JCHCG on Nostr: Forgot to elaborate more on the walleye and laker ice fishing. All I’ve ever caught ...
Forgot to elaborate more on the walleye and laker ice fishing. All I’ve ever caught for walleye was around the 3lb range open or hard water.
Only caught one laker during hard water season which was around 8lbs and was caught on my moms Walmart special. Likely only 2-4LB test line. It was out there all day, and went I went out to check on it at around 5pm the rod was pointing right down the hole, bale was open somehow, barely in the rod holder and hardly any line left on the spool.
I was like wtf? Closed the bale, reeled up all the slack and then realized It was game on. No idea how long he was on there for but damn lucky to get him into the freezer. Noticed his one fin was clipped so it was a stocked fish and was likely stocked years earlier. This was when we had the family cottage.
Only caught one laker during hard water season which was around 8lbs and was caught on my moms Walmart special. Likely only 2-4LB test line. It was out there all day, and went I went out to check on it at around 5pm the rod was pointing right down the hole, bale was open somehow, barely in the rod holder and hardly any line left on the spool.
I was like wtf? Closed the bale, reeled up all the slack and then realized It was game on. No idea how long he was on there for but damn lucky to get him into the freezer. Noticed his one fin was clipped so it was a stocked fish and was likely stocked years earlier. This was when we had the family cottage.