As always first ice brings Crappie & this year was no different my favorite jig is a teardrop sugar coated that glows green favorite bait is maggots. I find they bite better at night in the early season, our best night yet produced 40 plus.
The young lad getting in on the action,
Early winter = more shack attacks with the young lad the only reason I have a permanent,
Hoisting the Gills
A few screen shots of the under the water world,
Blues
Mr.toothy with a Lamprey taking a ride,
BOQ Action has been hot so far this season with 3 trips in hoping for another 2 at least to close it out. The Buckshot Rattle continues to out perform all others at least for me.
1st of the season at Huffs
First BOQ trip ever for this guy...he was hooked
The biggest of the trip
A few pics from a solo morning was blast, but I forgot my 8" & only had my 6" was fun landing them but hard to get a pic went 4-5
1st of the morning
2nd...a minute after the first
Chasing Eyes on the Larry
Rumors of knee high snow in the BOQ forced us to hunt for some walleye on local water. I have fished a few spots in previous yrs but with very limited success. Fast forward to 2013-14 Winter which in my opinion deserves a gold medal for kicking butt. Spots where I haven't seen ice now hold 10-14" & a lot more places come into play. The current was very fast a 3/4oz jig would go a meter under your hole, it took 3 holes to set the vex up. The hot lure was Mancho Minnow I would go 1oz next time though.
Living on edge,
The biggest eye of the day,
The biggest Pike of the day,
The odd ball fish of the day,
The table fare,
Ended up going 7 for 7 not a bad day for a new spot.
This was best portable DIY upgrade this season taken from another site,
The ceiling before
And after a trip to the dollar store to buy a windshield sun blocker
Here's to hoping for a great extended 2nd half! Frozen lines!
