Just sharing some ice fishing pics from our year. It's a great clan that I hang with, We did alright this year. My oldest stepson put in some hours this year and was rewarded with a 13# pike and a couple of walleyes not pictured.

Here are some pics of our nicer fish. Most of the walleyes were CPR. One night, we caught three 'eyes over 4# and one over 5#. Two were released and two were gut swallowed. We put our time in. ;)

Good times in the shack. Nice fish shock.

Big beautiful eyes, Shock!

Nice fish Shock! Thanks for sharing.

Always enjoy the pics! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome

Looks like another good year Daryll..nice pics

i posted this video earlier on another thread "short & sweet" , even thou i only caught 4 fish all winter this CPR did make my winter. i dont pan fish much , but the guys did extremely well on crappies this year too. Waconia walleye

Great pictures Shock sorry I didn't make it out there too much life getting in the way right now, looks like a great season !

Basspro69: "Great pictures Shock sorry I didn't make it out there too much life getting in the way right now, looks like a great season !"

I know you've been busy. Maybe next year. ;)

Looks like you got it going on! I like your shanty.......we occasionally used a portable one, still fun but could be a hassle to set up on a cold day. How cool would it be to just walk out and get inside.

mastertangler: "Looks like you got it going on! I like your shanty.......we occasionally used a portable one, still fun but could be a hassle to set up on a cold day. How cool would it be to just walk out and get inside. "

we now have 2 shanty's out there the last 2 years and yes we do have it going on , the younger generation is actually listen to the older ;) LOL , here's 2 pics of fish that i gave my friends the set up to the first time they used it ,

Basspro69: "Great pictures Shock sorry I didn't make it out there too much life getting in the way right now, looks like a great season !"

Brad at least i'm not sending you text at 2 am anymore LOL

shock: "

Basspro69: "Great pictures Shock sorry I didn't make it out there too much life getting in the way right now, looks like a great season !"

Brad at least i'm not sending you text at 2 am anymore LOL"

I appreciate that Shock lololol

Fine looking fish!!

Do you move your shack around a lot?

Or are you just in 1 killer spot?

MrBadExample: "Fine looking fish!!


Do you move your shack around a lot?


Or are you just in 1 killer spot?


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thanks Jeff , just 1 spot and almost all on tip ups (some out of the shacks) and the guys did extremely well on crappies this winter too((((Brad))) ;)
one guy i work with who fished with me once but see the pics every year said , what were doing goes against all the rules for walleye fishing ;)
i've been fishing Waconia since the late 80's and a lot of our success has come from me doing a lot of scouting on foot , when i was a younger man ;) and tweaking my tip up set ups through the years. the guys do give me a lot of props for our success and do listen to me LOL ,
i did find a mini hump/edge if you will in fairly shallow water , i believe it's somewhat of a funneling type spot. but it also does have to do with putting in our time and knowing our past history helps when you do go days without a flag, the confidence is always there and 1 never knows when !
i will also fish this spot in may with CD9 and jig spinners before the weeds/milfoil starts taking over.
Jeff i did mention to you i would share my tip up set ups with you ;)

the best advise i can give anyone when it comes to ice fishing is , get AWAY from the crowds/groups of houses.
the other shack/guy thats in our vicinity that i became friends with , both of us said if shacks start coming into our area we'll move.
there was a 3rd shack that moved into this spot 2 years ago and i know they had a good winter((was driving up to my shack 1 day and they were jacked about something)) but this last year they didnt stay all winter. Hmm