Fish Lake "put out" again! The pictures here tell more than I can write, enjoy! The driveway into the Cove is pretty clear now, I didn't need the chains this time. I brought my own envelope for the $5 parking fee, spead up the process. The ice was really good, 8" approx, it became pretty noisy as he sun warmed it a bit. I only drilled one hole for this limit, 25, of 9" perch. AND for the comedians, half a doz "sculpin"! LOL I started using a new hook that worked much better than a standard worm hook. It's a 4X #8 fly tying hook! That's right, fly tyers everywhere are screaming "sacrilidge!" A worm on a fly hook! LOL I slightly modify these hooks to a jig style of hook so the hook stands out perpendicular to my line. I searched multiple stores for such a jig hook with out lead but couldn't find any smaller than a #4 so I made my own with a pair of ground down needle nose pliers. It was like night and day over a standard bait or egg hook. It resulted in a lot fewer missed bites and lost fish. Even though I use 3 single hooks spaced along 6' of leader, the majority of the fish were caught on the one that sits 3"- 4" off of the bottom. These fish weren't coming up 2' to the middle hook, they wanted the one right on the bottom, LAZY FISH! LOL It was close to 34' where I fished. Caught em all in about 2 hour of fishing...... It was so warm out there, I went shirtless for a few minutes( 3 smokes and a cup of joe), hot sun felt good, fishin was AWESOME and the scenery was phenominal!
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