steverowbotham Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Well the ice season has come to an official close for me. We had a slow start to the season, but we managed fish throughout. Things only got better as the season went on and we ended up with a pretty good season. Not quite as good as last season as far as numbers, but nothing to complain about, these things happen and we skunked just twice all season. We fished the majority of our short-windowed perch season in 34-55 feet of water as I find the better fish are deeper, and it gives the opportunity to get some lakers/whities as well. As for the lakers/whities, we caught them as shallow as 39 feet and as deep as 107, though the majority of our action throughout the season were in 78-82 feet. Our best perch baits were tungsten spoons, teardrop/maggots, strike zone pan slammers and a small jigging rapala. Our best laker/whitie baits were spoons, tubes, strike zone swammers and got some good fish on the laker taker as well. Enjoy the pics, and as usual, if you have any questions, feel free to PM me. Cant wait to take a month and a bit off, steelhead a little bit and get back into the pike fishing!!! Kelli with a good feed of perch Mike shows the surprises that lurk the perch grounds... Tough day for BUSTER, but we managed a few Fat Laker!!! Kept this one, and she had 16 smelt and 1 goby in the belly... talk about the "feedbag" A little bright... We release 90% of our fish, but a few times a season, theres nothing like fresh fish!! Long whitie I've had many questions about this spoon, it's a Michigan Stinger "Dirty White Boy" Lots of Solid fish swimming around out there... I prefer laker fishing, but whities can be so reliable... Quasimodo... Solid fish for Cal McKee with a nice laker Chunky fish caught just 20 feet down Client with a few nice ones! Nice fish!! Even though theres about 671000 in use at all times, the williams still puts fish on the ice... A hefty reward courtesy of the Strike Zone Swammer This was a beatdown!! Kyle's PB Laker on the swammer again Solid... Chunker to end the season Hope you enjoyed, cant wait for May 1 to be posting more reports!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2fish85 Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Nice season looks like you did well for yourself. I wish my ice season was that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) good recap... very inspiring Edited March 18, 2011 by Rod Caster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Steve !!! nice season dude !!!!!!! Some really nice sized fish, Congrats and thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leecher Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Great recap Steve Lots of quality fish you guys caught Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Wicked season Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsbassman Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Nice pics as usual Steve. A lot of familiar faces there as well. You've still got the touch. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Great season Steve, you really have it dialed in out there...time for new water next season eh Thanks for sharing, MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbouck Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Awesome recap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimace Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Incredible season. Quality fish and lots of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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