Well its enough for supper...

FinsnFur · February 20, 2016, 12:05:35 PM

40 some degrees out there for some reason. Water is running across the roads and the bluegills think spring is here.
Still drilling through 16 to 18 inches of ice. I managed to pull these minnows up through early this morning [emoji97] [emoji226] [emoji476]

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Hawks Feather · February 20, 2016, 02:38:39 PM

16 to 18 inches of ice is something else. We normally have the river freeze over but this year it only crusted over twice. Both times looked to be less than a half inch thick.

Jim, you would have hated it, but I loved it. Never got the snowblower out, but did use the leaf blower on the snow about four times.

Jerry

FinsnFur · February 20, 2016, 08:11:24 PM

Leaf blower on the snow LOL
And I gotta pay a guy with a tractor to open my driveway

nastygunz · February 20, 2016, 09:32:18 PM

56 n rain here today.. Usually at this time of the year people have cabin fever and spring looks a couple years away, sure hasn't been like last winter thank God.

Carolina Coyote · February 21, 2016, 09:31:41 AM

You say enough for supper does that include the cat also.

JohnP · February 21, 2016, 11:12:37 AM

Quote from: Hawks Feather on February 20, 2016, 02:38:39 PM
16 to 18 inches of ice is something else.
Jerry

In southern Arizona a river 16 to 18 inches deep is something else.

Dale · February 21, 2016, 12:16:19 PM

lookin at that picture made me think of how long it's been since I've had a mess of bluegill fried up... nice mess ya got there...

riverboss · February 21, 2016, 05:29:24 PM

Your making my mouth water its been yrs since I ate bluegill. I've been to lazy to clean them and only slab out cats and bass.

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FinsnFur · February 21, 2016, 09:40:21 PM

Heckuva weekend. Showed up in the dark this morning thinking I'd be the first one on the ice and there were 6 others out there with headlamps. [emoji31]
I fished till around lunch time and brought home 14 more.

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FinsnFur · February 21, 2016, 09:46:09 PM

The ice is still thick but its getting soft. Instead of feeling like were drilling through concrete it feels like we're drilling through wood.
If the temperature stay in the high 30's like they have been all weekend, Im wondering if there will be enough ice to make it out one more time next weekend.

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Okanagan · February 22, 2016, 02:06:41 AM

Scrumptious eating! Right out of the ice water. Jim, you are hard core.

FinsnFur · February 22, 2016, 05:44:35 AM

LOL that was the perch Clyde. I couldnt see mixing him in with the bluegills, so I had him for lunch

bigben · February 22, 2016, 07:00:09 AM

very nice. Do you ever try to get the flap of meat along the belly on them bream? on the big ones there's a equally as large a portion as the back.

FinsnFur · February 24, 2016, 05:40:44 AM

I have done them that way before on a couple Ben. But its usually so thin around the ribs/stomach area that I dont mess around with it for the time it takes to make it boneless.

bigben · February 24, 2016, 06:09:34 AM

Yea it really does depend on the size of the fish for me. Bass I always fillet the belly portion out. bream and crappies depends on size. I'm ready to be out on the boat this winter can end anytime.

Coulter · February 24, 2016, 06:19:29 AM

Mmmmm good! Bon apetite!

pitw · February 24, 2016, 07:50:08 AM

Gosh darn. I learned something.

Good deal and thanks.