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Check back on this thread for pictures. It is just a matter of time. I did go to some braid backing, 6 lb florocarbon leader, and reel with a smooth drag instead of the thumb burner I had.
Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Will do, I'm here at the boarder between Illinois and Wisconsin. Just a few minutes south of Lake Geneva. Skim ice gone again almost everything is still open. Will let you know as things lock up.
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Here is the photo. The stick will tell the story.
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That is an awesome mess of fish. Very well done!
I still don't see a plesiosaur, however.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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I've heard that smoke fish vacuum seals very well for overnight shipment to Pennsylvania.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Caught a bunch of bass too, that we released. No NP nosing around last night, but she is down there. Fastest action ever on Bremer Pond. Fished from 1530 hours until 2030 hours. Pretty busy. Seven inches of ice now.
Good morning Dave, I've checked the ships systems, and everything appears to be running normally.
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Ready to fish and have two weeks off. Where is the ice!?!!? I tempted to throw the kayak on the pond and start to vertical jig.
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I saw the Hamms also......From the Land of Sky Blue Waters.......good stuff!
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.
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I've been fishing on a lake up by my parent's place in northern Wisconsin. Had shiners under tip-ups for Walleye the past two evenings, but no flags.
Ponds in TX, lake place in WI, me in CA
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Tom Skilling of WGN (awesome for regional midrange weather forecasts and predictions of upcoming snowstorms) says we're supposed to have above average temps down here at my latitude of northern Indiana, Illinois etc., up through part of January. Doesn't look good for ice formation down here. I had some ice on the ponds but it left and the most I get is partial ice or thin ice now.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Picked up an 18" walleye under a tip-up tonight. Medium shiner about 12" off the bottom in about 4' of water, in an area that still has some green weeds. Roughly 8" of ice is on the lake (northern WI).
Ponds in TX, lake place in WI, me in CA
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Record high temp today for December 26th. 53F!!
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Hey Cecil, you're spot on about tom skilling. Im in st louis and still watch wgn to hear what the conditions are like @ my parents house. Since you are up near there, what do you think my prospects look like for a hardwater trip to the northwestern part of the chain in the third week of janurary? We had 3" of snow here last night, but warming up near 50 here later this week. What does tom say...is my ice fishing trip going to be a regullar fishing trip?
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Trying to help with 7.5 Acres in the Chain of Lakes Illinois - - The fish would stay out of trouble if it could just keep its fool mouth shut. Turns out there is a lot I should be learning from the fish.
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Hey peepaw....sounds like you are neighbors to my parents...they're right south of johnsville (sp), by morraine hills, in a roundabout way. Where are you?
Trying to help with 7.5 Acres in the Chain of Lakes Illinois - - The fish would stay out of trouble if it could just keep its fool mouth shut. Turns out there is a lot I should be learning from the fish.
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I live between Mchenry and Wooodstock. Not far at all from Moraine hills.Skim ice in most areas of the chain and surrounding waters. Your trip should still be good to go???
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I hope so. just a few weeks away, and although at least one cold snap in there, there are still temps looking in the 40's on the 15 day outlook.
They are just north of island lake, south of a town that i think is called johnsville, right off of 31 & twelve in a tiny little neighborhood. Glad a neighbor is on the forum. sounds like a ten minute drive from their house to yours.
-mike
Trying to help with 7.5 Acres in the Chain of Lakes Illinois - - The fish would stay out of trouble if it could just keep its fool mouth shut. Turns out there is a lot I should be learning from the fish.
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You bet, Johnsburg is the town, know right where it is. Warm and rainy today/tomorrow but water is about 33 degrees. will lock up next week let's hope for good. Will keep you posted.
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As of 6PM CST there are around two dozen BG, YP, and BCP lying on the ice. Photo(s) to follow in the AM, hopefully.
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Friday's catch.
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Let us see your ice fishing catch for yesterday.
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No ice! 55 degrees today. I was out playing with the kids in a t-shirt! New flasher and nowhere to use it.
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If you check out my Weekly Observations thread you will see that we are teetering on the edge of open water.
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I would gladly take 6" right now.
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