kitchy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well, after pulling about 20+ tiny panfish through the ice today I finally landed this pig. A personal best about 14". I let it lay on the ice for a couple of minutes as I contemplated its fate. In all my excitement I picked it up and almost started over to another group fishing so I could show off my prize. I quickly regained my composure and decided that somebody else (including me) needed the opportunity to catch him again. So back down the hole he went. For those interested, I started using waxies, then minnows, and finally caught this on a bloodworm jig. He came off the bottom in about 25 FOW. Marked a bunch from about 6-20' down but they were all dinks. I didn't check the time but I'm guessing it was around 5-5:30pm. By the way, what a beutiful day to be on the ice today. I'll be our again this weekend. Love to hole-hop on these nice days. I definately getting the itch for some late ice perch. P.S. I'm going to take a shot a posting a picture but I haven't done it before. Hope it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritsnham Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Congrats on the fish and the release! Thats the best part about dusk those big crappies might start coming through.Good luck with the picture posting, I wanna see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech~~ Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 kitchy, where do you find those little miro ice scoops like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I know, the ice scoop doesn't really do it justice. I wish I had a tape with but no such luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Drummer Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 you should never let a fish lay on the ice or out of water for any amount of time over the catch pic release or into the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perchking Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice Fish, Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 He was fine. I just pushed him down the hole with my ice scoop and then filled the hole back up with auger slush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice fish kitchy! Persistence pays off. Thanks for releasing that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech~~ Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Jesse, it was pretty warm day so he should have been ok for a minute or two. Freezing of the eye's and gils is the killer for fish, when it's really cold out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vern Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandmannd Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice fish. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks for letting it go! It's a Female too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shack Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 you should never let a fish lay on the ice or out of water for any amount of time over the catch pic release or into the bucket. There is always one Jesse Drummer in the crowd Nice crappie kitchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maros91 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Solid fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigging-matt Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deitz Dittrich Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Congrats on the great fish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey lee Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice catch and its great its still swimming for another to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott K Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice memory, great fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldoggr Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Originally Posted By: Jesse Drummer you should never let a fish lay on the ice or out of water for any amount of time over the catch pic release or into the bucket. There is always one Jesse Drummer in the crowd Nice crappie kitchy Yeah whats up with that, Take the Guys thunder away by criticizing him. Not cool... Kudos on the release. I'd take the pic and get a graphite made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhjr Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Congrats on the nice fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 can't c the pic but congrats on a nice crappie.......it is funny you get critisized for laying it on the ice and then releasing it giving it a chance to survive but no one might have said a thing if you just kept it and made a meal out of it.....again congrats and good for you on the release!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredd Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Good point, Ozzie! Let's all try to be glass half full guys. Nice fish by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Good to see there are some nice ones out there! Nice Fish! CPR is the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnUpTheFishing Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice crappie! im still waiting for my 14"+...I dont think Jesse D was too harsh or anything just pointing out that the quicker you get the fish back the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldoggr Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Nice crappie! im still waiting for my 14"+...I dont think Jesse D was too harsh or anything just pointing out that the quicker you get the fish back the better. Probably True, but you just get some people that want to be the one thats sounds Knowledgable. I'm sure he meant no harm, but I think it didn't need to be said period.Just like those that are so quick to let someone know they posted their thread in the wrong topic area. You know what I mean?Let the Mods do the work, thats why they are Mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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