Bass

Bass

    Another day of catching big bass.  Here Tom is trying to land a 20"er...

Log

Log

    I thought I had a log, but I was too far out for it to be a log...then it moved.  I caught my "log" on two pound test line, using a perch talker, tipped with wax worms.  My bass was 19" and 4 pounds.   

Tom had caught one, about the same size, a little later....fishing's good when it starts to snow.

Full Moon

Full Moon

   
     The full moon was out, early this morning.  The fishing was red hot!  Poles going off,  Tom was rebating, while I was reeling them in.

 We just got sat up, snapped a couple of pictures, then the fish started biting.

Blizzard

Blizzard

     The best fishing is during a snow storm.  Started fishing around 6:30 am and caught most of them around 7:30 - 8 am.  The new kids showed up, when we were finishing up.

Last fish

Time to go...

 

The new kids....Charlie and Tom

Eight

Eight

     Eight O'clock was when the fishing got good.  Poles were going off and soon we had our limit of trout.      

     Finally,  one the lakes sealed over so we could  get out on.  Further out, the ice was six inches thick.

     The trout were down ten to twelve  feet...three turns off the bottom.   We're  using a small jig, tipped with  a wax worm and a pink marshmallow.   The temperature  Was in the  single  digits and a light snow and wind....Great day to be out on the ice.

Montana

Montana

    Went to check ice in Montana.  Looks like there was an inch of ice before  eighteen inches of snow, blanketed  it.  Will be a long time, before the ice will thicken.   Maybe this cold snap will help.

Snow

Snow

     We have been hitting the ice, hard this week, trying to find the fish.  This morning, we were fishing in a snow storm and catching them one-after-another.  We were catching:  bluegill, crappie and perch...going back in the morning.