It's on to ice fishing. For the first time in a couple of years, I fished the ice this morning with my son Jon. We jigged one of our favorite ponds and came away with quite a mix of fish. We landed largemouth bass, crappie and bluegills. They were hitting small Kastmasters tipped with a meal worm on the small treble. This is a deadly combo for jigging, something we used a lot of in past years.
The ice was thicker than I expected on the small pond that we fished. It was about 5 inches of hard, clear ice. My son also fished a larger lake yesterday and that also had about 5 inches of hard ice.
If you are into ice fishing, now is the time to get out and fish. No telling how long this will last.
