Another great day on the ice!!

[DTro]

Myself, Aanderud, da_chise31, and wastewaterguru ventured out in search of some ice whiskered kitties this weekend.

The weather was great, the ice condition was great, and the fish were hungry and ready to play.

Just a fun day on the ice!

We decided to pack'er in and save some gas $. Boy did we ever, with 4 guys, two full size houses and 2 sleds.

The fish were waiting for us when we got there, and continued right up until we decided to leave.

Thanks for the fun time guys!

[Knickpoint]

Looks like a riot!

[Scott Wpg]

"How do we leave when the bites so good?" lol, ya - the universal dilemma that has got how many of us in trouble with our wives?!

Does that ever look like fun, great video!

[Shack]

Yep, got to go on a none work day/night

You stay way later than you should

Plus crappies like the after sun down time

Looks like a good time guys. Thanks for sharing

[aanderud]

Nice video Darren. Man, what a good time. Gotta love the early bite up there. I probably won't get up there again for a couple weeks. Argh. We'll see.

[CrowRiverRat83]

Now that looks like fun! Great report and vid.

[Scott M]

Nice vid dtro. Had a blast fishing with you guys, we'll have to do it again. It looks like you guys were also using the ninja bite detection technique...see a rod tip twitch or a bobber shimmy and you give 'em the onion as fast as human reaction allows!

[frogtosser]

I ended up out there also last night, and thanks to a couple tips from dtro we had a successful night as well. We didnt catch quite as many as they did but we sure had fun. Next time I am going to stay later. Thanks guys for the help and what kind of lights were u using in your house dtro, they were very bright.

[DTro]

nice seeing you out there Frog. Glad we could pass on a couple of tips and you were able to catch a few.

As far as the lights, lets just say it was a mishmash of various LED lights strategically placed to try and get some decent video. The main lights were some cheap phillips LED x-mas lights. Then we had a couple of LED headlamps hanging up there, and also 1 UFO light. It started at 2 UFO lights, but 1 found the hole

[Eric Wettschreck]

Looks like a great time fellas!!!!

[DTro]

I tell ya what, for anyone that just enjoys going out and having fun and catching fish that put up a huge battle under the ice, this is the way to go.

Where else can a small group say they caught a few dozen fish over 20” in a few hours? For me it’s all about the good times and the fight of the fish, not the species that comes through the hole.

Not only that, you can keep a few every now and then for a meal.

[SkinnyVinny05]

dtro, this looks like a great time! I used to live in Texas and catch Cats all the time. I have never seen a video like this, looks like a blast! Would you mind telling me what lake this is? I don't want any secret spots or anything(unless you want to give them up haha) also how much ice where you on?

[DTro]

dtro, this looks like a great time! I used to live in Texas and catch Cats all the time. I have never seen a video like this, looks like a blast! Would you mind telling me what lake this is? I don't want any secret spots or anything(unless you want to give them up haha) also how much ice where you on?

I would suggest attending the Cool Cats event this year.

Here is the discussion from last year:

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1624077/Cool_Cats_2009#Post1624077

[wastewaterguru]

Good times fellas.

The ninja skills must be honed for next time.

[silverbulletguy]

Looks like a good time. I have to say I recognize Aanderud. Went to same high school 1 year ahead of you. Played some baseball with you.

Give a heads up next time you're planning a trip up to the chain and maybe I can head out that way and learn "cattin" from the pros.