I met up with a couple of guys from another message board to fish Oliver for trout in the AM. One of the guys had a power auger, so he and I cut holes while
the 3rd followed behind us checking the depth with his vex. We were looking for the break, where the flat drops of into the abyss. However, we were strangely
unable to find it. We punched a ton of holes until we were getting out towards the middle of the lake. It turns out the guy's Vex was acting up and
giving false readings, and that we had WAY over shot our mark!
After that technical problem was identified it didn't take too long to find the break. We set out tip ups with crappie minnows and jigged. It was windy as could be, and there was lots of standing water on the ice. The water was running into the holes, creating a whirlpool effect in some of them. I would like to say that we tore them up, but the most excitement we had was when one of the guys hooked a trout on his jigging rod and it got off at the hole. Still, it was a nice change of pace from the panfish, and I got to meet some new people and learn a little more about a new lake.
After that technical problem was identified it didn't take too long to find the break. We set out tip ups with crappie minnows and jigged. It was windy as could be, and there was lots of standing water on the ice. The water was running into the holes, creating a whirlpool effect in some of them. I would like to say that we tore them up, but the most excitement we had was when one of the guys hooked a trout on his jigging rod and it got off at the hole. Still, it was a nice change of pace from the panfish, and I got to meet some new people and learn a little more about a new lake.
