FINALLY, I got to go ice fishing!!!!!!!!!!

Today, Mike/HOF and I went ice fishing near Wabasha in the backwaters. It was a long wait, but worth it. Did very well. Easily caught and kept each a limit and not a one was smaller then 8 inches. NICE BLUEGILLS.
In about 3 to 4 feet of water. Ice is a GOOD 8
inches. Mike used a white tear drop tipped with a waxie and I used a purple Ratso also tipped with a waxie.
They were hanging real tight to the bottom. So tight that there were a couple times when my line went slack, I thought I had reached the bottom, only to feel weight when I lifted to start my descent all over again. Mike kept murmuring all day, “lite bite, lite bite”.
He was right. I stopped watching my spring bobber altogether and starting concentrating on line ticks, twitches, sideways movement and slack line. Funny how an 8 1/2 inche bluegill can take your bait and never move a spring bobber. We ended the day by coming back to Rochester and fishing Foster. I got two bites, Mike got two bites and he caught a 10 incher. We only gave that an hour shot. Flashy spoon type jigs and minnows is supposed to be what is working there.
OK, good reports coming in so get out
there.

Thanks for the report Bud. Glad to see you get out there. Like wow, 8 inches of ice already in the backwaters hey! Ice is a makin! Mike Fischer at HOF said today that alot of people were heading out to Fosters and to Wabasha today when I stopped in there. There were quite a few out there at Fosters. Jigs and minnows caught fish. I bet you are ready to go again hey. Hopefully the three of us can get together next Sunday for some ice fishin.
Thanks, Bill

Hey Ron, rumor has it that you have the whole week off to go ice fishing. Must be rough hey. Does that mean you will be sharing where the hot bites are all week? I would imagine that Mike/HOF will spend less time at work and more time on the ice too knowing him. You guys have fun while the rest of us slay away at work.

Thanks, Bill

Bill, yep all week off, however the better half also took the entire week off. So it is going to be one of those deals where I live from one day to the next and accomodate her whims.