Todays catch 10/18/16

[princecraft]

Got out this morning in the wind and really didn't have a good feeling that I was going to catch many fish.  I caught this limit of gills in 28 - 31 FOW.  You would never guess what I caught them on?  Crickets.  Water temp was 64 degrees.  Biggest gill was 9 3/4.

[bigr]

bet that was fun pulling them up from that depth. Were you using an ice pole for the practice.

[princecraft]

bet that was fun pulling them up from that depth. Were you using an ice pole for the practice.

Not really an ice rod, but a 40 year old 5 ft. ultralight.  Bought 2 of them over 40 years ago with real small shimano reels and still have both of them to this day.

[tater140]

Nice catch.... it's fun pulling them up from those depths, they do the circle all the way up.

[Fishermantim]

Yeah, they do tend to come up in a spiral.
Because of their action on the line I have done lots of ice fishing in recent years primarily for panfish.
Doesn't require a whole lot of gear and can pay off with some unexpected catches!