Got on the ice today


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My arm is jerking again..and it's going to be a warm weekend on Winnie, 4 a.m. will come early..

Jumbo Perch are biting like mad! Maybe pics to follow, if slash will post em...

just got back.. Sun eve....Friday bite was good, we caught 87 perch 9 to 12 inch, (pic below),... sorted out alot of. fish under 9"....then fronts moved in and shut the bite right down, Sat we only got 40 keepers all day...we tossed lots back under 9 " very windy too, had to be in a shelter all day, no hole hopping..ice was 30" deep right to motor to punch through, I need to get an extension to keep water off motor... got water or moisture in my regulator from Friday, got out early Sat.,.. jiffy pro would not start.... we had another auger with with an extension, so we drilled with that one. 8" holes were tight with transducer, they got more tangles and lost fish than my 10" holes, only had to pull my transducer couple of times.

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Thanks Andy!..Perch fingers sure taste good!

Heading for "Jakes Angle Inlet" on LOTW on Thurs. .Paul called me last eve, said Walleye are hitting good, great ice & warm temps, lots of slot fish being caught. Gonna Dangle at the ANGLE!.... PICS SOON.

if Andy can post em;

got our limits of walleye and Sauger, great trip, tough fishing, bite was slower than usual, we really had to work at it.

It even rained Friday as we were fishing in our heated ice house, Sat was sunny and warm. nearly 40 inches of ice

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Gonna close the out the year with one last Winnie trip...Andy gets here were gone to Nodaks lodge, Jumbos have the feedbag on big time I hear, great ice and warm temps.

.....well that was LAST week!

Whoa!...winter returned up there Fri, & Sat!! Front came thru Fri. of course it shut the bite off!

we fished hard sorted out, (Threw back), many under 9" I bet around 200 or more, and kept our limits.

We had a good time, stayed safe and called it a year on hard water fishing!

Sat. sunrise at Nodaks on Winnie

http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/mathewsxtman/media/Daybreak%20%20Winnie_zpsq4ltquko.jpg.html?t=1426680431

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Now we had an Iron River boy go fall in after his dog, his dad fell in after the boy, neighbor fell in after them, another neighbor rescued them all...

Stay off the ice already!! Jeepers!

lakes are all open here this last week, U.P. still had a fair amount last weekend..did not see any open water over there

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LOTW here we come!! Arm is twitching..lol

Be driving into a thunderstorm on way up! Nearly 40 feels like a March morning.

22 to 24 inches of ice, not alot for that far up north

Report;

Got our limit of eyes,..

1- 24 incher

.Saugar were tough to come by, got 3 or 4

a couple jumbo perch

several Eelpouts, one was 29 inches

around 50 Tulabee which I smoked

alot of fish came up and looked, went back down, tough bite

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We cancelled our Winnie trip last eve., Nodacs say ice is good, but with conditions being what they are here, we called it on the side of safety. Was also last minute cancellation that got us a chance to get a cabin. Some of our guys could not get Friday off that late in the week.

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Gonna try soft water Sat. my little bro and I are going to try for some northerns, kick back, soak a few minnows, and throw daredevils.

Last time on this lake Ashley caught a 12# northern, next cast she threw the pole into the lake by accident!..you gotta hold onto it with BOTH hands!.....lol

Very windy on the water, managed to catch around 15 fish, kept 4 decent ones

caught 2 nice bass just under the limit length by less than 1/4 inch

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