Last Ice Pike

[saxmatt]

I went up north for Easter weekend and was able to sneak in a few more days of ice fishing before the Spring thaw. I went out Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday. I caught 4 pike on Thursday and ended the year with 3 skunks in a row, but at least I ice fished in April. The place I went on Friday had 14" of ice in the cove I was fishing, I couldn't believe it. Thursday was great. I caught a pike before I even drilled a hole. Right by my car someone left a tipup in the water and the flag was up. I saw the name and I realized it belonged to my buddy Ed. I chipped it out and it was spooled with a 32" pike on the other end. Thanks Ed! I ended up with 3 more, one was 37" and the others were low 30s. All the fish were caught on dead bait. This season started late but the ice hung on for a while. The second half of the season was slow for me, but I had a great start to the season with lots of pike including a new PB. It ended up being a good year, can't wait until next Winter!