My anticipation was all in vain...

[Beansguy]

I waited 'until the afternoon of Jan 01 to try my luck on the ice for the first time this season...

I would say there is about 8 to 10 inches of good hard ice on Taite's Bay (North shore of Pigeon Lake Ontario Canada...

No fish but lots of good hard ice...

Opened my first hole at 01:30 pm and chopped open another before 03:00 pm...would have moved around a bit more but I was using a hatchet and a spud to chop holes and it was taking at least 15 minutes each time...tried a perch colored jigging rap tipped with a chartreuse Gulp maggot and nada...switched over to a small Williams wobbler with a drop line and a Gulp minnow and nuttin...(both work on crappies at Jack Lake Ontario) Also tried jigging a Fin-S shad to no avail...At 04:00pm the wind picked up and the temps dropped so I packed it in early...

Not the best report to start the season but ...what can I tell you...

Maybe next time I will invest in some minnows and use one of GCD's Sabiki rigs...

[GCD]

Sorry to hear you didn't bet no fish Beansy. Remember to cut those rigs down to 4 hooks, I usually take the top 2 hooks off... but since you can fish 2 rods thru the ice you may want to experiment.

Better luck next time Big Guy!