Hi all,
Not had the boat out at all since beginning of September, just been sticking to local shore spots. The fishing has been great though and no need to get the boat out really. Been enjoying the exercise too, as has my pup and loyal buddy Roloff (loyal buddies seem rare these days in my experience).
Went back to a spot we visited on the ice last winter with my wife and son. Last winter we started to build a 'fort' there and my son was anxious to finish the project. The lake is stocked with splake. I did not catch any on the ice so decided to bring a rod and try from shore while we built Jack's fort.
We got the fort built and got supper and I guess my new personal best Splake, as I had never caught one before. They were all small , but very….very…tasty! Bobbers with a split shot and single hooked live minnow and black fury mepps worked good.
THE HIKE IN
GOOD FUN AND EXERCISE FOR EVERYONE
GOT THE FORT BUILT
SMILES ALL ROUND
AND GOT SUPPER OUT OF THE DEAL TOO!
I the video I took that day was not very good quality, but I went back yesterday with Roloff while the family was at work and school, this time armed with my Gopro and more time dedicate to fishing.
YESTERDAY AT THE SAME LAKE (select HD In youtube)
I have also been hitting up a shore mark a bit closer to home, lots of video of this place already, but always a fun spot to try, last week got an hour in on Thursday morning, its slowing down a bit for walleye, perch have been on fire, but they are wormy, anyway, not bad for an hour and got to have a fish fry at work on Saturday which the staff and clients appreciate!
HOUR SHIFT FROM SHORE
The smaller ponds were all iced over yesterday, even some shallower larger lakes had a shore to shore skim. Not long now before the dreaded soft water to ice transition period. At least this year I can spend the 2 week period shooting birds.