02-01-2011, 06:09 AM
Made it up to Ririe about 3pm today. We tried the koke thing for about 2 hrs and nothing. Didn't even see ANYTHING on the flasher. The ice was making all sorts of noises though, popping and snapping. Every so often you would even feel the crack go shooting under your feet. Truly unnerving despite knowing that you had 9+ inches of clear ice underfoot. Once we moved closer to shore between the rock pile and shore we set up a few rods off bottom. I coaxed a fish from 16 feet up to 13 on the flasher but never got hit. After a few minutes I grabbed the rod w/ a pink paddle bug and dropped it down. Sure enough the fish showed up immediately and not 2 seconds later it was fish on!. Only fish of the outting. Saw a few others on the flasher but couldn't get a bite. Didn't hear any other good reports either.
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