Hey guys, just thought I’d introduce myself. My name is nate and I have been a long time lurker. Seems like a pretty good crew around here and I figured it was finally time to join. I spend most of my time in the UP and Northern Lower Peninsula during the ice season. I am absolutely obsessed with fishing the hard water and spend most of my time chasing walleye or the occasional jumbo perch. Here’s to cold temps and hungry fish, I can’t wait! 
Welcome to iDo ntw 
Can’t wait to hear your reports and see some pictures. Good Luck
Welcome to the posting side of IDO Nate
Sounds like you will fit right in with the rest of the “ice heads” here.
Jeff
Welcome aboard Nate. Glad you are participating
Welcome aboard NTW!!! You are right about this being a site full of helpful and informative fellow fishermen.
Welcome aboard!
Welcome, great to have you here
Well apparently I’m not the only one with the itch, that was fast! Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
welcome!
Always good to have another person that can walk on water. Welcome aboard Nate 
welcome to the board, hope to see some reports from your neck of the woods
welcome ntw
Welcome ntw. You’ll find all kinds of members here who like walking on water. 
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Here’s to cold temps and hungry fish, I can’t wait!
Welcome to IDO Nate, come on ice…toast right back at ya
Welcome aboard!
Welcome to the site Nate. This is “ice fishing central”. Look forward to hearing from you. I just got back from the U.P. Did pretty good on smallmouths and a few walleyes.
Right on Jerry! Where did you fish? I have been working in Montana since May and have a walleye itch that really needs to be scratched! I should be home pretty soon to take care of that problem though 
Montana is pretty cool, but there is truly no place like the UP!
Nate:
Great to have you and thanks for joining in. Really looking forward to your reports and pics as that’s truly an area where fishing opportunities abound. Had a chance to explore that area more than 10 years ago now, and wished I’d have explored it more.
Joel
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Right on Jerry! Where did you fish? I have been working in Montana since May and have a walleye itch that really needs to be scratched! I should be home pretty soon to take care of that problem though
We fished Big and Little Bay DeNoc. Biggest walleye was 26 inches but we got a bunch of nice smallmouths. We had two 21 inchers that weighed 6 lbs. each.
I had a feeling that was where you went. Gotta love those huge Lake Michigan smallies!
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Welcome to IDO Nate. Do you have good panfish in the UP? Sunfish or Crappie? I heard a rumor of some tank bluegills coming from that area?
Look forward to hearing some reports from the UP
There is some pretty good perch fishing to be had on bays connected to the great lakes. I primarily fish the eastern UP which is pretty much perch, walleye, and pike waters. There are some pretty big gills on some of the inland lakes but I haven’t spent much time chasing them. I plan on chasing them a little more this year since the daytime walleye bite has died on my favorite lake the last few winters. Hopefully I have a good report or two this winter!
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