The Ice is Here...

I'll have to skip a few months of the whole catching up deal, and fast forward to more current events. The ice is here again, and with it comes some beautiful fish, some freezing cold hands, and some absolutely majestic sunrises. My first trip out to one of the many metro lakes here was perfect, a Saturday morning out on the lake before work
and I could not have asked for anything more than this....

35" northern on four pound test and a tiny Swedish pimple tipped with a crappie minnow...rod and reel style! I honestly thought this beast was gonna run my spool out under the ice. And this is just the beginning...