With limited time and resources, when I get out I really like to catch a few but still haven’t outgrown my weakness for exploring new water and following up hunches, quite often to my own regret. Still, every now and then one of them pays off nicely and I wind up feeling like I know what I’m doing. Last weekend, after a frustrating ice season so far, was just one of those times where it all fell together. A certain lake with an certain mid-lake bar that I’ve never-and I mean never-seen anyone fish had been bugging me for two years. Usually, there’s a reason that you don’t see anyone fishing a piece of structure, especially on a known and somewhat pressured lake; but again sometimes you just have to see for yourself. It was a half mile walk out and a day spent exposed to the wind and sleet/snow without much cover so I could travel light(see: half mile walk); at the end of the day I was soaked and cold and pretty sure I frostbit a couple of digits, but grinning from ear to ear. A mixed bag of crappie and perch, with a couple of bonus ‘eyes that bit well, but made me work just enough to keep it interesting. An 1/8″ gold/green stripe Slender Spoon accounted for all but one perch on a tip-up-even the gills ate it. In the down time between bites I tried everything else, but it finally came down to waiting out the slow windows and hole hopping with the Slender Spoon. I’m fairly new to the spoons, but I’m in love! When the bite was on, it was a blast watching the red marks on the Vex coming rocketing up to meet the spoon on the way down. For me at least, was a glorious day on the ice. Can’t wait to go back!
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