Just a couple of Spring Break in the Channel

[GotHalos]

There was a BIG crab apple tree RIGHT in front of the house when I moved in.
Midnight, the first night here the chainsaw took it out
It has been a BIG year for perch through the ice. Which is rare. Lake has been getting planted with Tiger Muskie and Northern Pike since the 50s. Usually not much for pan fish. But it has been a great year for perch, gills, and crappie.
Took the daughter out there for a few minutes today.
Probably last day we will be able to get out on the ice.
Even though there is over 6" once you get out there, pretty sketchy by the shore.

I would be a little uneasy hanging out on melting ice too lol.
Have always wanted to go Pike fishing, is it any good eating?

[verman]

my dads favorite, little boney though

[rschap1]

Still near 50 and rain this morning.
I think yesterday was the last day on the ice.
I am always leery of the ice on this lake.
Spring fed and they pop up different spots all the time. They erode the ice from underneath.
Still a couple snowmobilers and their sleds in near 100 feet of what from when I was a kid down there somewhere.
3 went in one after another:(blinding white out snowstorm in the early 80s.
So I am ALWAYS careful ! ! ! Especially with my daughter by my side!!!

I put pike out of here in the middle of the road category. FAR better than the muskie. They get so HUGE they are no good to eat and just WORK to do anything with. Leather like hide and spines and bones that may as well be steel. I wish there were walleye here, but not a one.