Cold day, Jan 8, 2017

Made an outing today with my brother. Mostly to check ice and pick up bait for future trips. We drove to Bouvier Bay and what a surprise, a city had popped up all on the ice.
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But we were suspicious of the safety so we settled on the canal. And it wasn't a bad choice, fish were biting and we stood on 6 inches of ice. Some bluegills and rockbass. Even crappies!
Only stayed out for a few hours but we got a small mess.
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Cool. Dad and I went to a lake today too. I had not been there in awhile. Had to garner permission again but a few hats and the promise of some walleye on a return trip was all it took to gain access.

Fishing was ok. They ran a little on the small side but we kept 19 or 20. Catch 1 crappie that lived on and one large mouth that did the same.

Good job MM, Glad to see people getting out on the ice. I had every intention of getting out as well, but then the wheels fell off the idea.

I have this app called "ice report" and I noticed a lot of reports were made over the weekend with ice getting thicker.......maybe next weekend I'll get out.

That's what I was thinking. We have friends who enjoy ice fishing but I didn't want to send an invitation only to dash their hopes with thin ice. It was cold. Glad my carhartts have deep pockets.
That's about what we caught Rich, 1 crappie. It was mostly a bluegill frenzy.

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Nice