NAME --------------------- Don
E-MAIL --------------------- donm@accutest.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/27/05
TIMES --------------------- Late Morning
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, cold
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip Ups, Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shinners, Mousies
NOTES --------------------- A Beautiful Day ! Took the kids out for some fishing and when the wind wasnt blowing it was almost warm. Set up the tip ups and by the time the 4th one was going in had a flag. The next couple of hours saw 2 nice pickeral and some nice perch.
IT kept the kids real busy !!!!!!
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NAME --------------------- ALL of the Mackin Boys, John and Tommy Fernandez
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/26-2/27
TIMES --------------------- all day
CONDITIONS ------------- cold
AREA FISHED ------------- bonaparte pt
FISHING METHOD ------- tip up - jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- Saturday we wanted to fish the deep water and was successful. Allen caught a 3lb 2oz Smallmouth in the first hour. Alot of perch and pickeral caught between all of us. Jon jigged 2 nice walleye between 20-22inchs. Beautiful fish! Eddie had a 30 or so inch muskie at the hole but broke then line. Sunday we tried the same spot and hoped for the same good luck. John caught 2 nice walleyes in the early begging and then Eddie caught a 21 inch walleye on a tip up and the the perch moved in with force. We caught 2 dozen perch then the bluegils moved in and caught a bunch of them. Alot of species this weekend. But defintly the first time for a bigger smallmouth through the ice!
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NAME --------------------- RAY, BIG EDDY, PAUL
E-MAIL --------------------- RIPRAY232@AOL.COM
DATE ---------------------- 2/23/05
TIMES --------------------- 11:00 AM--5:00PM
CONDITIONS ------------- WINDY AND COLD
AREA FISHED ------------- STATE PARK
WATER TEMPERATURE-- 38 DEGREES
FISHING METHOD ------- JIGS AND TIP UP
BAIT/LURES USED ------- SHINNERS , WAX WORMS AND JIGS
NOTES --------------------- THE DAY WAS WINDY AND COLD.I JIGGED A SMALL BASS WITH ABOUT 12 PERCH.WHEN LATE AFTERNOON ARRIVE THE BLUE GILLS WERE HITTING AND HITTING . I USED A JIG WITH A WAX WORM IN 6 FEET OF WATER TIGHT TO THE SHORE.OVER 20 BLUE GILLS .I WAS SURPISE THERE WERE NOT MANY PERCH . ICE WAS STILL GOOD YET.I HAD A BIG PICKEREL JIGGING BUT LOST IT AT THE HOLE. SO GO FISHING BEFORE THE ICE IS TOO DANGEROUS . GOOD LUCK TO ALL.
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NAME --------------------- David Larsen & James Ryan
E-MAIL --------------------- jake_david@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/20/05
TIMES --------------------- 6am-4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- cold and clear then cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- tip ups and jigs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- Well the first contest was quality over quanity..this day was the opposite..caught a bunch pickerel(largest 2lbs+) and a few perch but nothing big enough to weigh in. Was still a fun day anyway and i hope the ice lasts for a few more weeks. The suprise catch of the day came when a fellow contest participant came over to talk to us and said he caught a rainbow trout.He caught it on a tip up and wasnt more than 40-50 feet from the state park beach..noticed the other day it was good enough for 1st in the Other species catagory..nice job.
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NAME --------------------- Greg, Rick, Jim, Mike, Jennifer, Tony, Matt
E-MAIL --------------------- ChiefRogers@gmail.com
DATE ---------------------- 02/20/05
TIMES --------------------- 10 AM to 5 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny then overcast. Cold.
AREA FISHED ------------- RiverStyx
WATER TEMPERATURE-- Cold
FISHING METHOD ------- TipUps and Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shinners, MealWorms, Jigs
NOTES --------------------- Great time as usual in the cove. The ice was fine and plenty of company considering all the groups fishing the KDC contest. We caught about 4 pickerel, 10-15 perch, and quite a few nice sized crappie to our surprise. One was caught on a tipup and we quickly followed up by jigging the spot and made out well. The hot homemade chile, soup, and pickled perch caught from the previous excursion, rounded out the day. One of the guys in the cove caught a 24" pickerel, and another was said to have caught and released a 5lb bass. Can't wait to go again! Maybe we'll try night fishing for a change.
