After a week of sub-freezing weather (much of which was single digits) I got out on the ice at Smithville. Took me a few stops to find an accessible place with safe ice that I thought would be worth fishing, but eventually did. It was more
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Met up with Keeferfish and launched his boat just after the sun began to peek over the eastern horizon. Patchy mists swirled over the surface of the water, which was only around 74ºF at the surface but was warm compared to the 56ºF air temp.
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