Wednesday morning I was bouncing baits off a sheet of ice that had trespassed into my waters. With no wind, Tuesday and Wednesday were poor days.
Thursday, when the wind did blow, it was totally different. 21 keeper smallmouth and one pike from 11:30 to 4:30. Most of the fish came from 2:30 to 4:30 as the wind was perfect during that time.
Three smallies over 5 lbs with the biggest weighing in at 5.98 lbs. will allow us to call this a very good half-day of fishing.
Floaters or suspenders; 4.5″ or 5.5″ length; heavy line or light line; jerking or pulling? And color! Lots of options to explore before the “set up of the day” (soup du jour?) is determined. Too much to consider? The fish will let you know.
Two weeks ago I told my early clients that it would probably be the very end of April. We scheduled accordingly. Remember, last year we were ice fishing on April 17.
I was wrong. Hoping for some quick rescheduling…