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NAME --------------------- "The Lehr Clan"
E-MAIL --------------------- Theusedhawthorn@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/20/05
TIMES --------------------- 7:00-4:00
AREA FISHED ------------- Riversticks
FISHING METHOD ------- tip-ups
BAIT/LURES USED ------- large and medium shiners
NOTES --------------------- It was a great day for the contest. We got 10 nice pickeral and one nice perch. I got a 4lb 2oz piceral to take 3rd. It was a great day.
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NAME --------------------- A.j. , Eddie, Hector, Tommy. (tyler, ian)
E-MAIL --------------------- pinecrest@optonline.net
DATE ---------------------- 2-20-05
TIMES --------------------- 6:00am till 3:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny, light wind at times
AREA FISHED ------------- Chesnut Point
WATER TEMPERATURE-- cold
FISHING METHOD ------- tips ups & jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners, mousies. jigs
NOTES --------------------- Got on the lake by 6:00. Figured we try Chesnut Point did well there other times. Stared jigging and tip ups. Got some nice perch on them. Largest being 14 onces. About 75 -100 perch in mostly small though. Not mnay pickerel. Bummer. All and All a nice day on the ice.
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NAME --------------------- Eddie, Rich, Chris
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/17
TIMES --------------------- 3:00-dark
CONDITIONS ------------- cold
AREA FISHED ------------- woodport
WATER TEMPERATURE-- tip up - jigging
FISHING METHOD ------- shiners
BAIT/LURES USED -------
NOTES --------------------- We were a little catious about the ice.The shoreline was a little sloppy but not too bad. We took a small stroll on the ice and thought it was good. It sure was. We cut a hole and it was an easy 6-9 inchs. Walked out and started fishing and had steady perch and sunny between 4-12 inchs. As many as you wanted. No other species of fish. But tons of sunny's.
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NAME --------------------- Dan, Jay, and Randy
E-MAIL ---------------------
DATE ---------------------- 2-16-02
TIMES --------------------- 8am till1 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- breezy and then some rain.
AREA FISHED ------------- The islands
FISHING METHOD ------- tip up and jig
BAIT/LURES USED -------
NOTES --------------------- There was a solid 8 inches of ice out there. Fishing was great. The best day of the year for us. Almost the best day ever.
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NAME --------------------- Dan Lehr, Dan Lehr, and Nick Lehr
E-MAIL --------------------- Theusedhawthorn@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/12/05
TIMES --------------------- 10:30-4:00
CONDITIONS ------------- Cold and Snowy
AREA FISHED ------------- Riversticks
FISHING METHOD ------- tip-ups and jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- large shiners and mousies
NOTES --------------------- It was a good day we got 3 pickeral(nice ones) and some perch.
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NAME --------------------- Eddie, Aj, Rich, Tommy
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/11/05
TIMES --------------------- all day
CONDITIONS ------------- snowy cool
AREA FISHED ------------- bonaparte pt
FISHING METHOD ------- tip up - jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- We thought to try some place new and we thought of Bonaprte pt. We put our tip ups in the deeper water and jigged in the shallow. The day was great wasnt a minute with out any fish. We totaled 31 big yellow perch, 6 pickeral between 2 and 3 pounds. Tommy got the biggest pickeral that weighed 3lb 5oz. A fun day on the lake!
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NAME --------------------- Dan, Tim & Lou
DATE ---------------------- Tues. 2/8
TIMES --------------------- 9AM to 2PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Mild
AREA FISHED ------------- Dock 9, Racoon Island
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-Ups & Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shinners & Jigs
NOTES --------------------- The ice is still in great shape even with this warm weather. When we walked out it was all hard ice, only a little water on the ice at 2PM. Caught a lot of nice size Perch and a some Pickerel.
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NAME --------------------- Pete Cusick & Lou Marcucci
DATE ---------------------- Mon. 2/7
TIMES --------------------- 2PM to 5PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Mild
AREA FISHED ------------- Dan's House, Northwood
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Hali Jig tipped with wax worms
NOTES --------------------- Another good afternoon jigging,we both had our limit of nice size crappie plus some Perch and Sunfish.
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NAME --------------------- Gerard Delvescovo (JD)
E-MAIL --------------------- JDjerkmagnet@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/6/05
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 6:00
CONDITIONS ------------- very warm
AREA FISHED ------------- river styx
WATER TEMPERATURE-- extremly cold
FISHING METHOD ------- jigging ,tip ups
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Kastmaster/BIG shiners
NOTES --------------------- It was a slow morning. I got a flag every now and then, but from 11:30am on it was all big big pickerel on the monster shiners. The first pickerel won the contest for me at 4lb 11oz which was caught at 11:30am, and we still caught 3lb to 4lb pickerel for the remainder of the day. I'm looking forward to the next contest. I'll see you out there.
