Splake day

Greetings,
My friend and I were lucky enough to spend a few hours on the hard water the other day. We keep two and tossed back about 8 smaller splake.
It was a little unnerving when walking there was 1 inch of ice then water then solid ice. I don't think I will ever get used to that...

Great colour and even better as fish tacos.

Mmmmmmmm…splake

Unmistakable meat… delicious

Really cool picture with the ice and sky.

Those fillets look yummy!!
That type of ice is nerve wracking to walk on… a real sphincter tightening experience.

great looking fish. I couldn't agree more about the ice. I did that once, top ice just hard enough that it took some pressure to break than the fear you would keep going.

Like this! slush layer in between. A little spooky late season.

Yup...that was us up here last week at one point. Then I saw a dark area and decided to use the spud to test....that one went all the way in. Usually I don't get too scared of those conditions once I know I am not going past a few inches, but after that darker spot, I was a bit tense and went a bit more slowly and kept an eye out a bit more.

Drain holes are the the real hazard this time of year. And now we got 2” snow last night to hide it all.

I was on a lake last week that had 2 layers of refrozen slush with 2 layers of water in between. By the mid afternoon you were breaking through the first, but never the second. Would you mind sharing what you were using ??? Minnows ??? I got skunked so was just wondering what I need to UP my game
ROOK

just a beautifull spot and yummy splake....worth it