We just got in from two days of fishing the Belleville area again. We had a great time last weekend and wanted to get back out and get that big one back or at least have hubby catch an ice walleye. Fishsniffer also wanted to bring the gf out for some eyes so we made a weekend of it. The drive here was much better than last weekend and made good time. Meet up at the hotel and had lunch before heading out on the ice.
Got to the access just after 2pm and met up with admin since he was in the Kingston area and was able to slip out for a few hours fishing. We headed out to the spot and luckily the walk was so much better than last Saturday. Things have tightened up nice and also lots of bare patches. We all got set up and started fishing. It seemed only one hole was showing any activity on the sonar and it was Jerry's. After a couple hours Jerry had one perch and the rest nothing. The sun was starting to set so we headed into the huts and then I caught my first fish. "WALLEYE" and everyone came running. Too bad it wasn't 20" bigger I didn't get a picture but Jerry did so hopefully he can post it. I caught a small perch soon after and also Jerry caught a few outside on his deadstick rig. Fishsniffer also caught a small perch as well but that was it. At about 6:45 we started heading back.
We decided to head out to a slightly different spot this morning and Fishsniffer was going to meet up after getting some minnows. When he got the minnows, they mentioned another spot to try. We had no fish so headed back in for some lunch. We didn't want to drive to the area Fishsniffer was going since we had been out walking in the cold already so we tried another local spot and they headed off to the other area.
The walk in this new area wasn't too bad so that was a good thing. Lots of huts out there so figured we would be good. Heater broke in the morning so no heater and man was it cold even in the hut. Hole was starting to freeze over inside the hut. We were out from 3pm to 6pm and only hubby caught a small perch and had a couple of nibbles. Nobody around us was catching either.
We were disappointed on this trip but that is how fishing goes. When the bite is off, you can't do much about it. Hopefully Fishsniffer will have a more exciting post with the other area they tried but we have not seen them yet.
Well, that is all the ice fishing we are doing for the next few weekends as we are headed off to Hilton Head, South Carolina. Hopefully the fish will be kind to us down there.
Here is Jerry's setup...
Bay of Quinte - Feb 16 & 17
