any good onalaska reports?

Good reports? not really…REELGUY and I started off around 9:45a.m yesterday morning on fisherman’s road…we didn’t even see a fish for an hour and a half. We were moving all over w/no luck at all. Then we moved out into deeper water and managed to catch a 3″ bass and a perch. We were fishing a drop off next to a weed bed.

After RG left, I stayed out for a bit and actually moved out into even deeper water (about 8ft). I got into a major school of perch. They were holding on the bottom and were hitting jigs and waxies and minnows. Ended up catching about 25 perch, and a few sunnies..nothing real big….but good action.

Nobody else seemed to be having much luck either.

Fished by the runway lights pretty much all day today. Tip-ups produced no flags. I am sure this is due to the many shad still around right now. This afternoon we finally found some active gills. The good bite started around 2 o’clock. While we did not hammer them, they were pretty aggressive. We could get a few fish per hole than have to move to a different hole. This produced the best success. I used a purple rat finky tipped with a waxie. Also a few came to a chartreuse teardrop w/waxie. There were several people catching fish, just not big numbers. Ice was around 13 inches and driveable. Most people left early, I suppose the game influenced them, LOL. Anyway, I am not sure how the next cold front will affect the bite. It seems just when it starts to get good, the weather makes a big change .

And, Slop Bass… Thanks again for my very first mississippi Ice fishing advanture. The hospitality was generous and the company was enjoyable – Thanks!

I have to say, I have NEVER caught a bass under 5″… the 3″ was quite the fighter!

Curious question for the bass afficianodos ou there… shouldn’t yearling bass be BIGGER than 3 inches?

PS. Hope you didn’t eat all those homemade cookies my wife made you in ONE DAY!