Farm Pond Ice Fishing

  • jason-cyboron
    Lincoln, NE
    Posts: 487
    January 22, 2007 at 5:37 pm #1310381

    We hit our farm pond near Boelus Nebraska for some ice fishing Saturday. We got started around noon and had pretty solid action right up until we left around 3:30pm. Some pretty heavy snow started to fall around 2 pm or so. We caught close to 70 bluegill, a crappie and a 3lb bass. The one thing we forgot when we left was the camera so I don’t have any good pictures to show. The ones that turned out on my phone weren’t that great. The ones of us holding up a couple fish ended up blurry. I’ve attached a decent photo I took just before we left so you can see what it was like out there.

    The ice ranged from 8 inches to over 12″ thick and was covered with around 4″ of snow. All the fish came on wax worms. We fish 8 to 10 foot deep water and all the fish were caught at 3 to 4 feet deep. It wasn’t too long that we figured out they were only hitting the jigs with green on them. We had 2 jigs that were green with black spots that out produced all the others. We just wish we could have gotten into more crappie.

    Jason

    zachary fries
    Central Nebraska
    Posts: 1435
    January 22, 2007 at 5:42 pm #525957

    It stinks that I was out of town this weekend but next time you come back I will be ready Looks like a great afternoon out on the ice

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    January 22, 2007 at 5:47 pm #525964

    Jason, Thanks for the report. I’ll bet you were wishing you were casting plastics and topwaters! It’s only January and I’m already beggin’ for open water.

    Ben Garver
    Hickman, Nebraska
    Posts: 3149
    January 22, 2007 at 6:14 pm #525982

    Thanks for the report Jason. Maybe we can get together on the ice here around Lincoln in the next week or two.

    Quote:

    It’s only January and I’m already beggin’ for open water.

    How dare you say such a thing Wade. We missed you this weekend.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    January 22, 2007 at 10:09 pm #526099

    Quote:

    How dare you say such a thing Wade. We missed you this weekend.

    Yea, I missed out. Sudden change in plans!

    I still think ice is for cocktails and not for fishing, but I’m willing to get out on the hard water a few times a year just to help me get through winter.

    walleye4
    On the Water
    Posts: 368
    January 23, 2007 at 7:44 am #526340

    Wish my ponds would have been safe enough!

    zachary fries
    Central Nebraska
    Posts: 1435
    January 23, 2007 at 2:07 pm #526370

    That is exactly how I feel Wade

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