Shelley Cooper Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I got myself out on the Lady Thursday morning and what a beautiful morning it was…. The view at 7:30 am By 8 am, I was all set up and put my lure down the hole. Not long in to it and I get a hit.. then another hit… ya, I was getting excited, this was going to be a good day… then another hit, this time the fish is on… I could feel the head shakes.. it’s a whitey… ya… half way up… GONE… Pull my lure up and remove several scales and head back down for more…. Another fish on…. But this time, it doesn’t feel so big.. get it to the hole, it’s a perch.. a 9 in. perch… back down the hole, fish on, more perch… this kept up, I was thinking of moving, but thought, well, its better than anyone else is doing.. I’ll just stayed and keep trying.. not long and I have 4 nice perch on the ice… Although no big fish to bring home, I did ok.. Got a baker's dozen of 9 - 12in perch, and 6 of them being 11inches... and would you believe it.. on a big William’s spoon...The afternoon was moving on and I was just sitting thinking.. I'll have a last smoke and pack up, not half way through my smoke... Wammmo... another fish on.. But boy, could I feel the difference... I was sure I had a whitie.. I was casual.. played with it a bit... and finally got it to the hole... It’s a laker, not a huge one, but it’s a laker.... My adrenaline pumping, I try to get its head in the hole, and it turn's side ways at the hole and takes a mad dash.... Snap.....My line breaks on the ice circle and there goes my Laker..,,,, along with my Lucky spoon of the day.... it was still a great day… I got to feel the whitey head shake, fight a laker to the hole and brought home a meal of nice size perch for the 2 of us…. Saturday Another beautiful day on the Lady… This time in deeper waters.... Chuck and I arrived at the park around 7:15am…and headed for Chuck’s honey hole… it was a bit of a walk and we had to cross the crack… which I wasn’t to crazy about.. I stayed well back following in the same tracks… We finally made it to where his honey hole was and drilled some holes to find pretty good ice…. We found 4-5'' everywhere, over 85ft of water, with bikes and sleds all over the place. We fished for some time with no action… I was thinking.. sure, some honey hole… lol Chuck decides to move a bit… set up again not 20 min. into the move… he fights his first whitey … and onto the ice it comes. It wasn’t one of the biggest ones we’ve seen, so back she went… Finally around noon, I get a hit, fish on, GONE… Chuck kept marking fish only 20ft under the hole and decides to set up a second line and just as he was setting it up, he gets another good solid hit.. And onto the ice comes this real nice Laker….. We kept fishing and enjoying the outdoors and watching others around us flying these big Kites getting pulled across the ice on skies….. when around 2:30pm, I finally get a good solid hit… A nice whitey… about 22.1/2 inches…and on the ice…. We fished about another hour without marking any more fish or seeing any around… What a great way to spend a winters day… Sunday we were back out to the same spot… Not much action for us today.. We both lost one in the morning and nothing again till afternoon when I got this whitey on the ice… She isn’t that big, so back down she went to grow a little more… and fight another day. We packed it in around 3pm… Today was another beautiful day on the Lady. Hard to believe it’s the end of January… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Well thats a great few days if ice fishin for sure,great pics too !!!....thanks for the report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 DIDNT TAKE LONG FOR CHUCK TO GET THE BEARD BACK. Great report folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medmart Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Sounds like yous had a good few days on the hard water sure going to make a nice meal rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 some nice looking fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Excellent report, pics, and fish Shelly!!! Thanks for takin' the time to post that! Good to see you and Chuck out on the ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daplumma Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Looks like a nice weekend of fishing.Thanks for the report! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikehunter Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 What a superb day on the ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramble Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Excellent Report! That's a beautiful laker, and a very nice whitey. I'm glad someone is out on the ice and writting reports. Get back out their...i want to see some more photo's of big white fish! -Ramble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefisherman Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) Good report and pictures guys. Hope you've told them I am coming....soon ha ha ha. Chuck....time to do it Bud. Cheers, Ice Fisherman Edited January 28, 2008 by icefisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 DIDNT TAKE LONG FOR CHUCK TO GET THE BEARD BACK. About as long as it takes for Clive to grow fingers. Great stuff Shelley and Chuck. You had a super weekend for sure! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatherof3 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 looks like a great time out,congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hey Shelley great report glad to see you guys getting into the fish .. I always love the pics of Bigchev the hat and the beard are Lengendary lol. Thanks for the excellent report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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