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NAME --------------------- David Larsen & James Ryan
E-MAIL --------------------- jake_david@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/6
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am-3:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- clear and warm
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip Ups
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Medium Shiners
NOTES --------------------- Was a slow day action wise but it flew by,had perhaps 10 flags tripped by fish and caught 7..all Pickerel..was more of the quality than the quanity. All fish over 18" with 3 over 24" including Jimmys 26.5" 4lb4oz which took 3rd in the contest. His first trip ever ice fishing and my first in about 10 years,have no idea why i waited so long to do it again. I'm hoping the ice is here to stay for a while longer. Looking foward to the next tourny on the 20th.
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NAME --------------------- Dylan Noyes, Brian Hoffman, Roger St. Ours, Ryan Fullerton
E-MAIL --------------------- fishingiscool@hotmail.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/6/2005
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am to 4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny & Warm
AREA FISHED ------------- Lake Forest Y.C.
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-ups & jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Med. Shiners
NOTES --------------------- KDC 2005 Tournament I: Fished in 4-8 feet of water. Very slow all day, even with 20 traps out. Ended the day with 2 pickeral, 5 perch and 1 bass (2 lb. 13 oz.) between all four of us. Although the flags were few and far between, it was a great day weather-wise to spend the day on the ice! We will return for Tournament II on the 20th. Hoping for another nice day & some big fish.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
E-MAIL --------------------- loveme2x@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/6/05
TIMES --------------------- 7:30 - 3:00
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny , warm and Clear
AREA FISHED ------------- Nolan's Point
WATER TEMPERATURE-- Icey cold
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-ups & Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners and Jigs
NOTES --------------------- The beautiful day brought out 103 entries in the Knee Deep Club's Annual Ice Fishing Contest. I prefer it partly cloudy, but there were no clouds to be found on this day. With the temps high, the clothes slowly were stripped as the day progressed. Brian Murphy and myself, managed to ice 6 Pickerel. The biggest were only in the 2.5 Lb. range, but, ah, what a day to be out there, having a cigar and chasing the tip-ups. Looking forward to the next contest on the 20th.
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NAME --------------------- Eddie Mackin
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/6/05
TIMES --------------------- 6:00am-4:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- mild
AREA FISHED ------------- chestnut pt
FISHING METHOD ------- jigging and tip ups
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- I started early so i could get a good jump on the contest. It seem to be a good thing. Totaled 12 nice perch by 11:30 biggest was 1lb 1oz and around 2:30 got a 3lb 15oz pickeral witch was bumped of the board at the last minutes. Beautiful day and lots of fish.
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NAME --------------------- Pete Cusick & Lou Marcucci
DATE ---------------------- Fri. 2/4
TIMES --------------------- 1:30PM to 4:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Mixed
AREA FISHED ------------- Woodport
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Hila, tipped with wax worms
NOTES --------------------- We had a Hi-tek Nitek afternoon. Never caught so many fish jigging. I opened ten holes but never left the first hole, fished it for three hours. Caught Perch, Crappie, Golden Shiners and large Sunfish. Pete also had a Largemouth.
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NAME --------------------- Eddie Mackin , Chris Mackin
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 2/2/05
TIMES --------------------- 3:00-5:00
CONDITIONS ------------- calm
AREA FISHED ------------- great cove
FISHING METHOD ------- tip up and jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- We only put four tip ups out and jigged.On the tip up's we got 3 nice yellow perch. We jigged about 30 fish total and got 7 nice perch and we each got one walleye that was 9-12inch. Not big but defintly a first for both through the ice.
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NAME --------------------- RAY , DENNIS EDDIE
E-MAIL --------------------- RIPRAY232@AOL.COM
DATE ---------------------- 2/2/04
TIMES --------------------- 1-4PM
CONDITIONS ------------- SUNNY
AREA FISHED ------------- STATE PARK
WATER TEMPERATURE-- ICY COLD
FISHING METHOD ------- JIGGING AND TIP UPS
BAIT/LURES USED ------- SHINNERS AND JIGS
NOTES --------------------- THE WEATHER WAS WARM.WE KILLED THE PERCH JIGGING.THE TIP UP WERE SLOW.THE ICE IS STILL THICK SO GO FISHING.ALSO CAUGHT TWO NICE SUNFISH.ALL ON JIGS.
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