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How many of you guys have ever ice fished? Here in Iowa we have little choice this time of year.
Normally we just go after the small fish like bluegills and crappies. They are really good eating this time of year and stay nice and fresh till you are ready to fillet them out.
Some of the guys spend allot of money on everything from power augers to ice shelters but to get started you really only need a cheap ice rod, a hand auger to drill through the ice and a few small jigs and a pocket full of wax worms or other bait. Just curious on how many on this site have ever tried it or might still do it. Keepfishn4fun!

I do a little ice fishing.....

Some more ice fishing.............
It was a great day today.
Warm...somewhat sloppy ,but warm nonethe less which was great for getting the ole Man out on the ice.
I bought him a pretty decent new rod and reel for Christmas and I mounted a spring for him plus added a 100th oz jig so he was all ready for fishing.

It's been awhile since he was out so I worked with him for a bit on lifting those slabs.
He got dialed in and away he went.

We did a number on them right off of the get go.
He missed a few and caught 1 without knowing but all in all it was a great time .

I can never repay him enough so I try to stay patient while he trys to do what we do.
It's kinda new to him but he gives it his best shot.
Each year we sorta start all over again ,but if I can keep him out there for a few days he get's right back into the swing of things.

I'll admit it was a tough s.o.b. out there.
We had to work the fish,but they came.
That's one thing Dad's got....patients.When things are tough he's not one to cut and run.
It was sorta challenging to get him to run the camera.
Again patients.
Here's a few pics.




My good friend Rick was out today as well with the boys.
Guys don't get made any nicer in my book.

Took a few shots today of him and his sons for Rick's blog and realty website.

He should be joining our forum and posting a thread on what's going on over in his world.
He's married to LeAnn who is also sweet gal.
Here's Rick's boys.
We did a few shots as well.
You'll notice one is highlighting Tom's fishouses that are for rent on BSL.
Tom's rates are reasonable...call him and say CK sent you.




Nothing else to report so it's back to the vice for this cat.
I will say that we dropped to small baits today and lifted the slabs about 3 foot off of the bottom.
Caught 1 for every 10 that we could even get to move.
Later guys....hitting it in the A.M if there's not too much ice on the road.
Thanks Rick for taking this super pic!