Things are starting to look good. I made it out yesterday. I didnt measure the ice but it’s definitely under 4″. I suppose 2.5. It held me up without cracking or sagging and was super easy to make holes with just a spud. The first ice bite was definitely what I anticipated and a mess of nice gills was easy except for the weather. I fished outside to run and gun so that cold wind was tough. My biggest was 8 3/4. It sure looked huge next to the 8 inchers. I used a new pair of ice cleats and they worked awsome. They look like sandles with screws on bottom. I bought them at Gander. I highly recommend them.
December 4, 2006 at 2:13 pm
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might I add, my house is only about 6 miles away. Anyway, ice was great, i guess around 3.5 inches, but again, this is a shallow, slow current area. I was happy to catch a few with 2 being real nice
The fact is there are so many gills lakes around its not funny. All the lakes around Chisago put out keeper gills. The real challenge is finding bigger than average gills.
Just kidding ya. I agree sunfish can be found rather easily, finding the big ones is more of the challenge. I want to get out, but I’m still pretty busy with the little one.