Brr it was cold but the fish still thumped the ozark rod

Got a holler from mr. Crappie Greg for our annual ice fishing trip. Met up this morning and we put his nice clean boat in the lake to get her slimmed up. The fish were slow to bite but we managed a good mess of fish. Color didn't matter much as long as you stayed on the biting fish. With the wind blowing pretty good and the low 22 degree temperature our line would freeze to the rods. We had plenty of tangles and mishaps losing a few fish along the way. I swear Greg only invited me to run the trolling motor lol. Just kidding, we had a good many laughs today for sure. With all he boats on the water I would have thought it was walmart parking lot at Xmas time. Even had the good old country boy come by honking his southern horn for us a few times as he slipped up and down the launch. Got to see a couple googans come circle us and then bump us off our Bouy too and fish in our back pocket lol. All in all a great time and a bunch of laughs were had.

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JW your one if the few guys I know willing to get out in these conditions , had a good day fishin with ya and thanks for running the trolling motor,lol!!!!!! we need get Ozark to design a rod with a defroster in it , for our winter outings!!!

I used to be crazy as ya'll . lol I may sneak out tomarrow if roads are clear.

Now thats a good idea a heated rod lol.

Nice catch! I was wondering if anyone went today.

Nice catch.

nice catch…..

You Guy's are ON FIRE!!!

My dad used to fish in the freezing cold like that. He had a half a 30 gallon barrel that they would build a small fire in the middle of the boat to thaw out periodically. I'm talking 30 years ago though.

Nice catch!!

Nice catch!! Glad my freezer is full. Just not that hungry. Lmao

Good catch guys Your skin tuff with the wind

Way to go guys.

And I thought we were crazy hunting on the river. Good catch.

Good tailgate of fish.

Nice mess guys.