fish fear him

[RIBill]

after a decade-long self-imposed exile from the hardwater, the angler known as Rockfisherman returned to the ice this past weekend. responding to simultaneous flags, he iced the brace of fish pictured below. I tended to a third flag and battled to submission a 5" perch.

[RIBill]

another shot:

[rockfisherman]

Bill, thank you for the nice shots. If left to my own devices, I would have no photos...despite having a digital camera (with a dead battery) and a 35 mm (2 shots left on the roll). Paul

[RIBill]

oh, one more, what's ice fishin without some lunch...

[SamRiley]

Black ice too :)
Looks like you guys had a great day. Got any tips for the less successful MA crowd:rolleyes:

[rockfisherman]

Sam,

I've noticed that some of you guys wear fairly brightly colored clothing. Note the camoflauge I am wearing. When the ice is black, the fish can see you.

[ruge13]

Beautifull fish. They do exist. It was the clothes...yeah...thats what we do wrong....

[RIBill]

what about chow? you DID bring kielbasa and kraut, DIDN'T YOU???? then, yes, must've been the garb. my camo, not pictured, was GI arctic pattern.

we got the slam: bass, brown, bow and perch. We're going back for brookies and salmon this weekend, and dare I say it: crappies!--125-3

[Yozuri-Man]

what do you get the trout to take, bait/jigs..??

Good lookin' grill....:p

[SamRiley]

Chow was limited to what we could find at 7-11. Fire was not allowed at the pond so the meat-n-kraut had to stay in the car.

[rockfisherman]

YM, the trout took small shiners. We both tried jigging with no results at all.