The ”Boy Scouts Ice Team” was on Willow Creek Reservior today catching sunfish in the sun and having a fun time doing so. This young man [in the first pic] was a very ”hot stik ice angler” today.
I met Mike from Hooked On Fishing and RHW at the landing and then drilled a bunch of holes before they got there so they could start fishing right away once they were on the ice. With all the fishing pressure a few more holes were added which seemed to be the best holes for fish. The depths everyone caught fish at ranged from 7ft to 17ft. Some of the fish were tight to the bottom so keeping the jig just above bottom worked well. At times the fish would rise above bottom so raising the jig up to the fish caught fish. This is where a good quality flasher like a Vexilar or Marcum flasher comes in real handy.
Sunfish were the target for the day and the Scouts went right to the holes to catch some fish. Jigs with waxies were the techniques used to ice some fish. Jumping from hole to hole with the Vexilars and Marcums and raising or lowering your bait to the fish worked great. Just wish we had more flashers to go around for all the kids. They sure helped to catch them.
As always the fishing time goes by so fast and I wish they could of stayed ALOT longer as it was alot of fun fishing with them. Thanks guys for coming and All of us older guys sure look forward to doing this again. Next time please allow alot more time as you boys were sure alot of fun to fish with. Thanks for a great fun day. And I want to say Thanks to all who helped out. It was real nice meeting everyone.
Thanks, Bill
Another angler with a fish.
”THANKS” for a really fun day guys. Was sure nice meeting everyone. Keep fishin!
Thanks, Bill
Thats great my son is a scout and I have thought about taking his troop out. Thanks for giving the scouts an experience thatsome may never have had.
It looks like they had a good time by the smiles on thier faces Bill, the older guys taking the younger guys out fishing, looks like a pretty nice day.
Bill, Sure was nice to meet ya.
The boys sure had a good day on the ice, Most everyone caught fish, & the smiles on there faces is worth a million $$$$$ Take care & good fishin Doug
Was very nice meeting you and others.
Was a great day to be out fishing. 
Thanks, Bill
Well if they would let me drive my truck right to the lake, ill take them out on game haven and show them how to catch bass through ice more then you get sunnies!
nice pictures looks like everyone had a good time. did you get any bass while there?
Great Report.
That’s an awful lot of SMILES
Did that with the troop I was with. The trip was also the last part of the kids fishing merit badge. They also each had to clean one of the fish cook it and eat it, which we also did out on the ice. Terry
Simply awesome!!
Great job on getting the kids on fish Bill
This was an effort on several guys getting them on fish. Have to ”Thank” HOF, RHW, Mr Musky, Justin and Uncle Grump and anyone else I may have forgotten too. We ALL did our share and ALL had alot of fun doing it. Thanks guys for making this a great fun day for everyone. Wayyyyyyy to short though. Next time it needs to be alot longerrrrrrrrrr time on the ice.
Thanks, Bill