3-3-2012 Sat

3-3-2012 Sat
11:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Weather: NE 9, overcast, 32˚, 29.66 rising
Water: clear, 18” ice
Location: Sauntry’s Pocket – Douglas County, Crystal Lake – Washburn County
Caught: I never caught a fish; the other guys caught a few very small bluegills and perch
Partners: myself, Scott, Jake, Brian, Jeremy

Comments

It was our annual ice fishing expedition to the cabin. This year we were probably two weeks earlier than when we normally go. It would have worked out well, except for the fifteen inches of snow that fell just a few days earlier. This area had been mostly void of snow since deer season, so it was due.
Day one of fishing did not start off as we had hoped. We got both of the vehicles stuck on the road back to the cabin, and it took some shoveling and pushing to get out to the road. It is amazing how common sense no longer prevails after a few beers. Just to set the record straight I was against driving in.
We fished two lakes that none of us had ever fished before and they were a bust. The new snow made vehicle travel on the ice very difficult. The only highlight of the day was that I had one of my tip-ups run over by a fisherman that was hell bent on making it to the other side of the lake. To give him credit, I do think he felt bad about it and if he could have stopped he would have. One of his friends also came over with his snowmobile and apologized and offered to pay for the deceased tip-up.

Observations:

After this last snowfall, there has to be around twenty inches of snow in the woods and on the lakes. This area still looks like winter and I am expecting some high water this spring on account of it.