01-03-2011, 07:21 AM
After 15 years of building a cabin on that lake the fish and game is finally warming up to the idea of an ice season and I am taking advantage every chance I can get.
Slept at the cabin until 5 am when my alarm went off. I could not talk my dad or my brother into waking up with me so I walked out solo. It was COLD and my glasses were frosty by the time I got the auger started up (which took 20 minutes and my arm is still sore.) The fishing did not heat up until about 8 when I started catching. By 10 I had caught 15 and had kept my limit which were both well above 5 pounds. I have big hands and I could not get my hands around either of them. While I was reeling in the larger of the two I could look down the hole and all I could see was the fishes side while it tried to keep its head from coming up. Unfortunately, I generally measure my fish by the inch and I don't carry a scale, so I am only left with the knowledge that these two fish were two of the three biggest trout I have ever caught and all 3 were caught through the ice at Henry's.
My brother and my dad and some nieces and nephews also joined me through the day. We were able to have a great time and we ended up with a mess of fish.
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Slept at the cabin until 5 am when my alarm went off. I could not talk my dad or my brother into waking up with me so I walked out solo. It was COLD and my glasses were frosty by the time I got the auger started up (which took 20 minutes and my arm is still sore.) The fishing did not heat up until about 8 when I started catching. By 10 I had caught 15 and had kept my limit which were both well above 5 pounds. I have big hands and I could not get my hands around either of them. While I was reeling in the larger of the two I could look down the hole and all I could see was the fishes side while it tried to keep its head from coming up. Unfortunately, I generally measure my fish by the inch and I don't carry a scale, so I am only left with the knowledge that these two fish were two of the three biggest trout I have ever caught and all 3 were caught through the ice at Henry's.
My brother and my dad and some nieces and nephews also joined me through the day. We were able to have a great time and we ended up with a mess of fish.
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