Leaders...

Another "snowpocalypse" up here right now, so there will be no ice time today.  I figured I would try to make myself useful and tie up some new tip up leader rigs.  20 lb. lo-vis pink flourocarbon, no.6 red treble hooks on the left,  no. 6 black ones on the right, and both are finished off with orange beads and yellow blades.  The reds, oranges and yellows have been working well, so I'll give 'em a shot and just wait to see what happens.

Sucker!

Time for some action...

Any one who cares about fishin',  or huntin',  or campin', or boatin', or just cares about the simple fact that we still have such a vast amount of amazing wilderness left in this country that we are able to experience and explore, should check this out and take a minute to let the folks in Washington know that it is certainly not alright to put any these things on the legislative chopping block...

House Leadership Attacks Wild Lands: Follow our live blog from the debate

By Christopher Lancette on February 15, 2011 - 6:41pm
The U.S. House of Representatives began debate on Feb. 16 on a slew of anti-conservation budget cuts attached to legislation to keep the government running in 2011. These initiatives would deliver crushing blows to wildlands, public health and to economic growth. Follow us as we blog from the Hill and then take action today!

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Skunked...

I was hoping that with the full moon, the cold weather settling back in, the crisp and clear sunny morning, and the storm system we were expecting to be moving in later on in the day, that the fish would be whipped up into a frenzy and that the fishing would be fantastic.  

Wrong.

Four and a half hours and nothin'. 

Bob had gotten out on the ice a couple hours before I had, and he landed the first and only fish I saw a bit before noon.

On the bright side, I got to hang out for a while with a couple of bald eagles. They were sitting side by side up in a tree not too far from me, and man, were they squawkin' at me.  I tried to get closer to take a picture or two, and one of 'em took off, but I got this one right here...