good luck on the lakers Rich

The northern trip was pretty awesome. Catching fish was a bonus.
The weather or ice conditions couldn't have been more perfect. There was anywhere from 8-10 inches of ice on a very large lake that only froze 4 weeks ago.
I was fishing over 50 - 75 fow.
Saturday I drilled 4 holes total and only fished 2 of them jigging. Iced 5 lake trout and lost 4 others from 7am - 5pm. My friend iced 3. We didn't catch anything huge but fun to play with on the short pole.
Only 1 was kept.
Sunday we hit a different spot on the lake and had a tough time locating them- depth.
Drilled probably 40 holes and didn't catch a fish. Yesterday it was all about the sunshine.

My friend wants to make 1 more trip this weekend and call his season. Pretty sure I'm on the same page as I don't see local ice coming back. Be a good idea to get the Jon boat ready and get my panfish fill .

never really about numbers but about the peace and tranquility of the outdoors--glad ya had a good trip

It was a great weekend and I'm going to miss the view.
Today I put my gear to bed until next season. Far to short of a season but time to move on.
Until 2023-2024..