superdad Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 With the weather forecast for plus 2or 3, Laker John and I headed out to dig the boat out of the snow and see if we might be able to put it in the water for some fishing. Thanks to the ice fishers near my place a road had been plowed past my trailer and we shovelled a twin row about 30 feet and the boat was ready to go. Gather the gear and head for Finkles. We got there aound 1100 and set up the boat and we were ready to go. You can see how clean and dry the ramp is - not a problem. We headed west and started a troll past the generating station but we weren't marking fish so we decided to head towards the light house. A boat approached us from the east and pulled along side and we had a chat. This chap had been fishiing the week after Xmas and had done real well. We parted and he headed west and once around the lighthouse point,we never saw him again - don;t know where he was fishing. The last time we were out we had success in the middle in deep water and we trolled upwind to Lyons Island, when we truned and headed east. Trolling eastward we began to mark lot of fish . The winds had died down and the sun beat down on us and it was very pleasant. Another boat appeared at the lighthouse and trolled very close to shore and past Lyons Island, when we last saw them they were out in the middle opposite the Island. Knowing we had a healthy run back to the ramp and wanted to get things put away in daylight, we headed back at 1515, the run at 17MPH was 45 miinutes. Boat on the trailer, strip the gear and head for home at 1420. The water was 34.5 degs F. We tried an assortment of lures at differing depths but weren't able to put the lure in front of one to grab it. Nontheless we had a great day. We're going to watch the weather like hawks and see if we can get out again soon. Stay Tuned David aka Superdad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper D Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Awsome , hard to belive for this time of year hu , i might be putting mine out this weekend and trying the same , way to go guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 you da man I should get it in gear and get out too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 January and out in the boat....who can complain about that! Too bad the fish didn't reward you for your efforts but it sure looked like a nice day to be on the water. Thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 oh, that makes me want to be out there, thanks for the report ...but the water levels still look really low? Is that a dock and a cleat on the top right of the first pic, or a diving board mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 January and out in the boat....who can complain about that! I need ice! So I can complain. Still if I could fish softwater I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 With those water temps, did you ever think of vertical jigging them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshS Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Reminiscent of last year. Good for you and getting out there. I'll be out there tomorrow on a different part of the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Well done David !!! Too bad you guys didn't get a big fat Walter for a reward for all the hard work !!! Wow in the boat in the second week of January !!! Thanks for sharing ... I miss fishing that area been a few years since I was there !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 E for EFFORT. It would of been a great day to be out in a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Good for you guys for getting out... It was beautiful today... Fish or no fish... It feels good getting out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxie Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Good on ya for getting out there David. You'll get'm next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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