Skippers Golden Hill Report

[skipper19]

Went out of Golden Hills Park this morning at about 8 Am. Mick joined me for a shakedown run and hope for some Browns in close. Well first off, we were up against some skim ice that was all over the lake. Ice breakin our way west we found a couple of spots that was open water and trolled in circles, like in a pond. then went along shore further west to Keg creek. Nice colored water, but cold 34 degrees up to 36 is all we could find anywhere. Past Keg creek to about 2.5 miles from Olcott and the wind blew out of the northeast and ruined the rest of hopes for warmer water.

Highlight of the day....Mick hollers WHOA, WHOA WHOA....and lunges for a rod springing wildly off the back of the boat with a long line. Awe shucks, he forgot he wasn't ice fishin anymore and managed to hook a monster ice sheet . Well at least we could fillet it and put in our cocktails later. Hope the wind stops or blows outta west southwest or this may be a long cold spell for the near shore waters No hits no runs no errors, at best we found out the boat and it's equipment are working as normal.

Mark

[Mick]

Had a great time though Mark. I just heard that Pointe Breeze had the same ice this morning. Guess we should have taken the ice breaker East, then at least we would have had an easier ride home. We'll get em next time. As always it was better than couch fishing . - Mick

[on the lam]

Mark, if the boat and equipment worked fine I would consider it a successful shakedown.