Now that's how to kick off the season ...

[uljersey]

Got out today for about 6 hours, first trip of 2021. Last year was not one of my better fishing years, I needed to get the stink off. Went to a lake that is not so much a size lake but has a great variety of fish and is my go-to ultralight place. Air temp in the low 40's, sunny & calm with thin ice on the shady edges. Caught 15 on the day, a mix of small bass, yellow perch that averaged 12" long and were very fat, and a 20" chain pickerel. All came on a 1/16 oz homemade craft hair jig. I started to teach myself to tie last year, they aint pretty but apparently the fish didn't care. For those who are wondering, the rod was a 6' 8" Fenwick Elite Tech River Runner UL, the reel a Daiwa SS700 spooled with 10 lb Sufix Performance braid with a leader of Sufix 4 lb mono.

[hoohoorjoo]

That's a great start to the new year! Congrats!

[Knotty]

Amazing and that settles it...I'm going to drive to south Jersey to catch some fish. Too much ice and too little biting up by me.