01-11-2011, 05:54 AM
we did make it out. arrived about 330 and had just gotten the rods and jigger totters set when a school came in. My buddy (who had never ice fished before) said the rod was doing something. Sure enough it was bobbing erratically. Then I noticed the flasher was lit up from about 15 ft to 30 ft. then all 5 jigger totters were going off. I'm shouting to my buddy and my 4 yr old to start setting hooks! I'm trying to set the hook on two rods in front of me. None of us are having much luck. I finally hook one solid! It fights for a few seconds before wrapping the line around my sons line which makes him think he has a BIG FISH on! Of course he tries to reel me in! In the end no fish were landed and the school never came back, but it sure was interesting. I did manage to hook and land a 14 inch cut on a green paddle bug at about 18 feet, but that was the only one.
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