Forest Lake, Waukesha County

Fished 7-noon 10-13fow. One pike jiggin, and lost a fish half way up the hole. Solid 4” of ice. Drilled about 20-25 holes. Marked fish but finicky. Tight lines be safe still early ice...

Set tipups in the middle of the lake, and also was jigging with a Swedish Pimple with a minnow head for Pike.

One flag, but didn't ice the fish. Did ice a 16" Pike on my Beaver Dam Carbon fiber jigging rod.

There were a couple of other guys out on the lake simultaneously. They caught a bass and a pike. Didn't get info on size.

Went out from 9-4.  We caught 5 northerns, 4 on the ice.  all below 26 inches. One was 25, others were 18,22,22. One 13 inch bass. Tried jigging for panfish, not one bight, caught all northerns with tip ups and medium shiners. 

This little lake is very hard to get my canoe to, but is generally reliable in the fall for active fish.

Yesterday I fished from 7 to 11 and was rewarded for the effort.

Four pike with. 3 of 25 or 26 inches, caught on swim jig or plastic frog in 4 to 6 FOW.

More noteworthy were the bass. Two 10s, an 8 and a 14 on a popper. Also got an 18.25 on the plastic frog and a 19.5 on the swim jig.

All still swimming.

I went and tried out this lake from 5-9:30am on Sunday. Plenty of weed growth and lilly pads already, as expected. Caught 1 keeper bass on a swim jig and some small crappie and bluegill on mini-mites. Not much action otherwise, and didn't even see that many fish. 2-3 other kayaks canoes out today.

Out from 8 to noon.

6 gills caught. 5 flags, 2 caught (pike). All still swimming 

Fished 8am -4pm 8 flags yielded 5 fish all northern. One keeper size but all were sent back swimming. Perfect day to be out on the ice. With now snow pack ice creepers are a must right now. Tight lines.

Was out from 11:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.

Took the wife out for the first time in her life.

First time on this lake and it was slow for us.

Got a few pointers from another guy on the lake about where to go on the lake next time I'm out. (He was trying another location for the 1st time).

He caught a 22" and 24" snake plus a LMB. Slow for him also. 

Was out this afternoon from 2p - 4:30p and was real slow - had some bites on minnows and wax worms, one was big enough to break my line. More people than I expected were on the ice, 6-7 others were out when we arrived.