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The past few seasons it’s been season outdoing the last. Knowledge base on top of knowledge base. Building on some great info from this site and time on the water. I’m anticipating and looking forward to even better results with more citation fish. Anyway that’s the game plan.

Last year was the season of fishing TINY. Thin UL Lines loaded on tiny 50 series reels and light UL rods tossing tiny baits in front of fish targets…quantities of quality panfish and trophy SMB. Tossed the baits into thick cover with reckless abandon. Tiny presentations under slip bobbers thrown next to thick weed slop and weed pockets. Mid day fishing out of the kayak in less than two feet of water and tagging quality fish. Never really had another fishing boat come close to me fishing. it was like i had the lake to myself. looking forward to making some more good memories in the upcoming season.

Looking forward to any hints suggestions or comments from the BBG membership… sharing is the best way to learn and progress!

hope everyone a successful "2016 Open Water Season"

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20160101.1738_HDR -WIXOM LAKE -FIRST ICE

20160101.1738_HDR -WIXOM LAKE -FIRST ICE

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20160102- countdown to safe ice... definitely by the end of the week...

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20160105- Wixom lake @3" of ice

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20160107- 5" of ice on the pond

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20160110...well the ice that was building up the past week or so got knocked down a bit to less than 2 " near 50 degs the other day. cold weather heading our way polar vortex style looks like for the remainder of the month.

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