Another good trip

[CaptSpike]

Well we checked option 1 from last week and it was solid! We ventured on the trek out, a nice easy walk. I drilled a bunch of holes while my buddy Marked pulled out his vex. He settled into the first hole. I was not as fortunate. Mark had a pretty good bite going while I was still searching for a hot hole. I ended up finding a decent one. It produced two 2+lb bass (not my target species but fun)and some white perch. Then Mark yelled over to me he had something big on. I ran over to see he had a large pickerel at the hole. He got the head into the hole but I was unable to get the fish in before his line broke and he lost his hot lure. I joked about how he could get it back if he caught the fish again. As I went back to my hole I had a looker. I jigged once and my rod doubled over. I know had a huge fish on. It was my lightest action rod to boot. After a few minutes of drag runs and line reeling we speculated it could be that pic and Mark would get his lure back. Well that was not the case. As the fish swam past the hole we saw a huge head of a large mouth. I was able to get the head into the hole and Mark lipped it. A couple quick pictures and back it went. We didn't get bothered anymore after that with untargeted species, lol. The bite died where we were so we made a short move. Checking holes showed nothing there. I dropped down and my screen lit up. We finished the day here moving to a few of the holes we had drilled. The bite slowed there and just as we started to pack it in it lit up again. I finished my limit and Mark called it a short time later. We were able to get the fish to our buddy Dana as I had to travel south in the afternoon and Mark had his fill of cleaning last week. Dana was excited to get the fish to say the least. I was suppose to get out tomorrow morning but canceled as my hip was killing me after all the driving/riding I did today. If I feel better tomorrow I may sneak out in the afternoon.

Next week is frigid temps. So everywhere should be locked up and fishable next weekend. Not sure what we are doing on the first but we will be fishing somewhere.

Spike

[Dylan8351]

Nice! Can't wait until the ice options are open and people spread out! Getting packed out there!