Went out to the the trophy pond for a about an hour and half this evening. Ice is 4 inches. As cold as it's been I thought it would be thicker. I'm sure it's due to the 3 inches of snow that was on the ice, which has now partly blown off.



Here's my 2 man pop up with the top down.



Here it is with the top up. A lantern keeps it really cozy inside!



Caught and released 5 perch up to 13 inches and one bluegill that was about 9 3/4 inches. Egg development isn't very significant yet with the perch, which is par for the course in my pond.





If I didn't know better I'd swear this one is a male. I did add about 20 yellow perch late spring and went by the urogential orifices. Really looked textbook. May have been a mistake! I had another 80 that put in another pond as they didn't look textbook.



Here's the bluegill. I had the flash on with this one which washed it out. Not this light at all.










Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 01/12/15 05:55 AM.
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