January 10, 2012

First Ice 2012

This has been the best fall/winter on the river that I can recall in recent memory.  The wet fall of 2011 has produced some beautiful chrome bullets on the end of my line in the river, as well as on the lake.  It really has been superb.

The mild, arguably warm fall has now given way to winter.  Much to my suprise, it's been a mild winter so far.  Unlike last year's never ending blizzard that lasted from November through most of April.  


Winter is by far my least favorite time of year.  With that said, there are some activities that I do enjoy during this season that help to pass the time.  Painting and tying jigs, steelhead fishing in the rivers, downhill skiing, and of course ice fishing.

Several weeks ago we had established enough ice to safely fish.  So I made my way to a lake 40 miles north of here that's known to give up some good numbers of slab crappies. 

I wasn't disappointed with the results!  Check it out.


8 comments:

lambton said...

cool video...looks like fun and some good eatin.
Are you ever home with the Warden?

JBR said...

She actually joins me on many fishing excursions, except to the river.

I caught me a keeper!

themetropioneer.com said...

nice video!

mathewtanfishing said...

Nice one..
I'm from Singapore and where we are, we don't have winter.. It's always great to see different types of fishing around the world but all enjoying the same passion.

Will definitely drop by your blog again :)

The Reverend Fowl ™ said...

I eventually graduated to the smallest diameter auger. The smaller auger is quick and I have never needed anything more than this.

JBR said...

I love the small auger! Makes life easier for sure.

Trotsky said...

That hat camera is awesome!!
Do you guys have this stuff below across the creek?
http://www.canadianfavourites.com/Rocky_Madsen_s_Fish_Crisp_335g_p/rocky001.htm
They Cajun stuff makes those panfish dynamite!
Brian and I will bring you some.

JBR said...

Please do! Never seen the stuff before. I do like to try new batters for deep frying my fish.