Ice Fishing Round 1.

[BGSH]

Headed out to a local trout lake, arrived at about 6am, fished until noon, ice thickness is 3-4 inches, i fell through the ice and the water was cold but not as cold as i thought it would have been, just fell up to my waist, released a bunch then caught my limit, it was -21 out there this mourning Brrrrr.

Tons of flood water as well, i suggest boots up to your knees.

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/007-25.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/010-20.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/015-18.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/016-21.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/017-15.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/019-13.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/021-14.jpg
http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o564/Shawnsami6/022-11.jpg

[liar]

nice fish . i like the colours on the last one . i think i'll wait for a bit more ice , like six to eight inches .

glad to hear you got out ok .

[BGSH]

nice fish . i like the colours on the last one . i think i'll wait for a bit more ice , like six to eight inches .

glad to hear you got out ok .

Thanks, ya falling through the ice is not fun. hopefully this cold weather over the next little bit thickens the ice up.

[Guitarplayingfish]

Looks awesome, I'm jealous.

[the pro]

were was this ?

[Geezle]

I went down around noon at a different spot in that lake too! :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[BGSH]

I went down around noon at a different spot in that lake too! :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Yea seen you drive up, how did you do :scared0018:

[Geezle]

Yea seen you drive up, how did you do :scared0018:

I didn't realize that was you out there...I showed up and then realized that I forgot my bait, so I ran into Spruce and grabbed a shrimp ring and then tried a different spot and did okay. Did it get busy while you were out there at all?

[Sakoman]

Nice fish, thanks for sharing.

[zepf]

Hope to get up there tomorrow for a look see.....fallen through the ice twice beaver trappin....so I don t need a refresher course...I ll wait a week.

[Geezle]

Nice fish, thanks for sharing.

^^^ You can tell who reads the actual post and who just looks at the pics! :lol:


(not that there's anything wrong with that :))

[Dust1n]

Awesome pics dude!

[HunterDave]

Nice looking fish! Please leave a few in there until after hunting season.....lol.

Why so much flood water? Could it be that the ice is dipping down enough just from your own weight and that of your kit? Either way, I won't be fishing for a week or two yet.

[valley13]

that last photo is rad!try to stay dry shaun:sign0068:

[waterninja]

did you fall through again ? your tempting fate buddy. i suggest you tie an inner tube to your butt for the next while. lol. very nice pics.

[Geezle]

Nice looking fish! Please leave a few in there until after hunting season.....lol.

Why so much flood water? Could it be that the ice is dipping down enough just from your own weight and that of your kit? Either way, I won't be fishing for a week or two yet.

The weight of the snow was causing the flooding.

It seems now like *most* of the flooding happening on this lake has finally finished and what has flooded has mostly frozen down, though there are still some slushy spots, and spots with a crust of ice over the slush.

Most of the flooding has stopped, but the ice is inconsistent and of poor quality.

[EZM]

The "saving grace" is you only need 3 ft of water for brookies this time of year. I wouldn't venture out in water much deeper than that until the ice is better.

I love the colors a good photo-shop color enhancement can do ........... the last picture is a buety.

[BGSH]

Thanks, ice fishing for trout is actually so much fun, kinda like it better then ice fishing for pike.