Re: shirley's bay
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:05 pm
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Well, I haven't been tearing it up yet in my outings. Mind you only one was for the evening bite, and that was on Saturday, and it was freezing, too cold really, and definitely no moving around. Cold and windy! I went out for 1 hour with my 3 year old son on Sunday - what an incredible difference in the weather Saturday to Sunday. (We were just at the end of the ice road in an Eskimo Pop-up on Sunday, just getting my son familiar with the idea of ice fishing. It went well enough. He does tend to stick his mitts into slush or the hole. He loves reeling the line in, but flipping the bail to let line out is asking a bit much at this stage, will have to look at a different reel).
Well, that's my non-catching report thus far. I've only been using artificial baits. It's like what seaweed was saying about petrie, Shirley's is so close, and it's a place to hone your technique.
I'd be interested in walking out to the point or closer to the structure some time but would prefer to do it with a partner. If anyone's interested in send me a PM me. I don't have tons of time but it's worth trying to set up a little outing.
It hit one of Gord's large minnows an inch or two off the bottom right before dark. It weighed 3 pounds