davedumont Loc: Oscoda, Michigan

Just got back from the bay. The day of our arrival a cold front moved in along with high winds. Nothing to report for the first day. The second morning we lost 2 nice fish in the morning, one right at the hole! Damn ice cut the 12 pound test fluorocarbon. That afternoon we caught 2 small perch and a small pike. The fishing was slow. We saw a lot of walleyes on the camera but they had lockjaw. Finally at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday the tip drop went off and we managed to haul in a 28 inch walleye. At least we didn't get skunked! It was so windy that the sleeper shanty moved 6 inches during the day. It was like that all weekend. We WILL be back next year to give it another shot. I've never seen such great structure in my life! Several 30 to 35 inches were caught 2 weeks earlier.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

That's the kind of ice we NEVER see around here.

davedumont Loc: Oscoda, Michigan

Lol! It's the first time we've driven on ice too. The only reason we were brave enough to do it is because there were at least 40 other trucks out there so we knew it would hold the weight. The ice was around 20 inches this and the bottom 16 to 18 inches were clear and rock hard. The scary part was at night when the ice would crack and you could feel the shanty move up or down.😁