Get lost ice!
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:23 pm
Seems this is the day for ice fishing wrap ups. Might as well be for myself as well.
What can I say about Ice 2015... except that I'm glad it's over? Struggled finding the time to get out, and on the days that I could winter mostly kicked my arse. Still, here are the highlights.
Spent only a couple days targeting eyes at Quinte. Filled a cooler with eaters, but no big ones showed up. Luckily the incidental walleye action at home was very good this year.
Also did a couple mornings on the slabs. Filled out a limit between the two days, but the real fun was pulling an 18+ pound largie bag through a 6" hole in 45 minutes. I had to move areas completely to get away from them
Did a few hours of solid hook setting across the river. As fun as it is, I doubt I'll pay to play over there next year
And then there were the lakers. Last year I was flat out spoiled with these fish. This year was still a good one, but fell well short. Half a dozen trips on the ice, a dozen fish in total, and only 4 of them memorable. Each one a huge rush, it's easy to see why these fish are so popular.
And lastly, the fish I'd trade them all for. The fish of the whole season. On an un-characteristic tour in the trout hills, my very lucky buddy caught this. I did NOT catch this, yet it was the most excited I've been on the ice in a long long time. Just a crazy, crazy experience for both of us haha!
That pretty much wraps things up. Come on summer!
What can I say about Ice 2015... except that I'm glad it's over? Struggled finding the time to get out, and on the days that I could winter mostly kicked my arse. Still, here are the highlights.
Spent only a couple days targeting eyes at Quinte. Filled a cooler with eaters, but no big ones showed up. Luckily the incidental walleye action at home was very good this year.
Also did a couple mornings on the slabs. Filled out a limit between the two days, but the real fun was pulling an 18+ pound largie bag through a 6" hole in 45 minutes. I had to move areas completely to get away from them
Did a few hours of solid hook setting across the river. As fun as it is, I doubt I'll pay to play over there next year
And then there were the lakers. Last year I was flat out spoiled with these fish. This year was still a good one, but fell well short. Half a dozen trips on the ice, a dozen fish in total, and only 4 of them memorable. Each one a huge rush, it's easy to see why these fish are so popular.
And lastly, the fish I'd trade them all for. The fish of the whole season. On an un-characteristic tour in the trout hills, my very lucky buddy caught this. I did NOT catch this, yet it was the most excited I've been on the ice in a long long time. Just a crazy, crazy experience for both of us haha!
That pretty much wraps things up. Come on summer!
......I wonder if that's the day he woke me up.... 
