Craigums Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Well I went out on saturday with my dad and his buddy from high school. We were in his permanent ice shack and watched the football game while getting into some slabs. We used crappie minnows on small jigs and red hooks under a bobber. We were in a 40 foot hole on the middle of the lake. Here is a picture of an 11 and a 12 incher. Then on sunday I went out in the evening with my two buddys on a new lake, I had no lake map either. So I just found a little inside corner of the shoreline that I liked next to some submerged trees that were partially out of the ice. My marcum red like we were on the dead sea until 4:20 hit, then it was fast and ferious for close to an hour. We were in about 13 feet of water using small jigs tipped with larva. My buddy got his first ever fish through the ice at the age of 25, I hope he had as much fun as I did. Here is a couple nice sunfish that we managed. Sorry about the picture quality, on both outings I forgot my camera and had to use the camera on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatfixer Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Heres one of my twin boys with a decent crappie. Its actually from last year,but, I was trying to upload an avatar, and it told me that it was the wrong type of photo? So I thought I would try it on this thread. This way seems to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackaddict9 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Quote: I was trying to upload an avatar, and it told me that it was the wrong type of photo? So I thought I would try it on this thread. This way seems to work. Yeah I had that problem recently until I tried all img/url codes from Photobucket and it was the first URL code under the pic that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatfixer Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thanks Quackaddict! I had to use the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackaddict9 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 no problem, glad you figured it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldoggr Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Awsome pics Corey, makes me wish i was on the ice right now, instead of doing laundry and reading about ice fishing on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Bechtold Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I don't know if fishing would be too much fun right now with the extreme cold we are having. Maybe one day I will get one of those big cushy houses so I cam camp out on the lake. Good luck, Corey Bechtold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldoggr Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Been out in Colder weather then this. and I still was able to strip down to a T-shirt inside my Otter Lodge. It just gets frosty on the canvas is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hudson Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Been rocking on a pretty good crappie bite lately.. Basin style.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Otter Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Very nice Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey lee Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I agree, those are some dandy crappies Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherdog19 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Them some nice slabs; sure do get my blood rushing. It's been almost a week since I've been out and I'm having withdrawls but I may have to suck it in. My wife agreed to let me get a sled, so I'm picking up my first on Tuesday, a nice 2up 4 stroke Arctic Cat T660. I promised to finish the painting in the house and put in the fireplace before I got to use it so I'll have to get crackin. Isn't it a shame what's needed to get me motivated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerchPounder Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 These made it well worth going out when it was -13 this morning. Hopefully they'll be back in there tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Nice, very nice! Cold weather shutdown of the fish? Not according to that photo.I got to get out on the ice, and get me a few for a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Bechtold Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Originally Posted By: PerchPounder Hopefully they'll be back in there tomorrow. Unless you left them on the Ice chances are that those fish will not be there tomorrow. Nice fishies, Corey Bechtold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerchPounder Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I knew that "those" fish werent going to be there but there were others and they seemed much pickier today than usual we did manage to get 30 more today. fish for supper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muc33 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 you da man pounder, you da man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyfideldy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Was out fishing crappies when this Bull gill grabbed my minnow. After I pulled this one up through the hole I tried hard to catch more gills, but only crappies would bite. Guess the rumor of big gills in the lake are true. Now if I could find more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerchPounder Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Wow! nice fish. what did it measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyfideldy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It measured just under 10" but had some massive shoulders. All my buddies agreed that the fish looked larger then it actually measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Bechtold Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 That's a beast of a Gill! Congratulations,Corey Bechtold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherdog19 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 That's a very nice gill, hopefully you can find where thier holding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Johnson Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Great looking gill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hudson Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Awesome bull... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superseal Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hope you guys don't mind an Indiana gill on here. I caught this yesterday in a northern Indiana lake. 11 inches and 10 1/4 inch girth. He was photographed and released. These big gills are rare...I had to do it. Now for a bigger one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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