12-29-2002, 02:36 AM
[cool]Hey Predator, it was great fishing with you and your dad and having the entire lake to ourselves! Hope the catching's better next time. You had me feeling pretty good until you told the truth about my hooking percentage (at times it might have risen to 1/10)[
]. But hey, it's pretty tough to get a 4-6" fish to engulf a #8 Genz Worm. It was always nice getting a surprize bigger fish. We (Brent, Braden, and I) ended up with about 4-5 bass over 11" upto 15". I think the bass fishing through ice at newton is unique in that the fish are in a high competition situation, especially with the low water, so they feed alot more. For anyone interested in going to newton, ice near the dam is about 5" but its risky going up lake for another little while, the ice was a very slushy 2-3". We found the fish at the deepest areas we could find in the 12-16' range. Alot of people like to hold the jig still but I often get them by actively jigging. Like Predator you gotta be mobil and versatile and then you find luck like we did today. A good day on the ice at newton, I hope we find the crappie next time.
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]. But hey, it's pretty tough to get a 4-6" fish to engulf a #8 Genz Worm. It was always nice getting a surprize bigger fish. We (Brent, Braden, and I) ended up with about 4-5 bass over 11" upto 15". I think the bass fishing through ice at newton is unique in that the fish are in a high competition situation, especially with the low water, so they feed alot more. For anyone interested in going to newton, ice near the dam is about 5" but its risky going up lake for another little while, the ice was a very slushy 2-3". We found the fish at the deepest areas we could find in the 12-16' range. Alot of people like to hold the jig still but I often get them by actively jigging. Like Predator you gotta be mobil and versatile and then you find luck like we did today. A good day on the ice at newton, I hope we find the crappie next time.[signature]