misfish

I have to start off by saying,if you think just because theres guys out there on the ice,and think that it,s safe,think again.People were walking all over the place,many not even spudding where they were walking. Terry seen a guy go through this morning .Lucky for him,his buddies were close by.NO FLOATER. Skidoos were flying around and a couple of ATV,s.I knew it was going to be like that today. Just plane crazy. Im thinking twice about heading out Sunday.Where the sleds went,you could see wet tracks.Thier cracking the ice. Ok so for a wee report. Met up with Terry,Cudz and Jaydub.Nice meeting you Jay.Nice pop up Cudz. We stuck to the main trail til we got to our second stop from yesterday. Get set up and didnt take long for Terry to get his fish.Nice perch in 70 fow. The other two guys were also getting them.I caught a few aswell,also knocked off a 1.5 pounder at the hole. Started to get a chill going,so had to get the flip closed and heater running.Gets nice and toasty in there fast. Terry catching some rays. Lots of people out there,,,, Well thats day two.We decided to head in.Reallt didnt want to see an ATV or sled go in. Have to wait and see about Sunday Fish that Terry and I caught were on williams and fat rap clown. FYI Drove over to BBP and BP.No one is out there.Appearntly talking to one local,guys showed up,but soon left. Give it a week.Should be good for walking. Play safe all.

Anytime anyone wants to head out,just give a shout. RobC,I got a portable,read TECH. Thanks douG.Been awhile.

To much fresh air today

Cut the kid a break.Been reading some drib and drab from this thread. Let me tell ya a story from 1980. Wife and I are stopped at a red light in Brampton.Im driving and shes 7 months prego with our first. Now dont go all hay wire here ok.it,s a smoke.She lights up a smoke and passes it to me.All of a sudden the two door go flying open on the elderado, and we have two people(one male the other female) asking if were smoking dope? Lucky for me, at the time ,I wasnt.She was just lightn up a cig to get a taste of tabackie, then passing it to me. Never did we see a badge shown,but they left as quick as they came when they noticed we werent doing the weed thing. So this stuff happened back in the eighties and now it happened in 2000. The gun was a bit of an over kill,but back then, they probly didnt have the scare factor they have today. Just sharing and saying.

I wear snow board boots.Had them now for 3 years.Nice and warm. Oh they are a bit more then yer price,but worth it. As for the Baffins,I have a pr of steel toe pair for work.They are the best.

Thanks all. Great to get back at it. Iron Maiden stays ,,,,,,,,,,,for now Jim

Thats was the best Cliff. Never met a queer newf,but if I did,I find a gal to set him "straight"

Nice whitie,,,,,,And herring.

What was crazy today,was the amount of guys out there without floater suits.Guess my friend had faith,,,,,,in me saving him

Was waiting for him to go in.EDIOT.

Like oldphart said,you could catch them by the bushel. I was one that did keep alot of them. As for HH. I would gut,scale and split them in half.Rub with pepper and salt and broil them so thier pretty much dried out. I ate alot of them,and if they do open them back up,like Andy and I were discussing today,theres got to be a limit put on them. The simcoe population is huge right now.Not like the numbers back in the 70,s but is up there.I say keep them closed for another couple of years.

There goes another wack of cash and wieght put on.

Too soon IMO. Let the herds grow more. If it,s true that there will be 400-600 tags,thats a big harvest.

I,ll be out Sat and sun bud. And I must add aswell. DONT TAKE MY WORD ON ICE CONDITIONS. THE ICE VERY UNPREDITABLE OUT THERE.

Yes as you can see,gone back to my old name and it is fitting. Plan today was to hook up with Andy and do some icefishing on Simcoe. After reading Chucks report I was alittle weary,but it,s not like I havent fishing on 3-4 iches of ice before. We arrive 7am getting loaded up and off we head. Walk out about 50 ft and spud.Andy says ram that spud.I do and nothing,he says do it again, through. Now first I should tell ya the spud I made was a thin blade and very sharp and when I rammed it down,there was some power behind it. So walk another 10 ft ram that bar hard and in it goes. Andys thinking ,well I cant type what he said here,but chucks ears must of been burning.LOL j/k So I took over dragging the boggan and Andy took over the chip and step. I followed behind not to close,but close enough to get to him if something were to happen. we got out another 100 ft and the ice seemed to be getting thicker.So comfort was sitting in,more or less. On our way out we could see the are where Chuck had went in,it was very viable even with the coat of powder snow. Andy wasnt comfortable about heading to his mark,so we just headed out to were the guys before us were. Once we got out it was game time. Shot of the morning rise. I spud a hole and get my line down as quick as I could. It was great being out.Temps were -6 with a slight brezze from the south.It wasnt long and I had a fish on.70fow and I bring up a decent perch.A perch? Back it the hole it went.Andy yells,no more fish for you,you should of kept it.Superstition.Back down went the williams hammered 1/2/&1/2 and tick,fish on,another perch.Good size so kept it. Andy was very impressed. The wind was starting to pick up a bit so Andy put up the pop up.Thinking I may get one of these,as you just put in on your back like a backpack.No dragging. After about an hour Andy says come on in and chat.So drills me a hole and we chat and jig watching the vex (another item I will be purchasing,thier amazing)Later in my report you,ll know why if you dont have one. Andys shows me what to look for and shows me a new way of jigging a williams. I start doing as shown and watch the vex.Big red come up,I feel wieght and pull,Misfish.Bring it up and theres scale.Cant eat that.LOL So after about 3 hours we move in closer.Good call. Make a couple of holes and set the vex up. Andy asks if I just raised my lure I said yeah,he says theres a fish looking at it.Droppedback lightly lift,weight,pull,Misfish. LOLRusty I guess. Andy marking fish on the bottom gets a hit. Ah it,s just a perch,I say I dont think so.Ah maybe it,s a herring,I dont think so. Light rod 4 pound test,and Andy lands a nice whitie. I missed 2 other hits. It was time for Andy and I to get off the ice,but stopped about half way back,Andy wanted to check the depth. Drilled and decided to drop a bait down the hole. Now here the thing I loved about the vex. Andy fished I just watch the machine. A fish would come in,Andy would raise the bait and the it would show the fish coming up to hit the lure.This worked 4 times in about a 3 minute span.4 very respective perch I might add aswell. Very cool. Cant wait to get out again,it was very refreshing . Thanks bud for asking me out.Always a pleasure.

180 my Ok I gotz to get lines tied and lunch to make.It,s a big day Friday.I feel like the guy that made the first step on to the moon.

You would have to ask his better half about that.

You dont count bud.Yer 120 wet with a suit on.

Now you tell me. How was the golf game bud?

As long as thier not horny toads Dave.Now that would hurt.

Aint me,you must be talking about Mike.

If I had the space and room for one to run around,there would be a little girl like that here.

Ah,just like you?,,,,,, I pretty much know what works and dosent out there. Thank gawd I still have all my bass gear.