12-28-2009, 03:14 AM
Made the trip out to Chesterfield today for a few hours. I was starting to question my decision after hearing bad reports from a couple of guys in the parking lot but decided to head out onto the ice anyway. Thanks to one of the guys in the parking lot, I was able to locate some recently abandoned holes, sparing me from fighting with my hand auger (power auger is still a few weeks away). The bite was pretty slow but I managed to land four fish, including a very nice 19 incher, in 2.5 hours with several missed bites too. I caught most fish suspended a few feet off the bottom with a green paddlebug and a small red jig.
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