Ice fishing for bass today,

pro reel · 12-28-11, 10:07 PM

The weather forecst today was for sunny , mid 50's and low winds. It looked like a perfect day to try some winter pond fishing. Tony and i met at a private pond up North of town. Everey pond around here is open, but we got to this one and it had a glaze of ice on it. I thought it was just a thin skin of ice as the area where i launched the boat brke up easy. As we started to go and got to the ice edge, the boat stopped. The T motor would not go at all. The Ice was almost 3/8 inch thick there. We almost gave it up, but there was an open area in the middle of the lake so i fired up the outboard and started breaking ice. At an idle speed, the little fibergalls boat cracked and broke a path through the ice out to the open water. I have a few new scratch's in the pait but the ice didn't hurt the boat, thankfully. On my firts cast with a 78 pointer jerkbiat, i caught a chunky little 14 inch bass. I thought it was game on but it looked like that was the first cast jinx. Didn't catch another all day. LOL. To get more open water, we spent a good hour using the boat to break ise and then turning circles to make waves to crack the ice and wash it away. We got most of it open but still couldn't find active fish. Tony finally caught a little crappie on a jerk bait and then not long before we were ready to call it a day he caught a fiesty bass just a bit bigger than mine. All in all, it was a good day, a little chilly but not to bad.

Tavery5 · 12-28-11, 10:42 PM

I had a blast, it was almost as fun watching Kevin pilot his little boat around the lake breaking up ice as it was fishing. All in all a great day of fishing with a good friend.

Bassboss · 12-28-11, 11:12 PM

That aint ice fishin... this is ice fishin!

But for real, looks like a darn good day for almost January!

lilmule · 12-29-11, 08:43 AM

I tried ice fishing once,tried for three days to cut a hole in the ice big enuff to float the boat an gave up.
Fortunately here only ice I can find is generally in a glass.

keithdog · 12-30-11, 05:22 PM

That must have been good for a chuckle breaking through the ice like that. Good memories for sure!

carolina-rig-01 · 12-31-11, 03:04 AM

I broke ice one time in the Ranger I used to have. It gave me the willys listening to the ice break as the boat was crushing it but luckily it wasn't very thick and other than messing up a temp sensor on the motor we didn't do any damage to the boat. However we didn't do much damage to the fish either lol.

Glad you guys got out and figured out a way to make it work.

12-28-11, 10:07 PM	#1
pro reel BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 761	Ice fishing for bass today, The weather forecst today was for sunny , mid 50's and low winds. It looked like a perfect day to try some winter pond fishing. Tony and i met at a private pond up North of town. Everey pond around here is open, but we got to this one and it had a glaze of ice on it. I thought it was just a thin skin of ice as the area where i launched the boat brke up easy. As we started to go and got to the ice edge, the boat stopped. The T motor would not go at all. The Ice was almost 3/8 inch thick there. We almost gave it up, but there was an open area in the middle of the lake so i fired up the outboard and started breaking ice. At an idle speed, the little fibergalls boat cracked and broke a path through the ice out to the open water. I have a few new scratch's in the pait but the ice didn't hurt the boat, thankfully. On my firts cast with a 78 pointer jerkbiat, i caught a chunky little 14 inch bass. I thought it was game on but it looked like that was the first cast jinx. Didn't catch another all day. LOL. To get more open water, we spent a good hour using the boat to break ise and then turning circles to make waves to crack the ice and wash it away. We got most of it open but still couldn't find active fish. Tony finally caught a little crappie on a jerk bait and then not long before we were ready to call it a day he caught a fiesty bass just a bit bigger than mine. All in all, it was a good day, a little chilly but not to bad. Attached Thumbnails

12-28-11, 10:42 PM	#2
Tavery5 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,427	I had a blast, it was almost as fun watching Kevin pilot his little boat around the lake breaking up ice as it was fishing. All in all a great day of fishing with a good friend. __________________ They call me Ishmael

12-28-11, 11:12 PM	#3
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	That aint ice fishin... this is ice fishin! But for real, looks like a darn good day for almost January! Attached Thumbnails __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

12-30-11, 05:22 PM	#5
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	That must have been good for a chuckle breaking through the ice like that. Good memories for sure! __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

12-31-11, 03:04 AM	#6
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	I broke ice one time in the Ranger I used to have. It gave me the willys listening to the ice break as the boat was crushing it but luckily it wasn't very thick and other than messing up a temp sensor on the motor we didn't do any damage to the boat. However we didn't do much damage to the fish either lol. Glad you guys got out and figured out a way to make it work. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

12-29-11, 08:43 AM	#4
lilmule BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buchanan,Tn Posts: 2,685	I tried ice fishing once,tried for three days to cut a hole in the ice big enuff to float the boat an gave up. Fortunately here only ice I can find is generally in a glass.

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