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« on: January 23, 2016, 07:35:07 PM »
Fished Nettle today from 8am to 5 pm. Tough bite.  Drilled close to 60 holes today. Fished from 3' to 25'. Lots of lookers this morning but no takers. 3 of us fishing. Finally went to my go to spot in 25' this afternoon and started marking consistently at 18' Ice was 7-1/2" in the hole. Rest of ice was 4-1/2" plus. Open water in the middle from geese. A lot of lookers and followers but few takers. Used white, blue, green, red, yellow, pink, black, etc. Plastics, wax, spikes and minnows. Finally they hit on orange teardrop with spikes. Not a single taker on minnows. Ended up with 3 keeper gills and 1 - 9" crappie and 10 dink gills. Dropped the AquaVu down and about 4' of visibility. No one else on lake until 3 pm when 2 other fisherman showed up and went where we were in the morning, then about 4 pm two ice skaters showed up. Planning to give it another shot in the morning. 
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« on: January 19, 2016, 01:04:49 PM »
Checked today. 4" at the public access. Open water straight out from the ramp off the 1st point with geese setting in it. Couldn't check the North end. May try this weekend, as in years past, I have been able to fish solid ice within 50' of the open water caused by the geese. Should be able to reach my favorite spots. No sign of anyone else having been on the ice yet.
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« on: January 19, 2016, 12:59:06 PM »
Checked today and most of lake is open. Steam rising off the water and plenty of geese on the water. This lake has some 75' holes and doesn't freeze well. 
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« on: January 19, 2016, 12:56:06 PM »
Barton is locked up! Ice by the ramp was 4", but ice looked a little iffy just out from the ramp channel(that is where the creek channel runs from the N. to S. end and dumps into the river). I was by myself and only had my spud, so I didn't get too carried away to check the creek channel area. Southwest corner access next to the river: Sled and foot tracks going down to the ice(since Sunday's last snow) and onto the ice. Tracks and 1/2 dozen set of holes from 20' out to 150' from the shore. 5" of ice in the holes I checked. Unfortunately, the individual/s that were fishing left their trash and cigarette butts on the ice and was froze in. Some people just don't care!!  May have to fish for crappie this weekend. 
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« on: January 17, 2016, 02:38:03 PM »
Went to the same pond this morning. Temps dropped from 28 degrees to 14 degrees between 8 and 11:30 this morning. Winds 15 mph with gusts to plus 20 mph. Started snowing when I arrived, no real accumulation, just enough to coat the ice and prevent reading the ice. Made spudding all the more critical!!! Bite was tough, a few dink gills and some followers, but no keepers. Water stained and fished from 4-1/2' to 6-1/2' deep. Used plastics, spikes and waxxies.
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« on: January 16, 2016, 07:58:19 PM »
Results posted under small ponds.
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« on: January 16, 2016, 07:54:16 PM »
Fished a pond this afternoon. Got out there about 3pm. Ice was a little punky around the edges and a couple of small areas of open water thanks to the geese. Was able to get out to decent ice; carefully with a lot of spudding. Had my ice picks around my neck and flotation vest on. No snow cover so cleats were a must. Found 3-1/2 up to 5" of decent ice. Fished in 5-1/2 to 6' of water on edge of the weeds. Bite was slow and tentative. Water was stained and couldn't see anything past about 8" with the AquaVu camera. Marked a lot of fish, would follow bait up and disappear. Caught a few dinks and managed 3 gills just shy of 8"(really thick and tall) and 1 crappie at 11". Gills hit on a Glow white teardrop tipped with spikes and activated with glow light. 3mm tungsten perch jig tipped with spikes produced dinks and red Ratso tipped with spike only produced followers. Headed back out in the morning to do more exploring; didn't move after dark based on ice conditions. Be safe on the ice and spud your way out and back AND make sure you have all your safety equipment(ice picks, cleats, rope, whistle, flotation vest or suit, etc. No Ice Is Safe Ice!!!! It sure felt good to get the cobwebs off and wet a line; plus didn't get skunked
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« on: January 11, 2016, 05:28:27 PM »
Just checked my pond. 1-1/2 to 3" depending on where I checked. Edges are a little punky. Hope I don't get the possible 3 to 6" of snow tonight and tomorrow that they are calling for. Without the snow, I definitely expect to be ice fishing this weekend. 
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« on: January 10, 2016, 04:48:41 PM »
With the likelihood of being on this ice finally this coming weekend; is the ONLINE tournament form available? What are we doing for 1st ONLINE tournament fish posted?
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« on: January 10, 2016, 04:45:43 PM »
My pond is iced over and with the coming temps this week, I can see being somewhere drilling holes and dropping a line thru the ice this coming weekend. May only be on a small pond, but it's still fishing. May have to hit my secret honey hole for gills. My gear is ready to go. New thermal Clam Kenai Pro and Vexilar FLX 28. Rods are all ready, auger ready and sled is ready.
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« on: January 09, 2016, 08:32:45 PM »
More pics
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« on: January 09, 2016, 02:05:03 PM »
FL8SE on Genz Blue Box with MagShield. Used but works great. Bought New FLX 28 this year. $150.00. Pick up in Bryan, OH only
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« on: January 09, 2016, 01:58:53 PM »
1 person shanty. 2 doors. Seat slides left to right & back to front. Accessory tray w/cover. Travel cover. Used but in good shape(bought a new one this year) $150.00. Pick up in Bryan, Ohio only.
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« on: November 21, 2015, 05:22:41 PM »
NW Corner of Ohio... We're getting 4-7" of snow right now. Ground is covered and Level 1 snow advisory in effect. High tomorrow 29 deg, low Sun night 14, high Monday 36 with low 27 Monday night. But... highs in the 40's and 50's thru Friday. WHAT A TEASE!!!!
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« on: February 21, 2015, 05:44:31 PM »
Fished Nettle today from 8:30am to 1:00pm. Got there before the snow started. Fished in 19 FOW. Water stained but the crappie were biting until about 10:30 after it started snowing. Fish were suspended at 9' to 11', aggressive jigging and playing keep away triggered the bites. Black 5mm tungsten jig with 3 spikes. Nothing on dead stick with minnows. Kept 9 from 10 to 11-1/2", lost 4 at the hole. One really large one 1/2 up the hole. 5 throw backs, no whisker fish or gills. Glad I brought the gas auger as ice was 14" thick, should've just drove my truck out. Very little snow on ice when I got there and maybe an inch when I left.
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