My son fished Nimmy on Friday 1/30 at C1 in the afternoon & early evening., Red Eskimo. He brought home 15 keepers... 3 Crappie, 1 Perch & 11 Gills. One of the Crappies was a nice 12" and the Perch was a fatty too.
Saturday 1/31 I was fishing C1 by 6am., (1st on the ice in that part of the lake). Right away, I started catching nice, keeper Crappies & Perch. Mostly they hit on Waxworms, but managed a few on Medium Sized Minnows. Soon after daylight, my son, Nathan showed up along with Dustin, Dan & Tom.
Catch was sporadic and continued near stop after 10am. Tom brought his Marcum Camera and we drilled a dozen holes in search of our prey. We found weedy areas, non-weedy areas & semi-weedy areas, but no luck. It seemed like the Crappie & Perch bite completely shut off after 10am. The only species we caught were gills from 10am to 2pm.
Had a nice cigar while on the ice too.
Nathan & I brought home 29 fish... Filleted 20.
Tom drew a near blank while Dan had over 30 Gills and Dustin had a dozen.
Ice was sloppy & soupy in some sections making trekking difficult. Ice as layered, but about 7".
C1 turned into a zoo near 11am. The place was like a circus. It was the most people I've seen on the ice this season. Luckily, I can honestly say I did not see ONE PIECE of LITTER or TRASH on the ice the area I fished.
We're having the fish today.
« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 07:27:50 AM by icebucketjohn »
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