Misery in the Morn

Ill be heading out to misery in the morning if anyone else is heading out post something. Ice fishing is always fun with more people. Somebody with a Vex would be nice too . Ill be there bright and early with the frabill recon or the dolphins beanie.

Fishin' wasn't bad today. I gave my holes to a guy in a orange hat when I was leaving ? I was in a blue clam, stinkin like beer, smoking a cigar and a funny hat on. Bright orange sled. Funny smell from the tent ???? Wonder if whoever it was caught any fish ? The holes I had were pretty good. I'll post some pics. Nice 13" crappie and a load of gills. Not a bad weekend for the bass.........

Well that sucks! You didn,t hold your mouth right.lol
Better luck next trip. Tight lines, John

yeah it was a pretty good weekend for the bass and pike..today caught 3 pike and 3 bass but the pike were 17, 23, 29 inches so nothing huge but fun to pull through the ice..just 3-5 inch creek chubs i thawed out and put on a glow in the dark green northland jighead.. my friend sam did pretty good on the crappies and perch managed 6 good perch and 8 crappies with good size

at misery 12-6 and did very well.... be back early in the morning for the early morning fish type. fish werent even close to the bottom- just sayn 

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at misery 12-6 and did very well.... be back early in the morning for the early morning fish type. fish werent even close to the bottom- just sayn 

+1. I fished 7 FOW (in about 10 feet) and had to make them rise off the bottom to bite. No fish off the bottom sat or sun. Key for me was to take one of those kiddy rakes you buy at home depot (or lowes), put a little longer handle on it and cot the width down to fit an 8" hole. Put it down the hole and rake the weeds out of the way of your hole. Wait a little bit and they will swarm around all the debris stirred up. I had to keep them moving to get them interested. I also had to keep changing jigs to keep the bite going. Green/yellow jig head with 4 spikes was hot for a bit, them I had to switch to a white teardrop jig. Tried a dropper, but kept getting it in the weeds. I love fighing those thick weeds. I saw a ton of bass on my Aqua View, but could not get much action. Took home a lot of gills and a few crappie, but I had to put the time and effort in to get them in the bucket. Wind picked up Sunday afternoon and kept wanting to push the walls in on my Clam popup. Any suggestions of how to keep that from happening ????? Anyone see any calico's being pulled up. Buddy I was with pulled up a nice fat 14" srtripe, but that was it. Nice fat guy. Released to see another jig......

It's funny you mention the smallmouth. I could have swore I saw 2 smallies roaming with a couple largemouth on my camera. I didn't think much about it then, mostly cause I though I was just seeing stuff. Now I wonder ? I have picked up a couple nice ones out of Woodcock while ice fishing and they are a blast. I still think I was just seeing stuff...............

met up with a guy from Nunya, and a red headed giant...did'nt fish much with them because they were there, and gone before the fish woke up.
Ice was good, and fishing was ok. couple decent bluegill, buncha small ones, and 1 nice crappie. Nice day to be out. Plan on going again Sunday.

Just drove by counted 6 huts and a few bucket fisherman

the ice on misery is fine.... 6+ inchs

was out for a few hours this morning... bite was good at sunrise then peetered out 4 what i was lookn for ... many blugills thrown back- dont keepem- and a decent number of fish taken home to clean. be back early in the AM 

Hello, Jim, I believe it was, I was wearing a a red, grey , and blue coat with cameo pants pulling a fish trap, my son was wearing a steelers coat and my daughter was wearing black snow pants and light blue coat. why did things pick up after we left, should we have stayed there til dark? I was trying to get my kids into the fish, come to find out i should have gone in closer to shore. We are going back out on Saturday, taking a day off from work to spend some more quality time with the kids. They had fun on Sunday even though they didn't catch that many fish.

Any crappie today? or just gils

We went over the weekend (misery also) and did fairly decent both days. Saturday was nicer then Sunday, but Sunday was more productive. Fished about 3 - 4 hours both days.  Can't wait to go on the bay, but waiting for the ice to thicken up a bit.

bass ackwards,
for your wind problem... i always face the ends (doors) towards the wind. they are a little stronger and have less surface area to catch the wind. i also take a shovel when there is snow on the ice. it is very helpful, i clear a line of snow to drill the holes, then to clear the shavings and slush, then after i move the hut into position i shovel snow against the hut on all sides to insulate the gap from the wind so the holes dont freeze over. This also helps keep hut from sliding across the ice if the winds pick up. i even think it keeps you warmer if you use a buddy heater or a lamp. hope this helps