ice fished today- caught striper
 

ok, went to holdover spot today. walked down to the water to see it was frozen, bout 1/4" thick. there was open water farther out so i was casting over the ice into open water then reeling in till i hit the ice and sliding my jig back to where i was standing, cast again, and repeat. after bout an hour i got a hit, hooked him and fish started peeling line over the ice. this was a nicer fish, especially because i was usin 6 pound test on a feshwater rod. so after bout 5 minutes of fighting and seeing my line dragging over the ice and makin some bad sounds the fish finally put his head through the ice and i began to winch him in, his thrashing breaking the ice along the way.i finally landed him. hes 32" caught on a homemade 1/2oz bucktail, pink over white. i wanted some fish to eat so i kept him. ill never forget this fish.:D :D :happy: december 28th, a newspaper to back it up.

i ran down to show my mom when she pulled in. you can tell she is thrilled.:D :laughs:

First one looks like a hostage picture :laughs:

"We got your fish. If you want it back alive....."

Sweet!!!!!! Nice Job!!!

Nice!!!!just stay off that thin ice. Pretty nice winter holdover. AE Dam?

I am thrilled for you, Christian!! And on the other hand, I'm sooooo jealous!:D Way to go!!

SWEET CHRISTAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice keeper Christian! Merry Belated Christmas!:kewl:

bo-yes

there were 2 guys in a bassboat there cleaning up , they got bout 5 fish right up against the wood. mine was bigger though.:D

im sure i would have caught more if there wasnt so much ice

nice fishin Christan :D

Nice job Christian:claps: :claps:

Nice job, good fish for December. I was out today, flat calm, sunny and warm. It wasn't the big bite Clammer and I had Friday, but half those numbers along with the beautiful weather made for a beautiful day. My thumb is sore and raw, it's December and life was good for a few days:). Too bad reality sets back in tomorrow.

NICE:D

Nice!
 

:claps: good fer you! :kewl:

Nice fish Christian.. :)

Congrats Christian:cheers: :cheers: excellent job.
It's a nice looking fish.
Glad to see that you are having fun this late in the season.

Do you just fish from shore ? ? ?

schweet:btu:

Great Job! So how much is the ransom for?

:happy:

Awesome, man.:D :happy: :happy: :happy:

Christian's got "proof of life".
:D

AWESOME DUDE !!!

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I love this place. It is friggin almost january and the fish are long friggin gone and this dude goed out and whacks a friggin striper on a friggin frozen friggin pond !





Awesome Dude, awesome..........

Keep going on like this Christian, & you'll catch the first bass of the year!...

Great Job! :)

Great Job getting a keeper this late in the year!!!

:D

Hi Ben :wavey:

You goin to the SB Plug Ho`Down next week?...

Should be alot of Ho'in going on!

WTG
couldn't have asked for a nicer day to be out there catching keepers:)

:btu: :cheers: :claps: Nice!

that was a shore fish, its worth $5 or a bomber in the bet with my dad for last fish of the year. i also won the first fish too. thats clean sweep 3 years in a row.

Don't often post because Christian always beats me to it.

I don't remember making that bet but I guess he deserves a Bomber anyway!!

I can't compete. This kid is killing me!