Got some gills.

I had cabin fever and I got out on a private lake with a buddy today. Fishing was slow but steady and worth it! Biggest in the photo is just a little over 9 inches. Got them back in a channel that's about 12 foot deep. We had a note on the truck when we got back that said "You DO NOT have permission to fish this lake. Go find another lake!" We called our on at the lake to make sure we were in the right place and he laughed it off and said it must have been one of his neighbors as he is out of town on business. I hate rude people that wont even talk to you or leave a number where you can reach them!

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Nice catch you "ole Trespasser"nonono:Rofl:biggrin

I figured it was some old grumpy guy that left the note, you weren't in Schoolcraft today by chance were you Larry?

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Nice catch Eric.

I grew up down there and probably know were its at

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Originally Posted by Hermin

I figured it was some old grumpy guy that left the note, you weren't in Schoolcraft today by chance were you Larry?

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No, I got all the "grumpy" I can handle right up here.

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Originally Posted by Crappie 1

No, I got all the "grumpy" I can handle right up here.

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That's funny Larry

Found out its the lake my Mom lives on and I had her put the word out " No trespassers allowed "

Good Catch Eric. I was unable to get out yesterday but a buddy of mine fished a new body of water that just recently had State access granted to it. He said the same thing. Fishing was steady but not "on fire". They found some really nice gills and some good crappies. Fishing was good until 6pm when the front finally moved through and shut them down. Ended up with two crappies over 14 inches!

Not bad for a new lake. Trying to put some planning together for this afternoon. Everything depends on whether in need to plan on taking my daughter with me or not. Weather channel for my area is predicting 2-4 inches of snow for tomorrow so today might be good. That is the first "predicted" snow fall for my area this year that is above an inch. We'll see

nice gills eric.those will sure fry up well.
I have only been out twice this year, managed enough for a couple of meals.

Im going back tomorrow morning. Lets hope I dont get run off!

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Good luck

I had some luck on Monday caught some nice gills 7-9", crappies8-10",perch7-9" had to do some sorting on perch but got a few

Were you fishing with Al on Monday? Did you guys try for any eyes?

Got 12 more Gills from the same lake today. Similar sized to the last I will post a photo later but I have a story that needs to be posted first!

So I was fishing in my shanty and a couple guys came and started to fish near me, no biggie I like company so I said hello to them and went about my fishing. About 10 minutes after they set up to start fishing I hear one guy's drag ripping HARD next to my shanty. I opened the window to look out and give some words of encouragement. He got the drag under control and started pulling the "fish" in. I went back to fishing waiting for him to get it on the ice when suddenly I hear the guy scream and see him jump out of his chair and move about 5 feet away from the hole holding his rod that is now ripping drag like crazy again. Me and my buddy start asking him what happened and if he had a whale on his line. He just screams out "NO!!! It had fur on it!". His buddy comes running over and at this point I had to get out of my shanty and see what the heck is going on. His buddy starts to hand line the "fish" back to the hole, its giving a good fight, like nothing I have ever seen before. They finally get it to the hole and the guy caught a muskrat!!! He hooked it with a fly in the mouth!

Good one Hermin... I would have liked to have seen that guys face.

I've had them swim in the hole before but I've never hooked one, nor have I ever seen one hooked before. They scare you enough when they swim up or by the hole. I could only imagine the look on that guys face when he saw fur for the first time. Awesome story. Wish there was video to go along with it. I assume the muskrat was "catch and release"

Yeah, once we got it back to the hole and saw what was we cut the line. He came up and sat in the hole for a bit then took off back to where he came from.

Eric,

Your getting good at fish stories, we need some good stories like that at the lies club, lol

Did you get a note on your car this time?

Nope, It ended up being our on's wife that left the note because her husband didn't tell her what he was up to ;)

That's good , i think most people are good as long as you ask first

A few years back i had a great summer spot I would take some nice crappie off a brush pile up north and of coarse it was at the opposite end of the boat launch so i stooped and asked the home owner if i could walk across his yard so i could ice fish.

Later after walking off the ice he came out and asked how i did and i said i didn't even catch one fish. He said i wondered why you wanted to fish there no one ever fishes there :scratchhead

It was good to know that some people that live on a lake are friendly to us ice fisherman, guess all you have to do is ask

Went back to the same lake today, the fish have moved. I caught 1 big gill and a ton of tiny ones. I did have a muskrat pop up in my shanty and hang out for a little while which was interesting. Im going to start calling this place muskrat lake. I had a solid slab on that got off at the top of the hole.

You know valintines day is coming up.maybe she was hoping for a invite for a special nite with you or a big wet kiss:Rofl:Rofl:Rofl

Speaking of Valentines Day? You fella's better get it right before you leave for the weekend. Who's bringing their wives/girlfriends etc. this weekend? You know my wife will be with me.