went to Gilford to check out the ice conditions
lots of ice everywhere I check and lots of people out fishing so loaded up the toboggan and off I went
I am out of shape and found walking with the big boots pulling the toboggan hard going but I got out a ways drilled a hole and was only 10ft deep, so a quick rest and eastward I go....18ft this time next stop 20 ft and that was enough walking for me I set up the camera and the fishfinder and a couple of rods and my chair..... I wasn't marking any fish so I put a bigger spoon on with a small dropper jig and a 1" gulp minnow and I was able to draw some perch in but by the time I reeled in a fish the small group of fish I drew in would leave and I would need to do some more big jigging with the spoon to get them back.. fishing was slow but didn't feel like moving deeper
I had trouble with the camera not a real clear picture and the monitor was worst then the recorded video, so it was hard for me to see that was happening
the perch took off fast and some surprise visitors showed up (it wouldn't be a surprise to Joey, she would just catch them) caught a bunch of perch
let them all go, I will get a feed of them another day then I had the long walk in ..it's a lot longer walk in then the walk out.. here is a couple of minutes of video....perch and the surprise fish
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