Perfect weather, ice conditions, fishing and company.
This adventure was packed with awesome memories and being able to share with great folks NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN and we hope for a REPEAT come 2014, God willing.
Had a great and warm room to rest in at Pinewood Lodge Motel for the end of day. Owners allowed us to clean fish, use laundry room deep sink for final filet prepping bagging and tagging, provided us with freezer space and allowed us to park snowmobile trailer in ‘their’ reserved spots. Needless to say ‘OUTSTANDING STAFF’ who bent over backwards to accommodate us.
Ah yes and a very good restaurant Grandma’s right down the street maybe 2 minutes away. So need I say more with a restaurant called Grandma’s.
Lures with bait including K2 techniques no different from what I’ve posted in the past. Only fish difference that was noticeable was all large jumbos were suspending up or entered flasher zone anywhere from 3’ to 15’ up from bottom. A few larger jumbos were worked off the bottom including the Perchzillas on the second day.
Dead sticking on a second pole produced very few fish. Had to drop offerings down bounce off bottom reel up and then jig let lure sit to capture the attention of the fish on bottom or somewhere in the water column. When a fish entered flasher zone we’d reel up to it and 95% of time fish hit the offerings.
Now yes we did catch PV size dinks. But we were determined employing them K2 3Ps (passion, persistence and patience) to stand fast as we knew it was only a matter of time. It paid off as we iced close to 50 fish that were 11-13” with a couple 14 inchers and then as the last day literally last half hour of fishing I look over after hearing a very excited Lois say ‘Mother of God’ as she’s hauling up through the ice hole a Perchzilla. Fish was 14.50” and weighed out at Tackle Toms at 1.87 pounds. Yep them 3Ps worked.
Bottom line folks, words cannot come close to describing the most wonderful hard deck experience we have ever had. From perfect weather and ice conditions to lodging/staff accommodations, eating. And above all being able to share a most memorable hard deck outing with dear friends who we believe are now hooked on ice fishing as this was their first time on the hard deck and they LOVED IT.
So with that being said, here’s some photos and fish porn…hopefully you’ll get the jest about this trip.
Click on photos to get full picture. Wish I could figure out picture sizing these photos are all 800X600 or lower.
- Arriving Wide Open Spaces.jpg (216.04 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day.jpg (136.56 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Sugarloaf Island.jpg (190.68 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day John Punching.jpg (340.64 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Kay Arriving with Lois.jpg (198.73 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- First Day Kim Working it.jpg (50.75 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Frist Day John Working It.jpg (190.13 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day John and Fog.jpg (161.24 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Kay and Lois and Fog.jpg (151.59 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
Okay now for the fishy porn:
- First and Second Days Yep Caught Dinks.jpg (195.67 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Kay First Day.jpg (139.43 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- First Day-1.jpg (189.84 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- First Day-2.jpg (194.12 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- First Day Haul.jpg (209.74 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
Second Day:
- Second Day Kim 13 Plus.jpg (174.79 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day John 14 Inch Plus Male.jpg (136.16 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Boot 13 Inch Comparison.jpg (210.1 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Perchzilla 14.50 Inch 1.87#.jpg (156.48 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
- Second Day Haul.jpg (212.26 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
Let the Zoro's begin:
- Second Day Knife Time.jpg (193.21 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
And toasting to an awesome trip with very dear friends after the fish were cleaned and in freezer the evening of our last day.
- Second Day Done and Shooter Time.jpg (154.38 KiB) Viewed 45532 times
Super trip I hope you enjoyed the photos. Have others but tried to pick out the most memorable.