First fishin trip of the year
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Category: Fishing
Forum Name: Gone Fishin'
Forum Description: Discuss freshwater, saltwater, ice fishing and fly fishing here. Where do you go, what do you catch, and how do you catch it?
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Topic: First fishin trip of the year
Posted By: 3ptbuck
Subject: First fishin trip of the year
Date Posted: 08 January 2005 at 14:10
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New member here- thought I'd start out with a fishing report Had a few lakes open up last monday with the warmer(60) temps so a buddy and I hit an old strip pit. On my 4th or 5th cast I caught a real good one, 5.5-6lbs. We fished for about an hour after that and caught 6 more small bass in the 12-13in range. All fish we're caught on 1/4oz Bitsy Flip Jigs with Yum trailers, both in camo color. Not a bad start to the year considering the lake was still half frozen. Anyone else been out yet this year? |
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Posted By: mr mom
Date Posted: 08 January 2005 at 15:22
3 ptbuck: glad to see a new face.. where you fishing this time of year.. we were hoping for good ice to do some pike fishing , but the wamer weather put the screws to that. but it do open up the river. but if you want to stand in a cold river with waders on??? ------------- mr mom |
Posted By: 3ptbuck
Date Posted: 08 January 2005 at 19:16
| i live in Southern Indiana. the lakes usually dont thaw out till mid to late february. we've had some funny weather though lately, had over 20" of snow 2 weeks ago then less than a week later it was reaching the low 60s. |
Posted By: mr mom
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 02:27
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3 ptbuck: ind?????? i seen last week there was another from your state. im up in michigan .. the sothern part about 30 miles north from michigan city..right on lake michigan.. we had maybe a week of good ice , but then the warm weather screwed it up and nothing is safe here. we made a trip up north yeasterday and seen a few out on the ice.... ------------- mr mom |
Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 08:17
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too cold to fish here in central montana, but spring's coming.... ------------- TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana  Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen |
Posted By: NH_Hunter
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 10:19
Hey tas, that is why man invented augers, short fish poles, ice shanties, and beer  Went ice fishing today but didnt catch a thing. We are trying out a new lake, but the other person has gone a few other times to the lake and has caught nothing, so we are going back to the one we fished last year. Maybe not huge fish, but at least we got some hits. ------------- Leverguns make me smile Proud Left Handed Shooter |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 11:19
 ME to we went to Nylon and slayed them!!!------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: mr mom
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 12:29
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nh: best way to catch fish ice fishing is to keep the bait warm !!!! keep it in your mouth. ------------- mr mom |
Posted By: NH_Hunter
Date Posted: 09 January 2005 at 13:55
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Nah, i believe that is where the beer and food is suppose to enter, not the fish.
------------- Leverguns make me smile Proud Left Handed Shooter |