03/13/08 Delavan Lake clear 40 degrees. Wind NW 5-10 mph. Ice 15-16", slushy and water on top. I had the opportunity to be a Big Brother to a young friend of mine, Sam. Sam is pretty new to ice fishing, but after a crash course, he caught a nice gill shortly thereafter. We didn't have much time before Sam had to get to school, but we will be out on the ice again in the next few days. The best presentation today were dark colored Rat Finkies with plastic fishing in 5-6 feet of water. The fish were eating today, although it was a finesse bite. At times it was difficult to tell you if had a take in the windy conditions. Good job Sam!

03/12/08 Geneva Lake clear 26 degrees. Winds SE 5-10 mph. Ice thickness 10-12" in the Narrows. We chased after lakers today ending up with a few fish on the Vexilar. My clients decided to go chase down some panfish to take home, so we packed up and headed to Delavan to finish out our trip. After we arrived at Delavan, the temp had to be in the low 40's an dthe sun was out in plain view. We fished the west end shallow bays joining the mob of fishermen pulling gills up regularly. My clients had a blast catching nice sized gills and a few bonus crappie. We fished 5-6 feet of water using dark colored Rat Finkies and othe small jigs with plastics and spikes. I had to get to my "regular" job, but Dell and Dick decided to stay and keep fishing. Dell notified me that they ended up with 38 nice fish to take home. Great job guys!

03/09/08 Geneva Lake snowing/cloudy 20 degrees. Winds WNW 10-15 mph. Ice thickness 10-12" in the Narrows. We tried our hand at trying to land a few lakers today. I hooked into a fish losing it shortly thereafter. Many fish marked on our Vexilars, but we just could get the fish to take our offerings. We tried spoons, jigging Raps, jigs, you have it. The fish had a case of lock jaw today!

03/08/08 Delavan Lake afternoon clear/partly cloudy 35 degrees. Wind light and variable. Ice 14-18". I had the chance to take out one of my "Best Bids" auction winners through the Janesville Gazette for a party of six on the ice this afternoon. We had a blast catching a mixed bag of crappie, bluegill and pumkinseeds. I cooked brats, beans and chips for the guys, which was a hit. One of my clients caught a nice 14 " slab crappie. We stuck it out until around 8 p.m. ending up with a nice mess of fish for my clients to take home. The best presentation was small jigs with plastic and/or spikes. I fished deadsticks for crappies with small minnows with no luck. After dark we switched up to glow pattern jigs for the crappie. All the fish were caught in 4-6 feet of water.

03/06/08 Geneva Lake clear 20 degrees. Winds NNW 10-15 mph. Ice 10-12" in the Narrows. I had the chance to take a client out for lakers today. We hit the jackpot early! While

showing Roger my jigging technique and how to read a Vexilar FL-18 a laker came in within 15 seconds of dropping the lure down. That had to be record time for hooking up. Roger ended up landing a nice 28", 7 pound laker in less than 15 minutes. We marked a few more "sniffers", but no more takers. A great day on the ice!

03/05/08 Not a fishing report, but a report nonetheless. I picked up my new Alumacraft 185 Tournament Pro boat today. It will be exciting to get out on the water with it as soon as my ice season comes to a close. I will post pics of my new vessel as soon as I get her rigged up. I have a little work to do yet to get it ready for the season. Stay Posted!

03/02/08 Delavan Lake afternoon partly cloudy, foggy later 48 degrees, coolong back down to 28 degrees. Ice 14-18". With the warm temps today, we ended up with a good amount of water on top of the ice. In result we had the "toilet bowl effect" today ending up with many nice gills and crappies. What I mean by the "toilet bowl effect", is with all of the water running into the holes, it reminds me of a toilet flushing. Many of the bigger gills we caught were sitting right under those holes. Lots of warm water rolling under the ice. We had three flags, one had a heavy fish on, but managed to get wound up in weeds snapping my Pline flourocarbon leader with ease. No other gamefish were caught, but we ended up with many nice fillets going home with my clients. The best presentation were dark colored jigs with spikes during the daylight hours, switching over to glow colors after dark for crappies.

03/02/08 Delavan Lake clear 32 degrees. Winds calm. Ice 14-18". With the warmer temperatures I had the feeling it would be a productive day on the water. That proved to be correct catching a nice mess of gills. The young guys I had the privilege to take out today tore it up catching a couple nice pike and took home some real nice gill and crappie fillets. The pike were caught on large golden roach shiners, and the best presentation for the gills were small jigs packed with spikes.

03/01/08 Delavan Lake clear 20 degrees. Wind NNE 5 mph. Ice 12-14". We decided to pursue the walleyes again this morning coming up empty handed, but having the bright red image from the Vexilar, indicating sniffers but no takers. We headed in to the west end bays in 5-6 feet of water to catch some decent gills ranging from 7-9", the 9's being few and far between. We ended up with 45 nice keepers between three of us. The best presentation was dark colored Marmooskas and Rat Finkies packed with spikes.

02/28/08 Delavan Lake clear 20 degrees. Wind WNW 10-15 mph. Ice on the main lake 12-14". Starting out early today we tried for walleyes at first light. We ended up marking 8 fish onthe Vexilar catching two fish. One at 12" and the other 14". A soon as the sun was up we switched gears to catch a few bluegills in Highlands Bay on the south west end of Delavan. We had our best luck catching fish on Rat Finkies with spikes.

02/27/08 Geneva Lake snowing to clear 15 degrees. Winds NNW 5-10 mph. Ice 18" in Geneva Bay. Fishing was a little slow this morning. After marking a few fish on the Vexilar with no takers, we dropped the Aqua-Vu down to reveal many fish. The fish were completely still, and not interested in eating. The temp down to 14 feet was at 33 degrees. The fish were quite lethargic. We ended up catching a few nice pumpkinseeds after the sun was a little higher in the sky. Come on warm weather!