3-10-13 Sun

3-10-2013 Sun 12:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Weather:
(1553) N12, light rain, 36 ˚, 29.78 falling, 20” ice
Location:
Mississippi River – upper end pool 8
Caught:
(combined) Lots of bluegills, a few crappies, one perch, two pike 28 & 36”, several LMB

Partners:
Scott & John R.

Comments:

It was an afternoon fishing trip on a very nasty day. I have not been out ice fishing for approximately three weeks when I broke down with the air boat. Well, I had made my repairs and I was ready to go.
We were targeting a deep bay on the upper end of Pool 8 where the fishing is usually fairly consistent. Today was no exception. We caught all the bluegills we wanted, but the crappies were rather scarce. We also had some tip up action, but that was also quit scarce. We had no trouble marking and catching bluegills, they were everywhere.
The conditions were really rather horrible: we had rain, wind, and lots of water and slush on top of the ice. Today was the first time I had used my new Cabela's Guide Wear rain gear, and I was very pleased with its performance. The ice is still in very good shape, the main channel is still partially frozen and the back bays had twenty plus inches of good hard ice.

Observations:

We have had some thaws the past couple of weeks, but it still does look very much like winter around here. In fact, they are still driving vehicles out on Lake Onalaska. From the reports I have gotten the walleye fishing below the Genoa dam has been fantastic.