01-04-2011, 12:24 AM
"A lot of people started at midnight but never caught a fish until 7AM . Talked to some guys coming back from Staleys They all limited out on nice fish . "
"We didn't get on the ice til 8:30 or so but once we got set up we got into the fish immediately. There was four in our party and we ended up icing just over 30 fish. Largest of the bunch was an estimated 6 lb. hybrid. We caught quite a few smaller fish compared to the usual but many that were 3-4 lbs too. All were sent back to be caught another day!"
"(-5 below when we got there, not nearly as bad as what was predicted)."
Admittedly I am a neophyte when it comes to ice fishing, although I do fish quite a bit in cold weather. I was just wondering, how long does a wet trout pulled through a hole in the ice, take before it freezes or stiffens in -5 degree air temp.? How many were laid on the ice to get the hook out? Did they stick to the ice? How many of those 30 fish lived? I guess we will never know, considering if they did die, they did it under the ice.
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"We didn't get on the ice til 8:30 or so but once we got set up we got into the fish immediately. There was four in our party and we ended up icing just over 30 fish. Largest of the bunch was an estimated 6 lb. hybrid. We caught quite a few smaller fish compared to the usual but many that were 3-4 lbs too. All were sent back to be caught another day!"
"(-5 below when we got there, not nearly as bad as what was predicted)."
Admittedly I am a neophyte when it comes to ice fishing, although I do fish quite a bit in cold weather. I was just wondering, how long does a wet trout pulled through a hole in the ice, take before it freezes or stiffens in -5 degree air temp.? How many were laid on the ice to get the hook out? Did they stick to the ice? How many of those 30 fish lived? I guess we will never know, considering if they did die, they did it under the ice.
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