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Walleyes

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First Day If Ice Season.
« on: December 08, 2017, 05:54:28 PM »
Back from first ice day. Wasn't the most successful day as far as fish landed but still, any day fishing is a good day. We only managed a handfull of small Pike landed, and a few dropped fish, may have been Walleye as they felt so under the ice. They were biting light, very deep water. Minnows were the best today on 1/4 oz Chartreuse jig head was the best producer. With a couple on my new glow spoons. Didn't bother with any fish pics but got a few of the day anyways. Drove on the ice and parked and used the quads, ice isn't bad about 12" average, not quite enough for the big Duramax yet.

Couple things learned from first trip, don't like the fly reels I'm trying for ice reels, to slow of retrieve caused me to lose a couple today, had to hand bomb them. New rod holders worked great love em.









Some roast Moose sausage on the fire for lunch is always good.


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Re: First Day If Ice Season.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2017, 07:39:51 PM »
      Nothing wrong with that Walleyes looks like an awesome day.  To bad those fly reels aren't cutting it,  it looks like they are large arbour from what I can see so conventional reels might be the only way to get the faster retrieve.

      Starting to get the bug now.  Ordered a few goodies from Paul's Tackle Shack the other day in preparation.  Hoping to head out this weekend to get things going.
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