My last ice trip has left me with a few questions. Sure,
conditions weren't optimal. A bright blue sky at high noon on the second
day of a serious cold front usually foreshadows a tough day. But, despite the
cards dealt, I caught fish, and numbers of fish for that matter.
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| channel lake - shanty town |
Where the quandary comes into play is in relation to the
size of these fish and where they were caught. Setting up on the community hole
this late in the season and catching smalls all day long makes me wonder how
many of the bigger fish actually got sorted out? Is it possible the majority of
the fish left in that particular bay were the medium to small sized? Or, was it
that those were the only fish I could catch that particular day under those particular
conditions?
I guess this is just one of those questions that I may never
have the answer to, but I’ll be dammed if I go out there and do the same thing
over again and expect different results. For me, I will be searching out some
more remote spots for the rest of this ice season instead of trying to continue
to beat up the same fish that have seen every jig in the box.
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| i know they get bigger then this... |
Blake
ReplyDeleteLooks like you are still landing those crappie, was that the only one? thanks for sharing
yeah, still catching em. i think i got about a half dozen and a few mixed gills. kinda slow but still fun
DeleteI had similar issues over the weekend. And they where in holes not fished to the gills all season. It seemed as if only the smaller ones where biting and while marking bigger fish they just where not interested in what I had to offer for them. Give it another shot when the conditions are better. Good Luck!
ReplyDeletecould have just been the conditions then
DeleteHey what's the ice thickness on channel?
ReplyDelete10 or so
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ReplyDeleteGood and nice thing.
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