Had a tough day fishing on 4th! Had some bites and saw some fish on the ice.
The first bite of the day for me was a whopper though! pole bent over to the ice and down the hole it went!
So it was hand lining the rest of the day for me (which is actually pretty fun).
A couple that is new to ice fishing tagged along with us and caught a 3.5lb hen. Really nice fish, and what a way to start out ice fishing. Well time for me to go to the store for a new ice pole and maybe some string to tie it off to my chair this time.

Happy fishing all!

P.S. the ice is still very thin on the north edge of the lake so be careful!
With this cooling weather trend this week, ice should be safe again.