Was out yesterday with my brother. Got out there around noon, off at 3pm. SLOW...
Caught only 5 gills and 1 small crappie in 3 hours. Each of us caught 3. We would have fish come up on the Vexilar, sniff and then go back down. Frustrating and disappointing.
When we got on the ice, there were probably 12-15 other shacks out, by the time we left at 3pm, there were only a handful left.
Going to be a long haul til open water...tight lines!
I was out at Olson Lake yesterday from about 2-5PM. Ice is about 4 inches, but it consists of about 2 inches of good clear ice, topped by 2.5ish inches of frozen slush. The auger went through it like butter. I was slightly nervous, but lots of others out and nobody was going through. It was a good day. ;)
I went out Tues. morning before the snow to check things out. I found just under four inches in most spots I drilled. I started walking towards the east by the beach and punched through some snow covered ice with my spud. I didn't go any further. Many other people had the same idea as me as there were 6 to 8 others out. I don't know what the snow has done but I would imagine it's slushy. I may check things out tomorrow. I'm going to recheck pierce as well. I may look to get on there by the northeast bay.
