Feb End of Season Pike

A buddy and I hit the ice this morning to throw some tip-ups out with suckers for some pike before the season ends Tomorrow. We had around 7 or 8 flags with real fish runs. The pike were really toying with us by running with the minnow in their mouths and spitting them out on a hook set. One big fish broke the line. We ended up with only 2 on the ice from all those flags, but it was enough for me to do a fresh fish fry for my family for lunch. It was super fresh and what a treat!

Time to focus on crappies until the season opens again...

Mid February Ice Fishing

An old buddy Landon and I both took the day off from work to relax and do some ice fishing. We started in the weeds early to search for pike and had a few flags. We ended up with one nice northern to add to the freezer. After lunch we moved the shack over to the edge of a deep hole to see if we could find some crappies or walleyes. We were marking lots of fish on the vex including some fairly big ones. Until sundown we only seemed to be getting perch to bite and the larger fish seemed uninterested in what we were offering them. We did get some nibbles in the sundown prime time, but wrapped things up at 7pm to head in for some dinner. I'll have to give this deeper spot a few more tries from sundown until later to see what it can produce before pulling the shack off for the year. Overall it was a nice relaxing day on the ice and fun to hang out with an old buddy!

Feb Fishing with the Co-workers

I "guided" a dozen folks from work on Thursday out on the lake in search of some crappies. It was a tough night for the bite and only a few fish were caught. A few of us did some exploring in deeper water and we did get some marks on the Vex and a few taps on the jigs. The fish were very negative there as well. Before we left, I dropped the cam down in the deep water to see what was tapping the bait. I saw one sleepy walleye looking back at me and not even moving a fin. I'll be back there to see if they are more active at sundown.