The Last Ice Fishing Trip Of 07...Maybe
This weekend I talked Brother Bruce into going ice fishing one last time this year. We thought there were others that we had promised to take and would ask them, when all had been asked it was just us two. Away we went to the Lake Of The Woods, hoping to get into the end of the season walleyes. March can be a great time up there but it was one of those “you should have been here yesterday” kind of weekends. We struggled but caught a lot of small eyes Friday night and Saturday morning. Bruce decided to take a tour and see if anyone was catching any fish. We were catching more than most, but a few houses had been near the inner gap of Pine Island and saw some big fish caught. A kid at Morris point had caught a 30” walleye that went 10 pounds 3 ounces. At about 3 PM we lifted the house to move to the gap. We must have been late because there were already 15-20 groups set up already. We found an empty area and set up.
We saw fish immediately and were jigging our butts off without success. When they did start biting they were the same size as we saw earlier….SH!T….At about 6 o’clock Bruce shouted I’ve got a big one!! Fifteen minutes later he pulled up a 26” eye….WGT BRO!! I caught 1 other eater of about 15 inches and that was it for the night bite. Off to the bar we went and watch the final WCHA game…..GO GOPHERS!! Sorry Josie UND lost. I really was looking forward to the party, maybe next year. Sunday morning the fishermen showed up before dawn. With a few groans and a couple of OH SH!TS we got up and started fishing. I caught 2 small ones right away then I hooked into an 18” eye. We got one more for the bucket then it was over. An hour later we packed up and left, it was nice to get home at a decent hour. We got stopped 2 times when fishermen saw the FOR SALE signs on the house. There is some interest out there, it may sell yet. That was probably Bruce’s last ice fishing trip of the season. I hope to sneak up to Red Lake one more time. Enjoy the few pics I took and watch the video of Bruce’s big eye.
Later..Possibly with a few more ice fishing pics,
Steelheader
We saw fish immediately and were jigging our butts off without success. When they did start biting they were the same size as we saw earlier….SH!T….At about 6 o’clock Bruce shouted I’ve got a big one!! Fifteen minutes later he pulled up a 26” eye….WGT BRO!! I caught 1 other eater of about 15 inches and that was it for the night bite. Off to the bar we went and watch the final WCHA game…..GO GOPHERS!! Sorry Josie UND lost. I really was looking forward to the party, maybe next year. Sunday morning the fishermen showed up before dawn. With a few groans and a couple of OH SH!TS we got up and started fishing. I caught 2 small ones right away then I hooked into an 18” eye. We got one more for the bucket then it was over. An hour later we packed up and left, it was nice to get home at a decent hour. We got stopped 2 times when fishermen saw the FOR SALE signs on the house. There is some interest out there, it may sell yet. That was probably Bruce’s last ice fishing trip of the season. I hope to sneak up to Red Lake one more time. Enjoy the few pics I took and watch the video of Bruce’s big eye.
Later..Possibly with a few more ice fishing pics,
Steelheader
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