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February 3rd, 2025, 10:37 PM
#1
Crushed it with my boys
Friday afternoon myself, my son, my son-in-law and my nephew headed up to the cottage to fish Nip on Saturday and Sunday. My son and I fish Nip on the regular but my son-in-law has never fished Nip or ever been ice fishing. My nephew is not new to ice fishing but is new to Nip.
Both days we headed 10 km offshore to the Manitous. Saturday was sunny and calm but cold at -22. Sunday was windy, overcast and snowing with temps of -14. Ice thickness was 18+ inches of hard black ice - no white. Our setup:
Pop up is an Eskimo Outbreak 650i XD and has enough room for 4 guys to fish comfortably. The bite both days was great and we caught a crap ton of perch, walleye, pike, cisco and believe it or not i caught a clam. The perch we kept were all between 9 and 13 1/8 inches. Some typical fish from the weekend:
Son-in-law's first ever fish thru the ice:
Typical pike:
Cisco:
Walleye:
The clam:
The 2 day Manitous haul. From left to right myself, nephew, son, and son-in-law with our haul:
117 Jumbo perch kept (9 to 13 1/8 inch) , 8 eyes (slot limit), 1 pike kept (22 inch) , 1 cisco kept (15 inch), about a dozen eyes put back and some perch put back as well (didn't really keep count of those). The fish we kept filled 2x 5 gallon pails. Burned thru 12 dozen minnows:
Last edited by Species8472; February 3rd, 2025 at 11:30 PM.
The wilderness is not a stadium where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, it is the cathedral where I worship.
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February 3rd, 2025 10:37 PM
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February 4th, 2025, 06:00 AM
#2
Sounds like a great weekend out well done guys.
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February 4th, 2025, 07:00 AM
#3
Guns have two enemies................rust and government
OFAH and CCFR member
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February 4th, 2025, 11:36 AM
#4
Well done !! Another successful fishing trip with good planning. Congrats ..
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February 4th, 2025, 05:29 PM
#5
Has too much time on their hands
Congrats to the group nice fish
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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February 4th, 2025, 05:40 PM
#6
Wow, that’s a mess of fish, congratulations and enjoy the feast!
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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February 4th, 2025, 06:26 PM
#7
Sounds like a great 2 days Joe
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February 5th, 2025, 06:50 AM
#8
Looks like a great day of fishing, congrats
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February 5th, 2025, 01:21 PM
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February 5th, 2025, 04:54 PM
#10
Nice haul, and nice to see you spending quality time with family, congrats
"Everything is easy when you know how"
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