Partridge Lake

On Tues 3 March my partner and I walked out. The ice was in good shape (14-16"), but the drilling brought up chunks, not shavings. That should give you a clue. About 1300hrs, I drilled a hole half way down and the hole filled up with water. My friend ended up going home with 14 perch with the longest being 10-1/4". Very unusual for this lake, historically. We were targeting bluegills and crappie. Saw very few guys running for tip-downs and there were plenty of them. Far too many guys did not spread them out at all....not real bright. I caught an 8" crappie, a dozen tiny bluegills and a pile of perch on hot pink or red plastic. We fished from south of the willows 300-500 yards and to the west 400yds of the willows. There were 40 tracks/cars/wheelers on the ice at mid-day.

As we walked off, the top 3-4" was pretty slushy. We decided against going yesterday. My back was pretty tender when the alarm went off at 0500hrs after 6 back surgeries. If anyone drove out yesterday, their cajones are bigger than mine. If they drove out today, they are borderline insane.

I did get a 25" pike on 2# test that is still swimming. Sure put up a tussle. Only had 10yds of line on my reel and he nearly spooled me.

Swung past Blue Top this morning. One set of tire tracks down to the landing. Does not look like anyone has tried to venture out yet. Hoping for continued cold. Good start to ice making though!

Are there any muskys in partridge lake in Fremont Wi