Hit the ice around 3:30 or so with my brother Kevin. Went to a new spot that looked good on the GPS...so we figured, "why not, got nothing to lose". I set up on a nice flat shelf in 42 feet of water and Kevin went a little deeper, around 49 feet I believe. I started marking quite a few fish right away and they'd even come up 5 to 6 feet off bottom, however I think they were whities. Finally started marking fish with a little more color to them around 4:45 and at 4:50 I had my first fish, a nice 22 incher. This fish came on a #9 hand-painted jigging rap. Fish were coming through steady, but just couldn't get them to go. Finally got another fish around 5:30 and another at 5:45. Second fish came on a Red Grapes Shiver Minnow, 3rd fish came on #7 GGT rap. Released one little fish caught on a rap also. All the keepers had the bait inhaled, largest fish was 22 1/2 inches. I had to play with the first fish for what seemed like many, many minutes before it would commit, really had to jig hard to keep their interest, then had to just slowly raise the bait up once the fish was moving up to the bait, otherwise they were gone. Was nice to see multiple fish on the graph at the same time, it creates some competition down there and sometimes triggers a non-biter into biting. Not a great day, but nice to see so many fish on the graph. Here's some pictures and video of today's trip. Not the best video, kind of hard to do by yourself. Good luck from all of us in the Bay de Noc area. Ooops...I forgot to mention, Kevin got one 22 incher, so I got bragging rights, at least for today!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muE_0HbLJ3A