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Sixteen gills today up to 9"....caught deep on a McScruff Pink Glass Beaded bug in size #8 tipped with live crickets....This area had skim ice Friday but rebounded with air temps of 63 degrees.....crazy winter so far......

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 8, 2015 at 9:38am

We rebounded early last January after an arctic blast so I'm hoping for more of the same this season.....the fish populated the holes and then suspended with high sunny skies.......

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 1, 2015 at 3:33pm

A January 2014 memory.........a great mess of gills on the 5th ahead of some of last season's coldest weather in our region,,,,,,,,,McScruff tied some bugs with "glass" beads and they were working in the cold water......Didn't know how good 2014 was going to be at this point........

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on December 28, 2014 at 6:34pm

Looking ahead to January and what it might hold.........can always catch speckled perch but I enjoy the challenge of hunting down a few willing gills during our coldest days........

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on January 6, 2014 at 4:21pm

Thanks guys....just took advantage of the milder air temps and went deep in the cold water........just proves a little patience and knowledge of your water can pay off year round...........It was fun out there yesterday.....basically I fished from the time the weekly top 40 started and picked up when they played this week's number one song....not a bad January Sunday......

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 5, 2014 at 11:48pm

GREAT START TO THE YEAR JEFFREY , while I was plowing snow here today you were catching gills !!!!!!!!! GOOD FOR YOU BUDDY .......

Comment by dick tabbert on January 5, 2014 at 11:17pm

Congrats on some nice gills Jeffrey. What a way to start the new year out buddy.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on January 5, 2014 at 10:47pm

And the season starts out with a big bang!

Comment by carl hendrix on January 5, 2014 at 10:38pm

ice or not jeff-- I still think you could throw a line in a pine thicket and come out with a gill!!  nice pair of jan. gills!!

Comment by mike martinez on January 5, 2014 at 8:15pm

Nice solid pair of gills....:)

Comment by Greg McWilliams on January 5, 2014 at 7:55pm

ICE FISHERS are a HARDY LOT!!!!! I think fishing in a HEATED HUT, COULD BE FUN!!!!! I JUST CAN'T STEP on ICE!!!!! Less than 90 DAYS til SPRING!!!! :-)

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