I'm back - poor day. Ice was 12" and clear, solid - but clarity was a mere 12-14". Raised several fish, couldn't get many to commit. Did notice a bunch of 2" gizzard shad frozen in the ice, so now I know why those crappie were so huge, and also why the fishing was tough. Abundant forage sometimes means a horrible bite.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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