kickapoo state park....2/21 and 2/22/08

[gofish]

spent the last 2 days ice fishin kickapoo again......fished the same ridge both days,by the time i left today id covered the length of it. bout 150 yards of holes lol...yesterday john h joined me and we tore up the gills and had a few trout and crappie.the last hour i was there i just fished for bass and got 33 on jiggin spoons and 1/32 oz. jigs..no big ones though but fun........today i started the day drillin and opening yesterdays holes back up.had an easy 100 holes ta fish by the time i was done lol.got right on the crappie and had 23 right around 10 inches,bunch of gills and redear and a limit of trout.....no bass today,didnt take time to fish for them....took all day to fish all those holes a couple times by my self lol:icon_biggrin:........wheres kenny when ya need him lol

[capt.kirk]

Sounds like you and John had a good outing together,man i can hardley
wait till we can get a fresh supply of Gills an Crappie,thanks for the report Kirk

[john h]

was a blast... ill be out there tommrow

[Fishaholic]

Sounds like a heck of a time to me!!!!!!

[Illinoisgiller]

Gee whizz Joe, You've been hammering those fish pretty good. Wish I could say the same. I've been in the shop doing that dreaded "work" thing, and haven't been out at all. :confused0024:
Thanks for the report, lifts the spirits a bit just reading about getting out. lol Mike

[Illinoisgiller]

Forgot to ask if John has a shack. I know that Joe still likes to set out in the open to stay more mobile, and it works very well for him.:confused0024:
My old bones prefer a shack for a little protection. As the sun gets warmer this time of year it's not so bad, but my working in a heated shop all the time doesn't help me get used to the cold these days . I just put up with the inconveniance of dragging one around. Mike

[cattracker16]

Well kenny's at home wishin he was fishin. LOL

Sounds like you and john hit them good.

[john h]

ive found no need to get one yet.... id rather stay mobile and honestly the cold dont bother me in the least...shoot the day me and joe were out i had to put my gloves on once lol

Forgot to ask if John has a shack. I know that Joe still likes to set out in the open to stay more mobile, and it works very well for him.:confused0024:
My old bones prefer a shack for a little protection. As the sun gets warmer this time of year it's not so bad, but my working in a heated shop all the time doesn't help me get used to the cold these days . I just put up with the inconveniance of dragging one around. Mike

[gofish]

wanted ta hit another pond out there today for some cats on ice but have to do a maintenance call on an electric gate we installed....allready got it figured the calls gonna take 5 minutes but blows my whole day.....that an 6 inches of fresh snow make pullin the sled a pain lol

[john h]

caught bunch of nice gills, a few smallish crappie and the only trout i sen , was bout 6 people out there fishing, was kinda slow most of the day but still got a nice mess to cook up for dinnner....gonna hit heritage lake here in rantoul tommrow get me some big crappie and stuff

[gofish]

open up my old holes? bet them guys was lookin fer me lol..know most of em probly

[john h]

yeah opened up your old holes and drilled few new ones... 2 of the folks out there were first timers there they said, and there was 2 dudes who were there friday, an older guy and his son who was probably in his 40s

[gofish]

yep i know the father an son....had em join me a time or 2.....watch the ice from now on, gonna start losin it quick

[john h]

ohh i wasnt even going back today ice was cracking yesterday afternoon when i tried to leave.. could feel it give a bit, wasnt gonna chance it anymore..

[zim-cat]

Me and gofish had ice any where from 2.5 /4.0"The 2.5 was scarry we was not fishing that just walking from point a to b. The ice was thinning up latter in the day