Report 12/28-12/30

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Arrived late morning on 12/28 and fished half day with Riverbend. We were in 27' and found the bite somewhat slow. Only managed to put 8 keepers in the bucket. Suager ran 14-16 and one 16 inch eye. We had a lot of lookers on the Vex, but they were real picky and would chase it and not bite. The fish we did get (along with several throwbacks) came on gold Buckshot rattle, pink and white Angel Eye jr and plain glow white hook. Shiners outfished the fatheads.<P>Monday turned out to be much better with a total of 30 eyes and Saug mixed and three jumbo perch. Again the same lures produced. The fish on Monday would chase the jig and slam it.<P>Tuesday, fished morning only and kept 6 sauger, 2 eyes and 2 jumbo perch. Gold Kazmaster, Buckshot rattle, and pink/white Angel jr worked along with the shiners. <P>Monday and Tuesday we were deeper in 29' of water compared with Sunday at 27'. The cold weather Sunday night and Monday should help put some more ice on the lake. Large trucks and cars were pretty much driving all over. It was rough in spots because of the big thaw on Sunday.<P>We were happy to meet up with New Yankee, Kelly and their friend from Sioux Falls. Hope you guys had a safe trip home and hope to see you again later this year.<P>As New Yankee said on the way in Tuesday, bad day on the ice is still better than a good day at the office.<P>Good luck to all, hope some of this info might be helpful. One thing I did notice which has been posted in the past weeks is that the Sauger are definitley running larger with an awful lot in the 14-16" range. Have a Happy New Year everybody. Bill