We finally hit "ice out" over night on the main pond. This is one of the latest ice outs that I can remember. Our smaller pond is still 80%-90% ice covered.
I put a small rubber crappie jig on an ultra-light rig after lunch this afternoon. I started a walk around the main pond. The crappies are usually fairly active at ice out.
I got this funny looking fish that only kind-of resembled a white crappie -- mostly white with black spots. About 14-15 inches and really fat. I'm guessing at least two pounds. Probably about Wr of 1.5 - 1.8. Except for taking this picture, most of it never came out of the water. I unhooked it without pulling much more than its lips out of the water.
I was just glad to know that they didn't die out over the winter. I put HSB through the ice into both ponds last November. I was worried about being iced over for so long. I didn't see any floaters in either of the fishing ponds as I walked them today.
