Ice is out, people's peirs and docks are going in. First kayak outing is about going to take place for 2025 and at my go to lake! Hop in, push off do about 3 or 4 paddles... you know normal routine right for a kayaker... set the motorguide in and........... FREAKING NOTHING!!! 😡🤬😤 COMPLETE FAILURE. Screwed around floating away for 5 min or so, padded a whole 3 or 4 more strokes back to the landing and fished from the landing dock with a broken heart! I think the motor finally burned up, I've put that thing through the rigger for 3 years now i believe, its been good to me. Thank the Lord I held onto the one I won from the retreat last March! Got to get that one rigged up next weekend and regroup for round two!

Wow, what a great outing it has been. I had a blast fishing and it was really cool meeting some of you that are on the app! Got to talk to Gene Jensen, that was cool seeing what he had to say! Brian, it was great getting to talk a bit more with you in person, thank you to you and your crew for what you all do to put this thing together! Russell was awesome, I'd be down again with it!

So my pick for the 2025 SUF event is this one, my new PB I had talked about at the awards event. Got it on a Zman gill colored sling bladez. Love that bait. I got to weigh it, but had nothing to measure length 😞 and I need to work on my camera skills but 5 lbs 1 oz. was the weight. I've measured some 20s in the past and doing the ol eye ball guesstestimate, this fish was over 22in. Yup my fish story!! 😆. BIGGEST bass I ever cought! That was on Sat, believe me I tried to pick that area apart on tournament day two or three times, lol... anyhow.. What a great event!! And for me a much needed vacation ! ( I'll put a pick of my tornament day go to baits in here also. The top water bite was so fun, we don't get that up here till mid May, and it only last for a month or so when a buzz baits really effective)

Cought my 1st spot today, pretty sure it's a spot, haven't seen one in person.. 😆 Got 3 in all today I'm pretty stoked!

Good weather, no wind and some successful icefishing with my cousin. I'll call that a win!

Not sure how many St.Croix fans we got in the group, but took alittle road trip this weekend a few hours North of me to their factory, pretty cool place! I haven't been able to take a tour yet, hopefully next time!

So my Dad told me a real long time ago, when he was a kid, they used to do a fishery festival of sorts on the ice at this one lake everyone would catch these giant perch at. The fish were full of eggs. Near the end of the day, the people that attended would get together and cut the egg sacks out of all these fish, flour them and fry them up. Any people in the community ever try this? What did ya think if you have? I tried it out with a handful I cought once. I'd do it again!

One last solid one on the jig for the season. Getting around that time to where we're going to start to be drilling holes in the ice for fish next. Plus it's huntin season!

Trying out a new lake for some bass in my area and pulled a lake trout out with a smh worm on a dropshot. I let it go, but going back this weekend attempting to get a limit for supper one night! Pretty fish for sure!

Not the most professional photo 😆 it's all I could do with this cat!