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slabslayer

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on: January 13, 2014, 12:13:51 PM
Hit Nimi this morning, 3 of us out, no IFO members though.  Ice was still good 4-5".  Edges were holding, but fading by noon when I left.  Didn't need to plank on or off, though I had one with me for safety.  Fishing was hot.  All 3 of us were getting bull gills, nice crappies and I got a chain pickerel.  All on waxies and jigs.  Chart, orange, red, and green were the magic colors.  Fished in C-5 bay.  Closer to campground, the weeds near Christman Road causeway are dying and the water is turd brown over there, but is nice and clear over closer to campground.  Was fishing in 5-6' just barely jigging, 2" lifts produced the most fish, though some came on deadsticks.
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Reply #1 on: January 13, 2014, 03:11:56 PM
Nice Chain Pickeral.  Bet  that was a suprise.  How big was he? Did you release him?
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Reply #2 on: January 13, 2014, 03:17:34 PM
HUGE SUPRISE!  Never got one of those here before, didn't even know they were in there.  Tough to get a good measurement, he kept flipping around, but between 17-19".  I entered him in the online tournament.  Yes, I released him right after the photo shoot! ;D Didn't keep anything from today, though there were some nice fish I brought thru the holes, including a nice 10" bluegill.  P.S. It would look bigger if my hands were smaller (it really was 10").  

P.S.  Love the Navionics app on my phone.  That pickeral came from a new area of C-5 I never fished before.  I marked it, walked around a bunch, came back, and it put me within less than a foot of my hole!!  I love it, no more remembering spots.
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Reply #3 on: January 13, 2014, 04:31:27 PM
Awsome catch slab, I haven't heard of any pickerel being caught in nimi for years I thought they had been eradicated
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Reply #4 on: January 13, 2014, 06:20:45 PM
wow nice surprise eh slab  :D  I haven't ever pulled a pickerel  from nimi   ;) are you sure that's not a blow up fish  hahahahahah
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Reply #5 on: January 13, 2014, 06:45:23 PM
I didn't know they were in Nimi either. Never seen one out of there before today.

P.S. I can give you the number for my blow up fish guy, he does great work! :P
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Reply #6 on: January 13, 2014, 06:51:57 PM
Slab. Navionics is the bomb isn't it. I have a hand held and I'm thinking of giving it to my uncle. I never use it anymore.
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Reply #7 on: January 13, 2014, 07:29:41 PM
The Navionics is great. I'll never be on ice without it!
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Reply #8 on: January 13, 2014, 07:37:34 PM
Great report. Thx. Sounds like a good day on the ice. Way to make it happen!  ;)

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