What a day it was, filled with bad ju ju from the start. I decided to go ice fishing instead of work today. The old saying is that your worst day fishing is better than your best day working, I'm not a believer anymore. First off, I wanted to fish Beacon Cove, I made the 1 mile walk (forgot my chains for my boots), since there is no snow on the ice it's like walking on an ice rink. I watched a guy cross over where the ice was bad before attempting it myself, he hit the spud into the ice and it went right through indicating horrible ice, even too dangerous to quickly cross over (only a 10 foot area of ice). So I couldn't fish where I wanted to. I made roughly 5 moves with horrible luck. I have fished and ice fished for 18 years on Lake St. Claire, I know where and how to fish. I then somehow managed to hook my two rod lines in the water together resulting in one fuck of a mess of line. The one hook managed to get caught on the ice at the bottom of the whole, I tried the ice scooper first, no luck, then had to stick my hand in the water to free it. Another rod created a bird nest of line knots which after 20 minutes I said fuck it, I'll put fresh line on at home. In 3 hours with horrible weather, bad ju ju, and fishing mediocre at best fishing spots I left. While backing in the driveway in my Dad's Commander I some the fuck how managed to scrape the side of my truck with the vehicle I was driving. Lack of attention, being tired, upset, etc.? I honestly have no fucking clue how this happened. Luckily the damage is only a small scrape on my Commanders back bumper and no damage (a very minor chip on the side) of my parents Commander which looks like a rock flew up and hit the upper fender. My bumper may even be able to be buffed out. I probably walked 3 miles on slippery ice with a mess of problems. January has been a bad month for me so I'm excited it's ending in 1:10 minutes.
Who the fuck knows where we will be able to fish on Saturday. I'm planning on taking Aissa but with this heavy snow (6-10") I heard, shitty fishing and ice recovering from 44 degree weather with 50mph wind and rain, who knows. I thread the needle sometimes on the ice but sadly the opening to Beacon Cove was just that bad, the ice is probably 6" inside the marina but the entrance is where the problem lies. No fish is worth a life. For Saturday I will put safe ice in priority over fish. I'm not the guy fishing 30 feet from open water but I'm not the guy fishing the boat basin when the lake is frozen. I have no problem fishing on 3 inches of ice. I'm looking for 6 inches on Saturday. I really think the fish are in tight to shore, 6 feet of water, etc. or they are out really far (2 mile +). The weather fucks up their thinking about where to go and time of year.
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