So on Sunday my buddy Andy and I went down to our spot on the Eau Claire River for some casting. The water was clear, and the ice was only 3 feet from shore so we could cast into the rapids and wait for the fish. And wait we did. Andy was throwing a curly tail grub with a 1/8 oz jig head and was not having any luck except the non-elusive snag. He did have a bite on at one point, but lost it after 5 seconds or so. I had no luck at all. I was using bright curly tails, natural color curly tails, fishing fast, fishing slow, fishing with spinners, all to no avail.
Not sure why the fish were not biting but it could have something to do with the clarity of the water, the temp, and the fact that the water was not very deep. We tried fishing deeper holes, but again, nothing there. Our friend Jeremy came down with his camera and took some picks.
So after about 3 hours of fishing we packed it up and I went to get my friend Nick for some ice fishing. Jeremy came with for moral support and we decided to go to Little Lake Wissota in Chippewa Falls. We go tout there and found the ice to be about 3 feet thick. Not bad, unless you consider that in my previous post One of the blades lost a screw so we were drilling with one blade. It took about 15 minutes to get through the ice with the 3 of us taking turns the whole time. After 1 hole, we "borrowed" some other holes that had nobody around them, dropped the camera, and no fish at all. In fact it was about 40 feet deep and the bottom was clean. We did find a big log, but that was it.
So after a long day of not catching anything again we packed it up after only an hour and headed home. Now I can look forward to Saturday when we all are going up to my hometown of Grantsburg to Big Wood Lake for the annual ice fishing contest. It should be good.
Till then,
Good Fishin'
Joe
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