Ice fishing and the auto show

Corvette ZR1
Baby Blue - Silver ish Ferrari (very sharp IMO)
New Commander sticker price
Even sharper in person

We finally have some more good ice that extends several miles onto the lake. I went out Saturday for about 2.5 hours with my Dad and made the long walk to Beacon Cove Marina from the DNR access ramp. We were both shocked that the ice is 4 wheeler safe. We caught about 11 decent Perch in a last minute fishing trip.

Sunday I went to the auto show Downtown with my gf and her family while my Dad returned to Beacon Cove via 4 wheeler, he caught about 15 Perch and 1 Pike. The auto show is always fun for me, I enjoy looking at the nice cars and some more practical ones. Ferrari and Lamborghini both had cars that were a baby blue - silver and very sharp. I was shocked to see the sticker price on the 2008 Jeep Commander read $39,000 for the Limited one, the base one which is a step below my current Commander was $33,000 and the hemi top of the line Commander was $43,000. My lease is up in September so I was checking out some possible replacements. 2008 is the last year they are making the Commander for some reason, which isn't sales related. 38k seems a bit much to me for a Jeep. The interior is upgraded though and the seats are much much nicer. In my 07 Commander basic water will leave water marks on the seat.

The new Corvette ZR1 is 682hp and is a beast. I was very impressed with the car. The new Cadillac CTS V is very nice also, sticker price is 70k ( I think). Of course we saw the Bentleys, RR, Maybach, etc.

Monday I went ice fishing with my Dad again. We arrived at the DNR access ramp about 9am, unloaded the 4 wheeler, shanty, etc. and realized the seats from the shanty were gone. We loaded everything back up and retraced our drive and eventually found them on the side of the road on 16 mile between Gratiot and Harper. We went back to the access ramp and unloaded again and headed out fishing in Beacon Cove again. We caught about 28 Perch. We took a break from Perch fishing and set up 4 tip ups for Pike and within 30 minutes a flag went up. Pike take fish or your bait and swim with it, then they decide if they are going to eat it, well sadly this Pike took out only a few feet of line and dropped the bait.

I wanted the fucking pictures down here but ohh well. I'm going to play 3 hours or so today and tomorrow and prepare for a big February. The goal is to play a lot of poker and fish several times a week if the ice continues to be good. The rain melted much of the snow but since the temp is suppose to drop to 19 tonight I think little damage to the ice will be done.

Saturday I'm planning on taking Aissa with me fishing (her first time ice fishing). I hope the temp stays cold so we can drive wherever via 4 wheeler on the lake. I guarantee I will put us on some fish if the ice is good. I'm just going to show her the ropes and let her catch most of the fish and also teach her how to drive a 4 wheeler ( Asian car drivers will now be on the ice driving ahahahaa). Driving 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, etc, is like riding a bike to me cause I've been doing it forever. Perhaps if the weather is cold on Thursday I will scout a few areas for Saturday.