Great day on hard water! My girlfriend caught her FIRST FISH EVER(and then her second!) and I had my best day on the ice. Seven friends and I rented a cabin in Plain. Four of us, using two poles, split away from the group Saturday evening to try Fish Lake. I have only ice fished five times- three of those times were at Fish Lake, and this was the busiest I had ever seen it. I'd say about three dozen people were on the lake despite on and off biting winds.

Walking out we passed a group of exiting kids- gloves packed with trout, and saw two hook-ups. Good signs! After drilling two new holes we got an hour and a half of fishing in. My girlfriend caught two perch, the couple we were fishing with caught one jumbo perch each, and I caught two perch and two trout (trout released). We had the perch with breakfast Sunday and they were great!

We were using small green swedish pimples tipped with two wax worms. The ice was thick-- about nine inches, but the top half was very weak (and that was under a few inches of actual slush water). I was going to go again on Sunday, but decided against it due to the warming weather and rain.

Picture 1: My girlfriend with our collective perch catch (and her first fish!).
Picture 2: My friend holding her perch with an assist from me (her first fish since she was nine).

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