DRIFTER_016 Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Got out for a little fishin' today close to home. Hit the ice at dawn and didn't get off until dusk 5 hours later. At least it was a nice warm -20 degree day!! Sure beats the -40 highs a week ago. The lake is a lesiurely 3 minute snowmobile ride from my door, so I don't know why it's taken me 4 years to fish it. Probably because it's too close. Got out, picked a spot and drilled a bunch of holes off a bluff covering water 10' to 35' deep. Set a ciscoe on a tipup shallow for pike and jigged the rest of the holes for eyes and whities. Fish were showing on the Marcum almost non stop but they were non committal for the most part. I managed to land 1 small pike about 4# on the tipup and 1 smallish whitie on a Bad Boyz jig tipped with a minnow. I lost two other fish (walleye I think) and had about 1/2 a dozen bumps from whitefish (I think a shiner can hit harder than they did today) I wouldn't even had known they were hits without my trusty LX-5 as the rod tip only moved about 1/8" when they hit it. Any how on to the pics. PS I also have a video entered in the WFN contest. Ice Road Fishers the Movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 That's pretty cool Dave Funny how close waters never get our attention and from my vantage point... I'm basically surrounded by rivers, lakes and streams Nice looking whitty btw Thank for sharing Leechman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 I didn't know you had Walleyes up there Dave. Looks like a nice day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarty Pantz Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Wicked pics and fish & I voted for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarg Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Kam lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 nice No shortage of ice... at first I thought you were picking on us that don't have much safe ice LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdrifter Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Minus 20 up there is still way better than our minus 20.. Number 3 is a great shot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Kam lake? Yep. I can see it from my front porch, so I figured it was time to fish it. Nice and close for those short days in December and January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Thanks Dave for the report. Whities are great table fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Well done bud. (and voted as well) I'm hoping you'll put together a vid of our trip next spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Well done bud. (and voted as well) I'm hoping you'll put together a vid of our trip next spring. You bet!!! It's going to be an epic video!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarg Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yep. I can see it from my front porch, so I figured it was time to fish it. Nice and close for those short days in December and January. Thought i recognized it, i have caught lots of walleye off of that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 You bet!!! It's going to be an epic video!!! Awesome, you've definitely got a knack for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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