DRIFTER_016 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Between weeks of brutal cold followed by weeks of dealing with the flu I haven't been out on the ice since early December. That changed today. While it wasn't a whole lot warmer (-35C windchill) I am feeling better. Hit my favorite pike lake today for a little fishing. Got a late start as it took me longer to get my gear set than I would have liked and when I got to the lake the snow was 18" or better deep. Got my holes drilled and set a big dead bait outside the shack and jigged inside. Managed to land close to 20 with a couple of decent ones and one big girl in the 40"- 41" range. Took quite a while to revive her due to the cold and I am still feeling the effects of frost bitten fingers from the release. Supposed to be -45 - -50 windchills over night so I will be hunkering down again. Gonna be warm and toasty on Monday @ -16 of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Awesome, nice pike. Sounds like a great day, well minus the cold and snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Good fish Dave!!!!Those temps are nasty though. . Edited January 26, 2014 by davey buoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 A beauty for sure, Dave! You're thinning out and here I thought you were sposed to heavy up for the winter. Now I'm gunna get spat upon for this and I know that we should all do our best to safely release our fish but I really don't think that in those temps you should be taking a chance on losing your fingers. Maybe I'm just getting old....can't take extreme cold or heat as well as I once could. A great fish though Dave, and I enjoy all of your reports., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I was gonna say: well worth the frostbite.... but, of course not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice report. Thanx Sounds like Fort McMurray weather. I return to work tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishing n autograph Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4bassin Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Love the reports from the north Drifter , Can't wait for some lake trout reports , those I really like ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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