Another Try at the Big ONES.... WHERE ARE THEY???

[Leecher]

Man.... as the season progress, ice is getting thicker but the specks are getting smaller Plan today was to go solo to a local lake and try to entice some after being skunked last trip

 

I succeeded in getting 3 for the pan and that was it Hard bite to say the least Had a window of opportunity and made the best of it Driving for 3h and fishing for 3h

 

The details.... temp when I got up (5h15am) was -14C with a slight wind from the NO @ 10Km/h... Perfect A couple of stops for gas and hot beverage and the way I go.

 

Departure time & temp

 

 

As I'm making my way up, temp was getting colder upon arriving, a quick check on the thermometer and reading was -18C

 

Proceeded to get setup, got the gear out of the car, looked at the snow bank on the side of the road next to the car and again had to brake trail to get on thank god I brought a shovel this time to make the job easier

 

Once on ice, punched my first hole, ice was a good 12" thick with a blanket of fresh snow on top but under... slush Quickly setup a dead stick and dew worm... was about to proceed to the second hole when I noticed the dead stick quick strike go off

 

Iced my first minnow size trout Not badly hooked, back down it goes... put another worm on and punched my second hole... again dead stick goes off... iced my second minnow size trout back down it goes Got a third and this is when I switched to salties

 

Dead stick tipped with salties had the upper hand... iced 3 for the pan, all had the minnow down deep but biting very lightly, one, I even pulled it onto the ice without setting the hook

 

Here's my guests for the pan

 

 

Closer shot of the salty sticking out

 

 

All in all was a great time out on the hard stuff!!!

Hope you enjoy

Tight lines

Leechman