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After Sunday school, church, and a basketball game for each kid (!), we finally got back home late afternoon and decided we just had to get out on the lake...weather was too good to pass up.

Got the gear out of the shed, dressed in our snow stuff and made the walk out on the ice by 4:30 pm. Sun was already low in the sky.

Sorry, no fish pictures! The closest we came to success was a fish on for Tyler that took out a bit of drag before he lost it. It made for an exciting moment or two. He was using a small, salted minnow. I had a couple of tiny taps on a mealworm, but nothing I could connect with. These bites were so light I would not have felt them -- it was just a visual cue by watching the tip of the rod.

Anyhow, we definitely want to get out again. I chatted up a guy who was catching some bluegill and crappies; all small, but he said he had a blast today. He was using waxworms...very small. We'll have to give those a shot next go. We are definitely not adept at ice fishing, but will keep trying so maybe I can deliver a couple of FISH pictures next time!

Walking out...


Auger Man


Torpedo


Devil Loon


Mama Wolfe & Cubs


Hope lots of you got out this wknd, as it was a nice gift from Mother Nature!

W.

Wow ..........

Talk about an active day out with the Family


Looks like all parties were having fun , not too worry about not catching any fish we were out saturday and didn't any either

Good to see you folks got out on the ice!!

Looks like you had a good day!!!!!

Hi Wolfe,

Like you said, it was a good day to enjoy what Mother Nature gave us, for sure. And judging by the smiles on the faces of everyone, it looks like all of you enjoyed yourselves. Don't worry about the skunk though, as I'm sure 99 % of us have had them, and the other 1 % are lying.

Micah and Merlin were probably a little jealous, but then again they may have been curled up in a nice warm house having dreams of when they get to go out on the Softwater.

You'll get them next time out. And the smiles will only get bigger.

Good Fishing To All

OVFisherman

Way to get the kids out onto the ice! Bet they slept good that night

Looks like you had a great day there you Wolfe and the gang . It was shure a nice day out yesterday afternoon. Me I went for the morning till 2 pm yesterday aftenoon because I had to work at 3 pm. Ho well at least I went out . As for the skunk your where not the only 1 I got skunk on both days.

Great report Wolfe. Nice to see the pack out doing their thing on such a nice day

Enjoyed the pictures, thanks for sharing

Good grief from what you told me before .. I should expect the end of the world... Wolfie On ice !!!!!!!!!

you have to enjoi days like we had this weekend!

catching some RAYS is whats its all about!

Good quality report wolfe, thats a great Sunday for sure, I hope to have outings like that with my family some day when we have "cubs"

Wolfe,

It looked like a "Life is Good" day for the family. Better fishing next time!

ratsotail

Nice to see you out at least giving it another go!

Any outfitters that you could rent a big hut for the day around there?....or maybe a weekend?....theyd put ya on some fish in a comfy setting...

RJ

gorfman007 wrote:Good grief from what you told me before .. I should expect the end of the world... Wolfie On ice !!!!!!!!!

Well, Gorf, I don't like being cold! But even I couldn't resist the lure of the ice on a day like Sunday. (I didn't see any other chickies out there, so I'm still in the gender minority out there! )

W.

RJ wrote:Nice to see you out at least giving it another go!

Any outfitters that you could rent a big hut for the day around there?....or maybe a weekend?....theyd put ya on some fish in a comfy setting...

I'm sure there are, RJ. (I do sort of wish for a hut and a vex. But the couple of times a year we might go just don't justify the expense.) BUT...Ty and I are not giving up the ghost yet! We are determined to head out (Ty especially) and try some different moves. I augered a few holes, so I don't actually need Bri to come. Lake's right down the hill, so no excuses (except the temp is supposed to bottom out again)!

It seems from what I've heard and read that the bite can be light and tough and we need to use some more petite baits.

W.