Started off cold this morning, -2 at 6am. Hit the ice about 9:30, found some willing biters about 11 am or so. As fast as I could drop back down to them they were looking to hit it again. Ended up with 28 perch and 3 crappie. Kept them all as the boys in the Friday afternoon club are hankering for a fish fry.

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When they slowed down in one hole, I'd move over some and pull some more up; all came from 4 holes, each fast and furious then slacked off.

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Last hole I fished, I got in to the crappie then had a snarl on the pole that was catching them, set it aside and grabbed another to get back down. Got the 3rd small crappie, then it was back to perch. I missed the best crappie bite due to that tangle. I'll fix that issue after dinner so it hopefully won't happen again.

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Absolutely stunning day to be out fishing on the ice. Dead calm wind, not a cloud in the sky, warmed up to low 20's and I was totally toasty in my coveralls. Sure doesn't happen like that too often.