Ice Fishing report

[FinsnFur]

No ones ice fishing? Ben? Nasty Gunz?
Here's my results of fish caught through the ice so far this winter up here.

[Hawks Feather]

Jim,

That looks just like the ones that have been caught around here.  But people here are still using boats.       But the past couple of days has gotten about a quarter of an inch started.

Jerry

[nastygunz]

Ain't barley gut know ise sur

[bigben]

we have no ice.  Anytime it gets cold enough to get a skim on to build on it warms up again.  to be honest I would rather hit the fast forward button to mid march.  im ready to get the boat out and run the river and creek again.  everyone kept telling me that it was going to be a cold winter this year.  We have only started experiencing winter weather which is unusual for pa.  Usually it is high of low 30's all through dec jan feb.    it was 60 deg one day last week and I almost pulled the boat out to head to the river.  I got a new bait caster that needs some time on it.

[FinsnFur]

We had good ice for a couple weeks, but then it got warm for a while and the only thing left was soft ice in the back waters. This week it's been makin new ice since Monday. I havent been out yet either, havent had a chance...but I'm pushing for an outting before Monday 

[bigben]

let us know how you make out.  I doubt I will get out for this year.  I am going in for surgery(umbilical hernia) the 15th and am on light duty for 8 weeks after that.  Not sure if it is worth pushing it to fish for a few weeks.  the timing is about perfect for me.  I have been so busy for the last two months between work and life it will be nice to relax for two months. 

[coyote101]

Good luck with the surgery Ben.

Pat

[Hawks Feather]

Ben, sorry to hear about you needing surgery, but if it will help then you need to get it done and relaxing for a few weeks is seldom a bad thing.  I hope the surgery goes good for you.

Jerry

[HaMeR]

Good Luck Ben & take care of yourself before & especially afterwards!!

[Okanagan]

Good Luck Ben & take care of yourself before & especially afterwards!!

Yep, especially the take care of yourself till you are really healed.  As the doc told my 35 year old rodeo friend who thought he would be healed from a broken leg in 6 weeks, "You're not 18 any more and the healing will take a lot longer."

[JohnP]

Some good advice here Ben:  "Yep, especially the take care of yourself till you are really healed.  As the doc told my 35 year old rodeo friend who thought he would be healed from a broken leg in 6 weeks, "You're not 18 any more and the healing will take a lot longer."   Us old guys know what we are talking about  -  most of the time. 

[pitw]

Us old guys know what we are talking about  -  most of the time.

BS  We did dumb[stuff in the bottom of an outhouse] and got old.  Their turn.

[bigben]

Thanks fellas. I will def be taking it easy.

[Okanagan]

Us old guys know what we are talking about  -  most of the time.

BS  We did dumb[stuff in the bottom of an outhouse] and got old.  Their turn.

The dumb stuff we did is why we know what we're talking about, as you well know!       I'd love to hear more of your young doings, at least the ones you can tell.

Molotov cocktails, scuba gear with zero training, breaking into sealed off mines to explore them,  jumping off of the barn with army surplus parachute -- those are all dumb ideas, though I freely expect young people to ignore my opinion and take a turn at such activities themselves.

The painful results of pushing my vehicle to a better position in the garage last year with a stitched up arm a few days after surgery had something to do with my recommendation to give it time to heal.  And I'm old enough to be supposed to know better!     Part of the fun of older age is knowing what we survived!

[Todd Rahm]

Couple of pike so far, nothing big.

[FinsnFur]

I managed to find enough for a fish taco this morning. Pretty slow going but I sure loved being out there.

Caught a 13 inch bass on a redworm while I was out too. I only use 1lb test on my ice poles so this was a pretty sketchy lil stunt. lol Still cant believe I pulled it off. Especially since I only put about 6 foot of line on these poles. It was quite a rush. Up.....then down....then back up....then back down....at one point I had my pole down in  the ice hole up to my hand cause I knew I was outta line on the spool. The whole thing lasted maybe 4 minutes...felt like 40 minutes.
I didnt take a pic because I hate drawing attention to myself (while im fishing) and I had people walkin up and standing beside me while I played this thing, waiting to see what it was. The last thing I wanted to do was whip out the phone an take a pic. I actually wanted to pop the line to get them away from me. LOL
ANYWAY...we cant keep any bass under 14" on boundry waters...so I got my jig back and he got his future back.

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[Okanagan]

Love that pic of bluegills in the bucket for some reason.  Great account of your tussle with the bass, and skilled playing him with one pound line!     I've never used line that light, not on purpose anyway!

It is getting daylight here this morning and we have a skiff of snow for the first time this winter.  Will wander out to see if that translates into tracking snow where it counts.

Edit a half hour later:  storming and snowing so will wait till after the storm, maybe tomorrow, and give some time for critters to make tracks.

[Hawks Feather]

Congrats on the fish, but a fish taco doesn't sound like anything I would ever eat.  I hope someone got a video of you fighting that bass.  I would love to watch it.

Jerry

[Okanagan]

Fish tacos are good!  My wife hates them so I suppose there might be a little personal taste and preference involved!    She orders only a drink when we stop at Taco Del Mar (like a Taco Bell chain but it features Mexican fish menus).   Fish burritos are even better.

A diver I hung with in So. Cal. liked lobster tacos as his favorite way to eat the ones we caught.

[Hawks Feather]

Lobster and butter sounds pretty good to me!

Jerry