Cold morning

Had about 1/2" of ice on the surface of a bucket with water in it and frost everywhere on the ground...bring on the ice But not so quick. It's getting warm again. And no ice on the lake of course...water is still too warm (I can wade in up to my knees without feeling too cold).
Head out a bit later today because it's hard getting up early and even harder to get up to head out in sub-zero temps. It was still just a tad under 0oC when I arrived at a boat "launch" even closer to where I live but the "launch" was more challenging...being not a launch but just an access point. 2 min. to launch, 15 min. to launch and get set up, 15 min. to first fishing spot (beautiful calm, sunny morning with lots of mist on the water and covering some small islands). Marked a bunch of fish on the way out (most were suspended in the middle of the water column....noted the locations, depths, etc.). First two spots had few good marks and one good one was a good chaser but no hit. Puttered around the third spot looking for a hole that was suppose to be the depth I was looking for but couldn't find it anywhere but had some marks so tried. Another couple of chasers before missing a short hit and then right after that, hooked and landed a WF (21"). Missing another even shorter bite. Also hooked someone's water intake line way out in 40' of water (thought I had a laker one with that weight - was able to pull it up high enough and shake the hook off so save my lure as well as no damage to the line). had to head home after that. But glad to find another spot where I can catch WF. Although, more work is still needed to find more consistent marks, no complaints with catching a fish in a new spot an only fishing for less than 2 hours. Another female with eggs and not spawned yet.

Again beautiful whitefish

Yup, that will taste good.

Nice whitefish. Curious what you do with the eggs? I know they are a delicacy in some indigenous communities.

No net issues this time

I've also heard they were good to eat but I have no idea what to do with them and haven't had the courage to try. So as of now, they have been going to waste. I would love to hear what you or others may do with them (and unless it's easy and still sound tasty, I will likely not try them)

Enjoyed you informative report!

I’ve really been enjoying your reports and success. Keep up the good work!

Water intake at 40 feet - WTF. Makes no sense unless it basically drops to that depth very rapidly right from shore.

Congrats on the Fish!

Thanks. That's what I thought. It does drop off quickly there but I was still a good distance away from the shoreline and so there was really no need to get that line out there but it's none of my business (it was a pretty fancy property with a very nice boat house).