Northern Oakland County

[JWheeler]

Had the pleasure to be invited to a private lake, that one of my partners at the office lives on, to fish. We fished it about a month ago, and had good action.

I made my way to the same spot from a month ago, and one hole drilled and I was putting fish on the ice.

Had a fun day of fishing with the guys from the office that are just getting started.

I put my limit of gills on the ice, most came on waxies on a blue halis and the rest came on a yellow / orange tear drop.

As the morning bite tapered off I put the vex back to use. What I saw was that the fish were there, but not as active. I brought my lures up from close to the bottom, up off the bottom 5-6', only in 10 fow. Shortly after doing this the screen lit up from the top down. They were biting light, but with a fast hand I continued to put them on the ice.

Good weather, good fishing.

Now we'll see what this warm up does to the ice, hopefully it will stick around for a bit.

Good luck & be safe out there

[Priority1]

Wheels, GJ on the ice. GJ adapting after the bite slowed to continue the action.

[DIRTY DOG]

Great job mr. Wheeler, sure would be nice to get some good ice around here this yr.

[mattmishler]

Great job mr. Wheeler, sure would be nice to get some good ice around here this yr.

Ill try to have mother nature send some down, im getting tried of drilling threw 12-14 inches for one hole.:lol:

[JWheeler]

Ill try to have mother nature send some down, im getting tried of drilling threw 12-14 inches for one hole.:lol:

7-10" on this ice. I was happy to have the power auger making swiss cheese of the ice, as I know my lazy bones would get tired out drilling by hand.....

[EdB]

Nice job Jason! We have minimal ice on our lake west of you. Been 2-4 inches all season, just when I start thinking of putting my shanty out, it warms up and we lose a couple inches. Looks like it won't happen this winter.

[JWheeler]

Nice job Jason! We have minimal ice on our lake west of you. Been 2-4 inches all season, just when I start thinking of putting my shanty out, it warms up and we lose a couple inches. Looks like it won't happen this winter.

I took the snowmobile with me, which was fine with that kind of ice. But with this 2nd warm up, next time I'll be on foot and spudding about until I have a good idea how the ice is. It sure has been a crazy winter AGAIN. There is another lake SW of me that I really want to get on for the crappie, but I'm reluctant as it's deep and there is a stream that flows into it.

[DIRTY DOG]

Ill try to have mother nature send some down, im getting tried of drilling threw 12-14 inches for one hole.:lol:

Send it on down Matt, I getting sick of catching steel head, been on the a great yr again.