Help / Smitty Sled
« on: December 11, 2016, 03:03:14 PM »
With Mother Nature intent on dumping a bunch of snow on top of the ice; decided to make a smitty sled to make it easier to drag my Clam Kenai Pro. Wants to snowplow in deeper snow. This should make it a lot easier. ;D

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General Discussion / A little Slide show for the Columbus Fishing Expo Ice Fish Ohio Booth
« on: December 04, 2016, 06:16:49 PM »
Go to Ice Fish Ohio on Facebook and check out the slide show I'm working on.

Let me know what you think.

It's too big a file for this site.


Thanks.

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Lake La Sue Ann / NO ICE Fishing again this 2016/2017 season
« on: December 04, 2016, 08:17:25 AM »
My contact at ODNR/La Sue Ann informed me this week that La Sue Ann Wildlife area will NOT be open to ICE FISHING this winter. They met their catch quota for the year during open water.
BUMMER!! Would have liked to get on it again.

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General Discussion / Bye Bye ICE?
« on: January 28, 2016, 05:06:33 PM »
These recent warm temps are bad enough, but now it's raining in NW Ohio.  >:( >:( Thought I would make it out at least one more time on Saturday before the rain and almost 50 degrees on Sunday. :( :( Sure hoping it gets cold again in another week or this 2 week ice season will really stink! :o

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Nettle lake / 1/24/16
« on: January 24, 2016, 05:50:32 PM »
Fished Nettle today from 7:30 am to 1 pm. Another tough bite day. :( Two of us started in 3 fow and moved out from there. Drilled close to 40 holes again today. Lots of lookers and sniffers but few takers. Jigs, plastics, spikes, wax worms, chubby darters, minnows, etc. They wouldn't touch a minnow or plastics. Fished from 3' out to 25'. Finally found them in 22', kept coming up to check bait and then leave. Dropped the AquaVu down and watched the crappie just cruising. ??? Did end up with one 10" crappie, 4" perch and a dozen dink gills. Beautiful day to be on the ice except for the bite. We were the only ones on the ice. ;D. Fish were on the bottom to suspended 5' off bottom. Wondering if the full moon last night had them feeding way late and way early.

Well, that's why they call it fishing and not catching.

Ice was 7-1/2".

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