Hit 3 spots today. Caught 2 fish. Tried everything known to mankind on the business end. Pulled marks okay but that was about it. Real case of lock jaw syndrome. Even treked 3/4 of mile through not quite knee deep snow to an old beaver den in a sliver chute off the main channel. Have caught my share of fish in there when the January blues set in but not today. Hope others faired a little better than I……
I hear you bret, managed only 4 keepers all day. caught alot of small fish but the bigguns were not willing. I tried about 15 differant things with little luck. I know the big fish are there but like you said lockjaw set in. It can only get better I hope. dan
Fished yesterday 11:00-5:30 had 6 lots of marks not many takers. same thing with trying many methods and jigs. thought maybe today would be better.
ALL day, three different spots, marked two fish, caught nothing. On the flip side, it was a great day to be out, great company, fun watching eagles grab dying shad in the pools. Big moon tonight to boot! 
Sounds like I picked a good day to go awol. 
Walleye slacked off today , too. Three keepers, I guess we probably caught about 20 dinks in the last three hours before dark..only one nice perch. Mostly jig fish, 
the live bait rigs and tip-ups were more of a nuisance than help. A couple of the guys out where you saw them the other day caught a small bunch of eater saugers…they were so leary of the ice thickness they spudded across, because they didn’t want to pull the sled out with the four wheeler, I think the next week plan should be a winner.
This makes feel a little better now. I fished a spot that has been producing nice sized gills for me all winter until the last week. I caught quite a few fish today but like everyone else I managed only three keepers in four hours of fishing. I didn’t move much but threw the whole tackle box at them in hopes of bigger fish. A sunburst colored Lil’ Cecil was my best bait along with a dark blue Demon jigging spoon.
Now I don’t feel so bad after yesterday. 
Bret and I found lots of dinks up by the dam until I left about 10:30 to do my “honey do” list so I can go again today. 
There should be a good year class coming up though of 9-12″ eyes and saugers because there are lots of them and they are healthy looking too – they’ve been eating well. 
Full moon period. Early/late/ and nite bite. 
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Full moon period. Early/late/ and nite bite.
I was at the dam before light and after light and only iced two keeper fish out of at least 30 some caught…….that makes for a day and a half of fishing 
Slept in this morning and now I feel rejuvenated and looking forward to the evening ice once again…see ya a little after noon Mike 
You picked a great day to go awol Jeff.
It was so tough yesterday that today I decided to give the fish until next weekend to figure it out again. That will teach em 
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