01-04-2009, 04:00 AM
got on island park around 8ish started putting in the ringing poles and tip ups and didnt even have time to keep setting up before fish started biting it was an eventful day when we first showed up i bet there were 30 people on the ice all of them fishing deeper than us we walked about 200 yards from the boat ramp and set up shop about 6 feet off shore in 7 to 8 feet of water (thanks cristhefish for posting and letting me know they were cruising the shallows.) started with a variety of jigs mainly pinks (again cris the fish thank you) tipped with night crawlers some with mealies . they wanted nothing to do with mealies but they sure liked the crawlers we only used small chunks on the jigs. well between the three of us we had all caught 4 fish a piece that were all over a pound i caught one that was an even 2lbs we also threw back 2 - 4 fish a piece during this time because they were gimpy compared to what we were keeping. it died down around 1:00 so i got bored and tied on a pink pattle bug and tipped it with i crawler and as soon as i got it in the hole boom a nice 1 pounder dropped it in again and boom a a smaller but also nice fish took it i let him go so i could fish longer well soon all three of us had on pink paddle bugs and were back into the fish until 4 when it just up and died and no fish were bighting we all ended up limiting out and having a great time sorry so long guys but when i give a report i like to be thurough. the ice was over a foot thick where we fished with a two inch section of slush in the middle. i have pictures but i cant figure out how to shrink them for the site any help with that would be appreciated.
oh and we ventured to some other peoples huts and they hadnt caught anything all day they looked like they were fishing in about 20 feet of water or so.
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oh and we ventured to some other peoples huts and they hadnt caught anything all day they looked like they were fishing in about 20 feet of water or so.
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