Yeah, frustrating - especially since I know what size of fish exist in the lake. Oh well...I'm fortunate to even get out - sounds like everyone East of IA has no ice to speak of, even JKB in Michigan. I don't recall a year like that, ever...and I thought last Winter was too warm. We're lucky to have the ice.

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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