We arrived at Eloika early. I was a bit groggy from the night before so I'm guessing it was 6:45. Headed out past Jerry's Landing about 400 yards to one of our "usual" spots. We drilled 2 holes and set up the shelter before I even turned the Vexilar on. Within about 20 minutes we had 3 keepers on the ice, but we decided to move becuause the fish in the area were inactive. We would see them come up to the Fiskas/White Nuggie and just turn away. Dan suggested that we hit a spot we haven't been all year. And it was a good decison.

After the 15 minute walk we drilled 4 holes and started fishing. The area is a bit more weedy, but it held the fish. We kept around a dozen or so quality perch. All fish were right at the 9" mark. We caught a million more perch...too many to count. We also put out a dozen grasspike for the eagles. I realized the night before that I had lost my box of jigs. I think that I left them on the ice when I last fished with JayK. This became a problem after we broke off on several large bass. We played them for a bit, but they broke us off every time. I think they just got in the weeds too quicky for us to turn them with the light gear. It was still a blast.

PS if you found my jigs, I will buy them back from you =) 2 sided plano with many jigs, some fiskas, panfish pounders, gill pills, forage minnows, rattln' flyers etc.

BMGW

2/14/2011 10:13:00 PM

What! No Dons Dandy Crappie Jigs? :)

Jay K

2/14/2011 11:28:00 PM

Glad you had a good day on the ice. Sorry to hear about your jig box - that sucks man; Probably didn't see it cause we left in the dark that day. Maybe Jerry picked it up? I should probably put my name on some of my gear as well; I've heard of some anglers reuniting others with lost gear before on IceShanty. Maybe try posting there too? On a side note, the ice gear at Cabela's is an extra 30% off right now, although a lot of the stuff left is weird colors and "big" sizes. Wholesale Sports also has their tackle on sale too.

MarkFromSea

2/16/2011 11:49:00 AM

If an angler has it and knows who you are, they would be happy to return it to you without a reward, I'm sure of it..... I would. Just need some phone number on your gear box.

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