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Atta boy Uncle Dusty!

I hit the river yesterday.... IN A BOAT! I loved every minute of it. It was the first time since August! Man it felt good, and it wasn't even my boat.

We froze, and fishing was slow, but it great to be back in the water.

Got one pretty nice walleye. 23".

Going to try to play hookie on Wednesday and hit the Fox River by Green Bay.

I hope you all had a good weekend. I'll check in later it's waaaaay too nice to be on the computer.

63 here this PM. All my snow is gone, Yipeeeeee!

We have the same temp here Bill. I raked part of the front yard today. We played outside all day. Raked, played baseball, cleaned up around the yard a bit. All the normal spring stuff.

I'm going to wait a couple of days and let the lawn dry out better than I'll start raking. Cooked up some rib eyes and spuds on the grill tonight. Good eats!

pictures from the weekend.

on the way out sat morning.





at the pikey grounds





little man caught the first pike. 37" m(which means we had to throw it back, between 30 & 40 they have to go back)



the red zone on that board means they have to go back.

Next it was my turn.



38 incher, it was over 16 pounds, cant remember the exact weight.





I made this Minnesota livewell which our little man put the first fish into, a nice 29 incher, perfect eater!

Then one of Dusty's flags went.



This was a hell of a fight.







42 inches long, weighed 22 pounds 1 ounce.




we measured across the back, 5 inches wide.

runs with scissors got this 37 incher this morning.





mid day we loaded up with much help from captain bangflop and his friends, & it was time to head off the lake.






we came through this.





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ND That kicks butt! Glad the kids got some action..they'll be talking about this weekend for a loooooooong time!

Ingwe

supper time





baked, it was awesome!

I'm glad I don't like fish ( except pike fixed Canadian Shore Lunch style...) or I'd be jealous...

Bet the water was cold enough for firm flesh..


OK, who am I kidding...I'm jealous!

Ingwe

Great Pics and great catch Dave...:)

WOW!!!Great weekend action,Dave.I am happy to sse that the boys caught some.Maybe I missed it somewhere,but is the red truck pulling the house your new one?Where did I miss that?
That big fish steak cooking got me hungry just looking at it.

Stan in SC

Yeah Stan that's the new truck. 07 f150.

I like it.

God I'm tired this morning...

Awesome pics Dave. Those Pike have some heft to them. Are you using quick strike rigs?

Are the ice shacks off the lake for the season now?

Very cool weekend for the Chickenbuckers!

Nice pike Uncle Dusty! Well all you guys.

What did RWS think of catching that big fish?

Dave that live well is cool. How do you make it? Drill partial depth holes, then a full depth to get water, or is there enough water on the ice so you don't have to do it?

I didn't have to tap a hole all the way through, it filled with water well enough on it's own.

Ususally if I cut a livewell like that I drill one hole really close to all the way through then use the ice chissle to poke a hole through so it fills with water.

This weekend I drilled 6 holes in a row 3 holes wide with the 10" auger. I think I went about 15-16" deep then used the ice chissle to break it all open into one big tub.

I dropped my camera in that thing while I was chopping the center webbing out with the ice chissle. It took me about 3 minutes to find it in there too. My camera was under water for 3 minutes!

I pulled the batteries & the SD card right away & got it drying. I turned the dash vents on in my truck with the fan on high & the heat cranked. Then I closed all but one vent so all the air was forced out a single dash vent. It was about like a hand dryier in a public restroom! I was able to rig the camera up so the air was blowing inside of it where you put the batteries in.

It worked! It dried out & the camera still works just fine.


Bill, yes the houses are off for good now. I also think we are probably done ice fishing, it's all really going to get rotten fast now.

And yes we use quick strikes, mostly home made ones.

Dusty makes a really nice quickstrike rig, way better than anything I've seen sold in stores.

Older dudes make good quick stike rigs.

Most of the serious musky hunters around here make thier own too.

My father in law has one he makes, much simpler than the store bought ones, and I haven't lost a fish with him on that rig yet. And you know....I can lose a fish.

Glad to hear you saved the camera Dave. Would have been an expensive trip if you had to replace it. Speaking of cameras I finally replaced my old one. Picked up a Canon Power Shot at Wally World. Color sucks, but I swallowed my pride and bought it because of the price.

Looks like an absolute blast dave! would make me nervous driving through all that water out there though. Lestifer drove out of springsteel and fished there for awhile and then drove all the way to 12mile. Poor day of fishing for him i guess.