2015.02.28-KERSWILL LAKE ...

2015.02.28 – checking my logs it s been a long 18 days since I wet a line last… a long period of multi polar vortex s slamming our region. Today started out bad physically for me with all night back and neck pain… usually ill sit on the sidelines for a while. After pounding some anti-inflammatory s I decided to go take a "walk and talk" to the ice fisherman on Wixom Lake. Talked to quite a few and nothing exciting going on… a few small perch and crappies in possession and that was it. Clear blue high pressure skies was the culprit most said. At some point in my walk I decided to jettison off to my favorite pannie lake drill one or two holes and spend a few minutes. Why not? fishing the bad days only makes you a better fisherman. Something my Dad once told me.
So a half hour later I was drilling thru some brutal ice on my pet lake… 24” inches … 12 inches more than the last time I drilled…. But I drilled on my favorite summer thru winter way point thus far.. the action was immediate and non stop. All small fish but a great spend of time. Sure I stayed there hoping the larger fish would move in… and they probably would have if I lasted the cold. A nice showing from a junior bass topped off my afternoon. Looking at the upcoming forecast for march it will only get better than this!
the fire tiger patterned tungsten jig were the mainstay producers with tippjings of live waxies and natural or chartreuse Gulp Maggots.