Headed out with Jay D, our buddy Geoff and my brother Eric this morning. Got on a bunch of dink perch and i managed a snake on a tip up. Pretty uneventful first half of the day. Jay and Geoff headed for home and my brother and i regrouped and did some scouting. Hit a canal after lunch and got into em pretty good. I fished 4 holes all afternoon and i took all my fish outta two of them. I ended up with my 25 and released many more. My brother had some trouble getting on em despite sitting right next to me(why does it work like that?), but eventually sat down in a decent hole and iced quite a few. I think he had 10-12 keepers and tossed back quite a few. Ended up keeping 30 some gills between us. Fun day, and a great way to start the ice season.
Note the pics of Jay on ice...That dont happen too much...Had some coaxing to do to get the trolling fly off. I told him there werent any kings, steelies or ho's in there. After a fit, we got him calmed down and on the lake.