First Ice fishing trip, Yeah!!!!

I've been itching to get out and we finally did today. Winds were fairly light compared to the last week or so. We decided to go without the tent today and I'm glad we did since it was quite nice out after being cooped up in the house the last little while.

There were at least 15 people on the ice and looked solid. When we drilled the hole we found 5" of good black ice. The local bait shop didn't have minnows so we were using bare slab grabbers and salted minnows on bare hooks. I only marked one fish with my new toy. I had a couple of light hits but no hookups and the same story with Glenn.

The group beside us caught a couple of nice pike as did another group out a little further. They were using live bait which I'm sure would have helped our chances.

It was great to get out again on the ice and our earliest start ever.



Here is my new toy in action....

Glenn fishing....

Our neighbours with one of the pike they caught....

Always nice to get out despite the outcome, lots of the season still to go.

Nice new toy.

Your outing was better than my day at work. I have a new rod and lures that I'm dying to try out. I think you'll be very happy with your new ff once you have it dialed in.

did you fish simcoe?

No but hopefully this coming weekend if things tighten up.

Yeah, need to play with the ff a bit but with only 9 fow, there is only so much you can do. Saw my lure but was getting some clutter sometimes.

Looks good
Looking to get out on Simcoe around port bolster next weekend (weather pending) and try out my new toy also, and get it dialed in. Got the new lowrance elite 4x all season package as an early Christmas present
Stay safe,
Thigh lines !!

FYI. I have the 4x also. Keep the brightness level at 5,6 tops. Any higher and you'll drain the battery quick. I was able to get about 30hrs off one charge using it at that level. I fish in a hut most of the dày so I'm able to run it at 5. Learned the hard way when I turned it up to 10 one time fishing outside. Battery was dead within an hour. No ff for the rest of the day. Bummer! I'm not a caveman you know!

Hey Nicole,
Glad you and Glenn scratched your itch and got to play with the new equipment. Great job on the background blur also Hope to see you guys on the ice soon

Nice! And so the season begins for you two!
Hope we can get together this year again. Simcoe or BOQ, I'm game.
Cheers!

Would definitely like to get together with as many people as we can this season. Always makes for a good time.

BOQ sounds like a great idea if we can get a little M&G going as well. I have a few waypoints but not sure of the currents there so if anyone has more knowledge of the area to set something up would be great.

One of the first things I did was lower the brightness on the FF as I know it kills batteries. We were out for 2 hours and still have over 80% battery left. With these batteries, do you top them up after each outing or just charge when it gets low?

I always charge mine after each outing, which I am sure would help my next outing;-)

Nice Job guys!!

Love how you blurred out the background! Sorry, my wife is a photo nut and she noticed it…lol.

Just a quick Photoshop blur.

This is a small lake and didn't want the masses to invade if they recognized the shoreline.

Would charging the battery numerous times from a partial discharge not shorten the life of the battery?